Category Archives: Social Studies

Fifth Grade History

Nardo, D. (2004). Ancient Mesopotamia. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient Mesopotamia. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Robinson, C. A. (1962). The first book of ancient Mesopotamia and Persia. New York: F. Watts.

Doeden, M. (2014). Tools and treasures of ancient Mesopotamia. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Morley, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2007). You wouldn’t want to be a Sumerian slave!: a life of hard labor you’d rather avoid. Danbury, CT.: Franklin Watts.

Matthews, R., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2007). You wouldn’t want to be an Assyrian soldier!: an ancient army you’d rather not join. Danbury, CT.: Franklin Watts.

Gunderson, J., & Ebbeler, J. (2012). Your life as a pharaoh in ancient Egypt. North Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Waryncia, L., & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). If I were a kid in ancient Egypt. Peterborough, NH: Cricket Books.

Buller, L., & Cando, R. (2006). History dudes: Ancient Egyptians. London ; New York: DK.

Buller, L., & Cando, R. (2006). History dudes: Vikings. London ; New York: DK.

Platt, R., & Parkins, D. (2014). Egyptian diary: the journal of Nakht, young scribe. First U.S. paperback edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Bunting, E., & Christiana, D. (1997). I am the mummy Heb-Nefert. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co.

Wroble, L. A. (1999). Kids in ancient Egypt. New York: PowerKids Press.

Stolz, M., & Lattimore, D. N. (1988). Zekmet, the stone carver: a tale of ancient Egypt. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Shuter, J. (2000). The ancient Egyptians. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Morley, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2004). You wouldn’t want to be a pyramid builder!: a hazardous job you’d rather not have. A Franklin Watts Library ed. New York: Franklin Watts.

Galford, E. (2005). Hatshepsut: the princess who became king. A Marshall ed. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Sabuda, R. (1994). Tutankhamen’s gift. New York: Toronto: New York: Atheneum; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International.

Weitzman, D. (2009). Pharaoh’s boat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Hawes, L., & Guay-Mitchell, R. (2006). Muti’s necklace: the oldest story in the world. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin.

Hofmeyr, D., & Daly, J. (2001). The star-bearer: a creation myth from ancient Egypt. 1st American ed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Fisher, L. E. (1997). The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. New York: Holiday House.

Hooper, M., & Heighway-Bury, R. (2001). Who built the pyramid? 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Stewart, D., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2017). You wouldn’t want to be Tutankhamen!: a mummy who really got meddled with. Revised edition. [New York]: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Crosher, J. (1998). Technology in the time of ancient Egypt. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Stewart, D. 1., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2000). You wouldn’t want to be an Egyptian mummy!: disgusting things you’d rather not know. New York: Franklin Watts.

Bower, T. (2000). The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyptian tale of hieroglyphs. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Shuter, J. (2004). Life in an Egyptian town. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Armentrout, D., & Armentrout, P. (2001). Treasures from Egypt. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Book Co.

Pipe, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2017). You wouldn’t want to be Cleopatra!: an Egyptian ruler you’d rather not be. Revised edition. [New York]: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.

Norwich, G., & Alba, E. (2014). I am Cleopatra. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Deary, T., & Hepplewhite, P. (19931996). The awesome Egyptians. New York: Scholastic.

Marcus Ewert. (2015). Mummy Cat. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

John Fusco. (2012). Little Monk and the Mantis: A Bug, A Boy, and the Birth of a Kung Fu Legend. Tuttle Publishing.

Deady, K. W., & Dubois, M. L. (2004). Ancient China. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press.

Fang, L., & Lee, J. M. (1994). The Chʻi-lin purse: a collection of ancient Chinese stories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Allison, A. (2001). Life in ancient China. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Krasno, R., & Chiang, Y. F. (2003). Cloud weavers: ancient Chinese legends. Berkeley, Calif.: Pacific View Press.

Fisher, L. E. (2003). The gods and goddesses of ancient China. New York: Holiday House.

