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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/3/2008 2:11:49 PM
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Homegrownkids
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I have found quite a few things through CBD for very reasonable Prices. Exploring American History by Christian Liberty Press is one of them. I think I purchased the book, test and answer key for around 7.00 dollars total. I also found some other books on there. One from Smithsonian Institute that has a lot of great pictures, but it isn't Christian. I found another one that I like called "The Everything Amercian History Book", this is also not christian but I believe it is in chronological order. We have also used Beautiful Feet. And, over the summer we are reading through the "Light and Glory" children's set. There are 3 books. The last book we have though, is on tapes. Overall, I like the Chrisian Liberty Price books, they have good prices.
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/3/2008 3:11:00 PM
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cynthia
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My daughter is finishing 5th grade. I had her read some of the Christian Liberty Press books and read a bunch of literature about the time period we are studying.
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/3/2008 11:03:08 PM
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wylyne
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Thanks Ladies
I thought it was interesting that you both mentioned Christian Liberty Press, as Exploring American History by CLP is one that I have been serious considering.
I know of some literature that I am thinking of reading with her but would be interested in hearing if there were any specific ones that your kids like. I remember reading Johnny Tremain by E. Forbes (although I can't remember which grade I was in--old timers I guess) and I enjoyed that one.
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/4/2008 2:51:19 AM
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cynthia
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I don't have time to go through and give a list of the history books my daughter read this year, but this is pretty much her reading list for this school year, which includes the history related books.
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field (12/07)
All-Of-A-Kind Family, Sydney Taylor 12/07
The Wind in the Willows (1/08)
The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland 1/08
Betsy-Tacy and Tib, book 2 (12/07)
Betsy and Tacy Go Over The Big Hill book 3 (already read)
B is For Betsy (1/08)
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown book 4 (1/08)
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas) 3/08
The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright (1/08)
Thieves of Tyburn Square, by Dave and Neta Jackson 4/08
William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy, by Bradford Smith (2/08)
Mary of Plymouth, by James Otis (2/08)
George Washington, by William M. Thayer (2/08)
Benjamin Franklin, by William M. Thayer (3/08)
John Adams Public Servant, by Bonnie L. Lukes (4/08)
John Adams, by Zachary Kent (4/08)
Morgan the Jersey Spy, by James Otis (4/08)
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes (2/08)
America’s Paul Revere, by Esther Forbes (4/08)
Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence, by Dennis Fradin 4/08
Why don’t you get a horse, Sam Adams?, by Jean Fritz 04/08
Captain John Paul Jones: America’s Fighting Seaman, by Ronald Syme 4/08
Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare (4/08)
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold, by Jean Fritz (05/08)
Heroines of the American Revolution, America’s Founding Mothers, by Diane Silcox-Garrett (05/08)
A book about Thomas Jefferson, which I returned before putting on the list. (05/08)
(Milestones in Black American History) Braving the New World 1619-1784, by Don Nardo (05/08)
Of Courage Undaunted, by James Daugherty (05/08)
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/4/2008 6:48:16 AM
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earthy
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ORIGINAL: wylyne
This fall my daughter will be starting 5th grade and I have collected all my materials except for U.S. History.
Any suggestions? Anything that you used and your kids enjoyed?
History Curriculums:
Landmark History
Story of the World
Mystery of History
All through the Ages, History through Literature
History Reading:
The Stone Age News
A Children's Treasury of Mythology
Eyewitness Rome
Eyewitness Mythology
Ancient Greece Treasure Chest
Ancient Rome Treasure Chest
Gladiator Treasure Chest
Ancient China Treasure Chest
Moses in Egypt
Gilgamesh the King
The Revenge of Ishtar
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
Young Heros of the Bible
The Assyrians
The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Tree of Dreams: Ten Tales from the Garden of Night
God's People: Stories from the Old Testament
The Flower of Sheba
The Mystery of Stonehenge
The Egyptian News
Cleopatra
The Ancient World: The Phoenicians
King Solomon and His Magic Ring
The Tortoise and the Tree
The Orphan Boy
Tololwa M. Mollel
The Name of the Tree
Growing up Maasai
Growing up Maasai
Escape from Egypt
The Life of Saint Paul
The Enchanted Caribou
Building an Igloo
The Mediterranean
Sunrise Island
Lives of Famous Romans
Escape from Egypt
The Tortoise and the Tree
The Orphan Boy
The Name of the Tree
Videos:
Drive Thru History
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Paula's Archives Literature to Supplement History
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/4/2008 12:36:30 PM
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wylyne
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This gives me a good amount of titles to work with.
Thanks!
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/4/2008 12:53:28 PM
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cynthia
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Two really good sources are the Sonlight catalog and Ambleside on-line.
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RE: 5th grade U.S. History Suggestions? - 6/5/2008 9:23:26 AM
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5th grade U.S. History Suggestions?
You may want to consider mixing in some deeper "research" projects that help your daughter analyze history. You may wish to have her dig into resources to answer specific questions such as;
1. Why did the US wait 10 years to annex Texas?
2. How was the canal project of George Washington different than the Erie canal project?
3. How did the government policy of tariffs help polarize the north and south in the decades before the civil war?
4. From an economic standpoint how is agricultural slavery similar and different than the agricultural use of illegal immigrant labor today?
5. If political liberalism can be said to have originated from the populist progressive movement of the late 1800s, what factors contributed to this "movement".
6. Were there any ways that the US entry into World War one could have contributed to the causes of World War two?
7. The view of the "limited war" in Korea and Viet Nam were seen as a method to contain the spread of Communism. Was this effective?
While a 5th grader may not put together a detailed analysis, the process of trying to answer questions like these can greatly help the student to learn how to approach using resources to obtain information. In this way learning is more than fact retention, it is key to understanding larger questions such as:
1. How has the concept of society replaced that of family?
2. Is US history a picture of a people turning from their God?
3. In what ways are we being drawn to follow the world (enmity with God)?
4. In what ways have social movements corrupted and destroyed Christianity?
In a way teaching history as just facts mirrors the selcuarization of our nation. Facts without context have no meaning. The context in secular education is always atheism. That is what atheism (without God) means. Without God, facts are always in the context of social, political, and military activism.
The phrase "making the world safe for democracy" is arrogant blasphemy in a context of God, but in a context of secularism, it means we need to make other people behave the way we think they should.
Most history is taught without a context and thus serves atheism. Christian parents need to teach history from a framework that includes the following.
1. What were people doing?
2. Were their motives biblical, deluded, selfish, or malicious?
3. Were the consequences of their actions what they intended?
4. What should Christians who were following the Bible have done instead?
5. Can we learn anything for how we should live today.
Consider one of the best history lessons;
1 Corinthians 10:5-11
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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