American
History Year One Curriculum
Books and Materials List for Topic 16
This page contains the books and materials (plus reviews) used in our American history curriculum topic 16. In this topic of our curriculum you will learn about the George Washington, colonial times and more.
Books and Materials for Topic 16
The
Sign of the Beaver (by Elizabeth George Speare) 135 pages
Topic 16
If You Grew Up with George Washington (by Ruth Belov Gross)
Topic 16
Otter's rating: 4 stars
George
Washington (by D’ Aulaire)
Topic 16
Otter's rating: 5 stars
George
Washington’s Breakfast (by Jean Fritz)
Topic 16
Otter's rating: 5 stars
George
Washington and the General's Dog (Step into Reading 3) (by Frank Murphy)
Topic 16
Otter's rating: 5 stars
Welcome
to Felicity's world, 1774 (by Catherine Gourley)
These books “Welcome
to ____’s World” are terrific introductions to different time periods. My kids
enjoy how colorful they are and the photographs of real items.
Topic 16
Otter's rating: 4 stars
American
Adventures: True Stories from America's Past, 1770-1870
I have scheduled this workbook because I bought it and
didn’t want to “waste” it. I don’t think it’s necessary, but it adds some interesting
and lesser-known stories about early American history to your study. Each section
starts out with a timeline (so you can see what else was happening near the time
of each story) and then has a featured story (which you may want to read aloud
to your 3rd grader). After the story there are various language arts
activities. There are writing and journal activities (like “Write three important
things you learned from…”), and vocabulary activities (find the word closest to
the meaning of the underlined word, etc.). There are also discussion activities
(think it through, take a side, then and now) and more. Some of the activities
could really be a lot of fun and you could make a video tape for some of them
such as the following: “Imagine you are a radio or television talk show doctor
living in the early 1800’s. Prepare and present a program where a number of people
phone in with different ailments. As the doctor, present a remedy for each call.”
All in all it’s not a bad book to work through, but it could be considered a little "advanced" for an AVERAGE 3rd grader. I think my son will enjoy it, but it would still be quite appropriate for a 6th grader.
Topics: 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
General George Washington
[videorecording] / Nest Entertainment and Rich Animation Studios.Irving, TX :
Nest Entertainment ; Wynnewood, PA : Distributed by Schlessinger Media, 1992,
2001.
“Animated biography of George
Washington, telling of the challenges he faced during the Revolution.”
Topic 16
George Washington's Mother
[videorecording] / a co-production and presentation of Top Dog Media, Inc. and
Weston Woods ; adapted and directed by Ray Messecar ; book by Jean Fritz ; illustrated
by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan.
From the book by Jean Fritz, this video describes
the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children.
Topic 16
The
Sign of the Beaver [videorecording] / Clorax Diamond Presentation.Chicago,
IL : Distributed by Questar, Inc., c1997. c1997.
This movie is based on the
book. I recommend watching it AFTER you have read the book. You can compare the
differences between the two.
Topic 16
Felicity
- An American Girl Adventure
Topic 16
PLUS
History Pockets: Colonial America
Children’s Treasury of Virtues
History Pockets: Explorers of North America
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