• A Big Cheese for the White House by Candace Fleming
  • Book Review:
    http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/feb00/children.htm
  • Book Review:
    http://authors.booksunderreview.com/F/Fleming_Candace/
  • Book Review:
    http://www.educationoasis.com/ch_book_reviews/reviews/big_cheese.htm

• Across Five Aprils
  • Literature notes and Study guide:
    http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/fiveaprils/
  • Study guide:
    http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/across/guide.cfm
  • Study guide:
    http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/across_five.pdf

• America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
  • Paul Revere Behind the Scenes:
    http://earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html
  • Paul Revere:
    http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/Paul%20Revere.htm
  • A&E Study guide:
    http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0540.html
  • Activities and websites:
    http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=393

• American Adventures Part 1: True Stories from America's Past 1770 to 1870 by Morrie Greenberg[SON]
  • Review and Table of Contents to workbook:
    http://www.barbsbooks.com/BrookRic.htm

• America's First Elephant by Robert McClung

• Ben Franklin's Almanac [ALA]
  • Discovery Channel Ben Franklin timeline:
    http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/benfranklintimeline/
  • Ben Franklin's Ethical checklist:
    http://hoad.ethicalmanifold.net/archives/000116.html
  • Teacher's sheets:
    http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/03-004/k-4_1.pdf
  • Excerpt from John Taylor Gatto's book on Ben Franklin:
    http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/1r.htm
  • Thinkquest lesson plan:
    http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312702/benfranklin.htm
  • Liberty Kids [PBS award-winning series]
    http://pbskids.org/libertyskids/arch_who_bfranklin.html

• Benjamin Franklin by D'Aulaire [BF]
  • Ben Franklin's inventions:
    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
  • A Documented History:
    http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/
  • Quick biography:
    http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/index.htm
  • Ben Franklin unit study:
    http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/benF.html

• Bewildered for Three Days: As to why Daniel Boone Never Wore His Coonskin Cap
  • Review:
    http://www.bookfinder.us/review2/0823414469.html
  • Daniel Boone lesson plan:
    http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/levels/lesson_plans/p/danielboone/danielboone_print.html
  • The Adventures of Daniel Boone:
    http://earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/
  • How to make a coonskin hat:
    http://www.allsands.com/HowTo/coonskinhat_ybr_gn.htm
  • Constructing a Nation with links:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/nation/stucon.htm

• Boston Coffee Party, The by Doreen Rappaport
  • Book cover:
    http://www.doreenrappaport.com/b_boston.html
  • About the author:
    http://www.doreenrappaport.com/about.html

• Can't You Make Them Behave King George by Jean Fritz [CH] [SON]
  • Lesson plan:
    http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Cant_Behave.html

• Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham [BF] [NB]
  • Review:
    http://www.abasiccurriculum.com/reviews/readaloud/bowditch.html
  • Review:
    http://www.educationalfreedom.com/efp/helm/07082000/bookreview_albea.html
  • Study questions:
    http://205.126.22.50/reading/books/carryon.html
  • Navigation lesson:
    http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Lnavigat.htm
  • Indentured servants:
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/mittelberger/servan.htm

• Horation Hornblower books and BBC video series

• Child's History of the World by Hillyer [SON]
  • [Skim first few chapters because Mr. Hillyer was a theistic evolutionist]
  • Review:Horation Hornblower books and BBC video series http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/Reviews/HillyerHistoryoftheWorld.html

• Early Thunder by Jean Fritz
  • Complete study with answer key:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/EThunder/tchmenu.htm
  • Study questions:
    http://www.kathimitchell.com/early.htm
  • Review:
    http://www.sjlibrary.org/gateways/teens/botm/jul_01.htm

• Ethan Allan by Gertrude Winders
  • Story of Ethan Allan with links:
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/allen/allenxx.htm

