Saturday, October 18, 2014

Wrapping up SOTW II, FINALLY!

At last!  We are finally wrapping up our book from last year so that we can get started on SOTW III.  I certainly hope our winter is not as bad this year!  With our late start and already being behind we will never get finished!

We are currently looking at the last topic in SOTW II:  England and Spain at War, ch. 42 (I think).  This means we get to finally start getting into PIRATES!  Hooray! 


Further reading for the time period:

Adkins, Jan. What if you met a pirate? : an historical voyage of seafaring speculation. Brookfield, Conn. Roaring BrookPress, 2004. 

What If You Met A Pirate?

Gallagher, Jim. Sir Francis Drake and the foundation of a world empire. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.  
 
Humble, Richard. A 16th century galleon. New York : P. Bedrick Books, 1995. 
 
A 16th Century Galleon 
  
Hynson, Colin. Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada. Columbus, Ohio : School Specialty Pub., 2006. 
   
Malam, John. You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner! : horrible things you'd rather not know.   New York : Franklin Watts, 2002.  
 
Marrin, Albert. The sea king : Sir Francis Drake and his times. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1995.   My boys love Marrin's books!
 
   
Marrin, Albert. Terror of the Spanish Main : Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers. New York : Dutton, 1999. 
   
Matthews, John. Pirates. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006. 
  
Pirates(An interactive book with pop-ups, pull-outs, documents to look at, etc.)
 
Maynard, Christopher. Pirates! raiders of the high seas. New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 1998. 
   
Mortimer, Ian. The time traveler's guide to Elizabethan England [compact disc/unabridged]. Prince Frederick, MD : p2013. 15 sound discs (17 hr., 45 min.) These are gauged as "adult" but give good accounts of daily life in England at this time period if you might be interested in listening to or reading some of it.... 
 
OR
 
Mortimer, Ian. The time traveler's guide to Elizabethan England.
              
Netzley, Patricia D. Pirates. San Diego, CA : Kidhaven Press, c2002.
        
Real pirates outlaws of the sea. [DVD] :. Visual Materials. Distributed by Questar, 2006.   Some of the pirate related books will cover pirates from all ages and especially the golden age, but we are more interested in the sixteenth century ones right now....
   
Stanley, Diane. Good Queen Bess : the story of Elizabeth I of England. New York : Four Winds Press, c1990.  (if not already read)
 
I also asked my student to practice writing backwards, as Leonardo did; I have a little pocket we can tuck that writing into on his timeline (you might try writing with your non-dominant hand, too; try writing in some sort of code, etc.)
 
I also asked him to tell me who his favorite pirate was of the 1500's and why....
 
Regena

Exploration of the New World

Our next area of study has involved exploration and settlement of the new world.  My student listened to chapter 40.

Additional readings:
 
Armstrong, Alan W. Raleigh's page. New York : Random House, c2007.
 
Coleman, Brooke. Roanoke : the lost colony. New York : PowerKids Press, 2000.
 
Roanoke: The Lost Colony (The Thirteen Colonies and the Lost Col... Cover Art
 
Fritz, Jean. The Lost Colony of Roanoke. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
 
The Lost Colony Of Roanoke
 
Kent, Zachary. The mysterious disappearance of Roanoke Colony in American history. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2004.
 
Korman, Susan. Sir Walter Raleigh : English explorer and author. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2001.
 
Sir Walter Raleigh: English Explorer and Author
 
Miller, Lee. Roanoke : the mystery of the Lost Colony. New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2007.
 
Mortimer, Ian. The time traveler's guide to Elizabethan England.

I asked him to write a little report for me about Elizabeth.  What made her such a famous monarch?  How was she different from other monarchs of her time?  How did she succeed in making England rich and famous?  What were some of her greatest mistakes?  her greatest challenges?

Here's a notebooking form that can be used for this:

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/elizabeth_i_notebooking_page_2.pdf
 
and here is a copywork page related to Macbeth:
 
 
Here are some common phrases coined by Shakespeare, many of which we still use today.  You might like to take a look at these:
 
 
In looking at Roanoke and its aftermath, you might like to read some from this page about peoples known as Melungeons and how that grouping came about....
 
 
We spent a couple of weeks on this topic.
 
Next, I had him listen to SOTW ch. 41 (two weeks).