Nunes, S. S., & Tay-Audouard, L. K. (2013). Chinese fables: “The Dragon Slayer” and other timeless tales of wisdom. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle.

Waryncia, L., & Sheldon, K. (2006). If i were a kid in ancient China. Peterborough, NH: Cricket Books.

Doeden, M., & Hiti, S. (2010). The Chinese: life in China’s golden age. Minneapolis, Minn.: Millbrook Press.

Santore, C. (2007). The Silk Princess. New York: Random House Children’s Books.

Ransom, C. F. (2014). Tools and treasures of ancient China. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Sanders, T. T. L., & Pau, J. (19941980). Dragons, gods & spirits from Chinese mythology. New York: P. Bedrick Books.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient China. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Andersen, H. C. 1., Van Nutt, R., Close, G., Isham, M., & Sottnick, M. (200519). The emperor and the nightingale. Chicago, Ill: Clearvue & SVE.

Shepard, A., & Rosenberry, V. (1992). Savitri: a tale of ancient India. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient Egypt. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Kirkpatrick, N. (2002). The Indus Valley. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Richardson, H. (2005). Life in the ancient Indus River Valley. New York: Crabtree Publishing Co.

McKibbon, H. W., & Cameron, S. (1996). The token gift. Toronto ; New York : Buffalo, NY: Annick Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by Firefly Books.

Hagler, G. (2017). The government and geography of ancient India. First edition. New York: Rosen Publishing.

Hinds, K. (1996). India’s Gupta dynasty. New York: Benchmark Books.

Schomp, V. (2005). Ancient India. A Franklin Watts library ed. New York: Franklin Watts.

Aronovsky, I., & Gopinath, S. (2005). The Indus valley. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library.

Gassos, D. (2005). India. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Mountjoy, S. (2005). The Indus River. Philadelphia: Chelsea House.

Shuter, J. (2002). The Incas. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Fisher, L. E. (1999). Gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya. New York: Holiday House.

Libura, K., Burr, C., Urrutia, M. C., & Sahagun, B. d. (1997). What the Aztecs told me. 1st English language ed. Toronto : Emeryville, CA: Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West.

Johnson, S., Light, C., Avalone, C., Cruz, A., & Kania, M. (2004). Daily geography practice. Monterey, CA: Evan-Moor

Fourth Grade History

Kellogg, S. (1988). Johnny Appleseed: a tall tale. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2015). Rescue on the Oregon Trail. First edition. New York: Scholastic Press.

Rose, C. S. (2012). May B.: a novel. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books.

Blos, J. W. (1979). A gathering of days: a New England girl’s journal, 1830-32 : a novel. New York: Scribner.

Turner, A. W., & Himler, R. (1987). Nettie’s trip South. New York: Macmillan.

Ferris, J., & Kirsch, V. X. (2012). Noah Webster and his words. Boston, MI: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Levine, E., & Freem, E. (1992). If you traveled west in a covered wagon. New York: Scholastic.

Kellogg, S. (1984). Paul Bunyan, a tall tale. New York: W. Morrow.

Kellogg, S. (1986). Pecos Bill: a tall tale. New York: Morrow.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2016). Long road to freedom. First edition. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hicks, P., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2002). You wouldn’t want to live in a Wild West town!: dust you’d rather not settle. New York: F. Watts.

Winter, J. (1988). Follow the drinking gourd. New York: Knopf.

Whelan, G., & Benny, M. (2009). The listeners. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.

Hopkinson, D., & Husband, R. (2016). Steamboat school. First edition. Los Angeles ; New York: Disney-Hyperion.

Cline-Ransome, L., & Ransome, J. (2012). Words set me free: the story of young Frederick Douglass. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (1952). Buffalo Bill. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Ferris, J., & Ritz, K. (1988). Go free or die: a story about Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

Levine, E., & Nelson, K. (2007). Henry’s freedom box. New York: Scholastic Press.

Mitchell, E., & Alder, K. (2004). Journey to the bottomless pit: the story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave. New York: Viking.

