American
History Year One Curriculum
Books and Materials List for Topic 22
This page contains the books and materials (plus reviews) used in our American history curriculum topic 22. In this topic of our history curriculum you will learn about the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears, Andrew Jackson, pioneers and more.
Books and Materials for Topic 22
A
Pioneer Sampler (by Barbara Greenwood)
I love this book! It has a story, but woven throughout are crafts, recipes and other activities. It is also heavily illustrated so you get a great idea what the story is talking about (which can be important when you have no idea what a Betty lamp is or what a drop spindle looks like)!
Projects
from A Pioneer Sampler:
Sap Experiment *sugar, 2 plastic cups, marker (science)
Pioneer measuring (math)
Grow a potato plant (science)
Honey-butter *honey and butter, make your own butter *whipping cream, jar (cooking)
Make your own cream cheese *cheesecloth, plain yogurt, string, salt, optional dried herbs (cooking)
Finger spinning *cotton, like from the top of a pill bottle
Dye project *onion, alum, washing soda, cotton cloth
Punched tin picture *aluminum pie plate, nail, hammer
Pioneer water carrier
Balance scale *2 small yogurt containers, nail, string, coat hanger, pennies (math)
Homemade ink *walnut shells, vinegar, salt, candle (for lampblack) Rollers/levers/ramps (science)
Drying apples *apples (cooking)
Shadow shapes and puppets *flashlight, white cloth, wooden frame, cardboard, Popsicle sticks (or skewers), lamp
Stenciling *cardboard, utility knife (PARENT), paint
Jumping jack *cardboard, nail, brass paper fasteners, string
*Note: We actually ended up skipping the story part and read all of the "extras" and did some of the projects.
Topics 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 (*You can start this book in topic 26, if you want to use both activity books. A Pioneer Sampler is my first and favorite choice).
Otter's rating: 5 stars
OR
American
Kids in History Pioneer Days (by David C. King)
Another King book full
of activities, recipes, crafts and more.
Projects & activities include: sponge-ware clay pot, air dried flowers, hasty pudding, johnnycakes, finding direction, cricket thermometer, knots, patchwork picture, jumping jack, thaumatrope, switchel, lemonade, strawberry shrub, homemade soda pop, African trade beads, woven mat, marbles, kachina doll, apache scroll, sand painting, apple butter, spoon bread, roasted pumpkin seeds, cornhusk doll, tortillas, magic wallet, wood choppers, whirligig, pinecone angel, salt dough ornaments, Ojo de Dios, silhouette portrait, picture frame, Seminole patchwork, leaf print wrapping paper, tangram, checkerboard, beanbag target game.
Topics 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Otter's rating: 5 stars
If
You Lived With The Cherokees (by Peter Roop)
My
son didn't want to read anymore about "Indians" so we skipped this title.
Topic 22
OR
Only
the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears (by Alex W. Bealer)
Topic 22
The Cherokee [videorecording]
/ produced and directed by InVision Communications ; executive producer, Andrew
Schlessinger.Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Schlessinger Video Productions, c1993.
Topic 22
*This is an optional read-aloud from
a free online text.
72.
ADAMS–THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
73.
JACKSON–"LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER"–VAN BUREN–HARD TIMES
Trail
of Tears (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) (by Joseph Bruchac)
This is an easy
to understand book about the Trail of Tears. After listening to me read it, my
son was quite upset with Andrew Jackson and other Americans who had the Cherokees
leave their land.
Topic 22
Otter's rating: 4 stars
Who
Let Muddy Boots Into the White House?: A Story of Andrew Jackson
This book ignores Jackson's
role in the Trail of Tears, etc. It opens up some good discussion about how books
can be biased or leave out a chunk of a story and still be accurate without giving
the "whole picture". People are complicated. History is complicated.
Sometimes our heroes have a dark side to them. You also can use this book a spring
board to a discussion about how we may make judgement calls without being fully
informed. Compare how your child feels about Andrew Jackson after reading this
book and then again after finding out "more" of the story after some
of the other titles.
Topic 22
PLUS
American Adventures True Stories From America’s Past 1770-1870
The Story of the U.S.A Book 2: A Young Nation Solves Its Problems
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