Colonial History

I spent the last two days going over our American History schedule. Yuck, what a chore. It would be much easier to buy a packaged curriculum!

I have learned that if you want to buy a good book on each colonial state, it is going to cost -- a lot. I was lucky to pick up four of said books, but I'm going to have to ILL at the library for the other nine states. I would much rather have book in hand, though!

We use A History of the United States and Its People by Edward Eggleston as our history spine.

Here are my two lists. The first is assigned reading. The second is read alouds. We still enjoy snuggling up for a good book. We have no timeline to finish, but hopefully by spring or early summer.

Assigned Reading

The Sign of the Beaver
Tituba of Salem
The Courage of Sarah Noble
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams
Trouble's Daughter: The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive
Blackbeard: Eighteenth-Century Pirate
What if You Met a Pirate?
Pirates Past Noon
Treasure Island
The Red Wind
A Lion to Guard Us
The Quakers
Beaded Moccasins
If You Lived…Iroquois
If You Lived in Colonial Times
The Slave Trade in Early America
Outrageous Women of Colonial America
Charlie's House
William's House (picture book)


Read Aloud

The New Hampshire Colony, Griffen
Colony of Mass., Fradin
Salem, Cornerstone of Freedom
The Salem Witch Trials
The Connecticut Colony, Johnston
The Rhode Island Colony
New York Colony
Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader
Henry Hudson, Harley
The Delaware Colony
The Maryland Colony, Mason
The Colony of South Carolina, Fradin
The Colony of North Carolina, Fradin
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Pennsylvania, Fradin
Colony of New Jersey, Fradin
The Georgia Colony
The Delaware Colony

Life as a Colonist Workbook
The New Americans, Maestro
Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities and Recipes, King
Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other Good Stuff: Cooking in Colonial America, Ichord
The Heritage Sampler: A Book of Colonial Arts and Crafts, Hoople