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LEARNING ABOUT  U.S. HISTORY PART 2

Well, we did it!  We took two years and made our way through U.S. History Part 1.  We read a ton of great books and had a wonderful time.  We then went on to U.S. History Part 2 (approx. 1840 - Present) for Meagan's fifth grade year.  We only spent one school year on this section of history.  During the summer, before starting Part 2, we studied Washington state history and also the Oregon Trail. Again, here is a list of books that I've put together from which we chose books to read. We did not read all of these  -- some will be used when Meagan does U.S. History again in high school. Some we just won't have the time to fit in.

Some of the books we are using over a period of many weeks so I got lazy and started using abbreviations.  Here is the key to those abbreviations: Rainbow = Rainbow Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers Golden = Golden Book of America by Irwin Shapiro HUS = History of US by Joy Hakim (series of 10 books) SOA = Story of America -National Geographic Picture Atlas PEAH = Pictorial Encylopedia of American History - Davco Publ. Co. CFA = Childhood of Famous Americans COF = Cornerstone of Freedom Dover = Dover Coloring Book Lives of the Presidents = Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame,.and What the Neighbors Thought - Krull

SUMMER Washington State History           Discovering Washington  - Ruth Pelz           Washington: Images of a State's Heritage           Washington the Early Years           My State Notebook - ABeka           It Happened in Washington - Crutchfield           Washington - from Portrait of America series           Washington - from New Enchantment of America series           A Horse's Tale: Ten Adventures in One Hundred Years - Luenn           Our Only May Amelia - Holm (Newberry Honor book about a pioneer family in 1899 WA) Oregon Trail           To California in a Covered Wagon - Landmark  1840           Westward Ho pp. 42-54           American Kids - Pioneer Days           If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon            Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell 1847(Dear America)           Mr. Tucket - Paulsen  1848           Oregon Trail - Parkman           Pioneers - Gorsline           Trouble for Lucy - Stevens           Joshuahs Westward Journal - Andeson           Lucretia Ann On the Oregon Trail - Plowhead           Pioneers Go West - Landmark           We Were There on the Oregon Trail (1843) - Steele           Kids Discover - Pioneers           Joshuas Westward Journal           Going West - Van Leeuwen           Oregon Trail -computer game

WEEK 3 Native Americans, Navaho RA: We Were There with the 49ers Reader - Sing Down the Moon (Navajo Long Walk) HUS5/Ch 11,12, 22  Lives of the Presidents: Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Mr. Blue Jeans chpt. 1-6 (1829-1902) If You Lived with the Sioux Indians (Native Americans)

WEEK 4 Gold Rush RA: Ballad of Lucy Whipple (CA Gold Rush, 1849) Reader - By the Great Horn Spoon (CA Gold Rush 1849) HUS5/Ch 26,35,36  HUS6/Ch 4  Lives of the Presidents:Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Music - Waring: Sweet Betsy from Pike pp.16-17     Ho, for California pp. 17-19     Polly Wolly Doodle pp.18-19     Oh, Susanna pp. 14-15 Lives of the Presidents: Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Californai Gold Rush - Landmark American Girls - Kirsten Dear America: Picture of Freedom: Diary of Clotee Chang’s Paper Pony - Coerr Fork in the Trail - Gendron Lotta Crabtree, Gold rush Girl - CFA Rush For Gold - Beals Story of Gold - Petershon Story of the Gold Rush - Dover Coloring Book Real Book About Gold - Johnson Story of San Francisco - Landmark Westward Ho pp. 47- Golly Sisters Go West Golly Sisters Ride Again Hooray for the Golly Sisters Westward Ho 55-78 Joshua’s Westward Journal Prairie Visions (1856) Mr. Tucket Trouble For Lucy Video - Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

WEEK 1 - South America RA - Jaguar by Roland Smith Reader - Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampas HUS4/Ch 15 Notes about Francis Scott Key & Star Spangled Banner  Bolivar The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry  Kids Discover - Rain Forests 2 A Gift for Ampato - Susan Vande Griek Computer - Magic School Bus Explores the Rainforest HUS5: Ch 1-6  Music - Waring:Oh, California pp. 15-16               Apple Picker’s Reel pp.9-10 Video - The Mission Video - Roots Vol. 1-3

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WEEK 2 Native Americans, Crow RA - Moccasin Trail (1844 Crow) Reader: Trail on Which They Wept HUS5/Ch 7-10, 22  Brown Paper School Bk. of American Indians pp. 58-72 Sequoyah Leader of the Cherokees - Landmark Sequoyah, Young Cherokee Guide - CFA Trail of Tears (1838 Cherokee)