Unit Resources: United States History 2 - Rise to Independence
Unites States History 2 - Rise to Independence: Resources
Lesson 1
Teacher's Guide:
Watch this short video for a quick history overview of the 13 colonies: https://youtu.be/bh79MXVZsds
Middle School + High School Student Books:
Watch this 3-minute video clip of the famous monologue, “To Be or Not To Be,” from Hamlet: https://youtu.be/SjuZq-8PUw0
Lesson 2
Teacher’s Guide:
This 6-minute video explains taxes and the struggle between the colonists and Britain: https://youtu.be/Rx4uV2Ret2w
Early Reader + Early Elementary Student Books:
Watch this music video from Schoolhouse Rock called “No More Kings”: https://youtu.be/WvOZs3g3qIo
Upper Elementary–High School Student Books:
This is a 3-minute music video called “Too Late to Apologize.” Try to guess what Founding Father each actor is depicting: https://youtu.be/uZfRaWAtBVg
Lesson 3
Teacher’s Guide:
This is a short video describing who the the Sons of Liberty were: https://youtu.be/88iRyI5rLzw
Upper Elementary–High School Students: This is a reenactment video of the Boston Massacre (about 3 minutes, use discretion for younger children): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsDY5yywvUk
Lesson 4
Teacher’s Guide:
Listen to Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica invention in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKlRUvk9zc
Lesson 5
Teacher’s Guide:
This Schoolhouse Rock music video is called “The Shot Heard Around the World”: https://youtu.be/Y6ikO6LMxF4
Early Reader–Middle School Student Books:
This is a website with tongue twisters you can use to practice enunciation: www.liveabout.com/enunciation-exercises-for-drama-teachers-2712994
Upper Elementary–High School Student Books:
Follow this link to read the poem, “The Landlord's Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44637
This is a video of an animated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow reading his poem, "Paul Revere's Ride":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-6dhICCzcw
Lesson 6
Teacher’s Guide:
Watch this 3-minute animated video on Ticonderoga in “Battles of America”: https://youtu.be/Xcx2NFSr0_M
Early Reader–High School Student Books:
This is a short 2-minute animated video on Bunker Hill in “Battles of America”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-NodSf0RKI
Lesson 7
Teacher's Guide:
Watch this 5-minute Drive Thru History video on “A look Inside George Washington’s Life”: https://youtu.be/N3yVsrkRoj8
Follow the link to this resource website to view George Washington’s rules: https://managers.usc.edu/files/2015/05/George-Washingtons-Rules.pdf
Lesson 8
Teacher’s Guide:
You can read The Declaration of Independence in modern language on this website: https://www.surfnetkids.com/independenceday/267/the-declaration-of-independence-in-modern-english/
Upper Elementary–High School Student Books:
Watch this inspiring 15-minute video for a dramatic reading of The Declaration of Independence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPX1TWfMg
Follow this link to find out surprising facts surrounding the Declaration of Independence: https://youtu.be/LKJMWHCUoiw
Lesson 9
Teacher's Guide:
Watch this quick video to learn some American flag facts and proper etiquette here: https://youtu.be/9HWeudb05Qw
Watch this 9-minute video to hear a wonderful retelling of the story behind the writing of the National Anthem: https://youtu.be/6hZe8CPGA1E
Pre-Reader–Early Elementary Student Books:
Follow along with this video to recite the The Pledge of Allegiance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lE9uiJuMes
Upper Elementary–High School Student Books:
This is a web page with the poem “O Captain, My Captain!” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45474/o-captain-my-captain
Lesson 10
Teacher's Guide:
For Middle and High School students: Here is a 4-minute account of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge: https://youtu.be/1vOwQbEQFwM
Early Elementary Student Books:
This link is a quick animated introduction to the winter at Valley Forge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Df1fmKVlc
Upper Elementary–High School Student Books:
This is a 4-minute video about Valley Forge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUSiVep0RU
Lesson 11
Teacher’s Guide:
For Middle and High School students: Watch this short video for a good explanation of the Treaty of Paris: https://youtu.be/S7ii4avbdfY
Lesson 12
Teacher’s Guide:
You can read the Constitution in simpler language on this web page: https://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=33823&dataid=34938&FileName=US-Constitution-in-Simple-English-updated.pdf
Watch this video to learn an easy way to remember the Bill of Rights: https://youtu.be/lUHAXpNZuJ0
Lesson 13
Teacher’s Guide:
This 3-minute video explains the reasons Washington chose the location of the capital. It includes some beautiful videography of the area: https://youtu.be/khsSb_2DXsI
Middle School–High School Student Books:
From King George’s perspective, a hilarious music video from Hamilton, “You’ll Be Back”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti8xeyaSwCI
Lesson 14
Teacher’s Guide:
Follow the link to hear a 6-minute narrative from the life of Col. Daniel Boone: https://youtu.be/rYpuSfVehg8