Adler, D. A., & Byrd, S. (1993). A picture book of Frederick Douglass. New York: Holiday House.

Walvoord, L., & Bootman, C. (1994). Young Frederick Douglass: the slave who learned to read. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman.

Hopkinson, D. (1993). Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. New York: Knopf.

Woods, A., & Eitzen, A. (1966). Young Frederick Douglass: freedom fighter. [Mahwah, N. J.]: Troll Associates.

Davis, K. C., & Andriani, R. (2003). Don’t know much about the pioneers. [New York, N.Y.]: HarperCollins.

Harness, C. (1996). They’re off!: the story of the Pony Express. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Patterson, L., & Morrow, G. (1991). Frederick Douglass, freedom fighter. New York: Chelsea Juniors.

Erdrich, L. (2004). The game of silence. New York: HarperCollins.

Ratliff, T. M., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2013). You wouldn’t want to be a Civil War soldier!: a war you’d rather not fight. Revised Edition. New York: Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (2000). Civil War on Sunday. New York: Random House.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (19871957). Abraham Lincoln. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Daugherty, J. H., Lincoln, A., & Boritt, G. S. (2013). Lincoln’s Gettysburg address: a pictorial interpretation painted by James Daugherty. Chicago, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Co.

Harness, C. (1996). Abe Lincoln goes to Washington, 1837-1865. Washington, D.C. : New York: National Geographic Society ; Distributed by Publishers Group West.

Brenner, M., & Cook, D. (1994). Abe Lincoln’s hat. New York: Random House.

Cole, H. (2012). Unspoken: a story from the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic Press.

Lyon, G. E., & Catalanotto, P. (1991). Cecil’s story. New York: Orchard Books.

Sherman, P., & Cooper, F. (2010). Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

Reit, S. (1988). Behind rebel lines: the incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spy. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt.

Doak, M. J., Cheatham, M., Holm, K., & Peppas, L. (2012). Life on the homefront during the Civil War. New York: Crabtree Pub. Co.

Weatherford, C. B., & Nelson, K. (2006). Moses: when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Simon, B. B. (2006). Escape to freedom: the Underground Railroad. Pelham, NY: Benchmark Education Co.

Moore, K., & Matsick, A. (1994). If you lived at the time of the Civil War. New York: Scholastic.

Rockwell, A. F., & Christie, R. G. (2000). Only passing through: the story of Sojourner Truth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Blashfield, J. (2012). Slavery in America. New York: Children’s Press.

Graham, I., & Antram, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to be in the first submarine!: an undersea expedition you’d rather avoid. New York: Franklin Watts.

Hawk, F. (2004). The story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie’s coin. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.

Fradin, J. B., Fradin, D. B., & Velasquez, E. (2013). The price of freedom: how one town stood up to slavery. New York: Walker Books for Young Readers.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1994). A picture book of Robert E. Lee. New York: Holiday House.

Adler, D. A., Adler, M. S., & Collins, M. (2012). A picture book of Sam Houston. New York: Holiday House.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2013). I survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. New York: Scholastic.

McMullan, M. (2004). How I found the Strong: a Civil War story. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin.

Steele, W. O. (1958). The perilous road. [1st ed.] New York: Harcourt, Brace.

Ford, C. T. (2004). The American Civil War: an overview. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.

Krensky, S., & Carlson, L. (2007). Calamity Jane. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press.

Granfield, L. (1994). Cowboy: an album. 1st American ed. New York: Ticknor & Fields.

Murphy, J. (1990). The boy’s war: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War. New York, NY: Clarion Books.

Czekaj, J. (2015). Austin, lost in America: a geography adventure. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Keenan, S., & Alko, S. (2008). Greetings from the 50 states: how they got their names. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Cheney, L. V., & Preiss-Glasser, R. (2006). Our 50 states: a family adventure across America. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Sís, P. (2004). The train of states. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Damon, D. (2003). Growing up in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.

