John F. Kennedy's Moon Shot

From the Set Front Seat of History: Famous Speeches

Houston, Texas, 1962. In the midst of the Space Race, a young girl and her family listen to President John F. Kennedy give a speech at Rice University. Aligned with curriculum standards, these narrative-nonfiction books also highlight key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Media Literacy, and Civic Literacy. Thought-provoking content and hands-on activities encourage critical thinking. Book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 7
Reading Level Grade 4
Dewey 629.45/4
Lexile 860L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level W
Publisher Cherry Lake Publishing
Series Front Seat of History: Famous Speeches
Language English
Available Formats Reinforced book (9781534168800), Paperback (9781534170483), PDF (9781534172326), ePub (9781534177840), Hosted ebook (9781534174160), Kindle (9781534176003)
Copyright 2021
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7 x 9
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs

Author: Tamra B. Orr

Tamra Orr is a full-time writer and author living in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest. She loves her job because she learns more about the world every single day and then turns that information into pop quizzes for her patient and tolerant children (ages 16, 13, and 10). She has written more than 80 nonfiction books for people of all ages, so she never runs out of material and is sure she‘d be a champion on Jeopardy!

  • Fear of a “Red Moon”
  • “Why Does Rice Play Texas?”
  • The “Greatest Adventure”
  • More Adventures Await
  • Timeline
  • Speech Highlight
  • Research and Act
  • Further Reading
  • Glossary
  • Index
Author/Illustrator biography
Glossary of key words
Index
Informative sidebars
Table of contents
Timeline of key events
Full-color photographs, Historical photographs