Early Reader–High School Student Books:
This link will take you to a website for a virtual tour of National Parks: https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/national-parks-online-virtual-tours/
Lesson 15
Teacher’s Guide:
Younger students: This video gives a brief overview of the 2nd President: John Adams. https://youtu.be/YVGr8ntyqQ8
Older Students: This video is a 3-minute mini biography of John Adams. https://youtu.be/yQEs3OJKh4c
Lesson 16
Teacher’s Guide:
This is a 6-minute video biography of Thomas Jefferson for all ages: https://youtu.be/NH8AhKy3I4Y
Middle School–High School Student Books:
Here is a resource for researching details of Thomas Jefferson's life: https://www.monticello.org/jefferson-timeline/
Lesson 17
Teacher’s Guide:
This video gives the historical context for the Louisiana Purchase for all ages: https://youtu.be/TN4bFvwW8h4
Here is a 3-minute video explaining the Louisiana Purchase: https://youtu.be/nPcXaoGgnAY
Lesson 18
Teacher’s Guide:
Here is a list of animals discovered by Lewis and Clark on their journey westward: http://www.lewis-and-clark-expedition.org/animals-discovered-lewis-clark.htm
This 8-minute video explains and reenacts the Lewis and Clark expedition: https://youtu.be/7s0XY1NIG7Y
Lesson 19
Teacher’s Guide:
Here is a 5-minute animated overview of the War of 1812 from PragerU: https://youtu.be/qnSwKWRL8i4
High School Student Books:
Read the debate over Francis Scott Key’s words, “Land of the Free,” on this web page: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/wheres-debate-francis-scott-keys-slave-holding-legacy-180959550/
Lesson 20
Teacher’s Guide:
This 4-minute video is a spotlight on Eli Whitney and his influence on the Industrial Revolution in America: https://youtu.be/qyvxFCMShNQ
Here is a quick video overview of the turning point in history caused by the Industrial Revolution: https://youtu.be/3Efq-aNBkvc
Book list
Lesson 1: One Nation Under God
If You Were a Kid in the Thirteen Colonies by Wil Mara (PR) https://amzn.to/3vwkSTj
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (PR) https://amzn.to/2TiRG3N
Colonial Times from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman (ER) https://amzn.to/3vfkZCm
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (EE) https://amzn.to/3gnTHUl
Calico Bush by Rachel Field (UE) https://amzn.to/3ghLjWc
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan by Mary Pope Osborne (UE) https://amzn.to/3ywLTI9
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (MS) https://amzn.to/3fiaUiD
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (MS) https://amzn.to/3yBjssi
The Iron Peacock by Mary Stetson Clarke (HS) https://amzn.to/34bjwkK *
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen (HS) https://amzn.to/3hNEOwM *
Other Resources:
Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes by David C. King https://amzn.to/3yBjEb0
*Contain some mature themes. We recommend parents pre-read these books and assess if they are appropriate for their high school readers.
Lesson 2: Taxation Without Representation
The ABCs of the American Revolution by Connor Boyack and Elijah Stanfield (PR) https://tuttletwins.com/toddler/
Hornbooks and Inkwells by Verla Kay (EE) https://amzn.to/3bRHjtY
Songbird by Nancy Lohr (UE) https://amzn.to/3cvg7l7
Colonial Voices Hear Them Speak by Kay Winters (UE) https://amzn.to/34eRUep
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare (MS) https://amzn.to/3bQSx25
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski (HS) https://amzn.to/3bUc8P0
Lesson 3: Birthplace of the Revolution
Trouble Brewing: A Fun Song About the Boston Tea Party by Michael Dahl (PR)
The Liberty Tree: The Beginning of the American Revolution by Lucille Rech Penner (EE)
You Wouldn’t Want to be at the Boston Tea Party! by Peter Cook (UE)
Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution by Louise Borden (UE) https://amzn.to/3oLb84Z
One Small Spark by Laurie Minniti (MS) https://amzn.to/3hQAPQ1
The Voice, the Revolution, and the Key by Jenny L. Cote (HS) https://amzn.to/3ittUN0
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara (HS) https://amzn.to/3bPtqN0
Lesson 4: Benjamin Franklin
An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben Franklin & Noah Webster’s Spelling Revolution by Beth Anderson (PR) https://amzn.to/3oOvVEH
Ben Franklin and His First Kite by Stephen Krensky (ER) https://amzn.to/2TfkTN4
Ben Franklin Thinks Big by Sheila Keenan (ER) https://amzn.to/3figukX
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz (EE) https://amzn.to/3fidEMX
The Story of Benjamin Franklin: A Biography Book for New Readers by Shannon Anderson (EE) https://amzn.to/3oKuPKa
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson (EE) https://amzn.to/3x4VOTA
Benjamin Franklin, Young Printer by Augusta Stevenson (EE) https://amzn.to/3xc9pZr
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Giblin (UE) https://amzn.to/3yBNsVe
Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin (UE) https://amzn.to/3viVm3L
Poor Richard by James Daugherty (MS) https://amzn.to/2Snrox3
Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities by Brandon Marie Miller (MS) https://amzn.to/2SmwsS4
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (HS) https://amzn.to/3oOwUVp
Lesson 5: War Begins
Which Way to the Revolution? by Bob Barner (PR) https://amzn.to/3vlgYMD
