PeterPan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I want to pick your brains and see if you have any great ideas, obvious solutions, or inspiration for me. Ds has ASD and language issues, and he's gifted. He can listen to audiobooks and lectures, but he has to repeat things a lot (and essentially memorize them) for comprehension. He has a special interest in planes right now and basically anything involving war, battles, weapons, etc. I can chain interests with him, yes. He struggles to sit for books of any kind, and his behaviorist is saying to try picture books. I've done some with DK books where we read through it, picking out say all the transportation, then reading through again for all the clothing, then reading through again for all the food or battles or whatever. That has worked really well for him. We tried reading a Step reader on Benjamin Franklin, and on a good day he *might* be able to listen to a chapter. On a bad day, it's a no go. I cannot guarantee he'll sit for SOTW. It's short and the tm has activities, so those are pluses. I don't really like it, so that's a minus. TOG Primer is the right *idea*, with activities and a focus on easier materials, but it's really slow going any time we say HAVE to with him. My gut is it wouldn't go well. We do better with piles, doing what we can, when we can. What am I missing here? I have a stupid huge pile of these DK books and in the past he has liked them. Actually, I don't know if he still does. You know what I wish? I wish I had a little something for history that I could ask him to read. His overall comprehension is on a 5th/6th grade reading level, but his language is only average for his age. If there were something written very simply, he could read it in small chunks for his school time. He has ABA tutors, and it's actually good for him to be told to read something. But it would have to be short. Or he could do paired reading with picture books. But really, for all the books I have, I feel like I have books with text and not so much picture books? I'm trying to think here. The "If You Were there" series, the text would be really small. For some things there are books (by Kellogg, for instance) but there aren't many of them. I'd like us to be able to work on sitting for books. And I'd kinda like him to have a little something to read for himself, just to say he did. MAYBE he could read SOTW? Dunno. The DK books have too much text. I haven't dragged out my Usborne Time Traveler since dd was little. Maybe that would work? Like one two-page spread? I don't know, anything glaringly obvious jumping out at you there? When I say picture books, I'm talking about literal picture books, like a big picture on the page with just 1-2 sentences below it. Limited text, large print, big picture. Think 5-6 yo developmentally but with much much higher intellect. It's sort of crazy. He likes History Channel and makes connections like the labels on his fake musket and asking about what war they were and where the war was and... I have a timeline from Geomatters and their figures. I figured we'd do that to connect the reading. It's just this whole glitch of getting him able to work together and read. Or maybe just find History Channel videos for each event? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 If you have Time Traveler, I would pull that out and see if it would work. Keep the reading short (like you said, just do a 2-page spread). If it did, it seems like there are lots of books with that kind of ratio of pictures to text that you could use for him. (Some might even have more picture/less text). What is his reading ability? Could he read things like Pompeii Buried Alive (from Sonlight's Grade 2 Readers)? Or could he listen to it (even if you had to break it down and just read part at a time)? There are other history books around that level--Titanic Lost and Found, Hill of Fire, Wagon Wheels. Originally I wondered if some of their supplemental history books would work for you (like Peter the Great, Good Queen Bess etc... from Core C, or Tut's Mummy Lost and Found, Archaeologists Dig for Clues, Great Wall of China--Core B), but while they have big pictures, there's more than just a line or two of text. Still, you might take a look and see what you think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Ooo, I had TOTALLY FORGOTTEN about Sonlight's reader sets!!! My dd never used them when we used SL books. I would just assemble the core and do the read-alouds. Yes, he has been reading the Beginner's Bible to me this summer, and I'm seeing they include it in their gr 2 readers. I didn't even realize that! And you're right, that makes those other books a shoe-in. Technically he passed the 5th grade reading comprehension questions on the DAR and moved into reading the gr 6, where he maxed out. I was flabbergasted, because I had no clue. He reads no books by choice at all, which is why I took him. He'll read environmental text, like the Wii Vacation instructions or a sign here or there. It's the ASD, the