This was posted in 2001 by Sue Ann in Ariz. Thank you Sue Ann!!! I spent 2-3 hours yesterday going through sooo many messages that all of you have posted on this forum and on the History forum, and compiled 9 pages of supplemental material for SL4. I hope nobody minds me taking their ideas and combining it with others'...none of these are my own ideas...Also, I'm sure I made mistakes, but hopefully you'll find some use for this stuff...Feel free (anybody) to update and IMPROVE my list! Enjoy! HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR CIVIL WAR: Write to relatives asking for Civil War stories, might receive actual Civil War diaries of your relatives. Make a map showing slave states and territories and no slave states. Do a map on the major battles. Memorizing the Gettysburg Adress Get sticker books by Dover: Billy: The Union Soldier and Johnny: The Confederate Soldier Story of the Civil War Coloring Book (Dover) Civil War Paper Dolls (A. G. Smith, Dover) This set has 100 authentic soldiers, tents, weapons, flags, etc....can stage most battles. Make flags Veritas Press has books that are filled with hands-on activities, worksheets, readings and other activities to choose from. The title for the one that would match SL4 is ???. (the one that matches SL3 is "Explorers to 1815") SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS FOR SL4: 1828-1860; Liberty For All? (Pioneers, Mexican-American War, factory workers, women's rights) (some of these are appropriate for SL3) Make Way for Sam Houston, by Jean Fritz You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? By Jean Fritz If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln, by Ann McGovern Susanna of the Alamo, by John Jakes If You Lived With the Sioux Indians, by Ann McGovern Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail, by Kathleen Kudlinski (Once Upon America series) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in American history, by R. Conrad Stein The Story of the Underground Railroad, by R. Conrad Stein If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad, by Ellen Levine The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad, by Marlene Brill Harriet and the Promised Land, by Jacob Lawrence Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman The Value of Helping : The Story of Harriet Tubman, by Ann Donegan (Value Tales series) Hush, Puppies, by Barbara Mitchell Cornstalks and Cannonballs, by Barbara Mitchell (War of 1812) Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, by Peter & Connie Roop Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians, by Kathleen Kudlinski Alamo, by George Sullivan The Boy in the Alamo, by M. Cousins Going West, by Leeuwen The Little Colonel, by Johnson 1820-1865; War, Terrible War (Civil War): Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House (Landmark Book) Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln : the Story of the Gettysburg Address, by Jean Fritz If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War, by Kay Moore The Vicksburg Veteran, by F.N. Monjo Thunder at Gettysburg, by Patricia Lee Gauch Meet Abraham Lincoln, by Barbara Cary A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee, by David Adler Billy Yank: The Union Soldier in the Civil War Johnny Reb: The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War 1866-1896; Reconstruction and Reform (Prairie, Edison, Immigration): Prairie Visions, by Pam Conrad Children of the Wild West, by Russell Freedman Sequals to Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia McLachlan : Skylark Going West, by Jean an Leeuwen Good Morning, Mr. President: A story About Carl Sandburg, by Barbara Mitchell The Wizard of Sound: A story about Thomas Edison, by Barbara Mitchell The Golden Spike, by R. Conrad Stein Wild Bill Hickock, by Maryann Weidt Riding the Pony Express, by Bulla Quick, Annie, Give me a Catchy Line!: A story of Samuel F.B. Morse, by Robert Quackenbush. Carolina's Courage, by Elizabeth Yates Willie Jasper's Golden Eagle, by F.N. Monjo The Long Way to a New Land, by Joan Sandin Journey to Ellis Island, by Carol Bierman It's Only Goodbye: An Immigrant Story, by Virginia T. Gross The Big Balloon Race, by Eleanor Coerr Rooftop Astronomer (Maria Mitchell), by Stephanie McPherson Lily and Miss Liberty, by Carla Stevens Kate Shelly and the Midnight Express, by Margaret Wettorer Lone Star: A Story of the Texas Rangers, by Kathleen Kudlinski They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express, by Cheryl Harness Journey to Ellis Island, by