We'll be reading Our California Home and the following three books, as our main "texts", adding in selections from the literature and vintage books below as desired
Dr. History's Whizz-Bang: Favorite Stories of California's Past
Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indian
The Wild Muir (will be reading this throughout the summer in place of the Halliburton books)
historical literature/fiction...
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Song of the Swallows
The World of Fort Ross: A Picture Book
Rancho San Felipe: A Story of California One Hundred Years Ago
The Balloon Boy of San Francisco
Me, California Perkins
By the Great Horn Spoon!
One-Eyed Charley
Riders of the Pony Express
If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake
The Children of Alcatraz: Growing Up on the Rock
Vintage (mostly Landmark) Books...
[Sections of] The Real Book About Indians
To California by Covered Wagon
The California Gold Rush
The Pony Express
The Story of San Francisco
Yea, ya know...I just can't get excited about teaching our state history. However, it's "required" in our homeschool law at both the elementary & secondary level.
ReplyDeleteSoooo, I'll have to do some research. If you found so many great books for CA, I can surely find some good stuff for PA! :)