Additional reading:

Blashfield, Jean F. Cartier : Jacques Cartier in search of the Northwest Passage. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002. 
 
 
Doherty, Craig A. The Huron. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Publications, 1994. 
   
Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff. Jacques Cartier. New York : PowerKids Press, 2002. 
   
Eagen, Rachel. Newfoundland and Labrador. Toronto ;: Scholastic Canada, 2009. 
   
Heinz, Brian J. The wolves. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996.
 
   
Martin, Rafe. The rough-face girl. New York : Putnam, 1992.
    
Newfoundland and Labrador. Peterborough, NH : Cobblestone Pub., 2004. 
   
Shields, Charles J. John Cabot and the rediscovery of North America. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. 

John Cabot and the Rediscovery of North America

We have, of course, been working through the maps that accompany SOTW (adding to them), as well as some of the other activities (he is not interested in coloring).  We are also working on getting his timeline started for this year!  I will really, REALLY try, this year, to get some pics of that!

Regena

Elizabethan England and Shakespeare

For our next study, I asked my student to listen to SOTW chs. 38 and 39, related to Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare.

Additional reading:

Aliki. William Shakespeare & the Globe. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1999. 



Chrisp, Peter. Welcome to the globe! : the story of Shakespeare's theater. New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., c2000. 
 
Welcome to the Globe: The Story of Shakespeare's Theater
  
Ganeri, Anita. The young person's guide to Shakespeare : with performances on CD by the Royal Shakespeare Company. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1999. 
   
Greenblatt, Miriam. Elizabeth I and Tudor England. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2002. 
   
Morley, Jacqueline. Shakespeare's theater. New York : P. Bedrick Books, 1994. 
 
  
Shakespeare, William. A midsummer night's dream. New York, NY : SparkNotes, c2003. 
   
Shakespeare, William. Something rich and strange : a treasury of Shakespeare's verse. New York : Kingfisher, 1995.
 
Something Rich and Strange
    
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. New York, NY : Spark Pub., c2003. 
   
Stanley, Diane. Bard of Avon : the story of William Shakespeare. New York : Morrow Junior Books, 1992. 
 
Bard of Avon
  
Stanley, Diane. Good Queen Bess : the story of Elizabeth I of England. New York : Four Winds Press, c1990. 
 
  
Williams, Marcia. Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare!. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2000.

Phrases still used today first coined by Shakespeare:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

Shakespearean insults:

http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/

(Be ready to throw a few at me....)

Shakespeare's words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkuUADWW2A

Video Sparknotes: Macbeth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzAujyWpK_s

...and there are many more options for summaries, hearing audio, etc....



Regena

Beginning of 2014 School Year

We didn't start this year until after Labor Day, and began the year with a review of our last topical area from last year:  The Renaissance and Reformation.

I asked my student to review SOTW chs. 36 and 37, which cover those topics.

Additional books regarding Renaissance artists/scientists:

Andronik, Catherine M. Copernicus : founder of modern astronomy. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002. 
 
  
Anholt, Laurence. Leonardo and the flying boy : a story about Leonardo da Vinci. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, 2000. (simple, but perhaps fun....)
   
Burch, Joann Johansen. Fine print : a story about Johann Gutenberg. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1991. 
 
Fine Print
  
Connolly, Sean. Leonardo da Vinci. Des Plaines, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2000. 
   
Fritz, Jean. Leonardo's horse. New York : Putnam's, c2001. 
 
  
Hightower, Paul. Galileo : astronomer and physicist. Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1997.
    
Macdonald, Wendy. Galileo's leaning tower experiment : a science adventure. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2009. 
   
Mayhew, James. Katie and the Mona Lisa. New York : Orchard Books, 1999. (simple, but perhaps fun....)
 
  
Mitton, Jacqueline. Galileo : scientist and stargazer. Oxford ;: Oxford University Press, 1997. 
   
Mühlberger, Richard. What makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?. New York : Viking, 1993. 
   
Richmond, Robin. Introducing Michelangelo. Boston : Little, Brown, 1992. 
   
Sís, Peter. Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.
 
   
Stanley, Diane. Leonardo da Vinci. New York : Morrow Junior Books, 1996. 
   
Stanley, Diane. Michelangelo. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2000. 
 
Michelangelo
  
Visconti, Guido. The genius of Leonardo. New York : Barefoot Books, c2000.
 