Bierman 1890-1917; An Age of Extremes (Gold Rush, Unions, Ford): CLICK! : A Story about George Eastman, by Barbara Mitchell Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger, by Barbara Mitchell Between Two Worlds: A Story About Pearl Buck, by Barbara Mitchell Raggin': A Story About Scott Joplin, by Barbara Mitchell We'll Race You, Henry: A Story About Henry Ford, by Barbara Mitchell Along Came the Model T! How Henry Ford Put the World on Wheel,s by Quackenbush Mr. Blue Jeans : a story about Levi Strauss, by Maryann N. Weidt The Story of the Gold at Sutter's Mill, by R. Conrad Stein Rough and Ready Prospectors, by A.S. Gintzler The Great American Gold Rush, by Rhoda Blumberg You Lived 100 Years Ago Today, by Ann McGovern Hooray for Oklahoma, by Carolyn Kirschstein Obadiah the Bold, by Brinton Turkle The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush, by Barthe Clements The Remarkable Ride of the Abernathy Boys, by Robert B. Jackson Bud and Me: The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys Earthquake! A Story of Old San Francisco, by Kathleen Kudlinski If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake, by Ellen Levine Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein (Lerner Bio), by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson Arctic Explorer: A Story of Matthew Henson (Lerner Bio), by Jeri Ferris A Pocketful of Goobers : a story about George Washington Carver, by Barbara Mitchell (Lerner Bio) Will and Or, by Walter Schulz Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi, by Cheryl Harness Hero of the Titanic, by Joan Blos Titanic, Lost and Found, by Judy Donnelly Fire at the Triangle Factory, by Holly Littlefield 1917-1945; War, Peace and All That Jazz (WWI, WWII, Depression, Dust Bowl): Cat Running, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. This book takes place in the 1930s during the Great Depression and has to do with the dust bowl. The book confonts issues of poverty, prejudice, and the importance of helping those in need. Although the main character is a girl, the other primary characters are boys so I think both boys and girls would enjoy the book. Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt, by Jean Fritz The House on Walenska Street, by Herman Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski America, I Hear You: A Story About George Gershwin, by Barbara Mitchell Hero Over Here, by Kudlinski Stateswoman to the World : a story about Eleanor Roosevelt, by Maryann N. Weidt Stubby, Brave Soldier Dog, by Richard Glendinning Hard Times, by Nancy Artley One Bad Thing About Father (T. Roosevelt), by F.N. Monjo Clear the Cow Pasture, I'm Coming in for a Landing!: A Story of Amelia Earhart, by Robert Quackenbush Here a Plant, There a Plant, Everywhere a Plant, Plant!: A Story of Luther Burbank, by Robert Quackenbush Ahoy! Ahoy! Are You There?: A Story of Alexander Graham Bell, by Robert Quackenbush Take Me Out to the Airfield!: How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane, by Robert Quackenbush A Matter of Pride (dustbowl), by Emily Crofford My Daddy Was a Soldier, by Deborah Ray Journal of Ben Uchida Kids Discover Magazine WW II Air Raid-Pearl Harbor, by Theodore Taylor, then watch Tora! Tora! Tora! It Began with a Parachute, by Rang 1945-1992; All the People (Iron Curtain, Korean War, Vietnam, Civil Rights) The Boy Who Dreamed of Rockets (Robert Goddard), by Robert Quackenbush If You Grew Up With Martin Luther King Young Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Heroine, by Anne Benjamin Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine, (Lerner Bio) by Eileen Lucas Thurgood Marshall : First African-American Supreme Court Justice, by Carol Greene The Korean War: The Forgotten War, by Stein The Korean War Soldier at Heartbreak Ridge, by Carl R. Green and William R. Sanford A Wall of Names : the story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Judy Donnelly The New Americans : Vietnamese Boat People, by James Haskins Johnny Hong of Chinatown, by Bulla The President is Dead, by Virginia Gross Journey to Jericho, by Scott O'Dell Sally Ride, Astronaut : An American First by June, Behrens Clyde Tombough and the Search for Planet X (Pluto), (Lerner Bio) by Margaret Wetterer Spacebusters: The Race to the Moon, (Lerner Bio) by Philip Wilkinson I Can be an Astronaut, by June Behrens Neil Armstrong, Space Pioneer, by Paul Westman The Paper Caper, (computer program theft) by Caroline Cooney The Watson's Go to Birmingham, (Reader beware you'll cry as much through the last 3 chapters