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Exploring America and Children's LiteratureA Teaching American History Grant Module Author: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Exploring America/Westward Expansion
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the westward migration to students in intermediate-level grades:Discovery Kids Magazine: Lewis and ClarkDiscovery Kids Magazine: Pioneers...If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Levine Ellen...If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie by Kamma, AnneAmerica in the Time of Lewis and Clark, the Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1801-1850 by Isaacs, Sally SenzelLittle House Book Collection by Wilder, Laura IngallsLewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: The Journey that Shaped America by Gragg, RodPatty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Laurgaard, Rachel K.Seaman's Journal on the Trail by Karwoski, GailBalloon Boy of San Francisco by Leland, Dorothy KupchaSacagawea by Erdrich, LiselotteApples to Oregon: True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, Cherries (and Children) … the Plains by Hopkinson, DeborahConestoga Wagons by Ammon, RichardDakota Dugout by Turner, AnnSarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan, PatriciaDaily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul EricksonNewsgirl by Ketchum, LizaYou Wouldn't Want to Live in a Wild West Town: Dust You'd Rather Not Settle by Peter Hicks, David Salariya, and David AntramPioneers: A Simulation of Decision Making on a Wagon TrainSpotlight on America: Westward MovementSallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl by Leland, Dorothy KupchaHow We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Schanzer, RosalynThe Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail by Harness, CherylMountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales by Glass, AndrewChildren of the Wild West by Freedman, RussellChildren of the Trail West by Littlefield, HollyDespite All Obstacles: LaSalle and the Conquest of the Mississippi by Goodman, Elizabeth JoanCaddie Woodlawn by Brink, Carol RyrieBad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshall by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books)The California Gold Rush by Elizabeth Raum and Malcolm RohrboughWestward Expansion by Allison LassieurExploring the New World by Melody Herr
