Books for History 1865-1939
I love using living books for history studies in our homeschool. What are living books? Real books, not textbooks!
Here are some of the great books we’ve read (or will read) for our history studies of 1865-1939, Industrial Revolution Through Great Depression.
Our main curriculum has been Homeschool in the Woods. See Civil War lapbook pictures here and Industrial Revolution through Great Depression lapbook here.
We’ve listened to Story of the World, volume 4 while driving in the car.
Longer Read-Alouds:
The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson, about the Ferris Wheel in Chicago
The Wright Brothers and Their Sister by Lois Mills, about the invention of the first airplane
Sergeant York and the Great War by Alvin C. York, about the WWI hero
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (on CD), autobiography of this amazing lady
Rascal by Sterling North (on CD), fun story about a boy and his raccoon
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski, set in Florida
Picture books:
Hooray for Inventors! by Marcia Williams
Into the Air: The Story of the Wright Brothers’ First Flight by Robert Burleigh
America at the Fair: Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition by Chaim Rosenberg
Andrew Carnegie by Zachary Kent
The Industrial Revolution by Neil Morris
Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee
Kids During the Industrial Revolution by Lisa Wroble
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? by Margaret Frith
Railroad: A Story of the Transcontinental Railroad by Darice Bailer
A Wizard from the Start by Don Brown
Louis Pasteur by Jane Ackerman
DVDs:
Animated Hero Classics: Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie
This is America, Charlie Brown
Music:
See more Music of the Romantic Period and the 20th Century in my Online Music Courses at Learn.MusicinOurHomeschool.com. Get 15% off any course with code 15OFF2018 (thru 12/31/18).
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Over There by George Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCUzD5eBTNU
Art: (See these at Picturing America)
Brooklyn Bridge by Walker Evans
Brooklyn Bridge by Joseph Stella
The Boating Party by Mary Cassatt
John Biglin in a Single Scull by Thomas Eakins
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
Freedom of Speech by Norman Rockwell
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