as you laugh through the beginning. It is about a family living in the North during the 60's. The first 3/4 of the book hooks you and you feel as if you can see, feel, and touch these characters. Then in the last three chapters (on a vacation to Alabama and afterward) they are caught up in the church bombings in Birmingham. It is written on about a 3-4 grade level) Our Finest Hour: Voices of the World War II Generation (by LIFE Magazine (collector's edition) Typical of LIFE it is full of their famous photography. ) BOOK SERIES THAT FIT DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS: Cornerstones of Freedom Dear America books by Scholastic (available at bookstores or through Scholastic) (girls as main characters) My Name is America books (also by Scholastic….boys as main characters) My America (Scholastic…for younger readers. Although there are fewer titles in this series) American Girls books (Josephina, Addie, Kirsten, Samantha, Kit, and Molly -- 1800's to WW II) Leaders in Action Childhood of Famous Americans Lerner Biographies Landmark Books series from Christian Book Distributors (CBD) http://www.christianbook.com/ If You Series....Civil War, Underground Railroad, Covered Wagon Books on Cowboys, Davy Crockett, Pioneers, Buffalo Bill, Indians, etc. Little Britches series GREAT AUTHORS OF HISTORICAL FICTION: Jean Fritz Christian Heritage books by Nancy Rue Genevieve Foster Scott O'Dell, VIDEOS: The Santa Fe Trail (- Ronald Reagan, Errol Flyn,, great with Harper's Ferry and John Brown . It really does a great job describing the conflict in the Kansas-Nebraska territory during the late 1850's when they were struggling to determine if it would be a slave or free state. It goes from the massacre of Pottawatomie through the attack on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. It also is a great portrayal of the excuses of the South not to abolish slavery and the inevitable build-up to the war). The Civil War Series (by Ken Burns (9 videos)) Gettysburg Glory Gone With the Wind Little Women The Red Badge of Courage Roots Andersonville The General A Woman Called Moses Follow the Drinking Gourd The Horse Soldiers Uncle Tom's Cabin Shenandoah, with Jimmy Stewart Friendly Persuasion (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) The Mitchells: Five for Victory he Saturdays The Battle of Britain Mrs. Miniver Journey for Margaret. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Spans two wars). The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin) (It is set in Alaska, not SF, and of course there are some pretty silly scenes, but it conveys the feeling of turn of the century Yukon-type boom town. It's a silent film, by the way.) Sarah, Plain & Tall trilogy. (These movies are wonderful! The first one is set in Kansas in 1910, the second takes place in about 1912 & takes place in Kansas & Maine. The third is 1918 (Kansas again) and WW I & the influenza epidemic are main themes.) Rough Riders (Teddy Roosevelt and San Juan Hill in Cuba). ANIMATED VIDEOS (From Nest Entertainment): Harriet Tubman (Animated Hero Classics series) Abraham Lincoln (Animated Hero Classics series) Thomas Edison (Animated Hero Classics series) Florence Nightingale (Animated Hero Classics series) Louis Pasteur (Animated Hero Classics series) Alexander Graham Bell (Animated Hero Classics series) The Wright Brothers (Animated Hero Classics series) WW I VIDEOS: The World Goes to War Farewell to Arms King of Hearts Sergeant York (Gary Cooper) For Me and My Gal The Century (Vol. 1 Seeds of Change, 1914-1918) Titanic's Lost Sister (WWI hospital ship, 1916) World War I All Quite on the Western Front Snows of Kilimanjaro Wings Paths of Glory (1916) Afrcian Queen (1914) The Grapes of Wrath" (video) The Great Depression. It really brought to life the stark reality of the suffering, not only of people of that time, but of people still today. WW II VIDEOS: Tora! Tora! Tora! The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Fat Man and Little Boy Casablanca The Longest Day Memphis Belle Midway Patton South Pacific MORE MOVIES FOR US HISTORY: go to http://www.teachwithmovies.org/us-history-culture-heritage-list.htm (there are enough movies listed by time period, topic and geographical location of movie, that it takes up 10 pages! You gotta see it! Although most, I'm sure, are inappropriate for kids…there is a suggested age-level for each movie) ANIMATED VIDEOS: Check out Nest Entertainment's "Animated Hero Classics" (not to mention their Bible classics) 1-800-452-4485 (there's a website, too, but I