A home for their hearts Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'm trying to put some lesson plans together for our American History studies. We will be done studying Native Americans in a few weeks then we will start our studies of American History. I would like to start off with the Vikings and the discovery of Greenland. I'm looking for books for read alouds, readers at a 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade reading level and fiction books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 My kids enjoyed D'Aulaire's Leif the Lucky. They LOVED Viking Tales by Jennie Hall. FYI, only the second half deals with Eric and Leif; the first half is about Harald Fairhair. GREAT book. :001_smile: ETA: I read this aloud, as neither of my kids is a reader. My littles are 6 and 4, if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 The second chapter of American History Stories, volume one touches on him. You can find that online here ~ http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=pratt&book=ahs1&story=_contents My third grader is reading through this book her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I second Viking Tales and we read a book called Raiders From the Sea, which my boys loved. It does have a strong Christian content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennefer@SSA Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky by Schiller Leif the Lucky by d'Aulaire Both of these books were huge hits here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I second Leif the Lucky by D'Aulaire. We also used Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky by Barbara Schiller this year with SL 2. Digging for the Truth has a segment on Vikings that was really fun to watch after we did our reading. I've seen it at our library and on Netflix. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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