Story of the World: The Modern Age (what next? 1991 - present)

[Guest ElektroChik]

Has anyone composed a list of reading material, documentaries, movies, activities, etc for the time after "The Modern Age" ends and the present? This would be between 1991 and 2015. It would be nice to get us up to date this summer, before we start this 4 year cycle all over again in the fall. Thank you.

[SeaConquest]

I wouldn't even know how to touch 9.11. Following.

[Miss Tick]

Doesn't that mostly fall under "current events"? I can't see the ages if your dc, but perhaps a newspaper or magazine subscription, along with discussion and an encyclopedia.

 

Alternatively, depending on your beliefs, you could spend some of the summer doing prehistory/earth science as a lead-in to the ancients.

[Sherry in OH]

These are the resources I used with my children for the end of our first history cycle.  I believe my children were younger than yours but some titles may be of interest.  Most titles are picture books.  

 

1990s

“Hubble Trouble†and “Ancient Wanderer,†in The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History (Jennifer Armstrong)

My Name is Sangoel (Karen Lynn Williams)

Faraway Home (Jane Kurtz)

Brothers in Hope (Mary Williams)

Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt (Patricia C. McKissack)

Gray Wolves: Return to Yellowstone (Meish Goldish)

Stories Told by Mother Teresa (Mother Teresa)

Mother Teresa (Demi)

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (ed. Chris van Wyk)

Faith Ringgold (Mike Venezia)

The Empty Room (Jon Mikkelson)

How did that get to my house? Internet (Gary Chmielewsi)

Something Big Has Been Here (Jack Prelutsky)

Watch: The Cave of the Yellow Dog

 

1990s-2000s

“The Election,†in The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History (Jennifer Armstrong)

How Cell Phones Work (Nadia Higgins)

Globalization: 1977-2008 (Saddleback Publishing), pages 24-35

The People Shall Continue (Simon J. Ortiz)

Smokey Night (Eve Bunting)

Extreme Machines in Space (Patricia Armentrout)

Art that Moves: Animation around the World (John Bliss)

A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins (Howard Ginger)

Amazing Story of Space Travel [Max Axiom]

Space, Stars and the Beginning of Time: What the Hubble Telescope Saw (Elaine Scott)

Exploring the International Space Station (Laura Hamilton Waxman) 

Exploring Mars (Deborah A. Shearer)

Robots and Rovers (Sue L. Hamilton)

What is God? (Etan Borlitzer)

Watch: FreedomFlix: The Persian Gulf War

 

2000-2008

Globalization: 1977-2008 (Saddleback Publishing, pages 36-end.

The Little Chapel that Stood (A. B. Curtiss)

America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (Don Brown)

A Storm Called Katrina (Myron Uhlberg) 

All Across Ohio (Susan Gray)

Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom (Agnieszka Biskup)

Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops (Jill Biden) 

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq (Jeanette Winter)

Listen to the Wind (Greg Mortenson)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba)

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Jacqueline Briggs Martin) 

The Swamps of Sleethe (Jack Prelutsky)

I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus (Jack Prelutsky)

 

2009-present

Who is Barack Obama? (Roberta Edwards)

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed their World (Allan Drummand)

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Isabella Hatkoff)

Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books (Susan L. Roth)

Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa (Jeannette Winter)

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (Barack Obama)

Amazing Story of Cell Phone Technology: Max Axiom STEM Adventures (Tammy Enz)

The Terrific Tale of Television Technology: Max Axiom STEM Adventures (Tammy Enz)

The Year of Billy Miller (Kevin Henkes)

Watch: FreedomFlix: Great Recession; Barack Obama

 

“Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow†CHOW chapter 91

Tremendous Technology Inventions (Kate Marsico) 

Knots on a Counting Rope (Bill Martin, Jr.)

The Family of Earth (Schim Schimmel)

Dear Children of the Earth (Schim Schimmel)

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize (Kathy-Jo Wargin)

Engineering an Awesome Recyling Center with Max Axiom, Super Scientist (Nikole Brooks Bethea)

Earth Day – Hooray! (Stuart J. Murphy)

The Story of Religion (Betsy Maestro)

On the Day You Were Born (Debra Fraisier)

My Many Colored Days (Dr. Seuss)

Children of the Earth Remember (Schim Schimmel)

Mr. Goethe's Garden (Diana Cohn)

Somewhere in the World Right Now (Stacey Schuett)

A Refreshing Look at Renewable Energy with Max Axiom, Super Scientist (Katherine E. Krohn)

A Drop Around the World (Barbara Shaw McKinney)

The Top Ten Inventions that Changed the World (Chris Oxlade)

[AdventuresinHomeschooling]

I will cover the presidents and 9/11 at least. For 9/11, we watch the live coverage footage on the anniversary, and I plan to do that along with some documentaries.

[3 ladybugs]

Don't forget to tell your own experiences of 9/11 or other days to your children. The 35 anniversary of Mt St Helens eruption took place this month and I told my son my family stories of that day as well as my memories (I was 3 and living in Vancouver, Washington) and it really brought it to life for him. He can picture it clearer hearing these stories.

 

This time in history it is easy to talk about things, even if you were not there. None of us walked on the moon, but for everyone who was alive on that day, they will never forget it.

 

To me those are essential parts of history and how to relate to it.

[happypamama]

Wow, Sherry in OH -- thanks for that great list!

 

One of the History Odyssey Modern lists The Breadwinner as a modern novel.

[Hunter]

The newest edition of Van Loon's History of mankind just came out in paperback. You might like the last few newly written chapters.

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Mankind-Updated-Liveright-Classics/dp/0871408651/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

[fourisenough]

With my DD4 (age 10), we've watched CNN Student News and read Upfront Magazine for the last two years. We talk extensively about the topics these publications raise, so I feel we've got modern history and current events well-covered, but I wanted to do a re-cap/high-level overview of the whole cycle of world history before launching into ancients again this fall. I recently bought and have skimmed From Then To Now by Christopher Moore. I think it will be a great read-aloud for the summer to fill this need.

[lea_lpz]

This is great. Wish I could save for future reference. We plan to do a long trek through US history with my kids in the younger years, so this'd be good for resources to share.

[go_go_gadget]

Wish I could save for future reference.

 

Welcome to the Association for the Collectors of WTM Bookmarks. We recommend creating a sub-folder specifically for this purpose.

[carriede]

Welcome to the Association for the Collectors of WTM Bookmarks. We recommend creating a sub-folder specifically for this purpose.

I've actually put some on Pinterest. There's no representative pic, but that's okay. :) This thread is definitely a keeper!

[Dmmetler]

My DD10 is using the best political cartoons of the year, Capitol steps albums, and back Time magazine issues at the library((my brother adores political satire)). It's actually turning out to be a good way to do it, although I admit to being rather shocked at the number of politicians who were involved in TeA parties....

[Guest ElektroChik]

Sherry, WOW! Thank you. We are on chapter 39 of the Story of the World. I cannot wait to finish and dive right into this list. 

 

Someone asked how old my daughter is. She 10.5 and a very strong reader. She still loves picture books, even though she has read most of the book recommendations in the Story of the World activity books.