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Summary:

Nineteen sixty-eight was a pivotal year that grew more intense with each day. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, students across four continents took over colleges and city streets. Assassins murdered Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. Demonstrators turned out in Prague and Chicago, and in Mexico City, young people and Olympic athletes protested.

Table of Contents:

• Nightly news, winter / by Elizabeth Partridge
• Biker's Ed / by Paul Fleischman
• The Red Guard / by Lenore Look
• The student view from Paris / by Kate MacMillan
• Nightly news, spring / by Elizabeth Partridge
• The death of the dream / by Kekla Magoon
• The wrong side of history / by Laban Carrick Hill
• Gym Crow / by Jennifer Anthony
• Robert F. Kennedy / by Mark Kurlansky
• Nightly news, summer / by Elizabeth Partridge
• People, get ready / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Prague Spring / by Mark Kurlansky
• Running with sharp schticks / by David Lubar
• Nightly news, fall / by Elizabeth Partridge
• Student sacrifices / by Omar Figueras
• Running into history / by Jim Murphy
• The code wars / by Loree Griffin Burns
• Douglas Engelbart / by Marc Aronson.

Contributors:

Aronson, Marc , editor

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.

History, Modern — 1945-1989

Social movements — History — 20th century

Culture conflict — History — 20th century

Political violence — History — 20th century

1900-1999

History, Modern

Social movements

Culture conflict

Political violence

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience:

Children
Ages: 15 & up.
Grades: 10 & up.
1100L (source: Lexile)

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

J909.82 N714ar

ISBNs:

9780763689933 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018958178

OCLC Numbers:

1022211213

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: jlg20668279