Chris in PA Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hi all, I am planning American history for my 6th grade ds. We will be doing Explorers to 1850. I am looking for ideas for literature to go along with our history studies. Any recommendations for things your dc loved?:001_smile: TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricia Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Here is a great link to help in that area. Just scroll on down until you find your time period. http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/history.htm#UCOL Also, have you consider Beautiful Feet books for history? We love them and have used their resources for years. Here is the link to their website. http://www.bfbooks.com/s.nl;jsessionid=0a0107431f4318a6e10c276443b1a6ddb406beb01635.e3eTaxiPc3mTe3qRe0?sc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academy of Jedi Arts Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Keep in mind this is all non-fiction and some of these books for Explorers are below 6th grade level. There were many times my dd read a book in an afternoon and even though it was way below her reading level, it helped spark ideas and build/reinforce knowledge. I am kind of limited for choices here in my smallish town library. Man Comes to America by Harold Coy The Earliest Americans by Helen Roney Sattler Who Came First? New Clues to Prehistoric Americans by Patricia Lauber A Book of Discovery by M.B. Synge Strange Footprints on the Land by Constance Irwin Marco Polo : and the Wonders of the East by Hal Marcovitz Marco Polo by Keren Gefen Prince Henry the Navigator and the Highways of the Sea by Thomas Caldecott I, Columbus : My Journal, 1492-3 by Christopher Columbus Discovering Christopher Columbus : How History Is Invented by Kathy Pelta Columbus by d'Aulaire Amerigo Vespucci : Italian explorer of the Americas by Kurt Ray The Travels of Vasco da Gama by Joanne Mattern Vasco da Gama by David Knight Ferdinand Magellan and the Discovery of the World Ocean by Rebecca Stefoff Cortes and the Aztec Conquest by the editors of Horizon magazine Hernando Cortés : and the Conquest of Mexico by Gina DeAngelis Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Inca by Gina De Angelis The Travels of Francisco Pizarro by Lara Bergen John and Sebastian Cabot by Henry Kurtz John Cabot and the Rediscovery of North America by Charles J. Shields Cartier sails the St. Lawrence by Esther Averill Francisco Coronado by Malcolm C. Jensen Francisco Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold by Ronald Syme De Soto, Finder of the Mississippi by Ronald Syme A World Explorer: Hernando De Soto by Elizabeth Montgomery The Sea King : Sir Francis Drake and his Times The Golden Hind by Edith Hurd Beyond the Sea of Ice : the Voyages of Henry Hudson by Joan Elizabeth Goodman Henry Hudson : Ill-Fated Explorer of North America's Coast by Barbara Saffer Samuel de Champlain by W. J. Jacobs The Travels of Samuel de Champlain by Joanne Mattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in MS Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Keep in mind this is all non-fiction and some of these books for Explorers are below 6th grade level. There were many times my dd read a book in an afternoon and even though it was way below her reading level, it helped spark ideas and build/reinforce knowledge. I am kind of limited for choices here in my smallish town library. When our hs support group took a tour of the library the librarian told the kids to never be ashamed to read a book below your reading level, cuz you learn a lot more from them than reading one paragraph about someone in a text book. He was right. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in PA Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 I have plenty of things to check out. Thanks to all who replied!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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