Nestof3 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Let's say you covered these five periods, and you could only pick one or two books for each period for a 7th grader to read, what would they be? PS -- He has already ready Sign of a Beaver, Witch of Blackbird Pond, Johnny Tremain. 1. The First Americans - 1600 2. Colonization 3. French and Indian War through Constitution 4. New Nation through Trail of Tears 5. Westward Expansion through Pony Express Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 About the Oregon Trail and the Indians: Moccasin Trail. This is one of our favorite all-time read-alouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Classics my 7th grader will read: Tom Sawyer Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas (This is an excellent book, but you need to pre -read it!) Here are the ones my dh will be reading aloud to both boys, they are all excellent!: Sing Down the Moon, Scott O'Dell (trail of tears) My Name is Not Angelica, Scott O'Dell (the middle passage and slavery) Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell (native americans) Carry on Mr Boditch (invention of improved navigation in sailing) Swift River (log run on the Mississippi) Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFM Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I was going to say Sign of the Beaver and Johnny Tremain. I read Johnny Tremain as a child and still remember it and cannot wait to read it with my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Way2blessed Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 My Brother Sam is Dead (Revolutionary War) Amos Fortune, Free Man (slavery) Fever, 1793 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I would pick one book from the white European perspective, and one from the Native American perspective. As for Native American, I really like Louise Erdrich's works (these are her children's books): The Leap (1990) Grandmother's Pigeon (1996) The Birchbark House (1999) The Range Eternal (2002) The Game of Silence (2005) The Porcupine Year (2008) Chickadee (2012) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 EK loved the Dear America series for girls, and she also read some of the My Name is America series for boys. Each book is a fictional journal of a boy or young man who lived during a particular time period. I would suggest reading one of these from each time period as well as a classic piece like Johnny Tremain, for example, which I know your ds has already read. Here are the My Name is America titles (for boys) available--the ones I know of, anyway: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim boy, Plymouth, 1620 by Ann Rinaldi The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 by Kathryn Lasky The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep The Journal of Rufus Rowe: A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862 by Sid Hite The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 by Jim Murphy The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 by William Durbin The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871 by Walter Dean Myers The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 by Jim Murphy The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie, New York City, 1899 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905 by William Durbin The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 by William Durbin The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 by Barry Denenberg The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 by Walter Dean Myers The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Thank you, all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeofLove4Him Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Holy Smokes Erek's mom!! I've just learned of the Sisters in Time series for girls and was Googling for a similar series for boys (for my son). Google turned up this thread, and your post was awesome! Thank you!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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