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I just posted an annotated bibliography of resources (books, dvds, videos) we've used this year for American History. The listing starts with Pre-Colombian times up thru modern ... I'll be adding to this listing as we continue but thought I'd post in case anyone can use if for planning their own AH units ....
If I've missed good ones ... please post so I can add them as we use them ...
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Mary,
Thank you for this great bibliography! We will be studying American History next year and this will help tremendously!
Can you tell me where you find the A&E, Hiistory Channel and PBS DVDs?
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DianaC wrote:
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Well, some we've bought ... and many we find at the library (either directly from our branch our thru ILL).
Hope that helps.
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This is incredible, thanks! We're studying American history next year and I've been looking for books to use--this will save me quite a bit of time!
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Thank you! Our oldest will be doing American History this year!
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Fantastic!!!!
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What a fabulous list! Thank you so very much! 
Diana, if you have Netflix or Blockbuster, many of those documentaries can be rented, which is a nice option if your local library system is found lacking.
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Valerie,
I have been poking around Netflix to see if I could get the videos through them, and I was pleasantly surprised to find so many!
Mary,
Would you have any reservations about any of the videos for a 9 year old girl? She's not sensitive or fearful, but she notices e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g so I try to be extra careful about what we watch.
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Diana C
Maybe if you gave me a specific video title I could judge better. Mine (10, 9 and 6) are all pretty observant and pretty sheltered and I don't THINK there was anything; but ask about a specific title or two and I'll double-check!
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Wow, Mary, you all have been very busy this year!
I have a few to add for World War II:
The Mitchells Series by Hilda Von Stockum
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming - a favorite picture book around here!
So Far from the Sea by Eve Bunting and Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki, both picture books about Japanese internment
I'm Still Scared by Tomie de Paola about Pearl Harbor
The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter about the Navajo code talkers
But No Candy by Gloria Houston - picture book about WWII
Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story by Louise Borden - picture book about the American homefront in WWII
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Shelley Tanaka
D-Day: A Day That Changed America: They Fought to Free Europe from Hitler's Tyranny by Shelley Tanaka
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And a few more about Colonial America and the American Revolution:
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Becky Landers: Frontier Warrior by Constance Lindsay Skinner
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell
The Scarlet Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days by Barbara Brenner
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross
The Revolutionary Voyage of John Quincy Adams: Dangerous Crossing by Stephen Krensky
The Liberty Tree: The Beginning of the American Revolution (Picture Landmark Books) by Lucille Recht Penner
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
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And a few we read this year on the Great Depression:
Nowhere to Call Home by Cynthia DeFelice
Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression by Marissa Moss
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young
Eleanor by Barbara Cooney (picture book)
Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich (picture book)
Grandpa’s Mountain by Carolyn Reeder (about Shenandoah National Park in Virginia)
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, TX, 1935 by Katelan Janke (This is a Dear America diary, but the amazing thing is that the author was a 15 year old girl who won a Scholastic student writing contest!)
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And finally, some books about the early 20th century:
Welcome to Samantha’s World - 1904: Growing Up in America’s New Century by Catherine Gourley
Secrets on 26th Street (American Girl History Mystery) by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro
Hannah’s Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl by Marissa Moss
Nell Dunne: Ellis Island, 1904 (American Diaries) by Kathleen Duey
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone
Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 by Gail Langer Karwoski
A Day that Changed America: Earthquake! By Shelley Tanaka
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
Theodore by Frank Keating (picture book about Teddy Roosevelt)
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ooooh, thanks Irene .... I'll add these! And many of them will come in quite handy as we'll do Civil War and on starting in the Fall!
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Thanks so much Mary and Irene. These are such great resources!
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