can't remember it now) Nest also has "live action" videos of famous people in history, too. AUDIO BOOKS/STORIES: Focus on the Family radio featuring Corrie Ten Boom (The Hiding Place) You can purchase the tapes of these programs as a go along for the Holocaust/WW2 section. Nothing like hearing history from those who lived (and survived) it. http://www.family.org/ Also from Focus on the Family: Adventures in Odyssey series (historical ones) TELEVISION: The History Channel's "The Civil War Journal" HBO Family Channel's has the "Dear America" series (new "movie versions" of the series of books by Scholastic) GAMES: Website for "Civil War Game" http://www.emagame.com/html/civil.htm HISTORICAL COLORING PAGES: Texas Indian Coloring Pages --pictures of Native American activities and Spanish explorers. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/edu/indian/color.htm Crayola Print & Learn pages --In the "select an activity" box, click on "Print and Learn Pages". Then click on "search". You'll get a long list of choices, including historical figures. Presidents, famous people, etc.... http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/index.cfm Coloring pages for all kinds of topics: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Dover Publications -- lots of coloring books! "free Dover complete catalog (59069-0)" Dover Publications, Inc. 31 East 2nd St. Mineola, NY 11501 Website: http://store.doverpublications.com/ WEBSITES: IMMIGRATION AND ELLIS ISLAND: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/subjects/la/b1u1.html#plans In five lesson plans, students will use online resources to examine the reasons immigrants would come to America. They will create both a fictional journal depicting the journey of an immigrant, and a presentation or report on their research. THE IMMIGRANT JOURNEY: http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm Students can follow along the various stages of an immigrant's journey through leaving, being on board, inspection, and beyond. ELLIS ISLAND VIRTUAL TOUR: http://www.capital.net/~alta/ Great site for students to explore the immigration experience. They can investigate the history of Ellis Island on a virtual tour, and then assume the identity of a given immigrant (four choices) and follow them on their journey to America. AMERICAN IMMIGRATION: http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/ This site would provide a good resource for any research topic on immigration. It includes reasons for immigration, immigrant statistics over the years, opportunities, destinations, assimilation, and much more CIVIL WAR: Civil War Unit Study http://home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar.htm Jackdaw (great resources) http://www.jackdaw.com/Catalog/GetTumbNails.asp?WhereFrom=Menu&DeptID=6&ParentID=1 The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ Civil War Women http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html Mr. Lincon's Virtual Library http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html Timeline of the Civil War http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html Civil War for Kids http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/2645/index.html Civil War Home Page http://www.civil-war.net/main.html Civil War at Charleston http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/cwlayout.html Music of the War Between the States Sound files and Words! http://www.erols.com/kfraser/music.htm JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (SL4 - Weeks 10 & 11 a 'before' and 'after' picture of the town. http://www.jaha.org/flood/history.htm US HISTORICAL MAPS! It includes lots of battles http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html WWI WEB SITES: World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ An Internet History of the Great War http://www.worldwar1.com/ Causes of World War I http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm First World War, July-August 1918, around Soissons, France (pictures) http://www.amug.org/~avishai/WWI.html Aces and Aircraft of World War I http://www.theaerodrome.com/ The Great War (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ Lost Poets of the Great War http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/ Robert Lindsay Mackay's First World War Diary http://www.finsysgp.com/macbob/RLM_Diary.html The War at Sea http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/naval/n0000000.htm The Great War http://users.tibus.com/the-great-war/ World War I Aviation http://www.cfanet.com/mlewis/ World War I: The Western Front http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/WWI/WWI.html Unit Study/Lesson Plans http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/World.html#WWI GREAT WEBSITE WITH LINKS FOR EVERY LEVEL OF SONLIGHT (save this one for the years to come) http://karlyle85.homestead.com/sonlight.html (most of the following websites were obtained from the above website): OUTLINE MAPS ON THE WEB: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC: http://americancivilwar.com/monitor.html 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/timeline/index.html WILLIAM WILBERFORCE BIO SKETCH: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REwilberforce.htm THOMAS EDISON: http://www.edisonnj.org/menlopark/virtualtour/ SIMON BOLIVAR: http://www.its.utas.edu.au/users/creyes/simon_bolivars_home_page.htm SOUTH AMERICA: ENCYCLOPEDIA INFO: http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/5B/05BAA000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1 TRIVIA GAME: http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/geography/southam.html MAP PUZZLE: http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_sam.htm ACROSS FIVE APRILS (UNIT STUDY): http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/civwnov/civilwar11.htm CANADA UNIT (ENCYCLOPEDIA): http://infoplease.lycos.com/ipa/A0107386.html THE GOLDEN SPIKE: http://www.utah.com/places/national_parks/golden_spike.htm CADDIE WOODLAWN: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/caddie/caddietg.html MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL (SCIENCE - MAPLE TREES): http://www.bcn.net/~thatcher/trees.htm BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON: UNIT STUDY: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/spoon/spoontg.html A GOLD RUSH ADVENTURE: http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=50048&url=50048 HARRIET TUBMAN (UNIT STUDY); http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/free/freetg.html IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR & JACKIE ROBINSON (UNIT STUDY): http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/in/intg.html Here's a website that has units for Colonial Life, Westward Expansion and Native Americans, and others like Ancient Egypt that will help with other years. Each unit includes books, creative writing ideas, helpful web links, cooking, and other activities: www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm MUSIC FOR CIVIL WAR TIME: Tennesse Ernie Ford Sings Songs of the Civil War. Mostly solo singing, with a male chorus. Lovely voice. The sentiment of each song comes through. Words are easy to understand. Nice selection of songs. A Treasury of Civil War Songs, Tom Glazer. This one is also nice. Glazer has a simple voice, folksy but not extremely so, and words are easy to understand. Simple accompaniment. Many good songs. Ballads and Songs of the Civil War, Wayne Erbsen. Very folksy sound. Uses banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, Jew's harp, harmonica, washboard, spoons, drum, and tambourine. The best-known songs on this album include The Bonnie Blue Flag, Just Before the Battle Mother, John Brown's Dream, Battle Cry of Freedom, Lorena, and Tramp Tramp Tramp. Songs of the Civil War: 97th Regimental String Band. 4 volumes. Folksy sound. Male trio (including for those songs which should be sung by a woman: "Dearest love, do you remember when we last did meet, how you told me that you loved me kneeling at my feet. Oh, how proud you stood before me in your suit of blue..."). Banjo, guitar, harmonica, other instruments. Vocals sometimes out of tune, but melody sounds good. Large selection of songs in four volumes. The gentleman who did the music for Lyrical Life Science, Bobby Horton, also has some tapes (and presumably CD's) of Civil War songs. There are several volumes of "Homespun Songs of the Union Army" and "Homespun Songs of the C.S.A." available. OTHER TOPICS FOR SL4 TIME PERIOD: (having not even started SL4 yet, forgive me if these are already covered in detail in the curriculum) Joseph Lister (Civil War -- antiseptics!) Marie Curie (discoveries in 1896) Alexander Graham Bell Panama Canal (1905) Rough Riders Yellowstone Nat'l Park (est 1872) Crazy Horse/Little Big Horn/GACuster (late 1800s) (1876) Sitting Bull (late 1800's) Cochise (late 1800's) Florence Nightingale (late 1800's) Darwin Australia Industrial Revolution Asia & Africa colonized by Europe Roaring 20's (music, culture) Louis Pasteur Fort Knox (1937) Ghandi Hemingway Ann Frank/Holocost