• Ethan Allan by Stewart Holbrook

• Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson [ALA]
  • Lesson plan:
    http://www.writerlady.com/fever1793_teachers.html
  • Review:
    http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/anderson12123-des-.html
  • About the author and activities:
    http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/winners/2003/

• Fighting Ground, The by Avi
  • Book report:
    http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/review.php3?review_id=4828
  • Book review:
    http://www.planetbookclub.com/kids/fightingsrc.html
  • Mini-unit with activities:
    http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1280.html

• George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley
  • Reviews:
    http://johnkeyes.com/a/0064441067-george-the-drummer-boy.html
  • Music and the American Revolution:
    http://www.mslma.org/selection/institute01/AmRevMusic.htm

• George Washington's Breakfast by Paul Galdone
  • Review:
    http://www.lilypadbooks.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/scstore/p-GWBreakfast.html?E+scstore

• George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz [CH]
  • Review:
    http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1299/2_47/70927044/p1/article.jhtml
  • Activities:
    http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/g/George_Washington_s_Breakfast_Jean_Fritz.html
  • Mary Ball Washington: His "Revered Mother":
    http://www.historypoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=945&column_type=hpfeature

• George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
  • Novel Approach/The Revolutionary War:
    http://www.teachertimesavers.com/NovelApprRevWar.pdf
  • Book Report:
    http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/woodms/powerpoint/vivian/socks_files/frame.htm

• George Washington's Teeth by Debra Chandra [ALA]
  • George Washington a Dental Victim:
    http://www.americanrevolution.org/dental.html
  • Review:
    http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1299/1_49/96555520/p1/article.jhtml

• George Washington's World by Geneieve Foster {SON] [BF]
  • Constructing a Nation with links:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/nation/stucon.htm
  • This book covers timeline figures: Benjamin Franklin, Frederick the Great, Voltaire, Napoleon, Catherine of Russia, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton. Please refer to other books linked to these names.
  • George Washington's life timeline:
    http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/timeline/index.html

• Golden Book of the American Revolution by Fred Cook
  • American Revolution unit study:
    http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm
  • Unit study:
    http://www.unit5.org/links/revolutionary.htm

• Great Little Madison [BF]
  • James Madison:
    http://216.132.160.230/KoTrain/Courses/JMA/JMA_The_First_Lady.htm
  • Dolly Madison:
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/dm4.html
  • Constructing a Nation with links:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/nation/stucon.htm

• Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit [SON]
  • George Washington student activities and flip book:
    http://www.jeannepasero.com/gwclass.html

• Hatmaker's Sign, The by Candace Fleming
  • Lesson Plan:
    http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/h/The_Hatmaker_s_Sign_Retold_by_Candace_Fleming.html
  • Spelling list:
    http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/7015/spelling-unit3-1.html

• How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer [ALA]
  • Ben Franklin and Discovery of Electricity:
    http://www.americanrevolution.com/BenjaminFranklinElectricity.htm

• If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy [SON]
  • Elizabeth Levy:
    http://elizabethlevy.com/about_author.html
  • American Revolution elementary lesson:
    http://www.teacherhelp.com/your_classroom/lesson_plans/lessonpln20.html

• In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman [ALA]
  • Form:
    http://www.abcteach.com/constitution/billrights2.htm
  • Bill of Rights unit:
    http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/MonsonUnits/CarThoJenBin/lessonplan.html

• John Quincy Adams by Rosalyn Schanzer
  • Unit:
    http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2063.html

• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  • Complete book study with answers:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/Tremain/Menu.htm

• Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner
  • Book study:
    http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/Katie's%20Trunk/stoddard.html

• King George's Head was Made of Lead by F. N. Monjo

• Landmark History of the American People
  • Creating a Republic with many links:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/republic/sturep.htm

• Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson
  • Vocabulary list:
    http://www.southlakems.org/vocab.Mr.Revere.htm
  • Unit study:
    http://www.homeschoolingtoday.com/html/articls/7-01/revere.htm
  • Discovery School/Paul Revere and the Minutemen:
    http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/earlyamerica/paulrevereandtheminutemen/

