cyndyinohio Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Sonlight has so many books and I know I won't get through them all...which ones from D/E or any non-SL books are your favorites?? They can be ones my children can read themselves (need to be on the easier side) or read-alouds. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Christian Liberty Press has wonderful American History readers. I particularly like American Pioneers and Patriots and A Child's Story of America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erika Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I am using Living books curriculum for American History with my 1st grader this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 The Complete Book of United States History The Indian Book (OOP) The Fourth of July Story A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy Maestro The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Tomie dePaola) The Witch of Blackbird Pond Pedro's Journal The Courage of Sarah Noble The Sign of the Beaver Helen Keller Sarah, Plain and Tall the Little House books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) Our favorites: Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin....Buffalo Knife Edited July 10, 2011 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Johnny Tremain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I am going to do a one-year US history using some selections from SL 3+4, some from WP's American history programs, and some selections from my bookshelf. We will be using America's History Land of Liberty as our spine. The black is the chapter title from America's History, the blue is a read-aloud and the green is a reader. First semester weeks 1-18 Earliest People of the Americas North American Indians by Douglas Gorsline Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla (week 1 of 2) Europeans Explore the Americas The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus by Betsy Maestro Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla (week 2 of 2) Europeans Settle America Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus by Betsy Maestro The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds (week 1 of 2) Africans in America The New Americans: Colonial Times by Betsy Maestro The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds (week 2 of 2) The English Settle in North America Colonial Crafts by Bobbie KalmanThe Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (week 1 of 2) Life in the 13 Colonies George Washington for Kids by Brandon Marie Miller (week 1 of 4)The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (week 2 of 2) The Road to Revolution George Washington for Kids by Brandon Marie Miller (week 2 of 4)Meet Benjamin Franklin by Maggi Scarf The American Revolution George Washington for Kids by Brandon Marie Miller (week 3 of 4) Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness The Nation's New Constitution The US Constitution and You by Syl SobelNo reader this week. Read the raH together. The Start of the New Nation George Washington for Kids by Brandon Marie Miller (week 4 of 4)Phoebe the Spy by Judith Griffin A Time of Growth and War How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark by Rosalyn SchanzerMillie Cooper's Ride: A True Story from History by Marc Simmons Growth and Sectionalism Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl HarnessTrail of Tears (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) by Joseph Bruchac Working for Reform and Culture The West: An Illustrated History for Children by Dayton Duncan (selections from week 1 of 2)The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr (week 1 of 3) Americans Move Westward The West: An Illustrated History for Children by Dayton Duncan (week 1 of 2)The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr (week 2 of 3) North and South Disagree Last Safe House, The: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood (week 1 of 2) The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr (week 3 of 3) The Beginning of the Civil War Last Safe House, The: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood (week 2 of 2) Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (week 1 of 3) The End of the Civil War Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (week 1 of 2) Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (week 2 of 3) The Reconstruction Years Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (week 2 of 2) Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder (week 3 of 3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Second Semester weeks 19-36 Growth in the American West Tracks Across America by Leonard Everett Fisher (selections from week 1 of 2) When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep (week 1 of 2) The Growth of Business and Industry Tracks Across America by Leonard Everett Fisher (week 2 of 2) When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep (week 2 of 2) Immigration and Labor Movements Change America Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman (week 1 of 2) George Washington Carver by Matt Doeden Reform and the Progressive Movement Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman (week 2 of 2) Who Was Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson The United States Becomes a World Power The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Empire America (week 1 of 2) Wheels of Time by Catherine Gourley The United States and Latin America The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Empire America (week 2 of 2) The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds (week 1 of 2) The United States in World War I Hero Over Here by Kathleen V. Kudlinski The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds (week 1 of 2) America in the 1920s Children of the Depression by Russell Freedman (week 1 of 2) Ticket to the Twenties: A Time Traveler's Guide by Mary Blocksma The Great Depression Children of the Depression by Russell Freedman (week 2 of 2) Rose's Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression by Marissa Moss The Beginning of World War II Ultra Hush-hush: Espionage and Special Missions by Stephen Shapiro, Tina Forrester (week 1 of 2) On The Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck (week 1 of 2) The Fight to Win World War IIUltra Hush-hush: Espionage and Special Missions by Stephen Shapiro, Tina Forrester (week 2 of 2) On The Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck (week 2 of 2) The Cold War Begins Spying and the Cold War by Michael Burgan In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord (week 1 of 2) The Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders by Ann Bausum In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord (week 2 of 2) Americans Fight a War in Vietnam Vietnam War (DK Eyewitness Books) by Stuart Murray Leaving Vietnam by Sarah S. Kilborne Successes and Trouble in the 1960s and 1970s Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns by Wilborn Hampton First Moon Landing by Thomas K. Adamson The United States Faces World Problems Tensions in the Gulf, 1978-1991 by J. E. Peterson (week 1 of 2) The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace (week 1 of 2) The United States in Today's World Tensions in the Gulf, 1978-1991 by J. E. Peterson (week 2 of 2 )The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace (week 2 of 2) America in the New Century The History of the Internet by Josepha Sherman Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal in Computers by Mike Venezia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 We will be listening to 2 books on audio each semester. 1st Semester Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Second Semester Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George We will also be using Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems and Great American Artists for Kids throughout the year. HTH- Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyndyinohio Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Wow! You've done a lot of planning! Thank you so much for sharing the fruit of your labors with me!!! I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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