Winters, K., & Carpenter, N. (2003). Abe Lincoln: the boy who loved books. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Krull, K., Brewer, P., & Innerst, S. (2010). Lincoln tells a joke: how laughter saved the president (and the country). Boston [Mass.]: Harcourt Children’s Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Van Steenwyk, E., & Farnsworth, B. (1999). When Abraham talked to the trees. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

McCarthy, M. (2014). Earmuffs for everyone!: how Chester Greenwood became known as the inventor of earmuffs. First edition. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Kulling, M., & Parkins, D. (2011). In the bag!: Margaret Knight wraps it up. Toronto: Tundra Books.

Goble, P. (1987). Death of the iron horse. New York: Bradbury Press.

Sutcliffe, J. (2007). John Deere. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications.

Levinson, N. S., & Croll, C. (1987). Clara and the bookwagon. New York: Harper & Row.

De Angeli, M. (19891940). Thee, Hannah! New York: Doubleday.

Levine, E., & Parmenter, W. (1993). –if your name was changed at Ellis Island. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Tarshis, L. (2014). I survived true stories: five epic disasters. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Segall, G. (2000). John D. Rockefeller. New York: Oxford University Press.

Marcovitz, H. (2001). George A. Custer. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2015). I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Simon, C. (1997). Andrew Carnegie: builder of libraries. New York: Children’s Press.

Ratliff, T. M., Bergin, M., & Salariya, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!: an enormous project that seemed impossible. New York: Franklin Watts.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2012). I survived the San Francisco earthquake, 1906. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Matthews, R., Bergin, M., & Salariya, D. (2010). You wouldn’t want to be a Chicago gangster!: some dangerous characters you’d better avoid. New York: Franklin Watts.

McPherson, S. S. (2007). Levi Strauss. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co.

Hall, D., & McCurdy, M. (1995). Lucy’s summer. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2017). Escape from the great earthquake. New York: Scholastic Press.

Bradby, M., & Soentpiet, C. K. (1995). More than anything else. New York: Orchard Books.

Rosenstock, B., & Gerstein, M. (2012). The camping trip that changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our National Parks. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Brown, D. (2004). Odd boy out: young Albert Einstein. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

De Angeli, M. (1998). Henner’s Lydia. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press.

Waxman, L. H. (2007). W. K. Kellogg. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications.

Middleton, H., & Morris, T. (1997). Henry Ford: the people’s carmaker. New York: Oxford University Press.

Borden, L., Marx, T., & Fiore, P. M. (2003). Touching the sky: the flying adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.

Borden, L., & Allen, T. B. (1998). Goodbye, Charles Lindbergh. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.

Kroeger, M. K., Borden, L., & Lewin, T. (1995). Paperboy. New York: Clarion Books.

Rockliff, M., & Hooper, H. (2016). Around America to win the vote: two suffragists, a kitten, and 10,000 miles. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Brimner, L. D. (2009). Booker T. Washington: getting into the schoolhouse. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Marzollo, J., & Wilson-Max, K. (2011). The little plant doctor: a story about George Washington Carver. New York: Holiday House.

Aliki. (1988). A weed is a flower: the life of George Washington Carver. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Wells, R., & Andreasen, D. (1999). The house in the mail. New York: Viking.

Graham, I., & Antram, D. (2012). You wouldn’t want to work on the Hoover Dam!: an explosive job you’d rather not do. New York: Franklin Watts.

Friedrich, E., & Garland, M. (1996). Leah’s pony. 1st edition. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, Inc.

Krull, K., Johnson, S., & Fancher, L. (2004). The boy on Fairfield Street: how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss. New York: Random House.

Malam, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to be a skyscraper builder!: a hazardous job you’d rather not take. New York: Franklin Watts.

Lawson, R. (1940). They were strong and good. New York: The Viking press.

Sutcliffe, J. (2005). George S. Patton Jr.. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.