The Genius of Leonardo
 
I reviewed a little from the end of the year last year, and gave my student a Mayan excavation kit left over from my days of homeschooling with my boys.  I don't see anything like it online at the moment, but I think I have seen similar kits at places such as Hobby Lobby.  Here are a couple of kits I do see that are related:
 
 
 
Rainbow Resource Center actually has a bunch of these!
 
 
I also gave him a Da Vinci Kit:
 
 
He built the model that was included in it and we are going to use the timeline to add to his timeline for the year.
 
There are many kits of models of various inventions of da Vinci that may be purchased from various sources.  I see that RRC carries this one, as well: 
 
 
Sometimes Barnes and Noble or even Half Price Books will have such kits for a great price!  I think that I never paid more than $10 for any of mine and we used them for years!
 
Regena
 
 

Last History Topics for 2013-14 School Year (late Medieval/Beginnings of Age of Exploration)

Picking back up with the spring of 2014, we studied the Age of Exploration for a couple of weeks.  I asked my student to listen to SOTW ch. 31.

Additional reading possibilities (for two weeks):

Adler, David A. A picture book of Christopher Columbus. New York : Holiday House, c1991.
Alper, Ann Fitzpatrick. Forgotten voyager : the story of Amerigo Vespucci. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1991. 
   
Burgan, Michael. Magellan : Ferdinand Magellan and the first trip around the world. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.
 
D'Aulaire, Ingri. Columbus. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987, c1955. 
 
   
 
Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff. Amerigo Vespucci. New York : PowerKids Press, 2002.
 
Fritz, Jean. Brendan the Navigator : a history mystery about the discovery of America. New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, c1979. 
 
   
 
Fritz, Jean. Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus?. New York : Putnam, c1980.
 
Fritz, Jean. Around the world in a hundred years : from Henry the Navigator to Magellan. New York : Putnam's, c1994. 
 
     We used this book as the basis for our study!
 
 
Gallagher, Jim. Ferdinand Magellan and the first voyage around the world. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2000.
 
Gleiter, Jan. Christopher Columbus. Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1995.
 
Goodman, Joan E. A long and uncertain journey : the 27,000-mile voyage of Vasco da Gama. New York : Mikaya Press, c2001.
 
Hoogenboom, Lynn. Amerigo Vespucci : a primary source biography. New York : PowerKids Press, 2006.
 
Macdonald, Fiona. Magellan : a voyage around the world. New York : Franklin Watts, 1998.
 
Maestro, Betsy. The discovery of the Americas. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1991.
 
Mattern, Joanne. The travels of Vasco da Gama. Austin, TX : Steadwell Books, c2001.
 
Sís, Peter. Follow the dream. New York : Knopf, 1991.
 
Snedden, Robert. Explor-a-maze. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1998.
 
 
           Explore-a-maze by Robert Sneddon
      

 
Twist, Clint. Magellan and da Gama : to the Far East and beyond. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1994.
 
I asked my student to jot down some of the interesting things about each of the four main explorers he was reading about from this time period and then for next week write a short piece comparing some of the things they did or encountered, problems, creative solutions, etc. that were the same for each of them, as well as some things that were unique to each of them (so, two paragraphs, and he can dictate those if needed).  Asked him to compose in complete sentences, please.

Here is a short page on Prince Henry to read:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henry.shtml

Our library doesn't have any children's books that cover him except the Jean Fritz book (Around the World).

Here's also another page with brief info on other explorers of the 1400's that we are not focusing on in our reading (in case you might like to read more on any of them; you can click on most for further bios):

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/1400.shtml

and the early 1500's:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/1500a.shtml

(We are only covering Magellan from this group at this time.  When we look at North America, we will touch more on Balboa, de Vaca, Coronado, Cortes, de Soto, and Ponce de Leon.)

I asked my student to study these exploration terms for a word study and I quizzed him on them (the second week of our study):

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/glossary.shtml
 
 
 
Next, I had my student listen to the next two chapters in SOTW, 32 and 33; the ones about the New World (second one incorporates more explorers, too).

Here is the list of extra reading for JUST week one, so choose what you will to read as I will have an equally lengthy list for the second week of the study!

Ancient Aztec empire [DVD]. Visual Materials. Schlessinger Media, c2004.
Aztecs. New York : Kids Discover, 2013. 
   
