Hot Lava Mama Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I'm having a hard time finding this when I search the forum, so if it has already been discussed, I would appreciate a link if possible. My ds 13 is on modern history for his world history study. Does anyone have a list of reading material for this era & age group? Thanks so much! Hot Lava Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 this might sound like a silly question, but are you including the World Wars in modern history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Lava Mama Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 From about 1900's to current. I have him doing a current events notebook for stuff going on today, but I need some good books for the rest of the time frame. We are doing movies, too. Any help would be very much appreciated. I thought I once saw a link to a web site that listed movies with the era or subject they covered. I had it bookmarked on my old computer that crashed, but I didn't have it backed up. I can't seem to find it. So we are covering all the expected wars, such as the Crimean War, Civil War, WWI & II, Korean War, Vietnam etc. I am looking for fictional as well as non-fictional. Thanks so much! Hot Lava Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Here's my son's 8th grade reading list for modern History / Lit: Spielvogel Western Civilization, chap. 22-29 Joy Hakim's A History of US, vol. 6-10 Traitor's Gate, Avi Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries Abraham Lincoln's World Across Five Aprils The Red Badge of Courage Virginia's General, Marrin Unconditional Surrender, Marrin Lincoln: a photobiography Lincoln's Ten Sentences (part of MCT's Self-Evident Truths series) The Man Without a Country Little Women Invincible Louisa Huckleberry Finn A Study in Scarlet The Time Machine The Call of the Wild One of Ours, Cather All Quiet on the Western Front The War to End All Wars In Flanders Fields (just a picture book that gives the background of the poem and the poem itself) Murder on the Orient Express Harlem Stomp: a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance Children of the Great Depression Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Freedman Farewell to Manzanar Once There Was a War, Steinbeck Life: Century in Pictures for Young People Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 1984 Animal Farm To Kill a Mockingbird Martha Graham: a dancer’s life, Freedman Free at Last: the language of Dr. King’s Dream (again from MCT's series) Linus Pauling and the Chemistry of Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 History-related movies we watched during the year included: Ken Burns’ The Civil War Friendly Persuasion Gone With the Wind Little Women Sergeant York The Untouchables (preview for content) The Spirit of St Louis Swing Kids Empire of the Sun Rabbit-Proof Fence To Kill a Mockingbird The Right Stuff October Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I tend to troll literature-based curriculum book lists and get ideas from them... Sonlight, Veritas Press, Tapestry, Mystery of History, Biblioplan, etc. Is that wrong? :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 SL core H is a good starting point for a booklist for this time period for middle schoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Abbey has a great reading list. We also did: Berties War Rifles for Waite Children of the Storm Chocolate Soldiers Usborne History of World Wars Albert Einstien Alva Thomas Edison Story of Inventions Number the Stars and a few others I can't recall at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 ...Number the Stars... We didn't do Number the Stars 'cause ds had already read it recently, but if he hadn't, I'd certainly have included it. It's one of his favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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