Farrar Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 What great books for early modern history? I think we'll probably make it up to WWI this coming year for third grade, so anything before that. I have a few titles, but not many - I'm especially interested in historical fiction, but any others that were especially good would be nice to hear too. I did a search for read alouds for SOTW 3 and found so few threads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 We are halfway through Blood on the River. I think it's fairly new. It's all about Jamestown. It's not very challenging, but it's a fun read and very informative and exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Here are some I copied and pasted from a thread I started like this a few months ago: The Witch of Blackbird Pond Lincoln: A Photobiography A More Perfect Union: The Story of the US Constitution By the Great Horn Spoon or The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (both involve the gold rush) All-of-a-Kind Family (might take place after 1850) The Story of the Statue of Liberty The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Caddie Woodlawn Abigail Adams, Witness to a Revolution George Washington's World or Abraham Lincoln's World Sign of the Beaver ***AT the Sign of the Sugared Plum (London Fire) (I apologize I don't know who posted this originally) 1.Story of the World: Volume 3, Early Modern Times 2.D’Aulaire’s Pochohantus 3.Landmark’s Landing of the Pilgrims 4.Peter the Great by Diane Stanley 5.Boston Tea Party (library book) 6.Declaration of Independence (read off the internet) 7.Winter at Valley Forge 8.A More Perfect Union 9.American Adventures, part 1 10.The Story of Napoleon 11.Lewis & Clark (from The World Greatest Explorers) 12.Usborne’s Who Were the North American Indians 13.Only the Names Remain 14.Susanna of the Alamo 15.California Gold Rush (library book) I plan on using the following readers… 1.Don Quixote (abridged version) 2.Pochohantus & the Strangers 3.Adventures of Tom Sawyer (abridged version) 4.A Lion to Guard Us 5.Mary of Plymouth (free at google books) 6.Naya Nuki 7.Chinese Myths and Fables (selected ones) 8.The Bears on Hemlock Mountain 9.Marie Curie’s Search for Radium (part of Elemental Science’s plans) 10.The Three Musketeer’s (abridged version) 11.Stone Fox 12.Jane Austen (bio from the library) 13.Phoebe the Spy 14.Mr. Revere and I 15.Abigail Adams: A Girl… 16.Ben & Me 17.Meet George Washington 18.The Cabin faced West 19.The Story of Daniel Boone 20.Robert Fulton 21.Hunchback of Notre Dame (abridged version) 22.Napoleon (library book) 23.Oliver Twist (abridged version) 24.The Courage of Sarah Noble 25.Sarah Plain and Tall 26.Simon Bolivar: The Liberator 27.Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jack Carpenter 28.Sacagawea: Her True Story 29.The Year of the Panda 30.Sitting Bull: Great Sioux Chief 31.By the Great Horn Spoon 32.Secret Valley I plan on using the following read-alouds… 1.The School Story 2.Squanto, A Warrior’s Tale 3.The Witch at Blackbird Pond 4.Calico Bush 5.Gulliver’s Travels 6.Toliver’s Secret 7.Carry on Mr. Bowditch 8.Johnny Tremain 9.Swift Rivers 10.Red Sails from Capri 11.Sign of the Beaver 12.Strawberry Girl 13.The Birchbark House 14.Paddle to the Sea 15.The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Ooh, thank you! But I probably should have specified non-American, as we did US this year. But some promising looking ones in there (and a bunch we really enjoyed already!) Any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 We just did this period this past year. My kids did like Blood on the River. We also read Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims, The Big Wave, The Jungle Book, The Secret Garden, and Longwalker's Journey. We also read the Great Illustrated Classics Versions of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. We read Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Without a Country, which I liked, but the boys didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Here are some that are not American history: Peter the Great by Diane Stanley Marie Antoinette (Landmark) by Bernadine Kielty George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer Catherine the Great by Katharine Scherman (Landmark) The Story of Napoleon by H. E. Marshall Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds I'm planning on pulling out stories/chapters from some books to cover specific people in this time period...these are free online (Baldwin Project) and I'll just print that chapter and we'll read it when we get to it. For example, From Great Englishwomen by M. B. Synge: Florence Nightingale From Historical Tales: Russian by Charles Morris: The Charge of the Light Brigade Edited August 10, 2012 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 The Ghost of Tokaido Inn is set in 18th century Japan. We are reading it in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Taking notes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Thinking about doing The Ghost in the Tokkaido Inn. I really like that one. One of the books that's on my list that no one mentioned yet is Stowaway by Karen Hesse, which is about Captain Cook. I haven't read it yet, but I like Karen Hesse. I'd be especially interested to know if anyone has any good historical fiction for the French Revolution or Napoleonic Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Other read alouds on my possibilities list: The Gate in the Wall - about the industrial revolution Beethoven Lives Upstairs - about Beethoven, obviously - has anyone read it? This was the first I had heard of it. The Wolves of Wiloughby Chase - actually, that's not a maybe, that's a definite :D Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom - I read this so long ago, I need to remind myself if it would even appeal to my kids at all... the Taiping Rebellion is fascinating stuff and all (I mean, the dude thought he was Jesus's little brother), but not exactly essential at this age, though I would like to find more non-Western titles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm going through my books right now (same level), I'm so glad you asked this. :lurk5: So far I've found (but haven't read): The Master Puppeteer The Wreckers The Serpent's Children Master Cornhill Out of Many Waters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbpaulie Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not to hijack, but in addition to listing books, any chance you could tell me where in SOTW3 you might include these? Would save me a ton of time trying to cross reference any that would nicely fit. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 :bigear: to find later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Asia The Master Puppetteer Daughter of the mountains Singing Tree South America Chucaro: wild pony of the pampa I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Barton De Trevino The King's Fifth, by Scott O'Dell Polynesia Call it Courage Have not read the South American books yet, so can't vouch for them. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Secret of the Andes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Ooh, Call it Courage. I haven't thought of that book in ages - but correlated with Captain Cook and the discovery of the Pacific islands... Maybe. Not to hijack, but in addition to listing books, any chance you could tell me where in SOTW3 you might include these? Would save me a ton of time trying to cross reference any that would nicely fit. Thanks! I can't because we're not actually doing SOTW 3 (I have it for an additional resource though). But someone else might be able to. For us, I don't worry if the read aloud correlates just right because we read a mix of stuff in the evening before bed anyway - a few historical fiction things for history, some good books, a few fun books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Number the Stars For WWII. It isn't an American POV, and it is an appropriate intro to the period for littles. It was a good read aloud for my 7 yr old this past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Here are some that are not American history:Peter the Great by Diane Stanley Marie Antoinette (Landmark) by Bernadine Kielty George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer Catherine the Great by Katharine Scherman (Landmark) The Story of Napoleon by H. E. Marshall Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds I'm planning on pulling out stories/chapters from some books to cover specific people in this time period...these are free online (Baldwin Project) and I'll just print that chapter and we'll read it when we get to it. For example, From Great Englishwomen by M. B. Synge: Florence Nightingale From Historical Tales: Russian by Charles Morris: The Charge of the Light Brigade Thank you! I was looking for European sources especially, as we're focusing on Europe next year and have already gone through American History through 1850 last year. I wonder why not more historical fiction books have been written on the French Revolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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