• My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
  • SCORE guide:
    http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/sam/samtg.html
  • Novel Guide:
    http://www.ops.org/curriculum/social-studies/novelguides/MyBrotherSamIsDead.pdf

• Nothing Here But Trees by Jean Leeuwen

• Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
  • Cyberguide:
    http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/CyberGuides/Brookmeade/nanni.html
  • Lesson plan:
    http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/o/Ox-Cart_Man_Donald_Hall.html

• Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes

• Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Paul Revere page:
    http://www.sma.nebo.edu/swap/pkt/dallin/cdpaulrevere.html

• Phillis Wheatley by Borland and Speicher
  • Phillis Wheatley:
    http://earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/wheatley.html

• Phoebe the Spy by Judith Griffin
  • Phoebe Fraunces:
    http://www.learningfamily.net/reiser/2kf/faces/index.html?http://www.learningfamily.net/reiser/2kf/faces/f/fraunces1.html~main
  • Plot:
    http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/ericjohn/6th/phoebeandthegeneral.html

• Revolutionary Poet: A Story of Phillis Wheatley by Mary Ann Weidt
  • Phillis Wheatley:
    http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/637/40.html

• Samuel's Choice by Richard Berl
  • Lesson Plan:
    http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/davis.html
  • Teacher's View:
    http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/s/Samuel_s_Choice_Richard_Berleth.html

• Sea to Shining Sea by Peter Marshall

• Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
  • Book Report:
    http://www.abcteach.com/constitution/bookrep.htm

• Secret Soldier, The [The Story of Deborah Sampson] by Ann McGovern
  • Deborah Sampson Revolutionary War Soldier:
    http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdsamp.htm

• Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration, The
  • Lesson Plan:
    http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=282

• Silver for General Washington by E. Meadowcroft
  • Review:
    http://www.history-us.com/Silver_for_General_Washington_a_Story_of_Valley_Forge_0690737319.html

• Sleds on Boston Commons: A Story >From the American Revolution by Robert Andrew Parker
  • Revolutionary timeline:
    http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

• Slopes of War, The
  • Review:
    http://www.christianity-books.com/The_Slopes_of_War_0395549795.html

• Stories of the American Revolution by Everett Tomlinson

• Story of Eli Whitney, The by Jean Latham [SON]
  • Eli Whitney:
    http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/cotton_gin_patent/cotton_gin_patent.html

• Story of the Boston Tea Party by R. Conrad Stein
  • Lesson Plan:
    http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=397

• Story of the Constitution, The by Jean Fritz
  • Lesson plan:
    http://www.udel.edu/dssep/constitution_lesson_plan_links.htm

• Thomas Jefferson: Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm

• Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz
  • Review:
    http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/review.php3?review_id=2895
  • Benedict Arnold:
    http://russell.gresham.k12.or.us/Colonial_America/Benedict_Arnold.html

• Two if by Sea by Leonard Everett Fisher
  • Paul Revere:
    http://www.americanrevolution.org/revere.html

• War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Collier
  • Questions:
    http://www.kathimitchell.com/willy.htm

• We Were There at the Boston Tea Party by Robert Webb
  • Boston Tea Party:
    http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/lesson_4.htm

• What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz[CH] [SON]
  • Teacher's activites using this book:
    http://www.unr.edu/cll/ci603607/final%20thems/Ben%20Franklin.doc
  • Unit study from Patchwork Primers:
    http://www.patchworkprimers.com/betterhomeschool/id26.htm

• William's House by Ginger Howard

• Winter at Valley Forge by Angela Knight [SON]
  • Winter at Valley Forge:
    http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/VALLEY.HTM

• Witch of Blackbird Pond [CH]
  • Complete book study with answer key:
    http://www.iamoconf.xroads.net/Globetrotter3/bbpond/stumenu.htm

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