development, the language issues. So he's kind of all over the place. But I love this idea of some Step readers for history. Now I'll have to go find Time Traveler. My dd LOVED her copy so, I hate to let ds use it! I may just get him his own. I actually have my SL 1+2 IG from way back in the day, lol. You know, I'm realizing I could make this really simple. With the VP cards as an outline, plug in one book and one activity per card and put things on timeline, done. That would be GOBS for him. And the TimeTraveler *might* be scheduled on the VP cards. I'll look up the Usborne World History. I probably have that too. The thing that had confused me about SL was that the whole point of it (the read alouds) are hard for him. I can put them on audio so he can listen to them over and over. He struggles to sing and certainly can't sing fast, so the geography songs are out of reach. It's just kind of weird working with someone who can't really do the most popular thing to do when you home school: listen to read alouds! And yes, you're right, that Great Wall of China book and similar would be perfect for him right now! Edited July 25, 2016 by OhElizabeth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 If you have other Sonlight stuff, maybe you could back way up with the "read-alouds" aspect (my kids listened to some of those prek books over and over--I think they were 8 and 10 and still loving them!) Some of those may still be too wordy though. Maybe with non-history type stuff, you back up to something easier and kind of make up your own "core" and gradually build up some of his listening ability? But I love the idea of putting some on audio and letting him listen over and over too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Would the You Wouldn't Want To Be books be too difficult? Big pictures, but lots of small tidbits of text and smaller pictures as well. Mine really enjoys them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Usborne Beginner books? Like this: Egyptians: https://www.amazon.com/Egyptians-Usborne-Beginners-Stephanie-Turnbull/dp/079450681X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469477544&sr=8-1&keywords=usborne+egyptians Ancient Greeks: https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Greeks-Beginners-Stephanie-Turnbull/dp/0746074859/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=61rgWAEQ68L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR236%2C320_&psc=1&refRID=N0HA94AW5DYCJJP7NAPW Usborne First Encyclopedia of History? https://www.amazon.com/First-Encyclopedia-History-Usborne/dp/1409522431/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469477635&sr=1-1&keywords=first+encyclopedia+of+history Graphic Novels by Capstone Press? Like this: Mystery of Roanoke Colony: https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Roanoke-Colony-Graphic-History/dp/0736864946/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469477666&sr=1-4&keywords=graphic+capstone+press Or Chester Comix? Like this: The Civil War https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Vol-Chester-Comix-Content/dp/1933122056/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469477717&sr=1-3&keywords=chester+comix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Don't know if these will work, but here's a big list of stepped readers for history I compiled some years back. Esp. the step 1, 2, and sometimes step 3 books have fewer words per page, are gentle reads, but are on fascinating topics so they don't feel babyish. You could try the step 4 and 5 books as read-alouds, perhaps…? STEPPED READERS I Can Read book = (ICR) average amount of words per page / average grade level level 1 = shared reading (preschool - 2) level 2 = beginning readings (K-2) level 3 = reading alone (gr. 1-3) level 4 = advanced reading (gr. 2-4) All Aboard Reading books = (AAR) easier/gentler stepped readers level 1 = for ages 4-6 level 2 = for ages 6-8 level 3 = for ages 7-9 Step Into Reading = (SIR) average amount of words per page / average grade level level 1 = ready to read level 2 = reading with level 3 = reading on your own level 4 = reading paragraphs level 5 = ready for chapters Hello Reader = (HR) easier/gentler stepped readers level 1 = pre K - gr. 1 level 2 = K - gr. 2 level 3 = gr. 1 - 2 level 4 = gr. 2 - 3 DK Readers = (DK) -- AND -- Eyewitness Readers = (EW) harder/higher level/more words per page stepped readers level 1 = beginning to read level 2 = beginning to read alone level 3 = reading alone level 4 = proficient readers Carolrhoda = (CR) very text-heavy per page On My Own History series - 2nd-4th grade Bank Street Ready to Read = (BS) level 1 = ready to read level 2 = beginning to read level 3 = beginning to read alone WORLD HISTORY Ancient Egypt - Egyptians Gods and Goddesses (AAR2) -- Henry Barker - Mummies (AARs) -- Joyce Milton - Mummies Unwrapped (HR3) -- Kimberly Weinberger - Tut's Mummy: Lost and Found (SIR4) -- Judy Donnelly - Secrets of the Mummies (EW4) -- Harriet Griffey Ancient Greece - Flying Horse: The Story of Pegasus (AAR1) -- Jane Mason - Snake Hair: The Story of Medusa (AAR2) -- Stephanie Spinner - Monster in the Maze (AAR) -- Stephanie Spinner) - The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War (SIR5) -- Emily Little - The Trojan Horse: The World's Greatest Adventure (EW4) -- David Clement Davies Ancient Rome - Pompeii... Buried Alive! (SIR4) -- Edith Davis Stone Age Europe - Ice Mummy: Discovery of a 3,000 year old Man (SIR4) -- Cathy Dubowski Medival Europe - Robin Hood: Tale of the Great Outlaw Hero (DK4) -- Angela Bull - Sword in the Stone (HR2) -- Grace MacCarone - Knights (AAR2) -- Catherine Daly-Weir - Gargoyles (AAR2) -- Jennifer Dussling - Joan of Arc (SIR4) -- Shana Corey -- biography - Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles (DK4) -- Christopher Maynard 1400s-1500s (European Explorers) - Christopher Columbus (SIR3) -- Stephen Krensky -- biography - Terror on the Amazon: The Search for El Dorado (DK3) -- Linda Martin 1600s (Europe) - The Great Tulip Trade (SIR3) -- Beth Brust (fanciful story based on true events) 1700s (Europe) - Pirates: Raiders of the High Seas (DK4) -- Christopher Maynard 1880s -1890s (Europe) - The Big Balloon Race" (ICR3) -- Eleanor Coerr 20th century 1912 - The Titanic: Lost and Found (SIR4) -- Judy Donnelly 1912 - Titanic: A Survivor's Story (DK2) -- Linda Martin 1912 - Titanic (EW3) -- Mark Dubowski 1922 - Tut's Mummy: Lost and Found (SIR4) -- Judy Donnelly 1931 - To The Top! Climbing World's Highest Mountain (SIR5) -- Sydelle Kramer 1943 - Hill of Fire (ICR3) -- by Thomas Lewis 1940s - The Story of Anne Frank (DK3)-- Linda Martin U.S. HISTORY General / Patriotic - The Star-Spangled Banner (CR) -- (Welch) Frances Scott Key, national anthem - Red, White and Blue: Story of the American Flag (AAR2) -- John Herman - Saving the Liberty Bell (CR) -- (Figley) - The Statue of Liberty (SIR2) -- Lucille Penner - I Pledge Allegiance (CR) -- (Swanson) - First Kids (SIR4) -- Gibbs Davis (children of Presidents, lived in White House) 1600-1700 1607 - Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown (CR) -- (Ransom) - Pocahontas: An American Princess (AAR3) -- Joyce Milton - The True Story of Pocahontas (SIR3) -- Lucille Penner - The First Thanksgiving (SIR3) -- Linda Hayward - The First Thanksgiving (HR3) -- Garnet Jackson - Small Wolf (ICR3) -- Nathaniel Benchley - Finding Providence (ICR4) -- Avi (1635) -- founding of Rhode Island capital) 1700-1775 - Johnny Appleseed(AAR1) -- Patricia Demuth - Johnny Appleseed: My Story (SIR3) -- David Harrison - George Washington's Mother (AAR3) -- Jeanne Fritz - George Washington and the General's Dog (SIR3) -- Frank Murphy Revolutionary War 1777 - Paul Revere's Ride (SIR3) -- Shana Corey 1777 - Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride (CR) -- (Amstel) 1777 - Buttons for General Washington (CR) -- (Roop) young spy - The 18 Penny Goose (ICR3) -- Sally Walker - Sam the Minuteman (ICR3) -- Nathaniel Benchley - George the Drummer Boy (ICR3) -- Nathaniel Benchley - The Boston Coffee Party (ICR3) -- Doreen Rappaport (silly story) - Saving the Liberty Bell (CR) -- (Figley) Colonial US - Many Ways to Be a Soldier (CR) -- (Pfeffer) Revolutionary War 1780-1800 1781 - Prisoner for Liberty (CR) -- (Figley) 1800-1820 1804 - Sacajawea (AAR2) -- Joyce Milton 1804 - Lewis & Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (SIR3) -- Shirley Redmond War of 1812 - Washington Is Burning (CR) -- (Figley) - The Battle for St. Michaels (ICR4) -- Emily McCully - An American Army of Two (CR) -- (Greeson) - The Star-Spangled Banner (CR) -- (Welch) 1820s 1827 - Snowshoe Thompson (ICR3) -- (Levinson) (1827-1876) mountain mailman 1830s 1831 - Sitting Bull (AAR2) -- Lucille Penner (1831-1890) 1838 - Trail of Tears (SIR5) -- Joseph Bruchac 1838 - Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship (AAR3) -- Patricia McKissack 1840s 1842 - Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad (CR) -- (Brill) 1847 - Flight of the Union (CR) -- (White) Niagra Falls bridge built with help of a kite 1848 - The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft -- (Moore) 1848 escaping slave 1849 - Chang's Paper Pony (ICR3)--Eleanor Coerr (Gold Rush/Chinese immigrant) Underground Railroad - The Drinking Gourd (ICR3) -- by F.N. Monjo (Underground Railroad) - Harriet Tubman (HR2) -- Catherine Nichols - Escape North! Story of Harriet Tubman (SIR4) -- Monica Kulling - Almost to Freedom (CR age K-2nd) -- Vaunda Nelson 1850s 1856 - Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (CR) -- (Roop) Maine lighthouse - Abe Lincoln's Hat (SIR3) -- Martha Brenner - Little Sure Shot: Annie Oakley (SIR3) -- Spinner 1860s 1861 - Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (ICR3) -- Eleanor Coerr 1861 - Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express (CR) -- (Brill) Civil War 1865 - Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender (CR) -- (Ransom) - Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom (CR) -- (Brown) Civil War, escaping slave - Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: