Homeschooling with Notebooks - History Book Lists


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	Slavery/Civil War Abe Lincoln Grows Up by D'Aulaire Lesson Plan: http://www.teacherhelp.com/your_classroom/lesson_plans/lessonpln24.html Excerpt: http://www.unshod.org/pfbc/pflincoln.htm Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War by William E. Gienapp http://www.jeannepasero.com/lincolncivwar.html Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster [SON] [BF] Lesson Plan: http://www.proteacher.com/090158.shtml Across the Lines by Carolyn Reeder Review: http://www.reederbooks.com/across.htm Civil War Poetry: Across the Lines: http://home.att.net/~lah-rbh/civilwar/poem66.html Civil War / Across Five Aprils: http://home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar.htm Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Online book: http://users.telerama.com/~joseph/finn/finntitl.html Lesson Plan: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6296.html Huck Finn in context/PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/ Activities: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/huck/hucktg.html Lesson Plan: http://bksschoolhouse.com/content.php?cid=12 All Their Names Were Courage Review: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1299/10_49/110076228/p1/article.jhtml Amos Fortune Freeman by Elizabeth Yates [SON] http://www.geocities.com/prlambert76/afortune/fortune1.html Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole [ALA] Teacher guide and link to author's page: http://www.harperchildrens.com/schoolhouse/TeachersGuides/barefoot.htm Underground Railroad links: http://www.kathimitchell.com/undrr.html Boy's War: Confederate and Union about the Civil War The Unit Lesson: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/2/97.02.02.x.html#h Civil War Lessons: http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/CivilWar.htm Civil War Lessons: http://www.allabery.com/courses/webquest/aydlett/ Brady by Jean Fritz Anti-Slave movement/Quakers: http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/anti-slavery_movement/quakers.htm Bull Run by Paul Fleischman [ALA] Teacher Guide: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/bull/bulltg.html Cecil's Story by George Lyon Lesson Plan: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-10843.html Carol Hurst Civil War page: http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/civilwar.html Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty [CH] Carol Hurst: http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/charleysked.html Novel Guide: http://www.ops.org/curriculum/social-studies/novelguides/CharleySkedaddle.pdf Teacher Views: http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/c/Charley_Skedaddle_Patricia_Beatty.html Activity: http://boe.mars.k12.wv.us/reading/charlieskedaddleactpage.html Review: http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/Investigate-America/literature/Beatty.htm Christmas in the Big House by Patricia McKissack Life on a Virginia Plantation http://www.vastudies.org/episode4/segment2.pdf Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853 by Paul Erickson Slavery http://www.indiana.edu/~m464/SlaveryWebQuest.html Following the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter Explanation: http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gourd.htm Educator's Guide: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ftdg1.htm For Home and Country: A Civil War Scrapbook by Norman Bolotin The Civil War by Ken Burns [videos and classroom materials]: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/ Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark Underground Railroad: http://hb.msdpt.k12.in.us/facultywebs/grimes/underground%20railroad.htm Review: http://www.tvms.org/bookworm/histfic/megloo.html Characters: http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/parkdaleps/Black%20History/Freedomcharacter.htm Freedom Riddle, The by Angela Shelf Medearis From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Rod Brown Booklist Review: http://archive.ala.org/booklist/v94/youth/fe2/55lester.html Amistad American Lesson: http://www.amistadamerica.org/new/main/html/curriculum/middlepassage.html Gathering of Days, A by Joan Blos Questions: http://library.thinkquest.org/J001456/A%20Gathering%20of%20Daysquiz.htm Joan Blos Teacher Resource File: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/blos.htm Ghost Wore Gray, The by Bruce Coville About the Author: http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=5856 Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi Novel Guide: http://www.ops.org/social-studies/novelguides/HangAThousandTrees.pdf Carol Hurst Slavery page: http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/slavery.html Jump Ship to Freedom by James Collier Review: http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ls/superreader/title/J/jumpshiptofreedom.htm Review: http://www.instant-essays.com/book_reports/jump-ship-to-freedom.shtml Book summaries with vocabulary: http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/Investigate-America/literature/collier.htm Jumping the Broom by Courtini Wright Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_broom Lightning Time by Douglas Rees John Brown: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ftdg1.htm Lincoln: A Photobiography [SON] V SCORE teacher's guide: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/linc/linctg.html Lessons and internet link: http://www.nlsd.will.k12.il.us/~gfahey/novellist/lincolnphoto.htm Links and lessons: http://eduscapes.com/newbery/88a.html Minty: A story of Young Harriet Tubman* Animated Hero Classic: Harriet Tubman: http://nestfamily.com/wwalla Nettie's Trip South by Ann Turner [ALA] Teacher's guide: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/nettie/nettietg.html Review: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/nettie/nettietg.html Author's page with suggestions: http://www.annturnerbooks.com/for_teachers03.html Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth Review: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1299/12_46/68659752/p1/article.jhtml School Library Review of the audio: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA196641 Reviews: http://www.teen-books.com/Only_Passing_Through_044041766X.html Runaway to Freedom by Barbara Smucker Booktalk Review: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/smucker_runaway.htm Underground Railroad teacher plan: http://exchange.co-nect.net/Teleprojects/project/Railroad/ Samuel Morse by Judy Alter Bio: http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/morse.html Separate Battle, A by Ina Chung Women Were There: http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder V Unit Lesson: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/2/97.02.02.x.html#i Teacher's Lesson: http://www.reederbooks.com/sognotes.html Short Lesson Plan: http://www.ops.org/social-studies/novelguides/shadesOfGray.html Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story* by Andrea Pinkney School Library Journal Review: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1299/4_47/73624248/p1/article.jhtml Ideas for Activities: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Vc1mBWMd218J:168.8.146.10/webs/jchurch/Church/4/Civil%2520War.doc+%22Silent+Thunder:+A+Civil+War+Story%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Slave Dancer, The by Paula Fox Review and related writings: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/slavedancer.html Chapter-by-chapter ideas: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/rbookwal/slavedancer/ Short lesson: http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/Investigate-America/literature/Fox.htm Novel Guide: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/slave_dancer.pdf Slavery: Bondage Throughout History by Richard Watkins Review: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1299/4_47/73624561/p1/article.jhtml Slopes of War, The Novel Guide: http://www.ops.org/social-studies/novelguides/slopesOfWar.html Stonewall by Jean Fritz Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson Geography Lesson Plan: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Sweet_Clara.html Teacher's Plan: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/sweet/sweettg.html Lesson Plan: http://people.whitman.edu/~hopkinda/SWEET~1.HTM The author: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/clara.html Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express by Andrew Glass [ALA] Books and links on Buffalo Bill: http://www.richgros.com/Cody/resources.html Sweetwater Run Lesson Plan: http://www.cde.state.co.us/action/curric/pdf/sw_run.pdf They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson Review: http://www.kidsliterature.com/They_Were_Strong_and_Good_0670699497.html Thunder at Gettysburg by Patricia Lee Gauch About the author: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/findaids/gauch.html Underground Railroad, The by Raymond Beal Cybertravel on the Underground Railroad: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ Virginia's General by Dr. Albert Marrin [BF] God's and Generals and Gettysburg videos General Lee: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LEE/lee1.html Copyright © 2004 Alice Robertson 2003 Graphics Copyright © 2004 Debbie Gilley