Showing posts with label American History through Picture Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American History through Picture Books. Show all posts
Friday, March 12, 2021

Simple Joys of Family: Home in the Woods

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Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler This book is based on the childhood of the author's grandmother, Marvel. Marvel's family is force...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Beautiful and Enduring: The Hundred-Year Barn

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The Hundred-Year Barn by Patricia MacLachlan with art by Kenard Pak This 2019 picture book came too late for our American History in Picture...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

An Illustrated History of the Pilgrims: The Mayflower

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The Mayflower: The Perilous Voyage that Changed the World by Libby Romero illustrated by Olga Baumert This is a lovely new book on the Pilgr...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Exodusters in Kansas: Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town

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  Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town by A. LaFaye, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell In this bright and cheerful picture book, Dede's family s...
Friday, June 26, 2020

American History through Picture Books Over the Years

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Like many homeschooling families, we love picture books. So while the requirements for history at the kindergarten level are limited (as in,...
Monday, April 7, 2014

American History Picture Books in 2012-2013 Post 5 of 5: Civil Rights, Hawai'i, Alaska, and Space Exploration

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This is the fifth and last post in a series on the picture books we read along with our American History studies in 2012-2013 when First So...
Monday, March 31, 2014

American History Picture Books in 2012-2013 Post 4 of 5: The Great Depression and World War II

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This is the fourth post in a series on the picture books we read along with our American History studies in 2012-2013 when First Son was in...
Monday, March 24, 2014

American History Picture Books in 2012-2013 Post 3 of 5: World War I, Women's Suffrage, and the 1920s

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This is the third post in a series on the picture books we read along with our American History studies in 2012-2013 when First Son was in ...
Monday, March 17, 2014

American History Picture Books in 2012-2013 Post 2 of 5: Progressive Era and Immigration

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This is the second post in a series on the picture books we read along with our American History studies in 2012-2013 when First Son was in ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

American History Picture Books in 2012-2013 Post 1 of 5: Slavery and the Civil War

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Last year, when First Son was in third grade, we studied American History from slavery through modern times. I used a hodge-podge of books w...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Reading Through American History with Picture Books

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When First Son was in kindergarten three years ago, we read through American history in picture books. Two or three times a week, we read pi...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

History & Culture: Everything After the Great Depression

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As we approached the end of the school year, I just started reading books in roughly chronological order up to the present time. I figured w...