Story of Gettysburg (AAR3) -- Jeanne Fritz - Civil War Sub: Mystery of the Hunley (AAR3) -- Kate Jerome (Civil War) - USS Monitor: Iron Warship That Changed the World (AAR3) -- Gare Thompson 1870s - The Long Way to a New Land (ICR3) -- Joan Sandin (immigrants) - The Long Way Westward (ICR3) -- Joan Sandin (immigrants go west) - Wagon Train (AAR2) -- Sydelle Kramer - Wagon Wheels (ICR3) -- Barbara Brenner (true; black pioneer family) - The Josefina Story Quilt (ICR3) -- Eleanor Coerr (true; wagon train) - Daniel's Duck (ICR3) -- by Clyde Bulla - Clouds of Terror (CR) -- (Welch) 1870s US prairie grasshopper plagues 1880s 1880 - Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (SIR4) -- (Hurwitz) (1880-1968) 1885 - The Copper Lady (CR) -- (Ross) building of the Statue of Liberty 1888 - I Pledge Allegiance (CR) -- (Swanson) creation of the Pledge of Allegiance 1888 - Schoolchildren's Blizzard (CR) -- (Figley) blizzard / pioneer children 1888 - Snow Walker (CR) -- (Wetterer) record blizzard that shut down the Bronx - Dinosaur Hunter (ICR4) -- Elaine Alphin - Prairie School (ICR4) -- Avi 1890s 1890 - Sitting Bull (AAR2) -- Lucille Penner (1831-1890) 1896 - Rescue on the Outer Banks (CR) -- (Ransom) African-American rescue crew - Jumbo (SIR5) -- Bonnie Worth -- famous PT Barnum circus elephant - The Great Houdini: World Famous Magician (SIR4) -- Monica Kulling - Danger at the Breaker (CR) -- (Welch) 19th century coal mining - Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (SIR4) -- (Hurwitz) (1880-1968) 1900s 1903 - Will and Orv (CR) -- (Schulz) first airplane flight 1903 - First Flight: The Wright Brothers (DK4) -- Caryn Jenner 1903 - First Flight: Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (ICR4) -- George Shea 1905 - Clara and the Bookwagon (ICR3) -- by Nancy Levinson - Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (SIR3) -- Monica Kulling 1910s 1911 - Fire at the Triangle Factory (CR) -- (Littlefield) NY factory workers disaster 1914 - Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance (SIR4) -- Monica Kulling 1919 - Babe Ruth Saves Baseball (SIR3) -- Frank Murphy - Thomas Edison; The Great Inventor (DK4) -- Caryn Jenner - Zepplin: Age of the Airship (DK3) -- Andrew Donkin 1920s 1920 - Man O'War (SIR3) -- Jennifer Mckerly 1925 - Danger at Sand Cave (CR) -- (Ransom) deadly dangers of caves 1925 - The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (SIR3) -- Natalie Standiford 1927 - Night Flight: Charles Lindbergh's... (AAR2) -- Sydelle Kramer 1929 - Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog (HR4) -- Eva Moore 1930s 1931 - The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth (CR) -- (Patrick) 1937 - Flying Ace: Story of Amelia Earhart (DK4) -- Angela Bull -- (1897-1937) 1937 - Vanished! Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart (SIR4) -- Monica Kulling - Dust for Dinner (ICR3) -- Ann Turner (Dust Bowl/Depresssion) - Horse Named Seabiscuit (AAR3) -- Mark Duvowski (grandson of Man O'War) 1940s 1945 - D-Day Landings: Story of the Allied Invasion (DK4) -- Richard Platt 1950s 1957 - Cracking the Wall: Struggles of Little Rock Nine (CR) -- (Lucas) Civil Rights - Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball (SIR5) -- Jim O'Connor - The Story of Muhammad Ali (DK4) -- Leslie Garrett 1960s - Martin Luther King, Jr.: MAn of Peace (HR4) -- Jackson/Ford - Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington (AAR2) -- Frances Ruffin - The Story of Muhammad Ali (DK4) -- Leslie Garrett - Race Into Space (SIR4) -- Eric Arnold - Moonwalk (SIR5) -- Judy Donnelly 1970s-1990s - Ice Mummy: Discovery of a 3,000 year old Man (SIR4) -- Cathy Dubowski - Civil War Sub: Mystery of the Hunley (AAR3) -- Kate Jerome (Civil War) - USS Monitor: Iron Warship That Changed the World (AAR3) -- Gare Thompson - Finding the Titanic (HR4) -- Ballard 20th CENTURY - General - Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists (HR4) -- Jones/Garnet - Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers (HR4) -- Hudson/Garnet - Great Black Heroes: Five Famous Writers (HR4) -- Jones/Garnet - Great Black Heroes: Five Bold Freedom Fighters (HR4) -- Hudson/Garnet - Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors (HR4) -- Hudson/Garnet - Antarctic Adventure: Exploring the Frozen Continent (DK4) -- Linda Martin - Disasters at Sea (DK3) -- Linda Martin - Mountain Climbing: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks (DK4) -- Linda Martin Edited July 26, 2016 by Lori D. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 If you have other Sonlight stuff, maybe you could back way up with the "read-alouds" aspect (my kids listened to some of those prek books over and over--I think they were 8 and 10 and still loving them!) Some of those may still be too wordy though. Maybe with non-history type stuff, you back up to something easier and kind of make up your own "core" and gradually build up some of his listening ability? But I love the idea of putting some on audio and letting him listen over and over too. You've captured something that had been forming in my mind and I just hadn't gotten it out quite that way, thanks! Yes, it's that kind of disparity. The read alouds (New Toes for Tia, etc.) that my dd did at 5 would be much more appropriate for him now, pushing into 8. So yes, if I kind of split it that way, it can really work! Homeagain and PerkyBunch, good ideas, thanks! LoriD, I had never seen that list, but wow you just saved me a ton of work and thought and searching! