Addie Across the Prairie

Addie Across the Prairie PDF

Author: Laurie Lawlor

Publisher: Paw Prints

Published: 2009-04-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442016668

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With the help of her new friend and a new doll named Ruby Lillian, Addie Grant must adjust to a new way of life on a slow-moving journey across the prairie to Dakota on a wagon train

Addie Across the Prairie

Addie Across the Prairie PDF

Author: Laurie Lawlor

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1991-04

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0671701479

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Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie.

U.S. History Through Children's Literature

U.S. History Through Children's Literature PDF

Author: Wanda Miller

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-03-15

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0313079463

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Allow students to step back in time to experience the thoughts, feelings, dilemmas, and actions of people from history. For each history topic, Miller suggests two titles-one for use with the entire class and one for use with small reading groups. Summaries of the books, author information, activities, and topics for discussion are supplemented with vocabulary lists and ideas for research topics and further reading. This integrated approach makes history meaningful to students and helps them retain historical details and facts.

Recreating the Past

Recreating the Past PDF

Author: Lynda G. Adamson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1994-06-30

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 0313387966

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Spanning grades 1-10+, this annotated bibliography of 970 recommended American and world titles published through early 1994 includes adult titles suitable for young readers; at least 200 of the titles are award winners. In support of interdisciplinary English and social studies curricula, librarians and teachers can easily assemble a basic list of books on a geographical place and time period. Geographical sections are divided into historical time periods within which entries are organized alphabetically by author. Each entry contains both reading and interest grade levels, a short incisive annotation about the historical event, setting, plot, protagonist and theme, current publication availability, and awards won. Seven reference appendices allow for easy searching. These helpful appendices and an authors, a titles, and an illustrators index help to make this volume a critical professional tool.

Cooking Up U.S. History

Cooking Up U.S. History PDF

Author: Suzanne I. Barchers

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-04-15

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0313077665

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The second edition of this popular book contains loads of recipes, readings, and resources. Students will delight in preparing their own porridge and pudding; making candles, soap, and ink; or trying out the pioneers' recipe for sourdough biscuits as they explore different periods in U.S. history. An ideal supplement for social studies classes and homeschoolers.

Addie's Dakota Winter

Addie's Dakota Winter PDF

Author: Laurie Lawlor

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780671701482

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In the wonderful tradition of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, here is the second heartwarming story featuring Addie and her pioneer family, first introduced in Addie Across the Prairie. It's Addie's first year of school in the Dakota territory, and after a terrible blizzard she learns the true meaning of friendship.

Literature Connections to American History K6

Literature Connections to American History K6 PDF

Author: Lynda G. Adamson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-09-15

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0313089957

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Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, this book helps you locate resources on American history for students. Each book presents information in two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within eras and further organized according to product type. The books cover American history from North America Before 1600 and The American Colonies, 1600-1774 to The Mid-Twentieth Century, 1946-1975 and Since 1975. The second section has annotated bibliographies that describe each title and includes publication information and awards won. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at least one favorable review. Some books with more illustration than text will be valuable for enticing slow or reticent readers. An index helps users find resources by author, title, or biographical subject.

Life Sciences

Life Sciences PDF

Author: Amy Bain

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-05-15

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 031301017X

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Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these teaching kits contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Arranged by subject, each book lists key scientific concepts for primary, intermediate, and upper level learners and links them to specific chapters where resources for teaching those concepts appear. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. A final section helps you locate helpful experiment books and appropriate journals, Web sites, agencies, and related organizations.