We The People by Notgrass Company (Upper Grammar only)*. 2. Rethinking Columbus by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson. 3. Afr
BOOK LIST: REQUIRED HISTORY BOOKS AND RESOURCES, ADD-ONS, GEOGRAPHY, AND POETRY OPTIONS REQUIRED HISTORY BOOKS AND RESOURCES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
A Living History of Our World Part 1 by Angela O'Dell A Living History of Our World Part 2 by Angela O'Dell* In Our Own Image: An African American History by Peoples Publishing Group* Building a New Land: African American in Colonial America by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America by Anne Kamma If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine and Larry Johnson 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History by Chrisanne Beckner* Black Frontiers: A History of African-American Heroes in the Old West by Lillian Schlissel A History of US: First Americans by Joy Hakim A History of US: Making 13 Colonies by Joy Hakim The Discovery of the Americas by Betty Maestro and Giulio Maestro Note: Both titles by Joy Hakim require the Revised Third Edition, published in 2005.
U.S. GEOGRAPHY OPTIONS (optional, choose one based on the level of each student) 1. Smart About the States by Jon Buller and Susan Saunders (Lower Grammar)* 2. National Geographic Kids: U.S. Road Trip Atlas (Upper Grammar)* 3. Map Trek U.S. Edition by Knowledge Quest (Lower Grammar and Upper Grammar)* HISTORY ADD-ON OPTIONS (not required, but suggested) 1. 2. 3. 4.
We The People by Notgrass Company (Upper Grammar only)* Rethinking Columbus by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson African Americans in the Thirteen Colonies by Deborah Ann Kent Heart and Soul: The Story of American and African Americans by Kadir Nelson*
Note: We The People is a compilation of primary sources. If you would like to teach primary sources this year, consider this title. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY OPTIONS (not required, but recommended) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Speak To Me (And I Will Listen Between the Lines) by Karen English and Amy Bates Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes and Floyd Cooper Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes and Bryan Collier My People by Langton Hughes and Charles R. Smith Jr. The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper
Note: Some of these books will be used in Year 2 also. The asterisk (*) denotes books used in both years. Check your local library before purchasing books.