Baquedano, Elizabeth. Aztec, Inca & Maya. London ;: Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
 
Bierhorst, John. The monkey's haircut : and other stories told by the Maya. New York : Morrow, c1986.
 
Burleigh, Robert. Chocolate : riches from the rainforest. New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2002.
 
Calvert, Patricia. The ancient Inca. New York : Franklin Watts, c2004.
 
Coulter, Laurie. Ballplayers and bonesetters : one hundred ancient Aztec and Maya jobs you might have adored or abhorred. Toronto ;: Annick Press, c2008. 
 
   
 
Coulter, Laurie. Secrets in stone : all about Maya hieroglyphs. Boston : Little, Brown, c2001.
 
Crandell, Rachel. Hands of the Maya : villagers at work and play. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2002.
 
de Las Casas, Dianne. Blue frog : the legend of chocolate. Gretna [La.] : Pelican Pub. Co., 2011.
 
Fisher, Leonard Everett. Gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya. New York : Holiday House, 1999.
 
 
Garcia, Guy. Spirit of the Maya : a boy explores his people's mysterious past. New York : Walker, 1995.
 
Gerson, Mary-Joan. People of corn : a Mayan story. Boston : Little, Brown, c1995.
 
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar. The Maya. New York : F. Watts, 1992.
 
Gruber, Beth. Ancient Inca : archaeology unlocks the secrets of the Inca's past. Washington, DC : National Geographic, c2007.
 
Halls, Kelly Milner. Mysteries of the mummy kids. Plain City, Ohio : Darby Creek Pub., c2007.
 
Harris, Nathaniel, 1937-. Ancient maya : archaeology unlocks the secrets to the Maya's past. Washington, DC : National Geographic, c2007.
 
Hynson, Colin. You wouldn't want to be an Inca mummy! : a one-way journey you'd rather not make. New York : Franklin Watts, 2008.
 
 
Kimmel, Eric A. The two mountains : an Aztec legend. New York : Holiday House, c2000.
 
Kirkpatrick, Naida. The Maya. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
 
Kurtz, Jane. Miro in the kingdom of the sun. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996.
 
Lepthien, Emilie U. Llamas. New York : Children's Press, c1996.
 
Lourie, Peter. Hidden world of the Aztec. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2006.
 
Lourie, Peter. Lost treasure of the Inca. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c1999.
 
Macdonald, Fiona. You wouldn't want to be an Aztec sacrifice!. New York : Franklin Watts, 2001.
 
Macdonald, Fiona. The Aztec and Mayan worlds. New York : Rosen Pub., 2009.
 
Maloy, Jackie. The ancient Maya. New York : Children's Press, 2010.
 
Mann, Elizabeth. Machu Picchu. New York : Mikaya Press, c2000.
 
***Mathews, Sally Schofer. The Sad Night : the story of an Aztec victory and a Spanish loss. New York : Clarion Books, c1994.
 
 
 
Matthews, Rupert. You wouldn't want to be a Mayan soothsayer! : fortunes you'd rather not tell. New York : Franklin Watts, 2008.
 
McDermott, Gerald. Musicians of the sun. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997.
 
Meyer, Carolyn. The mystery of the ancient Maya. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1995.
 
Montejo, Victor. Popol Vuh : a sacred book of the Maya. Toronto ;: Douglas & McIntyre, c1999.
 
Mora, Pat. The night the moon fell : a Maya myth. Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre ;, c2000.
 
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Quetzal : sacred bird of the Cloud Forest. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1996.
 
Pitkänen, Matti A. The grandchildren of the Incas. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1991.
 
Press, Petra. The Maya. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.
 
Rees, Rosemary. The Incas. Des Plaines, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c1999.
 
Reinhard, Johan. Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden : my adventures on Ampato. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1998.
 
Sherrow, Victoria. The Maya Indians. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1994.
 
Silate, Jennifer. Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. Farmington Hills, MI : KidHaven Press, c2006.
 
Sonneborn, Liz. The ancient Aztecs. New York : Franklin Watts, c2005.
 
Steele, Philip. The Aztec news. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1997.
 
Stuart, George E. The mysterious Maya. Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society, c1977.
 
***Tanaka, Shelley. Lost temple of the Aztecs : what it was when the Spaniards invaded Mexico. New York, NY : Hyperion ;, c1998.
  
