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AND BOOKS THAT COVER MORE THAN ONE HISTORICAL PERIOD

General / African American History

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American History Simulations by Max W. Fischer. Teacher Created Resources, 96 pages, for grades 5-8. Reproducible for classroom use. These simulations are great for introducing lessons or units, but they can also be used at the end for closure. Most of the activities take about 30 minutes. The simulations deal with such topics as archaeology, the Age of Discovery, new world exploration, the Northwest Passage, Puritans, the settlement of the Georgia colony, the Stamp Act, the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitution, the Industrial Revolution, the Monroe Doctrine, the Westward Movement, the forced removal of Indians, the California Gold Rush, the Civil War and Underground Railroad, Indian wars in the West, segregation, women's suffrage, the 1929 stock market crash, and Watergate. BTH-3752. $10.79-D

America's History: Land of Liberty, Book One: Beginning to 1877 by Vivian Bernstein, Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn), 2006.  This history text is designed for limited readers in grades 8-11. The reading level is grades 5-6. It features high-interest presentation to motivate struggling readers. Embedded reading skill instruction helps students read to learn. Vocabulary, comprehension, and social studies skill lessons help improve test scores. This is a worktext, so students can complete the exercises in the book itself. Illustrations include maps, photos, time lines, graphs, flow charts, and more. Includes the five themes of geography, biographical sketches of prominent Americans,  a glossary, and an index. Covers exploration, the fight for freedom, growth of the nation, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Includes  fully annotated texts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. 270 pages. BTH-3659. $20.52-D

America's History: Land of Liberty, Book Two: Since 1865 by Vivian Bernstein, Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn), 2006. This history text is designed for limited readers in grades 8-11. The reading level is grades 5-6. It features high-interest presentation to motivate struggling readers. Embedded reading skill instruction helps students read to learn. Vocabulary, comprehension, and social studies skill lessons help improve test scores. This is a worktext, so students can complete the exercises in the book itself. Illustrations include maps, photos, time lines, graphs, flow charts, and more. Includes the five themes of geography, biographical sketches of prominent Americans, facts about all the presidents through George W. Bush, a glossary, and an index. Covers Reconstruction, westward expansion, the Industrial Revolution, the World Wars, the space race, civil rights, and modern-day challenges. 286 pages. BTH-3574. $20.52-D

Teacher's Guide for softcover edition of America's History, Volumes One and Two: BTH-3661. $20.66

America's History: Land of Liberty Complete Edition, hardcover. Contains the content of both the soft cover volumes. BTH-3660. $41.04-D

Teacher's Guide for America's History: Land of Liberty Hardcover Edition:  BTH-5526. $29.66

America's Story, Book One to 1865 by Vivian Bernstein, Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn), 2006. This history text is designed for limited readers in grades 5-10. The reading level is grades 2-3. Besides teaching the basics of American history, this colorful worktext features vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and geography skill-building components. It's perfect for teaching basic skills by using social studies content in remedial and special education classes. 208 pages. Illustrated with color photos, art reproductions, maps, and more. BTH-3573. $18.54-D. Please check price before ordering, since prices can change sometimes before I get around to changing them here.

America's Story, Book Two, Since 1865, by Vivian Bernstein, Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn), 2006. This history text is designed for limited readers in grades 5-10. The reading level is grades 2-3. Besides teaching the basics of American history, this colorful worktext features vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and geography skill-building components. It's perfect for teaching basic skills by using social studies content in remedial and special education classes. Illustrated with color photos, art reproductions, maps, and more. 208 pages. BTH-4546. $18.54-D. Prices subject to change sometimes before I can update.

 

Puzzle It! U.S. History and Government Puzzles by Nadine Rogers and Tina West. Incentive Publications, 2007. This book contains 50 challenging mazes, jumbles, codes, and crosswords that require the use of basic skills to solve. Working these puzzles will sharpen critical thinking and problem solving skills and motivate reluctant learners. Students will need to practice analysis and deduction, ask questions and consider multiple answers, develop and try out strategies, visualize possibilities, apply information in a new way, and refine spatial awareness skills. As students work these puzzles, they will learn or review important parts of American history, the Constitution, and U.S. government. Student pages are reproducible for one classroom. Answers are provided. For Middle School grades and up. 63 pages. BTH-4025. $8.99-D

 

American Family Paper Dolls from the Pilgrim Period to the Civil War by Tom Tierney. Dover, 2002. This book contains all the dolls and costumes shown in previously published Dover paper doll books covering these periods but in a smaller format book that is the same size as the color books. BTH-3496. $11.66-D

 

 

Lift-the-Flap Timelines: American History by Alyse Sweeney. Scholastic, 2004. This helpful resource contains ten instant timelines that feature dozens and dozens of key dates in American history. Kids make the timelines, lift the flaps to read fun facts, then complete a companion activity page. You'll find timelines for Westward Expansion, Immigration, the Civil Rights Movement, U.S. Presidents, and more. For grades 3-6. 72 pages. BTH-4217. $11.69-D

U.S. History Readers' Theater Grades 5-8 by Robert W. Smith. Teacher Created Resources, 2008. Let your students become more involved in the drama of history. Use these original, convenient, pull-out, reproducible scripts based on historic events and highlights to get away from the textbooks periodically and bring what they've been reading to life. Each of 15 scripts is accompanied by background information, extension activities (including literature connections), and discussion questions. Plays center on the following topics: Jamestown, The Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Underground Railroad, Escaping from Slavery, Battle of Gettysburg , Mountain Men, Wright Brothers, Industrial Revolution, Child Labor, Dust Bowl, Great Depression, Invasion of Normandy, and Space Race. 112 pages. BTH-4769. $13.49-D

 

 

African American History and the Civil Rights Movement

CivRghtsKids.jpg (21979 bytes) The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities by Mary C. Turck, Chicago Review Press, 187 pages. This book describes the struggles of African Americans for civil rights in the 1950's and 1960's and profiles some important civil rights leaders. Hands-on activities include sharing a freedom feast with friends, conducting an "attitudes on race" survey, singing freedom songs, hosting a film festival, learning how to campaign for human rights, making love beads, producing a lunch counter play, and many more. Cat. BTH-3753. $13.46-D

AfrAmHIs.jpg (40542 bytes)A Kid's Guide to African American History with more than 70 activities, by Nancy I. Sanders.Chicago Review Press, paper. Here are 242 indexed pages of activities and resources relating to African American History. Unit Headings are

  • The Glories of Africa

  • Colonial America

  • Life on a Plantation

  • Free African Americans and Abolitionists

  • Civil War and the Road to Freedom   

  • Turn of the Century

  • The Civil Rights Movement

  • Hope for Today and a Better Tomorrow

Besides children's games, songs, and stories, there are also activities such as these:

    Make a native American Apron
    Make a Bible Quilt
    Make Paper Doll Replicas of the U.S. Colored Troops
    Design a Brand
    Make Peanut Butter
    Grow a Sweet Potato Vine
    Make Your Own Invention and Patent It
    Play the Cornet
    Design a Mask (African)
    Potato Stamp Printing
    Write an Almanac
    Make a Star-Watching Chart
    More

Cat. #BTH-4035. $13.46

 

 

 

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