Winter, J., & Winter, J. (2000). Once upon a time in Chicago: the story of Benny Goodman. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Seven, J., & Christy, J. (2015). Frankie liked to sing. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Ringgold, F. (1999). If a bus could talk: the story of Rosa Parks. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Parks, R., Haskins, J., & Clay, W. (1997). I am Rosa Parks. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

James T. de Kay. (2010). Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. Random House Children’s Books.

(2004). The United States. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Scattergood, A. (2012). Glory be. New York: Scholastic Press.

Floca, B. (2009). Moonshot: the flight of Apollo 11. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Graham, I., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2003). You wouldn’t want to be on Apollo 13!: a mission you’d rather not go on. New York: Franklin Watts.

Third Grade Social Studies

Sutcliff, R., & Cuffari, R. (1973). The Capricorn bracelet. New York: H. Z. Walck.

Henty, G. A. (1893). Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7037

Manning, M., & Granström, B. (2013). The secrets of Stonehenge. London: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books.

Stanley, D. (1999). A time apart. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Macaulay, D., & Keenan, S. (2012). Castle: how it works. New York, NY: Square Fish/David Macaulay Studio.

Philip, N., & Harris, N. (1997). Robin Hood. 1st American ed. New York: DK Pub.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (1993). The knight at dawn. New York: Random House.

Hering, M., McCusker, P., & Hohn, D. (2011). Revenge of the Red Knight. Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (2001). Christmas in Camelot. New York: Random House.

Hering, M., Sanders, N. I., & Hohn, D. (2014). Captured on the high seas. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

San Souci, R. D., & Lewis, E. B. (2010). Robin Hood and the golden arrow: based on the traditional English ballad. New York: Orchard Books.

Stanley, D., & Vennema, P. (1992). Bard of Avon: the story of William Shakespeare. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Demi. (2011). Joan of Arc. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children.

Stanley, D., & Vennema, P. (1993). Charles Dickens: the man who had Great Expectations. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Davis, K. C., & Schindler, S. D. (2002). Don’t know much about the kings & queens of England. [New York]: HarperCollins.

Stanley, D., & Vennema, P. (2001). Good Queen Bess: the story of Elizabeth I of England. [New York]: HarperCollins.

Neubecker, R. (2014). Days of the knights. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Krull, K., Brewer, P., & Innerst, S. (2013). The Beatles were fab (and they were funny). Boston: Harcourt Children’s Books.

Hughes, S. (2010). The Christmas Eve ghost. 1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press

Hughes, S. (2015). Daisy saves the day. First U.S. edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Middleton, H., & Marks, A. (1998). Captain Cook: the great ocean explorer. New York: Oxford University Press.

Pancheri, J. (2009). Brother William’s year. Brother William is a monk and gardener at Westminster Abbey. Find out what happens in everyday life at the abbey from this month-by-month description. London: Frances Lincoln Children’s.

Cole, J., & Degen, B. (2002). Ms. Frizzle’s adventures: medieval castle. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hopkinson, D., & Hendrix, J. (2012). A boy called Dickens. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books.

Goodall, J. S. (1989). The story of a farm. New York: M.K. McElderry Books.

Antony, S. (2015). The Queen’s hat. [First American edition] New York: Scholastic Press.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (1999). Tonight on the Titanic. New York: Random House.

Second Grade Social Studies

Early American History

Petrie, K. (2006). Sir Walter Raleigh. Edina, Minn.: ABDO.

Aronson, M., & Glenn, J. W. (2007). The world made new: why the Age of Exploration happened & how it changed the world. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Cooper, J. (2001). Historic St. Augustine. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Book.

Morley, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2013). You wouldn’t want to be an American colonist!: a settlement you’d rather not start. Revised Edition. New York: Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Kamma, A., & Johnson, P. (2002). …If you lived with the Indians of the Northwest Coast. New York, NY: Scholastic.

McGovern, A., & Otani, J. (1992). –if you lived in colonial times. New York: Scholastic.

Manning, M., & Granström, B. (2000). What a Viking! 1st American ed. Stockholm ; New York: R&S Books.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (1965). Leif the lucky. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Peacock, C. A., & Ettlinger, D. (2004). Pilgrim cat. Morton Grove, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Co.

