Biographies:
-Samuel Adams
-Crispus Attucks
-Benjamin Franklin
-Patrick Henry
-Thomas Jefferson
-James Madison
-Paul Revere
-George Washington

Other Non-Fiction:
-American Plague, by Jim Murphy
-American Revolution, by Bruce Bliven
-The American Revolution for Kids, by Janis Herbert
-Black Heroes of the American Revolution, by Burke Davis
-Colonial American Medicine, by Susan Neiburg Terkel
-The Colonial Cookbook, by Lucille Recht Penner
-Colonial Days, by David King
-Encounters in the New World, by Jill Lepore
-Give Me Liberty!, by Russell Freedman
-The Heritage Sampler: A Book of Colonial Arts and Crafts, by Cheryl G. Hoople
-If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution, by Kay Moore
-If You Lived in Colonial Times, by Ann McGovern
-Landing of the Pilgrims, by James Daugherty
-Mayflower 1620, Plimoth Plantation
-New Americans, by Betsy Maestro
-Sarah Morton’s Day, by Kate Waters
-Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution, by Jean Fritz
-Struggle for a Continent, by Betsy Maestro
-A Williamsburg Household, by Jean Anderson
-Young Patriot, by Jim Murphy

Fiction:
-The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgleish
-The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
-D’Arcy, by Donna Doe Southall
-Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper (RO)
-Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
-A Killing in Plymouth Colony, by Carol Otis Hurst & Rebecca Otis
-The Legend of the White Doe, by William H. Hooks
-The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds
-Sarah Bishop, by Scott O’Dell
-The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth Speare
-Stories of the Pilgrims, by Margaret B. Pumphrey (RO)
-The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth Speare (not about actual witches)

Multimedia Resources:
-Constitution Notebook (freeware – Windows)

This unit should cover from the first colonies (early in the 17th century) through about 1800, where the “Westward Expansion” unit picks up.

Vocabulary:
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
cash crop
charter
clapboard
colony
confederation
dame school
First Continental Congress
House of Burgesses
indentured servant
Loyalist
militia
minuteman
Patriot
plantation
puncheon
ratify
redcoat
revolution
Second Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
squatter
Stamp Act
tariff
Tory
tyranny
whaler

(History) Scripture References:
Deuteronomy 4:32
Deuteronomy 32:7
1 Chronicles 16:12
Job 12:23
Psalm 9:17
Psalm 77:11
Psalm 143:5
Isaiah 41:2-4
Isaiah 44:6-7
Acts 17:26
Romans 15:4
1 Corinthians 10:6,11

Related Art/Literature/Music:
-Washington Crosses the Delaware (painting), by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Notes:

Presidents: George Washington, John Adams

Other Non-Fiction:
-Food and Digestion, by Brian R. Ward
-Teeth, by John Gaskin
-What Happens to a Hamburger, by Paul Showers
-Your Body: Feeding and Digestion, by Gwynne Vevers

Vocabulary:
alimentary canal
amylase
bile
bolus
chemical digestion
chyme
colon
digest
duodenum
enzyme
epiglottis
esophagus
feces
gastric juices
hydrochloric acid
intestine
mechanical digestion
mucous
nutrient
pepsin
peristalsis
sphincter
stomach
villi

Scripture References:
Proverbs 23:1-3
Matthew 15:17

Non-Fiction:
-Deadline! From News to Newspaper, by Gail Gibbons
-Hot Off the Press! A Day at the Daily News, by Margaret Miller
-How to Read a Newspaper, by Helen H. Carey & Judith E Greenberg
-Magazine: Behind the Scenes at Sports Illustrated, by William Jaspersohn
-Press Versus Government: Constitutional Issues, by Donald J. Rogers
-Running a School Newspaper, by Vivian Dubrovin

Fiction:
-The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper, by Loreen Leedy
-The Henderson Equation, by Warren Adler
-The Newspapers, by Leonard Everett Fisher
-Paperboy, by Mary Kay Kroeger & Louise Borden
-Printer’s Apprentice, by Stephen Krensky

Vocabulary:
advertisement
article
bias
broadsheet
byline
caption
censorship
classified ad
coverage
credit
current
cut
dateline
deck
ear
edit
editorial
exclusive
feature
hard news
headline
interview
issue
journalism
jumpline
layout
lead
magazine
medium
nameplate
news
newsletter
newspaper
periodical
print
radio
reporter
scoop
slant
soft news
story
tabloid
television

Scripture References:
2 Chronicles 26:15

This is a good time, not only to work on critical thinking skills, but to learn to apply them to our faith.  Teach children the importance of knowing the Word, how to weigh other thoughts, comments, theories, and writings against the Word, and how to defend their faith.  Discuss faithfulness vs. unfaithfulness and the recognition of false teachings.  There is plenty in this text to demonstrate the importance of these things.

Vocabulary:
apologetics
argument
fallacy
logic
syllogism

Scripture References:
Isaiah 1:18
Matthew 22:37-38
Acts 17:11
Acts 17:16-17
Acts 19:8-10
Philippians 4:8
1 Peter 3:15