 
**The Olmecs : America's oldest civilization (1300-400 B.C.). Peterborough, NH : Cobblestone Pub., 2004. 
   
West, David. Mesoamerican myths. New York : Rosen Central, c2006.
 
Wyborny, Sheila. The Aztec empire. San Diego : Blackbirch Press, c2004.
 
[**I asked my student to definitely read The Sad Night.  If it is not available, Lost Temple (Tanaka), could be read, instead.  These cover the Aztec encounter with Cortes.
 
I also asked him to read:  Bergen, Lara. The travels of Francisco Pizarro. Austin : Steadwell Books, c2000, if possible.  This book covers major encounters with the Inca.
 
The Maya had some contact, but were not decimated for gold as the other civilizations were.  Still, the contacts led to decimation of their civilization due to disease which is a theme we will see again and again....
 
After reading about both Cortes and Pizarro, I asked him to do another couple of paragraphs comparing and contrasting their travels and experiences as he did with earlier explorers.  He did a good job with that!
 
I also asked him to read the Cobblestone on the Olmecs.  (If he reads the Tanaka book, it will also cover Tenochtitlan....)]
 
 
Once we took a look at some of the more sophisticated groups of Native Americans found in Central and South America, I turned to a sampling of the many groups that lived in North America proper (amazing that our library actually carries a few books on at least one topic we've covered this year), so choose what you will to read!  I just asked that my student at least read some (look at pictures, etc.) from the books simply entitled The Iroquois, The Cherokee, etc.  Most are 32-48 pages in length, so not too long, and will give a good idea of the structure of that particular group.  Just reading their legends without reading some about their culture will not necessarily help one get a good feel for how they lived (although a lot of the books of myths I suggest do have author notes at beginning and/or end that do help explain the stories in the context of the cultures they are coming out of)....

For the myths, anything by Bruchac is always excellently done, so do try to get those if you can....

Ata, Te. Baby rattlesnake. San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press ;, c1989.  
Bial, Raymond. Longhouses. New York : Children's Press, 2004.
 
Bierhorst, John. The woman who fell from the sky : the Iroquois story of creation. New York : W. Morrow, 1993.
 
Brooks, Barbara. The Seminole. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Publications, c1989.
 
Bruchac, Joseph. Iroquois stories : heroes and heroines, monsters and magic. Trumansburg, N.Y. : Crossing Press, c1985. 
 
   
 
Bruchac, Joseph. The boy who lived with the bears : and other Iroquois stories. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1995.
 
Bruchac, Joseph. The story of the Milky Way : a Cherokee tale. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.
 
Bruchac, Joseph. The first strawberries : a Cherokee story. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993.
  
Chickasaw. San Diego : Blackbirch Press, c2004.
 
De Capua, Sarah. The Cherokee. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, c2006.
 
Doherty, Craig A. The Chickasaw. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Publications, 1994.
 
Front Cover
 
Dolbear, Emily J. The Iroquois. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
Esbensen, Barbara Juster. The star maiden : an Ojibway tale. Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., c1988.
 
Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Ladder to the sky : how the gift of healing came to the Ojibway Nation : a legend retold. Boston : Little, Brown, c1989.
 
Fradin, Dennis B. Hiawatha : messenger of peace. New York : M.K. McElderry Books ;, c1992.
 
 
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar. The Chippewa. New York : F. Watts, c1993.
 
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Lacrosse : the national game of the Iroquois. New York : Holiday House, c1998.
 
Lassieur, Allison. The Choctaw nation. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c2001.
 
Levine, Ellen. If you lived with the Iroquois. New York : Scholastic, c1998.
 
Lund, Bill. The Ojibwa Indians. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c1997.
 
Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The legend of the lady slipper : an Ojibwe tale. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 
 
   
 
McCarthy, Cathy. The Ojibwa. Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2001.  
 
Newman, Shirlee Petkin. The Creek. New York : Franklin Watts, c1996.
 
Press, Petra. The Iroquois. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2001.
 
Press, Petra. The Cherokee. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.
 
Press, Petra. The Seminole. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.
 
Roop, Peter. --If you lived with the Cherokee. New York : Scholastic, 1998.
 
Ross, Gayle. How Turtle's back was cracked : a traditional Cherokee tale. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1995.
 
