Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Exploring America/Westward Expansion

FEB 14, 2011-1 MIN
Exploring America and Children's Literature

Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Exploring America/Westward Expansion

FEB 14, 2011-1 MIN

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I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the westward migration to students in intermediate-level grades:<ul><li><a href="http://www.kidsdiscover.com/product/054/LEWIS_CLARK">Discovery Kids Magazine: Lewis and Clark</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kidsdiscover.com/product/085/pioneers">Discovery Kids Magazine: Pioneers</a></li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590451588?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0590451588">...If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon</a></i> by Levine Ellen</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439414288?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0439414288">...If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie</a></i> by Kamma, Anne</li><li><i><a href="ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0613836871?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0613836871">America in the Time of Lewis and Clark, the Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1801-1850</a></i> by Isaacs, Sally Senzel</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060754281?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060754281">Little House Book Collection</a></i> by Wilder, Laura Ingalls</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401600751?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401600751">Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: The Journey that Shaped America</a></i> by Gragg, Rod</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961735724?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0961735724">Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party</a></i> by Laurgaard, Rachel K.</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824954424?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=082495442">Seaman's Journal on the Trail</a></i> by Karwoski, Gail</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961735791?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0961735791">Balloon Boy of San Francisco</a></i> by Leland, Dorothy Kupcha</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0876146469?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0876146469">Sacagawea</a></i> by Erdrich, Liselotte</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141696746X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=141696746X"><i>Apples to Oregon: True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, Cherries (and Children) … the Plain</i>s</a> by Hopkinson, Deborah</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823414752?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0823414752">Conestoga Wagons</a></i> by Ammon, Richard</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689712960?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0689712960">Dakota Dugout</a></i> by Turner, Ann</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064402053?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0064402053">Sarah, Plain and Tall</a></i> by MacLachlan, Patricia</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140562125?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0140562125">Daily Life in a Covered Wagon</a></i> by Paul Erickson</li><li><i><a href="ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670011193?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0670011193">Newsgirl</a></i> by Ketchum, Liza</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0531146065?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0531146065">You Wouldn't Want to Live in a Wild West Town: Dust You'd Rather Not Settle</a></i> by Peter Hicks, David Salariya, and David Antram</li><li><i><a href="http://www.teachinteract.com/c/product.html?record@TF29009+s@q4wqVUksuwmwI">Pioneers: A Simulation of Decision Making on a Wagon Train</a></i></li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420632167?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1420632167">Spotlight on America: Westward Movement</a></i></li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961735767?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0961735767">Sallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl</a></i> by Leland, Dorothy Kupcha</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792267265?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0792267265">How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark</a></i> by Schanzer, Rosalyn</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792259203?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0792259203">The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail</a></i> by Harness, Cheryl</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038532555X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=038532555X">Mountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales</a></i> by Glass, Andrew</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395547857?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0395547857">Children of the Wild West</a></i> by Freedman, Russell</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1575053047?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1575053047">Children of the Trail West</a></i> by Littlefield, Holly</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931414017?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1931414017">Despite All Obstacles: LaSalle and the Conquest of the Mississippi</a></i> by Goodman, Elizabeth Joan</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416940286?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1416940286">Caddie Woodlawn</a></i> by Brink, Carol Ryrie</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822567644?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0822567644">Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshall</a></i> by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson </li><li>An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books)</li><ul><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1429611790?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1429611790">The California Gold Rush</a></i> by Elizabeth Raum and Malcolm Rohrbough</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1429617667?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1429617667">Westward Expansion</a></i> by Allison Lassieur</li><li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1429617640?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1429617640">Exploring the New World</a></i> by Melody Herr</li></ul></ul>