Back to American History 2 Books & Resources The 1960's (3 weeks: weeks 32-34)
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Time For Kids: Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer This is a nice, easy to read series of books with lots of colorful photographs and illustrations. |
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The Story of Ruby Bridges | Picture book
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PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. If you have Discovery Streaming, you may want to assign segments over the course of the week and skip any segments that contain material you find objectionable. If you have a younger student, you may want to skip this series entirely. |
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Thirteen Days is rated PG-13 because of “brief, strong language” (with some G-d’mns). It is a very engaging and memorable movie to illustrate the Cuban Missile Crisis. Take a look at the review on Common Sense Media to get an idea of what ages it might be appropriate for. Our kids have seen it a couple of times, including a preteen. I recommend you PREVIEW this movie as it may not be appropriate for your family. |
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| JFK: The Age of the Kennedy Presidency |  Discovery Streaming |
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| MLK Jr. poster |  Printable poster (free) |
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| Rosa Parks coloring and info page | Printable (free) |
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| Montgomery Bus Boycott printable | Printable (free) |
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Hands of a Child lapbook: Martin Luther King Jr. | $ Lapbook | 32-33 (not scheduled) |
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DK Biography John F. Kennedy |
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DK Biography Martin Luther King, Jr. | Non-fiction
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| A Class Divided | Online video (free) |
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| Days That Shook the World: Cold War Spies | Discovery Streaming |
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Thirty-sixth President 1963-1969 (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) Otter LOVES these books written and illustrated by Mike Venezia. Even my big kids read them all as older teens because the information is presented in such an engaging and easy to retain style. All of the Venezia books I schedule in are optional for the president's study, but they are so fun, you might want to check out at least a few. Most libraries will have these books, so you probably won't need to purchase any.
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I've also scheduled this book in the optional art study. |
Picture book
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American and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger | Advanced book | 34 |
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Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy I haven't read this yet, but I've read that it's a good book. You may want to preview it. |
Non-fiction
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Otter could read hundreds of astronaut books and not get tired of them... |
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Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam | Picture book
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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 | Picture book
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One Giant Leap | Picture book
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Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut’s Story Skip this book if your kids aren't really into astronauts and space. Otter is and he enjoys reading about all the details. If your child doesn't...this will probably be a boring book for him/her. |
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| 1960’s Cheerios space age commercial | Online video (free) |
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You probably won't want to watch all of these astronaut movies. Just pick one or two unless your child (or spouse, lol) is really into this kind of thing. Apollo 13 (below) is probably the most engaging and memorable, but you may want to preview it. Otter has seen it several times since he was about nine. |
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When We Left Earth |
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American Experience: Race to the Moon |
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This is a family favorite. |
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From Earth to the Moon |
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The Wall | Picture book
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Other NON-scheduled resources you can use during this portion of the study:
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is for resources that should be available at most well-stocked libraries. The other icons are explained by the text right next to them.
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