San Souci, Robert D. Sootface : an Ojibwa Cinderella story. New York : Delacorte Press, 1994.
 
Sherrow, Victoria. The Iroquois Indians. New York : Chelsea House, c1992.
 
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Iroquois. New York : Holiday House, c1995.
 
 
Spider spins a story : fourteen legends from Native America. Flagstaff, AZ : Rising Moon, c1997.
 
Stone, Amy. Creek. Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens Pub., c2005.
 
Tingle, Tim. When Turtle grew feathers : a folktale from the Choctaw nation. Atlanta : August House LittleFolk, 2007.
 
Wood, Douglas. The Windigo's return : a North Woods story. New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1996.
 
 
 
And then, finally, I had him take a look at books related to native groups in the Western part of the country, as well a some Inuit groups:

Arnold, Caroline. The ancient cliff dwellers of Mesa Verde. New York : Clarion Books, c1992. 
 
The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde
   
Bania, Michael. Kumak's fish : a tall tale from the far north. Portland, Or. : Alaska Northwest Books, 2004. 
   
Bell, Hilari. Songs of power. New York : Hyperion, c2000.
 
Bial, Raymond. The Chumash. New York : Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, c2004.
 
Cunningham, Kevin. The Inuit. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
Cunningham, Kevin. The Pueblo. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
 
Dabcovich, Lydia. The polar bear son : an Inuit tale. New York : Clarion Books, 1997.
 
Dixon, Ann. How Raven brought light to people. New York : M.K. McElderry Books, c1992.
 
Eder, Jeanne M. Oyawin. The Makah. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, c2000.1999.
 
Finley, Carol. Art of the Far North : Inuit sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Minneapolis, Minn. : Lerner Publications, 1998.
 
Fisher, Leonard Everett. Anasazi. New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
 
 
Goodman, Susan E. Stones, bones, and petroglyphs : digging into Southwest archaeology. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998.
 
Hausman, Gerald. The story of Blue Elk. New York : Clarion Books, c1998.
 
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Totem pole. New York : Holiday House, c1990.
 
Keegan, Marcia. Pueblo boy : growing up in two worlds. New York : Cobblehill Books, c1991.
 
Larson, Timothy. Anasazi. Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2001.
 
Lassieur, Allison. The Inuit. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c2000.
 
 
Lewis, Paul Owen. Storm boy. Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Pub. ;, c1995.
 
Lourie, Peter. The lost world of the Anasazi : exploring the mysteries of the Chaco Canyon. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, [2007].
 
Lyon, George Ella. Dreamplace. New York : Orchard Books, c1993.
 
McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the sun : a Pueblo Indian tale. New York : Viking Press, 1974.
 
Meyer, Kathleen Allan. Ishi. New York : Dillon Press, c1980.
 
 
 
Mott, Evelyn Clarke. Dancing rainbows : a Pueblo boy's story. New York : Cobblehill Books/Dutton, c1996.
 
Norman, Howard A. The girl who dreamed only geese : and other tales of the Far North. New York : Harcourt Brace, c1997.
 
Press, Petra. The Pueblo. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2001.
 
Preszler, June. Igloos. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2005.
 
Igloos
 
Preszler, June. Pueblos. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2005.
 
Rosen, Michael. Crow and Hawk : a traditional Pueblo Indian story. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1995.
 
Rosinsky, Natalie M. The inuit. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2005.
 
Ross, Pamela. The Pueblo Indians. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c1999.
 
Steltzer, Ulli. Building an igloo. New York : H. Holt, 1995.
 
Wallace, Mary. The Inuksuk book. Toronto, Ont. : Owl Books ;, c1999.
 
Williams, Colleen Madonna Flood. Homes of the Native Americans. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2003.
 
Williams, Suzanne. Tlingit Indians. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
 
 
Williams, Suzanne. Chinook Indians. Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
 
Wisniewski, David. The wave of the Sea-Wolf. New York : Clarion Books, c1994.
 
Wood, Audrey. The rainbow bridge : inspired by a Chumash tale. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1995.
 
Yacowitz, Caryn. Inuit Indians. Chicago. Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
 
Young, Robert. A personal tour of Mesa Verde. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1999
 
Cover of: A personal tour of Mesa Verde by Young, Robert
 
All this reading still really doesn't even touch the groups of the Great Plains and Basin regions, but alas I feared we should move on, so I stopped after this! 
 
