mamawaabangi Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 Could you all please share your favorite literature picks for SOTW 4... Victoria thru End of Cold War. Age levels... 5-11... but targeting the 3rd - 6th grade levels more. Most of the time I'll be reading aloud, but it's nice to have some that can be read by my 5th grader and 3rd graders. Thanks a bunch for sharing!!! 1 Quote
mamawaabangi Posted April 20, 2016 Author Posted April 20, 2016 Here is our current list... but I'm struggling to know where to put things. It seems like many of the chapters cover several location/events/topics and are more chronological... is this true? Most of these books I already have, so I'm attempting to fit several of them in... but not having done vol. 4 yet I don't know. A Little Princess Meet Addy If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War Anne of Green Gables Little House on the Prairie A Question of Yams (not sure where to put this ... maybe Chapter #11: The Very Far Parts of the World) Under the Hawthrone Tree If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon Thunder Rolling in the Mountains Lon Po Po The House on Walenska Street (not sure about this, I just have this book and want to fit it in) Day of the Blizzard (not sure about this, I just have this book and want to fit it in) No Mountain too High - Gladys Aylward or Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime Meet Kit Mary on Horseback Number the Stars Snow Treasure The Battle for Iwo Jima Unbroken (youth addition) Hello Maggie! The Year of Miss Agnes The Story of Ruby Bridges The Breadwinner George Washington Carver: The Man who Overcame (not sure about this, I just have this book and want to fit it in) Hero Tales The Apothecary Any other books you just LOVE and fit perfectly with a given chapter that you couldn't do with out??? Quote
Holly Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) We follow SCM's literature selections. Here is the Modern Times one: https://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/modern-times-epistles-revelation/ I've been ordering these a few at a time from Amazon and the picture books look great! I had no idea there were so many WWII picture books. The Elizabeth Mann books are great for older DC. They look like a picture book, but are best for middle school ages. We read a couple of these with Ancients. Edited April 21, 2016 by Holly 1 Quote
fourisenough Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 DD11 has done the second half of SOTW Vol. 4 this year. These are the books she read that relate specifically to that period in history and all were very good. You asked for literature, and with a couple of exceptions, I wouldn't consider these literature, but rather good historical fiction or non-fiction that tie closely to the modern history period. My DD really enjoys non-fiction, so there's a lot on this list. I will always write back (Ganda) NF Diary of a young Girl (Frank) NF Bomb (Sheiken) NF Farewell to Manzanar (Houston) NF Number the Stars (Lowry) F Three Cups of Tea (Mortenson) NF Book Thief (Zusak) F Glory Be (Scattergood) F One Crazy Summer and the sequel, P.S. Be Eleven (Williams-Garcia) F A long walk to water (Park) NF Shooting Kabul (Senzai) F I am Malala (Yousafzai) NF She also read many literature selections, but we didn't tie those to history. Quote
happypamama Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 My son really liked Number the Stars and The Breadwinner, both of which surprised me, because the protagonists are girls in both, and I didn't expect him to connect with them. You never know! 2 Quote
Holly Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 Another one that keeps popping up as a must read for modern times is The Winged Watchman. Quote
AdventuresinHomeschooling Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 I don't know if these are listed in the AG or not, but these are some of the literature picks I am planning: Mary Poppins Anne of Green Gables A Corrie Ten Boom book Peter Pan Billy and Blaze The Von Trapp Family Singers Indian in the Cupboard Paul Bunyan ALittle Princess Pollyanna The Jungle Book Where the Red Fern Grows Sarah, Plain and Tall Around the World in 80 Days Chatty Chitty Bang Bang Adventures of Tom Sawyer Treasure Island 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Black Beauty Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Where Poppies Grow Across Five Aprils Buffalo Bill Helen Keller Just So Stories Sherlock Holmes Seabird Zorro By the Great Horn Spoon Blue Willow The Balloon Boy of San Francisco The Singing Tree Rascal Homer Price The Story of Anne Frank Lawn Boy Old Yeller Caddie Woodlawn I also have some historical fiction. We won't get to all of these, but this is the list we will choose from. I have two different ages too. 1 Quote
mamawaabangi Posted April 23, 2016 Author Posted April 23, 2016 We're reading By the Great Horned Spoon right now... SO good. Quote
mamawaabangi Posted April 26, 2016 Author Posted April 26, 2016 My son really liked Number the Stars and The Breadwinner, both of which surprised me, because the protagonists are girls in both, and I didn't expect him to connect with them. You never know! I'm planning on reading The Breadwinner, but some say it's a hard/discouraging read... did you see any evidence of this or did your son act disturbed by it? Quote
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