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History

Complete Idiot's Guide to American History

American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People

Cobblestone: War of 1812

Cobblestone: Presidential Elections

Cobblestone: Voices for Peace

Leaders

To the Best of My Ability

The Adventurous Life of Miles Standish -Cheryl Harness

George Washington for Kids

Abraham Lincoln: A Photobiography

The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt -Cheryl Harness

Franklin Delano Roosevelt -Freedman

High Hopes: A Photobiography of John F. Kennedy

Great Communicator: The Story of Ronald Reagan -Jeff C. Young

Radicals and Rivals

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes -Carl Waldman

Cobblestone: King Philip's War

George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides

How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark

Civil War for Kids

So You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton

Eleanor Roosevelt: Activist for Social Change

The Civil Rights Movement for Kids

Martin Luther King, Jr. DK Biography

Billy Graham Research Project (various resources)

Culture Study

Colonial Living -Edwin Tunis

Frontier Living -Edwin Tunis

Life on a Plantation

American Home Life, 1880-1930

Cobblestone: Great Depression

Cobblestone: WWII Homefront

Cobblestone: Cold War

Jackdaw Cold War 1945-1994

Movies

American History on the Screen

 

Art (various resources)

John White

Gilbert Stuart

John Lewis Krimmel

Winslow Homer

Mary Cassat

Norman Rockwell

Grandma Moses

Andy Warhol

 

Language Arts

Queens Language Lessons for the High School Student

Jensen's Grammar

Vocabulary for the High School Student

DITHOR

Scarlet Letter

Johnny Tremain

Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People -Albert Marrin

Moby Dick

Tall Tale America

Huckleberry Finn

Black Like Me

The Mouse that Roared

Jurassic Park

 

I used WP's QRR as a jumping off point, because, although we will not have time to use it, I really like the way it looks. Does anyone see any glaring omissions?

 

Thanks-

Mandy

 

 

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Id highly recommend you get a copy of So Proudly We Hail...Keystones of American Freedom. It contains a lot of original source material: Mayflower Compact; Declaration of Independence; Northwest Ordinance; first person narratives, as well as beautiful watercolors by Kay Smith. Curiously, it doesn't have the Constitution, but you should definitely have your kids read that, too. You can probably find it on the Web. So Proudly We Hail.. is out of print, but Amazon.com has several copies available.

Also check out the Wallbuilders website. They have a lot of materials available. I especially recommend their DVDs, which are short and could easily be inserted into the appropriate points of your curriculum.

I Was Born a Slave is another book I highly recommend. It contains several first person narratives from former slaves. There are 3 volumes, but I'd suggest just selecting a few of the narratives for your kids to read.

 

For literature, I think you should include The Grapes of Wrath.

 

Other than that, I think your ideas look great. Good luck!

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Id highly recommend you get a copy of So Proudly We Hail...Keystones of American Freedom. It contains a lot of original source material: Mayflower Compact; Declaration of Independence; Northwest Ordinance; first person narratives, as well as beautiful watercolors by Kay Smith. Curiously, it doesn't have the Constitution, but you should definitely have your kids read that, too. You can probably find it on the Web. So Proudly We Hail.. is out of print, but Amazon.com has several copies available.

Also check out the Wallbuilders website. They have a lot of materials available. I especially recommend their DVDs, which are short and could easily be inserted into the appropriate points of your curriculum.

I Was Born a Slave is another book I highly recommend. It contains several first person narratives from former slaves. There are 3 volumes, but I'd suggest just selecting a few of the narratives for your kids to read.

 

For literature, I think you should include The Grapes of Wrath.

 

Other than that, I think your ideas look great. Good luck!

 

Funny you should mention it. We are actually doing Grapes of Wrath now.:D

 

Thanks for the other info-

Mandy

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