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Elizabeth, I have a list I can send you. I designed a two year US history course through picture books, but it is LONG. Let me know if you want it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Here's what I used. Living History of Our World is by Angela O'Dell and Pioneers and Patriots is from Christian Liberty Press. You can just skip either of those, however, I started off using them but stopped pretty soon, frankly. What I started off considering supplements quickly became the main meat of the program. And we certainly gave up on the day/ week schedule and just did the next thing. Pre-US History: If You Lived with the Sioux Indians; If You Lived with the Iroquois; If You Lived with the Hopi; If You Lived with the Indians of the Northwest; The Discovery of the Americas (Betsy Maestro); Welcome to Kaya’s World (Kaya American Girl books); You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Incan Mummy; You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Viking Explorer; Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs; The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory; Secret of the Andes Week One: Day One – Living History of Our World chapter 1 Day Two – Living History chapter 2 Day Three – Living History chapter 3 Supplement: Encounter; Follow the Dream; You Wouldn’t Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus Week Two: Day One – Living History chapter 4 Day Two – Pioneers and Patriots chapter 5 Day Three – Pioneers and Patriots chapter 6 Supplement: Pilgrim Cat; You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Colonist; Roanoke: An Unsolved Mystery; A Lion to Guard Us; Pocahontas and the Strangers Week Three: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 7 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 8 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 9 Supplement: You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower; Magic Tree House Nonfiction guide Pilgrims; If You Sailed on the Mayflower; Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Journey; Sarah Morton’s Day; Samuel Easton’s Day; Tapenum’s Day; Squanto’s Journey; Squanto: Friend of Pilgrims Week Four: Day One: Living History chapter 5 Day Two: Living History chapter 6 Day Three: Living History chapter 7 Supplement: Finding Providence; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Salem Witch; The New Americans: Colonial Times (Betsy Maestro); Three Young Pilgrims (Cheryl Harness) Week Five: Day One: Living History chapter 8 Day Two: Living History chapter 9 Day Three: Witch Hunt: It Happened in Salem Village Supplement: If You Lived in Colonial Times Week Six: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 10 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 11 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 12 Week 7: Day One: 100 True Tales (Manhattan Real Estate Deal- The Fall of Man) Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 13 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 14 Supplement: Legend of New Amsterdam; Peter Styussevant, Old Peg Leg; The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies Week 8: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 15 Day Two: Struggle for a Continent (Maestro) first half Day Three: Struggle for a Continent (finish) Supplement: George vs George; (better for older kids), John, Paul, George and Ben; George Washington (Cheryl Harness) Week 9: Day One: Liberty: How the American Revolution Began Day Three: Living History chapter 10 Supplement: And Then What Happened, Paul Revere; Paul Revere’s Ride; Magic Treehouse Research Guide: Revolutionary War; If You Lived in Colonial Williamsburg Watch Liberty Kids on Netflix Week 10: Day One: Living History chapter 11 Day Two: Living History chapter 12 Day Three: Living History chapter 13 Supplement: You Wouldn’t Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party; What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?; Now and Ben; How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning; Saving the Liberty Bell; Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin; The Remarkable Ben Franklin (Cheryl Harness) Week 11: Day One: Living History chapter 14 Day Two: Living History chapter 15 Day Three: Living History chapter 16 Supplement: Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George; Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers; Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?; Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble; John, Paul, George, and