A House of Tailors

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff

Lesson 10

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page

Materials

Common Materials

• Colored pencils or markers
• journal
• scissors
• dictionary
• "Timeline of American History"* (7.1 - optional)
• "Timeline of American History"* (1.optional)
• colored pencils* (3.2 - Option 1)
• colored pencils* (Final Project.Option 2)
• blank sheet of art paper
• blank paper

Lesson 1

• world map
• books about Germany* (1.1 - optional)

Lesson 2

• map of Europe

Lesson 3

• duffel bag or small suitcase* (3.2 - Option 2)

Lesson 6

• tape
• thesaurus* (6.2 - optional)

Lesson 7

• books or other resources about smallpox* (7.1 - optional)

Lesson 8

• variety of craft materials* (8.1 - Option 2)
• old hat* (8.1 - Option 2)

Lesson 11

• newspaper or magazine

Final Project

• fabric scraps* (Final Project.Option 2)
• construction paper* (Final Project.Option 2)
• books about New York* (Final Project.optional)
• poster boards* (Final Project.Option 2)
• ruler* (Final Project.Option 2)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used