We finished up talking about the Aztec, Inca, Maya today (mostly, although I still had some little things I wanted to give him related to those cultures: little T/F quiz and vocab cards; and a more general matching activity for pottery types), and started talking a little about the groups living in the eastern half of North America. 
 
He was given a crossword puzzle he could work on related to the Aztec, Inca, Maya (and I also gave him a little geography puzzle book and guide to keep last week, related to the Aztec and Mexico, in general).  I also gave him a little folded report form to write some things for me about the Maya.  I told him we'd attach it to his timeline after he finished (we'll attach the vocab/quiz cards, too, for something different and interactive he can use again if he wants)....
 
 
 
And, I couldn't resist so I ended up giving him some more Native American titles regarding various groups of the great plains, just in case he had time to read any of those:

Ancona, George. Powwow. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1993.
Powwow
 
Apache. San Diego : Blackbirch Press, c2002. 
   
Bial, Raymond. The Crow. New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2006.
 
Bunting, Eve. Moonstick : the seasons of the Sioux. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1997.
 
Cunningham, Kevin. The Sioux. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
 
Cunningham, Kevin. The Comanche. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
Ditchfield, Christin. The Blackfoot. New York : Children's Press, c2005.
 
Eagle Walking Turtle. Full moon stories : thirteen Native American legends. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 1997.
 
Friedman, Mark. The Apache. New York : Children's Press, c2011.
 
Goble, Paul. The lost children : the boys who were neglected. New York : Bradbury Press ;, c1993.
 
Goble, Paul. Star Boy. Scarsdale, N.Y. : Bradbury Press, c1983.
 
Goble, Paul. The legend of the White Buffalo Woman. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1998.
 
The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman
 
King, David C. The Ojibwe. New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2007.
 
Left Hand Bull, Jacqueline. Lakota hoop dancer. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1999.
 
Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The legend of the lady slipper : an Ojibwe tale. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
 
Nelson, S. D. Gift horse : a Lakota story. New York : Harry N. Abrams, c1999.
 
Press, Petra. The Sioux. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2001.
 
Press, Petra. The Apache. Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.
 
Rodanas, Kristina. Dance of the sacred circle : a native American tale. Boston : Little, Brown, c1994.
 
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Sioux. New York : Holiday House, c1993.
 
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Apaches. New York : Holiday House, c1997.
  
Spider spins a story : fourteen legends from Native America. Flagstaff, AZ : Rising Moon, c1997.
 
Van Laan, Nancy. Rainbow crow : a Lenape tale. New York : Knopf, 1989.
 
Rainbow Crow : A Lenape Tale
 
I hated to pass those up when it's the only topic all year our library has had much on, lol....
 
 
By this time, we were into May and getting ready to finish up for the year, so I asked my student to listen to the next two chapters of SOTW, regarding the Reformation and Renaissance.
Additional reading:

Crisis of faith : the reformation. Peterborough, N.H. : Cobblestone Publishing Co., 2012.
Howarth, Sarah. Renaissance people. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1992.
 
 
January, Brendan. Science in the Renaissance. New York : Franklin Watts, c1999.
 
León, Vicki. Outrageous women of the Renaissance. New York : John Wiley, c1999.
 
Maier, Paul L. Martin Luther : a man who changed the world. St. Louis : Concordia Pub. House, c2004.
 
Martin Luther - A Man Who Changed The World
 
Martin Luther. Peterborough, NH : Cobblestone Pub., 1999.
 
Morley, Jacqueline. A Renaissance town. New York : P. Bedrick Books, 1996.
 
Morrison, Taylor. Antonio's apprenticeship : painting a fresco in Renaissance Italy. New York : Holiday House, 1996.
 
Antonio's Apprenticeship: Painting a Fresco in Renaissance Italy
 
Prum, Deborah Mazzotta. Rats, bulls and flying machines : a history of the Renaissance and
Reformation. Charlottesville, VA : Core Knowledge Foundation, c1999.
 
Waldman, Nomi J. The Italian Renaissance. San Diego : Kidhaven Press, 2004.
 
Wood, Tim. The Renaissance. New York : Viking, 1993. 
 
 
 
And that is where we ended the year.  We picked back up with more review of the Renaissance and Reformation periods at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year (more on that later)....
 
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