Ben (Lane Smith); Those Rebels, John and Tom Week 12: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 16 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 17 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 18 Supplement: Let It Begin Here; Sleds on Boston Commons; Katie’s Trunk; They Called Her Molly Pitcher Week 13: Day One: If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution (first half) Day Two: If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution (finish) Day Three: 100 True Tales (Go Fly a Kite – A Portrait) Supplement: The Secret Solider; Phoebe and the General; Joining the Boston Tea Party; The Scarlet Stockings Spy; Sybil’s Midnight Ride; Felicity Books (American Girls); Welcome to Felicity’s World; Redcoats and Petticoats Week 14: Day One: They Made America Great (Thomas Jefferson – Betsy Ross) Day Two: American Tales (Daniel Boone – Thomas Jefferson) Day Three: Seven Brave Women Supplement: If You Grew Up with George Washington; George Washington’s Breakfast; George Washington and the General’s Dog; George the Drummer Boy; George Did It; George Washington (Harness); George Washington’s Teeth; George Washington’s Mother; Revolutionary Friends Week 18: Day One: American Pioneers and Patriots (chapter 19) Day Two: American Pioneers and Patriots (chapter 20) Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots (chapter 21) Supplement: If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution; The Revolutionary John Adams; We The People: The Story of the Constitution; A New Nation (Maestro); John Adams Speaks for Freedom Week 19: Day One: They Made America Great (America Accepts a New Plan of Government) Day Two: Living History chapter 17 Day Three: Living History chapter 18 Supplement: Shhh…..We’re Writing the Constitution; Thomas Jefferson (Cheryl Harness); A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution; Worst of Friends Week 20: Day One: A New Nation (Maestro), first half Day Two: A New Nation (second half) Day Three: Living History chapter 19 Supplement: Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for President; Seaman’s Journal?; I Am Sacagewea, I Am York; Meet Thomas Jefferson; As Far as the Eye Can Reach; Thomas Jefferson’s Feast; Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Everything Week 21: Day One: Living History chapter 20 Day Two: They Made America Great (Dolly Madison – Bill Cody); 100 True Tales (The Great Divide) Day Three: Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West Supplement: My Name Is York; Sacagawea, Shoshone Trailblazer; The Voyageur’s Paddle Week 22: Day One: Living History chapter 21 Day Two: Living History chapter 22 Day Three: Living History chapter 23 Supplement: Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale; If You Lived When There Was Slavery; Who Let Muddy Boots in the White House?; Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing; If You Lived with the Cherokee Week 23: Day One: 100 True Tales (Uncle Sam – I’m Not Leaving This Jail) Day Two: American Tales (Eli Whitney – Sequoyah) Day Three: The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal Supplement: A Head Full of Notions; Freedom River; The Star Spangled Banner, By the Dawn’s Early Light Week 24: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 22 - 23 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 24-25 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 26-27 Supplement: Trail of Tears (Step into Reading 5); Susanna of the Alamo; Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Step into Reading 3); American Girls (Josephina); Welcome to Josephina’s World; tall tales/ legends of Davy Crockett Week 25: Day One: Living History chapter 24 Day Two: Living History chapter 25 Day Three: Sam Houston, Texas Hero Supplement: Only the Names Remain; Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Mary Wade) Week 26: Day One: Living History chapter 26 Day Two: Living History chapter 27-28 Day Three: 100 True Tales (Fatal Snow – What Is That) Supplement: You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Pioneer; The Buffalo Storm; Wagon Train (All Aboard Reading); Westward Ho: The Story of the American Pioneers; If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie; If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon; The Bobbin Girl; American Girl (Kirsten); A Pioneer Sampler; Welcome to Kirsten’s World Good time for Laura Ingalls Wilder books Week 27: Day One: American Tales (James Bridger- Samuel Morse) Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 28 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 29 Supplement: Roughing It on the Oregon Trail; Gold Fever; Covered Wagons, Boom Town; Chang’s Paper Pony, The Secret Valley (reader);Boom Town; You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Railroad; The Buffalo Are Back Play Oregon Trail on computer Week 28: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 30 Day Two: Ten Mile Day (Building the Transcontinental Railroad) Day Three: Apples to Oregon