Books - History
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Native Americans, Book Collection
Princess has long had an interest in Native Americans. Last year with the help of her brothers she built a tepee and presents for her eighth birthday included of a number Native American books. Her interest has still not abated, so whilst the older children are enjoying SOTW4, Princess and I are reading our way through a growing pile of books. We have discovered some real treasures, so thought we’d share. In our search for titles the following sites were most helpful; Embracing the Child – Native American, S-Collection – Native American Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Cynthia Leitich Smith- Native American Indians Authors and Illustrators Crazy Horses’ Vision –…
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Books for World War 1
We wrapped up our WW1 studies weeks ago. I found it rather a challenge at first to find books for World War 1. Many of the chapter books listed we didn’t manage to read so I would recommend to pre-read. Online Database of Australian Books Be sure to head on over to our Online Database of Australian Books to find more books about our War Years. Picture Books for World War 1 Simpson and His Donkey – Mark Greenwood Two boys grow up in London together. One boy, Jack, sails to Australia seeking adventure. Jack lands in Gallipoli as a stretcher-bearer. He enlists a donkeys help to tirelessly carry…
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American History – War of Independence to Civil War
Last term Koala studied American History; from the War of Independence to Westward Expansion. We were blessed to purchase some lovely new books and I thought I’d share here. For even more American History titles Koala enjoyed head on over to Aussie Book Threads, I will be adding over the next few days. America’s Paul Revere by Esther Forbes is a long picture/illustrated short chapter book making the ‘Midnight Ride of Paul Revere’ come alive. Koala was inspired to memorise the WHOLE poem! Over 10s John Treegate’s Musket by Leonard Wibberely tells a riveting tale of the ‘Boston Massacre’ and subsequent events. Published by one of our favourite publishers, Bethlehem…
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European History 300-500AD
We have been continuing our history studies using RC History as our outline but substituting where I have felt a need for our family. To this end I purchased History Links Unit Eight The Medieval Era to help out with some more hands on activities, it does and it doesn’t have what I was searching for. Truly I am coming to realise more and more that every family is unique and we all have our own style of learning. For my family we are definitely literature orientated. I have been trying to incorporate more hands on activities with my children and yet they often aren’t interested. Some of them seem…
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China
With the recent Olympics the past several weeks seemed a suitable time to study China. PC and I thought there would be a fair amount of information available, and to our pleasure there were several very good documentaries on China on the television. We also splurged and purchased several new books and found a few in our library. I share the list in the hope of assisting anyone studying China. The chapter books were all after Mao’s Revolution, the picture books more a cultural exposure. Picture books for the younger ones: The Cloudmakers – James Rumford was a big winner. The pictures were soft and inviting and the storyline was…
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Early Church /Roman History
This Term we have been studying Roman History. We started back at Easter time by reading many books from the Time of Christ. This flowed very nicely into Early Church history. We have covered from 33AD to 300AD using RC History as our spine. I have found RC History very useful this term as I was needing something from a Catholic worldview and was tired of inventing the wheel from scratch. It answered those needs but from our families viewpoint it lacked in areas too. It lacks sufficient hands-on projects and lacks plenty of read alouds, I have two children who read an enormous amount, I also felt it lacked…
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Ancient Egypt
As we conclude our Ancient Egyptian unit I share here the books we used and enjoyed. For the older children approximately 10-up The Golden Goblet is an exciting adventure, the story of Ranofer who wanted to be a goldsmith and was prevented by his brother Gebu. Ranofer finds a golden goblet in his brother’s room and knows that it has been stolen from one of the tombs in the City of the Dead. With his two friends Ranofer sets out to prove his brother’s guilt. My three older children LOVED this book and were clamouring for more of McGraw’s books. We did have another McGraw book, Mara Daughter of the…
