Here's our reading list for history this year. We used Vol. 3 of Story of the World as our spine, and supplemented with these titles. Some we read aloud and some the children read on their own. So many good books here!
Terror on the Amazon, Phil Gates
The Colony of Virginia, Brooke Coleman
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, Ann McGovern
Sarah Morton's Day, Kate Waters
Samuel Eaton's Day, Kate Waters
Tapenum's Day, Kate Waters
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? Jean Fritz
The Pilgrims at Plymouth, Lucille Recht Penner
Samurai Castle, Fiona MacDonald
Taj Mahal, Christine Moorcroft
India, Eyewitness
The New Americans, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Kids in Colonial Times, Lisa Wroble
If You Lived in Colonial Times, Ann McGovern
Mary Geddy's Day, Kate Waters
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Dressmaker, Amy French Merrill (and others in the series)
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist, Jacqueline Marley
The King's Day, Aliki
Struggle for a Continent, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Russia, Eyewitness
The First Tulips in Holland, Phyllis Krasilovsky
The Farewell Symphony, Anna Harwell Celenza
If You Grew Up with George Washington, Ruth Belov Gross
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution, Kay Moore
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? Jean Fritz
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? Jean Fritz
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Jean Fritz
Liberty or Death: the American Revolution, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Jean Fritz
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May, Jean Fritz
A More Perfect Union, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Shhh! We’re Writing the Constitution, Jean Fritz
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution, Elizabeth Levy
The Bill of Rights, Patricia Ryon Quiri
Pirates, Barnaby Harward
From Plant to Blue Jeans, Arthur John L'Hommedieu
The Story of an English Village, John Goodall
Kids During the Industrial Revolution, Lisa Wroble
The National Anthem, Patricia Ryon Quiri
A New Nation, Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Kids in Pioneer Times, Lisa Wroble
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon, Ellen Levine
If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie, Anne Kamma
If You Lived with the Cherokee, Peter and Connie Roop
If You Lived with the Iroquois, Ellen Levine
If You Lived with the Souix, Ann McGovern
They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express, Cheryl Harness
California Gold Rush, Peter and Connie Roop
Gold Fever, Catherine McMorrow
Biography
Rembrandt, Venezia
The True Story of Pocahontas, Lucille Recht Penner
Galileo, Jacqueline Mitton
Samuel de Champlain, Claude Hurwicz
Squanto, Clyde Robert Bulla
Hokusai, Deborah Kogan Ray
Thinkers, Michael Pollard (selections)
Bach, Venezia
Handel, Venezia
Mozart, Venezia
Beethoven, Venezia
Peter the Great, Diane Stanley
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen, Deborah Hopkinson
Meet George Washington, John Heilbroner
A Picture Book of George Washington, David Adler
Martha Washington, Jean Brown Wagoner
Crispus Attucks, Dharathula Millender
John Adams Speaks for Freedom, Deborah Hopkinson
Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble, Stephanie Greene
A Picture Book of Patrick Henry, David Adler
Meet Thomas Jefferson, Marvin Barrett
Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography James Cross Giblin
Sacagawea, Joyce Milton
Andrew Jackson, Venezia
Charles Dickens, Diane Stanley
Lewis and Clark, Steven Kroll
James Monroe, Venezia
A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar, David Adler
Tecumseh, Rachel Koestler-Grack
Davy Crockett, Aileen Wells Parks
Daniel Boone, Augusta Stevenson
Buffalo Bill, Augusta Stevenson
Jean Lafitte, Aileen Weintraub
Shaka, Diane Stanley
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, Anne Rockwell
Sitting Bull, Augusta Stevenson
Sequoyah, Dorothea Snow
Jim Bowie, Marianne Johnston
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