GENERAL AMERICAN HISTORY
AND BOOKS THAT COVER MORE THAN ONE HISTORICAL PERIOD
General / African American History
 American Adventures Books from
Brooke-Richards Press
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
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
 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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