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Everything You Need to Know about American History Homework: 4th to 6th Grades 15 reviews
Anne Zeman, Kate Kelly
Scholastic Reference, 2005
Great for special education
+ Excellent basic information on a plethora of topics
+ Great for your citizenship interview
+ This was a gift
+ Great study material
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The Scarlet Stockings Spy Edition 1. (Tales of Young Americans) 5 reviews
Trinka Hakes Noble
Sleeping Bear Press, 2004
Gorgeous illustrations and clever historical fiction!
+ excellent history lesson for anyone
+ Incredible Book! A gripping way to learn history.
+ Beyond banana bread
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Magic Tree House Research Guide #11: American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on ...3 reviews
Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JACK AND ANNIE RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ Give this to your Second and Third Graders for Christmas
+ An Aid to Students with Developmental Disabilities in Inclusion Middle School
I'm a 12-year-old girl, and this Magic Tree House Research Guide rules! I love learning about the Revolutionary War and history, so Jack and Annie are the best kids ever! In this guide, you can answer questions like...
"What IS the Decloration of Independence?" "Who WAS George Washington and all ...
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Yankee Doodle America: The Spirit of 1776 from A to Z1 review
Wendell Minor
Putnam Juvenile, 2006
An American Treasure!
While Yankee Doodle America: The Spirit of 1776 from A to Z would be an excellent purchase for a child, it is also a book of such high quality that adults will adore it. It's a perfect coffee table book. If you love the story of the American Revolution, this book belongs in your library.
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Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary (My America)(Book One)7 reviews
Kristiana Gregory
Scholastic Inc., 2002
A great historical novel
+ five smooth stones, a GREAT book
+ Do judge this book by it's cover
Nine-year-old Hope Penny Potter is finding the Revolutionary War tearing apart her family. Since Christmas her father has been gone for purposes still unknown to her family and now her brother Ethan is accusing her father of being a Tory and abandoning the family. Hope finds little comfort but she ...
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History 22 reviews
Jennifer Armstrong
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006
Share our nation's stories
+ History made human
+ Great Resource
+ Great history! Fun to read.
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. . . If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution3 reviews
Elizabeth Levy
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1992
Constitution Review
+ Jump into History!
+ Good resource!
This was a great book. It provided both facts and interesting tibits about the founders. I used it as a resource in my 5th grade inclusion social studies class and they found it both useful and informative.
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George Washington's Socks25 reviews
Elvira Woodruff
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993
George Washington's Socks is awsome!!!
+ A trip down memory lane
+ George Washington's Socks is awsome!!!
George Washington's socks is a great book! In the story a boy named Matt go on an adventure with his frends and his little sister. They travel back in time to the Delawer River and go on an epic adventure full of tragedy, action, mystery and lots more! I highly recomend this book to any one who is ...
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Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution2 reviews
Louise Borden
Margaret K. McElderry, 2000
The Common Touch
+ A Child's View of History
Sleds on Boston Common makes history come alive by focusing on a fictional group of children who want to go sledding during the tension-filled days just before the start of the American Revolution. The story moves beyond the normal heroism of the patriots and the perfidy of the British to put a ...
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Welcome to Felicity's World, 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America (American Girls Collection)12 reviews
Camela Decaire, Jodi Evert
American Girl, 1999
Probably learned more about early Virginia from this than in school!
+ Welcome to Felicity's World 1774 . . . .
+ Felicity
+ "Look and Feel" History for junior readers
+ Welcome to Felicity's World. 1774 Growing Up In Colonial America
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You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea You'd Rather Not Drink (You Wouldn't Want ...1 review
Peter Cook
Childrens Press, 2006
The Whole Series
I recommend this entire series for helping to teach history to young kids. The subject is taught in a humorous way that both kids and adults can enjoy.
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Charlotte1 review
Janet Lunn
Tundra Books, 1998
This was about my great-great-great grandmother .
This book had an interesting description of the time- loyalists vs. patriots. This is a true story.
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Shh! We're Writing the Constitution8 reviews
Jean Fritz
Putnam Juvenile, 1997
The story of the Constitution Convention for young readers
+ Constitutional Primer
+ Delightful reading for all ages
+ A gem for introducing youth to the basis of our United States government.
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Patsy's Discovery (Massie, Elizabeth. Daughters of Liberty.)3 reviews
Elizabeth Massie
Aladdin, 1997
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY, BOOK 1, GOOD TRILOGY!
+ Cool book about long ago,
+ Great book!
There is something different about this trilogy. They are hard to find in bookstores, but I highly recommend them. This is just plain GOOD storytelling. Very well written. Read all 3! It's worth it! After this book comes "Patsy and the Declaration", and then "Barbara's Escape", which is about her ...
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If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (If You.) 10 reviews
Kay Moore
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1998
BOTH sides of the story!
+ History made interesting!
+ excellent information
Kay Moore's excellent book is of tremendous value to young students of history because it contributes something rare for younger readers -- some insight into the other side of the story of the American Revolution.
Not every colonist was in favor of war, and many fled for their lives rather than ...
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Katie's Trunk1 review
Ann Turner
Aladdin, 1997
Katie's Trunk
During the time of the Revolutionary War, Katie's family were loyalists and needed to hide when the Rebels come into their house to raid it. Katie hides in a trunk away from her family because she didn't want to leave the house. She is spotted by a Rebel who is their neighbor. Katie used to be ...
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The Declaration Of Independence7 reviews
Sam Fink
Scholastic Reference, 2002
Should be on every kids nightstand
+ Jefferson Smiles!
+ Declaration of excelence
+ Indenpendence
+ Insid the Declaration of Independece
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Saving the Liberty Bell1 review
Megan McDonald
Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2005
Liberty Bell Genious!
This is an amazing book. I love the storyline. I love that the storyline is true to history. When you look at the back of the book there is an explanation of how the characters in the book fit into the storyline of the historical perspective.
I've used this book for lesson plans in a third ...
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Liberty or Death: The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (American Story)
Betsy Maestro
HarperCollins, 2005
It began in Boston, with angry colonists objecting to the tyranny of a king who ruled from an ocean away. It was voiced by patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry and echoed by citizens from New England all the way to the Carolinas. It was fought by many -- colonists and patriots, Loyalists and slaves, Frontiersmen and Indians, British and French soldiers. Over more than ten ...
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The American Revolution (Making of America (Austin, Tex.).)
Michael Weber
Raintree, 2000
Traces the history of the American Revolution, from the Boston Massacre to the British surrender at Yorktown.
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