Supplement: Coolies; Brothers (Yin); Wagons West (Gerrard); Prairie School (reader); Trail of Tears Week 29: Day One: If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln (first half) Day Two: finish If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln Day Three: They Made America Great (North and South Fight a War – Clara Barton) Supplement: American Girl books (Addy); Abe Lincoln’s Hat; Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek; Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig; Abe’s Fish; Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers; The Listeners; Welcome to Addy’s World Week 30: Day One: If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War (first half) Day Two: finish If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War Day Three: If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (first half) Supplement: Mr. Lincoln’s Boys; Abe Lincoln Remembers; A Lincoln and Me; Lincoln and His Boys; Our Abe Lincoln; What Lincoln Said, If You Lived When There Was Slavery; The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale; Dadblamed Union Army Cow; Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington (Cheryl Harness); Young Abe Lincoln (Cheryl Harness) Week 31: Day One: finish If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Day Two: American Tales: Maria Mitchell – Mark Twain Day Three: 100 True Tales (Murder By Moonlight – He Laid Down His Hammer) Supplement: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman; Moses: When Harriet Led Her People; Minty: A Story about Young Harriet Tubman; Almost to Freedom; Under the Cloak of Night; Follow the Drinking Gourd; Sweet Clara’s Quilt; Freedom River; Aunt Harriet’s Railroad in the Sky; The Last Safe House; Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride; I Have Heard of a Land; Friend on Freedom River; Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross Week 32: Day One: picture book biography of Abe Lincoln Day Two: picture book biography of Clara Barton (Spirit of the Red Cross?) Day Three: You Wouldn’t Want to be a Civil War Solider Supplement: Pink and Say; Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (All Aboard Reading); Henry’s Freedom Box; Freedom’s Gifts; Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys; The Legend of Old Abe: Civil War Eagle; Fields of Fury; Red Legs: a Drummer Boy from the Civil War; Freedom River Week 33: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots Chapter 31 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 32 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 33 Supplement: If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Suffragist; Train to Somewhere; Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express, Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express, Riding the Pony Express (reading book); You Wouldn’t Want to Live in a Wild West Town; Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (reader); Pappy’s Handkerchief Week 34: Day One: 100 True Tales (Great Chicago Fire-Up from the Ashes) Day Two: American Tales (Wild Bill Hickok – Edison) Day three: They Made America Great (Bell- Jane Addams) Supplement: Dandelions; Eat My Dust: Henry Ford; Wagon Wheels (reader); Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell; A Wizard from the Start Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure; biographies of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison Week 35: Day One: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 34 Day Two: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 35 Day Three: Pioneers and Patriots chapter 36 Supplement You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on a 19th Century Whaling Ship (can’t find) Week 36: Day One: 100 True Tales (Run for the Hills – Don’t Shoot) Day Two: If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island (start) Day Three: finish If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island Supplement: When Jessie Came Across the Sea; Annushka’s Voyage; The Long Way to a New Land and Long Way Westward (reader); American Girl books (Samantha); Naming Liberty; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Worker on the Statue of Liberty; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Skyscraper Builder; Junkman’s Daughter Week 37: Day One: Coming to America: The Story of Immigration Day Two: The Story of the Statue of Liberty Day Three: Teddy Roosevelt: The People’s President (Ready to Read) Supplement: What to Do About Alice?; Pepe the Lamplighter; My Tour of Europe by Teddy Roosevelt; Don’t You Dare Shoot that Bear; The Memory Coat; You’re On Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt; Teddie: the Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt; Teddy Roosevelt: People’s President Week 38: Day One: 100 True Tales (Into the Air-The Golden Land) Day Two: American Tales George Washington Carver and Wright Brothers Day Three: They Made America Great (US Builds Panama Canal – George Carver) Supplement: The Remarkable Rough Riding Life of Teddy