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U.S. History Common Core RL.5.2 resources for Microsoft Word
Go South To Freedom Lit Log
This is a lit log for Go South To Freedom by Frye Gaillard. It is a historical fiction, but it is based on a true story. Themes are: slavery, freedom, Seminole Wars of the 1830's, and the importance of oral history.
The key focus skills of the lit log are: 1.) use text to explain/draw inferences and 2.) describe point of view. Other focus skills in the lit log are: 1.) compare/contrast characters, setting, events, and 2.) determine theme/summarize.
This lit log can be used
Grades:
4th - 7th
Freedom's Price Lit Log
This is a lit log for Freedom's Price an excellent historical fiction by Michaela MacColl and Rosemary Nichols. It is the story of Eliza Scott, Dred and Harriet Scott's daughter. This second book in the Hidden Histories Series about children and little-known events in American history is about slavery, pre-Civil War America, and the Dred Scott decision. This lit log can be used for direct reading instruction (for guided reading, novel study, literature circle, or close reading). Also
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Industrial Revolution Unit
The Industrial Revolution is an essential topic of study with students because it is important for students to know the changes in industry that has occurred within the United States. In addition, the Industrial Revolution encompasses genealogy and how families traveled from Europe to the U.S. bringing heritages and lifestyles. This topic also combines personal with educational information. Teaching this topic in the 5th Grade is age appropriate because students can compare what they know abo
Grades:
4th - 6th
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The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 1: "Ben at Ten"
"Ben at Ten" is a short historical novel that fictionalizes an important year in Ben Franklin's life. At ten years of age Ben loves his family, loves school, loves reading anything he can get his hands on, loves his city, and loves the sea that surrounds colonial Boston. He doesn't love the neighborhood bully, but he has a good plan for beating him at his own game--through an invention of Ben's own creation! This book tells the story of one day in Ben Franklin's life when he was ten years old, a
Grades:
4th - 6th
The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 2: "Ben at Twelve"
Are you interested in helping your students understand what life was like during colonial days? "Ben at Twelve" is the second book in the Young Benjamin Franklin series that investigates what happened during his youth that made Dr. Franklin into the man he became--printer, scientist, inventor, patriot, and founding father. It presents colonial trades as an integrated part of the story. When he was twelve years old, young Ben had been working in his father's soap and candle shop for two years eve
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 3: "Ben at Fifteen"
Benjamin Franklin was a fascinating individual. The 6-book series, The Young Benjamin Franklin, explores what happened in his childhood and youth that made him the man he became--printer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, patriot, and founding father. During Ben's fifteenth year in 1721 several significant things happened: his older brother started a unique newspaper, Ben discovered new ways to find things to read, and a terrible epidemic of smallpox stirred up a vicious controversy about the innov
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Young Benjamin Franklin, Book 1: "Ben at Ten" free pages
"Ben at Ten" presents the first five pages of an historical novel that fictionalizes an important year in Ben Franklin's life. At ten years of age Ben loves his family, loves school, loves reading anything he can get his hands on, loves his city, and loves the sea that surrounds colonial Boston. He doesn't love the neighborhood bully, but he has a good plan for beating him at his own game--through an invention of Ben's own creation! This book tells the story of one day in Ben Franklin's life whe
Grades:
4th - 6th
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