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Books to Read - posted from El Cajon, CA
*I use the abbreviation RAL to remember which books I found as "read alouds" on Youtube
Great explorers by James Buckley
The Picture History of Great Explorers by Clements, Gillian
Meet the men who sailed the seas by John Dyment (children’s vintage), not available at my library
Meet Christopher Columbus / by James T. de Kay (Landmark chapter book)
Who was Ferdinand Magellan? 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East
America's History by Connor Boyack (Tuttle Twins) - N/A at my library
If you lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern RAL 1565 to 1776
America's Colonization and Settlement by Marcia Amidon Lusted (ages 8-10) 1585-1763
Voyage to a free land (chapter book) by Laurie Lawlor 1630
A Visual Dictionary of a Colonial Community by Bobbie Kalman (ages 8-10)
Life in the Colonies by Emily R. Smith RAL (30 min)
If you were me and lived in colonial America by Carole Roman RAL
Explore Colonial America! : 25 great projects, activities, experiments / Verna Fisher
The Baker's Dozen: a colonial American tale ages 4-8 (can’t see pics well in RAL so I got a copy)
Spotlight on Stacey: Colonial History by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Om-Kas-Toe: Blackfeet Twin Captures an Elkdog (chapter book) early 1700s
Homespun Sarah ages 4-8 RAL EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Walt Disney's Ben and Me ebook 1745
Hornbooks and Inkwells ages 4-8 RAL 18TH CENTURY
Captain Cook : the great ocean explorer / Haydn Middleton 1768
Toliver's Secret (chapter book) EBOOK 1775-83
Ox-cart Man ages 3-9 RAL 19TH CENTURY
My community long ago by Bobbie Kalman RAL
Playmobil Colonial Diorama - posted from Baltimore, MD
Great website - posted from Pelham, AL
I struggled to teach this lesson since it is material already covered in Concept 2 Unit 3. We did find a great website, though.
A video about Pilgrim children - posted from ,
Interactive Christopher Columbus from BBC - posted from Dallas, OR
Click on the game to the right of the page.
History of America Supplement - posted from Boise, ID
The Evans Moor History Pocket series includes Plymouth Colony for grades 1 to 3. It was a great addition to this lesson with a variety of crafts and vocabulary, exploring several different aspects of the new colonists' lives: Voyage to the New World, The New World, Building a Village, Home Sweet Home, The Family, Working in Plymouth Colony, Going to School, and What Did the Pilgrims Give Us?