Macdonald, F., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2004). You wouldn’t want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you’d rather not cross. New York: F. Watts.

Knight, J. E., & Palmer, J. (1982). The village: life in colonial times. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates.

Sewall, M. (1986). The pilgrims of Plimoth. New York: Atheneum.

Bulla, C. R., & Burchard, P. (1982). Squanto: friend of the Pilgrims. New York: Scholastic.

Roop, P., Roop, C., & Smith, K. W. (1998). –If you lived with the Cherokee. New York: Scholastic.

Hering, M., Younger, M., & Hohn, D. (2011). Problems in Plymouth. Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.

Whitcraft, M. (2003). The Mayflower Compact. New York: Children’s Press.

Whitehurst, S. (2000). The colony of Massachusetts. New York: PowerKids Press.

Coleman, B. (2000). The Colony of Virginia. New York: PowerKids Press.

Whitehurst, S. (2000). The colony of Pennsylvania. New York: PowerKids Press.

Coleman, B. (2000). The colony of Georgia. New York: PowerKids Press.

Whitehurst, S. (2000). The colony of New York. New York: Powerkids Press.

Fradin, D. B. (1988). The thirteen colonies. Chicago: Childrens Press.

Knight, J. E., & Wenzel, D. (1982). Salem days: life in a colonial seaport. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (1946). Pocahontas. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (2002). Thanksgiving on Thursday. New York: Random House.

Gingrich, C., & Arciero, S. (2012). Land of the Pilgrims’ pride. Washington, DC : New York: Regnery Kids ; Distributed to the trade by Perseus Distribution.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (1955). Columbus. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Harness, C. (1992). Three young pilgrims. 1st American ed. New York : Toronto : New York: Bradbury Press ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International.

Lasky, K., & Manders, J. (2009). Two bad pilgrims. New York: Viking.

Maestro, B., & Maestro, G. (1996). The new Americans: Colonial times, 1620-1689. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.

Edmonds, W. D. (1989). The matchlock gun. New York: Putnam’s.

Stanley, D., & Berry, H. (2001). Joining the Boston Tea Party. New York: HarperCollins.

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Gingrich, C., & Arciero, S. (2011). Sweet land of liberty. Washington, DC : New York: Regnery Pub. ; Distributed to the trade by Perseus Distribution.

Gingrich, C., & Arciero, S. (2013). Yankee Doodle Dandy. Washington, DC: Regnery Kids, an imprint of Regnery Publishing, Inc.

Fritz, J., & DePaola, T. (1996). Can’t you make them behave, King George? New York, NY: Putnam & Grosset Group.

Fritz, J., & Tomes, M. (1975). Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Fritz, J., & Hyman, T. S. (1974). Why don’t you get a horse, Sam Adams? New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Jefferson, T., & Fink, S. (2002). The Declaration of Independence. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.

Fritz, J., & Tomes, M. (1973). And then what happened, Paul Revere? New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Hering, M., Sanders, N. I., & Hohn, D. (2013). The Redcoats are coming! Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale.

Fritz, J., & Hyman, T. S. (1976). Will you sign here, John Hancock? New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Dalgliesh, A., & Nonnast, M. (1995). The Fourth of July story. 2nd Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

Reit, S. (1990). Guns for General Washington: a story of the American Revolution. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1990). A picture book of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Holiday House.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1989). A picture book of George Washington. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1995). A picture book of Paul Revere. New York: Holiday House.

Fleischman, S., & Sis, P. (1988). By the great hornspoon! New York: Greenwillow Books.

Erdrich, L. (1999). The birchbark house. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Fritz, J., & Tomes, M. (1976). What’s the big idea, Ben Franklin? New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Walker, S. M., & Beier, E. (1998). The 18 penny goose. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (2000). Revolutionary war on Wednesday. New York: Random House.

