Vintage81 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Our Land Publications state history for either Texas, California, Indiana, or Illinois? http://www.ourlandpublications.com/catalog/index.php?osCsid=70efc1cb974120c42f61d6f615f55605 There's not a ton of information on their site, but it looks interesting. If you've used it, how did it go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icesk8abc Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I used the Texas version for 4th grade as a public school teacher. I found them to be well done. They were certainly more interesting than the textbook from 1993 that we had. The students seemed to enjoy them. Each newspaper focused on a major event with a few minor short articles about other things going on at the time. The front page story was generally a piece of historical fiction written from the point of view of a child at the time. The inside story was then a more factual account of the event. Inside would also be a couple of short unrelated, but similar time frame articles. They would usually cover a biography, government topic, a landmark, and/or holiday. Some of the papers included advertisements for items common at that time. The back was usually a crossword or other puzzle type activity followed by comprehension questions. They were a good mix of direct answers from the article and then some that required inferences and opinions. I plan to use them when my kids are old enough for the topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage81 Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 I used the Texas version for 4th grade as a public school teacher. I found them to be well done. They were certainly more interesting than the textbook from 1993 that we had. The students seemed to enjoy them. Each newspaper focused on a major event with a few minor short articles about other things going on at the time. The front page story was generally a piece of historical fiction written from the point of view of a child at the time. The inside story was then a more factual account of the event. Inside would also be a couple of short unrelated, but similar time frame articles. They would usually cover a biography, government topic, a landmark, and/or holiday. Some of the papers included advertisements for items common at that time. The back was usually a crossword or other puzzle type activity followed by comprehension questions. They were a good mix of direct answers from the article and then some that required inferences and opinions. I plan to use them when my kids are old enough for the topic. This information is very helpful...thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Those look fascinating! I bookmarked it for later - I think we may end up using the Our Land Of Liberty version in a few years or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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