Nissi Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 He has read David McCullough's John Adams and Truman. What are other favorites or books that are absolutely wonderful that should be read. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I probably won't be much help, since I suspect we're coming at this from different directions. But here's a quick summary of what my son will be doing/reading for Modern American History (1865 - present) next year. I'm using American History on the Screen as kind of a jumping off point. We'll be using about 10 of their lessons, the ones that align with the time period he's studying. But my husband and I are also writing lessons (using the book's as a template) for another 20-ish films. For each movie, there is background information, followed by a series of questions to answer while/after watching. Alongside that, he'll go through the appropriate lessons on the U.S. History course here: http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government I also have him reading sections from Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned. And he'll also read five of the books on which the films are based before watching them: The Great Gatsby, Paper Moon, The Chosen, The Grapes of Wrath and All the President's Men. I've kind of wrestled all of that into an approach that roughly follows Hewitt's honors American history syllabus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 He has read David McCullough's John Adams and Truman. What are other favorites or books that are absolutely wonderful that should be read. Thanks for your input. My ds loves US History. He's enjoyed David McCullough as well. Here are a few of his other favorite books: History of the American People by Paul Johnson (I loved this book, too.) Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson (winner of the Pulitzer) The Campaign the Won America and other books by Burke Davis books by Albert Marrin Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas I wish I could ask ds for the rest of his list, but we put him on a plane this morning. I'm missing him already. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmgirl70 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 We've been doing American History this year and have enjoyed: "All Quiet on the Western Front" books by Albert Marrin "The Red Badge of Courage" for starters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose Democracy in America by deTocqueville The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (won the Pulitzer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thank you ladies for these suggestions. Luann, lots of hugs to you. Please post the rest of your ds' favorites when he gets back. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Eliana, this is wonderful!! Thank you so much. Thanks for including a few fiction titles too. The only ones in the list ds. has read are Night, 10,000 Days of Thunder, Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, Guns of August, Battle Cry of Freedom, Killer Angels, and Twelve Angry Men (movie not the book). Could you recommend some documentaries and movies too? Would like to view some that are too good to be missed. Thank you, again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Eliana, thank you again. This will come in handy this year. May God bless you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Eliana, thank you again. This will come in handy this year. May God bless you! :iagree:Yes, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheWhoWaits Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Are you looking for curriculum or read-alongs? For curriculum we used The American Past by Joseph Conlin. It's a college textbook in 2 volumes. I like it because it is very balanced in presentation, not trying to push an agenda like so many high school curricula do. If you get the 8th edition, there are online quizzes and activities that go with it and save the teacher (you) a ton of work. Here's our read-along list: The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin I Was Born a Slave (3 volume anthology of slave narratives--read selections unless your ds loves them so much he wants to read them all) Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet His Brother's Keeper by Charles Sheldon That Printer of Udell's by Harold Bell Wright Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leibniz Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is easily one of the best first hand accounts of the founding of our nation. It also has great insight into what it takes to be an entrepreneur and influencer of men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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