Roosevelt; Bloomers; You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!; biographies of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Blackwell; Who Was Annie Oakley?; America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle; Nelly Bly’s Monkey; Bloomers!; American Girl: Rebecca; If You Lived at the Time of the San Francisco Earthquake Week 39: Day One: To Fly! The Story of the Wright Brothers Day Two: My Brothers Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me Day Three: First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers Supplement: Into the Air: the Story of the Wright Brothers First Flight; Taking Flight; Will and Orv; Can You Fly High, Wright Brothers?; How People Learned to Fly; Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Cross the English Channel; Amelia Earhart: More than a Flier Week 40: Day One: If You Lived 100 Years Ago (first half) Day Two: finish If You Lived 100 Years Ago Day Three: Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression Supplement: American Girl books (Kit); Tight Times; Saving Strawberry Farm,; Dust for Dinner (reader); Lucky Star; Rudy Rides the Rails Week 41: Day One: Leah’s Pony Day Two: If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights (first half) Day Three: finish If You Lived When Women Won their Rights Supplement: Dust for Dinner (reader); Finding Daddy; Lucky Beans; The Storm in the Barn Week 42: Day One: 100 True Tales: Courage Under Fire-Mrs. Roosevelt’s Revenge Day Two: Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? (start) Day Three: Who Was Eleanor Rooevelt? (finish) Supplement: The Donkey of Gallipoli; Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride; Eleanor, Quiet No More; When Esther Morgan Headed West; Eleanor (Barbara Cooney) Week 43: Day One: Molly’s World (first half) Day Two: Molly’s World (finish) Day Three: You Wouldn’t Want to Be a WW 2 Pilot Supplement: The Yellow Star; The Butterfly; The Cats in Krasinski Square; Star of Fear, Star of Hope; Boxes for Katje, American Girl Molly books; The Grand Mosque of Paris; The Little Ships: Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II; Dirt on Their Skirts; The Night Crossing; Rebekah’s Journey; You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Secret Agent in World War II Week 44: Day One: The Greatest Skating Race Day Two: Don’t You Know There’s a War On? Day Three: So Far from the Sea (Japanese Internment) Supplement: Twenty and Ten; Baseball Saved Us; Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot; The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth; Lily’s Victory Garden Week 45: Day One: 100 True Tales: Chain Reaction to Cookie Cutter Houses Day Two: I Am Rosa Parks Day Three: Freedom on the Menu Supplement: Hiding from the Nazis, The Bracelet; The Unbreakable Code; The Little Ships; Nim and the War Effort; When Daddy Was a Soldier; Music for April; Let the Celebrations Begin, Blueberries for the Queen Week 46: Day One: Rosa Day Two: If a Bus Could Talk Day Three: The Story of Ruby Bridges Supplement: Freedom Summer; White Socks Only; A Sweet Smell of Roses; The Other Side; The School Is Not White; First Day in Grapes; Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down; Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation; Riding to Washington; Finding Lincoln Week 47: Day One: My Brother Martin Day Two: Martin’s Big Words Day Three: March On Supplement: Jackie Robinson: Baseball’s First Black Major Leaguer; You Wouldn’t Want to Be on Apollo 13; Who Is Neil Armstrong; One Giant Leap; Look to the Stars; Reaching for the Moon; The Wall; If You Decide to Go to the Moon; Harvesting Hope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 I wondered how that Pioneers and Patriots went for you. Well good, it sounds like the study worked out for you and was really fun! So I'm on track. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I don't like much from the Pioneers and Patriots publisher, but I did actually like Pioneers and Patriots itself. We didn't use all of it, but it was fun. Kids enjoyed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Terabith, what a great list! Thanks for sharing! Did you do any timeline with it or map work or just read the books? I can't remember if you said the ages your kids were. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 We did it over two years, when my kids were K-1. I didn't really do any mapping or timeline stuff, just read the books. My oldest did have a bizarrely good grasp of geography all on her own, however. She knew where most states were located, but it wasn't really curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Thank you! We did it over two years, when my kids were K-1. I didn't really do any mapping or timeline stuff, just read the books. My oldest did have a bizarrely good grasp of geography all on her own, however. She knew where most states were located, but it wasn't really curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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