Kellogg, S., & Bangs, E. (1996). Yankee Doodle. 2nd ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Cheney, L. V., & Fiore, P. M. (2004). When Washington crossed the Delaware: a wintertime story for young patriots. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Harness, C. (2000). George Washington. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.

Kerley, B., & Fotheringham, E. (2012). Those rebels, John and Tom. New York: Scholastic Press.

Adler, D. A., Adler, M. S., & Himler, R. (2010). A picture book of John and Abigail Adams. New York: Holiday House.

Knight, J. E., & Guzzi, G. (19991982). The winter at Valley Forge: survival and victory. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates.

Castrovilla, S., & Kozjan, D. (2013). Revolutionary friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. Honesdale, Pa.: Calkins Creek.

Kalman, M. (2014). Thomas Jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything. New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, , an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).

Freedman, R. (2000). Give me liberty!: the story of the Declaration of Independence. New York: Holiday House.

Harness, C. (1994). Young John Quincy. New York : Toronto : New York: Bradbury Press ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International.

Rockwell, A. F., & Buhler, C. v. (2002). They called her Molly Pitcher. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Harness, C. (2003). The revolutionary John Adams. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Fleming, C., & Parker, R. A. (1998). The hatmaker’s sign. New York: Orchard Books.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1995). A picture book of Patrick Henry. New York: Holiday House.

Lawson, R. (1939). Ben and me: a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse, Amos. Boston: Little, Brown.

Moore, K., & O’Leary, D. (1997). –if you lived at the time of the American Revolution. New York: Scholastic.

Pinkney, A. D., & Pinkney, J. B. (1994). Dear Benjamin Banneker. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co.

St. George, J., & Hillenbrand, W. (2005). The journey of the one and only Declaration of Independence. New York: Philomel Books.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (2001). The star spangled banner. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Adler, D. A., Adler, M. S., & Himler, R. (2009). A picture book of Dolley and James Madison. New York: Holiday House.

Adler, D. A. (2003). A picture book Of Lewis And Clark. New York: Holiday House.

Fritz, J., & DePaola, T. (1987). Shh! we’re writing the Constitution. New York: Putnam.

Adler, D. A., & Brown, D. (2000). A picture book of Sacagawea. New York: Holiday House.

Morley, J., Bergin, M., & Salariya, D. (2013). You wouldn’t want to explore with Lewis and Clark!: an epic journey you’d rather not make. New York: Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Steele, W. O. (1990). The buffalo knife. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Kinsey-Warnock, N., Kinsey, H., & Rand, T. (1993). The bear that heard crying. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton.

Kellogg, S. (1992). Mike Fink: a tall tale. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Dalgliesh, A., & Weisgard, L. (1986). The courage of Sarah Noble. New York: Scribner.

Hering, M., Sanders, N. I., & Hohn, D. (2014). Surprise at Yorktown Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale.

Buckley, J., & O’Brien, J. (2014). Who was Betsy Ross? New York, New York, USA: Grosset & Dunlap.

Wallner, A. (1994). Betsy Ross. New York: Holiday House.

Ransom, C. F. (2005). Daniel Boone. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications.

Cheney, L. V., & Harlin, G. (2008). We the people: the story of our Constitution. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Ferris, J., & Johnson, A. (1988). What are you figuring now?: a story about Benjamin Banneker. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

Welch, C. A., & Butler, T. (2007). Eli Whitney. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner.

Bowen, A. R., & Harvey, L. (1996). A head full of notions: a story about Robert Fulton. Minneapolis, Minn: Carolrhoda Books.

Foster, G. (1975). The year of the horseless carriage, 1801. New York: Scribner.

Sanders, S. R. (. R., & Cogancherry, H. (1992). Warm as wool. 1st American ed. New York : Toronto : New York: Bradbury Press.

Brady, E. W., & Cuffari, R. (1976). Toliver’s secret. New York: Crown.

Limbaugh, R. H. (2013). Rush Revere and the brave pilgrims: time-travel adventures with exceptional Americans. First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. New York: Threshold Editions.

