II. Suggested Reading Materials:
Civil War, 1861-1865
1. Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
2. Clara Barton: Healing the Wounds by Cathy East Dubowski
3. The Emancipation Proclamation: Why Lincoln Really Freed the Slaves by Robert Young
4. Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder
The Reconstruction Era, 1866-1899
1. Carbone, Elisa Lynn Storm Warriors, (2001)
2. Paulson, Gary Nightjohn, (1993)
3. Taylor, Mildred D. The Land, (2001)
Westward Expansion
1. A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee by Ted Wood
2. Cowboys of the Wild West by Russell Freedman
3. Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Mary Ann Fraser
4. Between Two Worlds by Candice F. Ransom
Immigration, 19th and Early 20th Centuries:
1. The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
2. Ellis Islnad: New Hope in a New Land by William Jay Jacobs
3. The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are by Lila Perl
4. Mother Jones: One Woman's Fight for Labor by Betsy Harvey Kraft
America's Empire 1865-1917:
1. Panama Canal: Gateway to the World by Judith St. George
2. Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz
3. The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawaii by Fay Stanley
World War I Era, 1900-1929:
1. The Great Migration: An American Story paintings by Jacob Lawrence
2. Hero Over Here: A Story of World War I by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
3. World War I by Tom McGowen
4. Edith Wilson: The Woman Who Ran the United States by James Cross Giblin
The 1920s:
1. Flight by Robert Burleigh
2. Ticket to the Twenties: A Time Traveler's Guide by Mary Blocksma
3. Radio by Bill Balcziak
4. Shadow Ball: The History of the negro Leagues by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, with
Jim O'Connor
The Great Depression and the 1930s:
1. Grandpa's Mountain by Carolyn Reeder
2. The Dust Bowl: Disaster on the Plains by Tricia Andryszewski
3. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Discovery by Russell Freedman
4. Dorothea Lange by Robyn Montana Turner
World War II:
1. Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
2. World War II by Tom McGowen
3. I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher
4. Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman
1950s:
1. The Year They Walked by Beatrice Siegel
2. Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic by Lydia Weaver
3. The Korean War by Tom McGowen