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Maestro, B., & Maestro, G. (1987). A more perfect union: the story of our Constitution. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.

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Alphin, E. M., Alphin, A. B., & Casale, P. (2004). I have not yet begun to fight: a story about John Paul Jones. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

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Brown, D. (2015). Aaron and Alexander: [the most famous duel in American history]. First edition. New York: Roaring Brook Press.

Limbaugh, R. H. (2014). Rush Revere and the first patriots: time-travel adventures with exceptional Americans. First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. New York: Threshold Editions.

Stone, T. L., & Priceman, M. (2013). Who says women can’t be doctors?: the story of Elizabeth Blackwell. New York: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co.

Hunsicker, J. (2014). Young Andrew Jackson in the Carolinas: a revolutionary boy. Charleston: The History Press.

Limbaugh, R. H., Limbaugh, K. A., & Hiers, C. (2014). Rush Revere and the American Revolution: time-travel adventures with exceptional Americans. First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. New York: Threshold Editions.

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First Grade Social Studies

We are using children’s literature to take a virtual tour around the world.

Mexico –
Bravo, Tavo! / Brian Meunier
Pablo’s Christmas / Hugo C. Martin

Caribbean –
By a blazing blue sea / S.T. Garne

Yucan –
Berry Magic / Teri Sloat and Betty Huffmon
The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale / Lydia Dabcovich
Whale Snow / Debby Edwardson and Annie Patterson
Building an Igloo / Ulli Steltzer

South America –
Peru – Up and down the Andes : a Peruvian festival tale / Laurie Krebs, Aurélia Fronty
Brazil – For the love of soccer! / Pelé
The rainforest grew all around / Susan K. Mitchell
Chile – A pen pal for Max / Gloria Rand

Africa –
South Africa – My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me / Maya Angelou and Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Kenya – For You are a Kenyan Child / Kelly Cunnane and Ana Juan
Malawi – Galimoto / Karen Lynn Williams and Catherine Stock
Morocco – The Butter Man / Elizabeth Alalou, Ali Alalou, and Julie Essakalli

Asia –
China – Paper Lanterns / Stefan Czernecki
Vietnam – Ten mice for Tet! / Pegi Deitz Shea and Cynthia Weill
Korea – Bee-bim bop! / Linda Sue Park
Pakistan – Silly Chicken / Rukhsana Khan and Yunmee Kyong
Japan – I live in Tokyo / Mari Takabayashi
India – Monsoon afternoon / Kashmira Sheth

Russia –
Rechenka’s Eggs / Patricia Polacco

Middle East –
Cheesecake for Shavuot / Allison Ofanansky
The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street / Ann Redisch Stampler
First Rain / Charlotte Herman
Hosni the dreamer : an Arabian tale / Ehud Ben-Ezer

Australia –
Big Rain Coming / Katrina Germein and Bronwyn Bancroft
Possum Magic / Mem Fox and Julie Vivas
Home / Jeannie Baker

Western Europe –
The Cat Who Walked Across France / Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
This is London / Miroslav Sasek
Market Day / Eve Bunting

Northern Europe –
The greatest skating race : a World War II Story from the Netherlands / Louise Borden

Eastern Europe –
Hungary – A Song for Lena / Hilary Horder Hippely

Mediterranean –
Gabriella’s Song / Candace Fleming and Giselle Potter

Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum

General American History through children’s literature:

Printed Resources:
Ron’s Big Mission / Rose Blue
George Washington’s Breakfast / Jean Fritz
Kids in Colonial Times / Lisa A Wroble
Hornbooks and inkwells / Verla Kay
Off like the wind! : the first ride of the pony express / Michael P. Spradlin
John, Paul, George & Ben / Lane Smith
Potato : a tale from the Great Depression / Kate Lied

Video Resources:
National Geographic: Lewis and Clark (PBS)
Dear America Season 1 Episode 1 (Netflix)
The Real West: Trailblazers and Scouts (History Channel)
Pioneer Life for children (DVD)