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley (ER)(EE) https://amzn.to/3hQwjkt
Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War by Libby Carty McNamee (UE) https://amzn.to/3vm5xEx
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz (UE) https://amzn.to/2QTXUGA
One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale (UE) https://amzn.to/2Tf1QSM
Let it Begin Here by Dennis Brindell Fradin (MS) https://amzn.to/2T7Llbc
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (MS) https://amzn.to/3fhrz5O
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz (HS) https://amzn.to/3pxiSI9
My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier (HS) https://amzn.to/2SrO1Qx
Lesson 6: Beyond the Olive Branch
Harriet Tubman Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (PR) https://amzn.to/3pDk24H
Our American History Six Book Set by various authors (ER) https://amzn.to/3fhscwc
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz (EE) https://amzn.to/34eUYXX
Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys by Patricia Gauch (UE) https://amzn.to/3yAj2T6
Ben's Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick https://amzn.to/3oObKqz (UE)
The Adirondack Kids #11: The Fall of Fort Ticonderoga Paperback by Gary and Justin VanRiper (UE) https://amzn.to/3ukzW4X
The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery (MS) https://amzn.to/3pAjQmI
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi (MS) https://amzn.to/3hRQe2K
Guns For General Washington by Seymour Reit (HS) https://amzn.to/2RFL13i
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton by Rich Atkinson (HS) https://amzn.to/34enWXZ
Lesson 7: George Washington
My Little Golden Book About George Washington by Lori Haskins Houran (PR) https://amzn.to/3uhQgDv
George Washington: The First President by Sarah Albee (ER) https://amzn.to/3gk8JKJ
George Washington's Cows by David Small (EE) https://amzn.to/2Tcp5Nr
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin (EE) https://amzn.to/2RAKhfL
The Story of George Washington: A Biography Book for New Readers by Lisa Trusiani (EE)
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz (UE) https://amzn.to/3fIhUEq
Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman (MS) https://amzn.to/3ieqvlg
Washington’s Secret War by Thomas Fleming (HS) https://amzn.to/3wSkoXB
With Musket and Tomahawk: The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777 by Michael O. Logusz (HS) https://amzn.to/3ieCDSY
Lesson 8: The Declaration of Independence
The Berenstain Bears God Bless Our Country (PR) by Mike Berenstain https://amzn.to/2TVfX0b
Fourth of July Mice by Bethany Roberts (ER) https://amzn.to/3cuVAxe
The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh (EE) https://amzn.to/3ieCMG0
The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence by Judith St. George (EE)
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle (UE) https://amzn.to/3z8U4uu
What Is the Declaration of Independence? by Michael C. Harris (UE) https://amzn.to/3vM3g5H
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman (MS) https://amzn.to/3vOlmnF
The Declaration, the Sword and the Spy by Jenny L. Cote (HS) https://amzn.to/3g5DO64
Carrying Independence by Karen A. Chase (HS) https://amzn.to/3fL4ed9
Lesson 9: The American Flag
Our Flag by Carl Memling (PR) https://amzn.to/34HzvHt
Easy Reader Biographies: Besty Ross by Pamela Chanko (ER) https://amzn.to/3z8Ujpo
Keep On Sewing, Betsy Ross!: A Fun Song About the First American Flag by Michael Dahl (EE) https://amzn.to/3w6dNsM
The Berenstain Bears God Bless Our Country by Mike Berenstain (EE) https://amzn.to/3uMvbRJ
Who Was Betsy Ross? By James Buckley (UE) https://amzn.to/3ifvoKO
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Laurie Halsie Anderson (UE) https://amzn.to/2SSDLBc
Betsy Ross and the First Flag of the United States of America: The People, Events, and Ideas Behind the Design and Creation of the Flag and Seal of the United States by Col. J. Franklin Reigart (MS) https://amzn.to/3wRwLmJ
Capture the Flag; A Political History of American Patriotism by Woden Teachout (HS) https://amzn.to/3ie0pi0
Lesson 10: War Rages On
Henry and the Cannons by Don Brown (PR) https://amzn.to/3wUC6Kg
Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady (EE) https://amzn.to/3yTzqOV
A Kids' Guide to the American Revolution by Kathleen Krull (UE) https://amzn.to/3pie2yr
Early Thunder by Jean Fritz (MS) https://amzn.to/3pnWBwf
With Musket and Tomahawk: The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777 by Michael O. Logusz (HS) https://amzn.to/3fNFelk
Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge by Thomas Fleming (HS) https://amzn.to/3vN2o0P
Lesson 11: Peace at Long Last
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley (ER) https://amzn.to/34Kp1aq
Surprised at Yorktown by Marianne Hering and Nancy I. Sanders (EE) https://amzn.to/3wTsI9z
At the Battle of Yorktown: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure by Eric Mark Braun (MS)
Rebel with a Cause: The Daring Adventure of Dicey Langston, Girl Spy of the American Revolution by Kathleen Kudlinski (MS) https://amzn.to/3z2UkLA
Seeds of America trilogy by Laurie Halsie Anderson (HS) https://amzn.to/3pfotCC
Lesson 12: We the People
We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catrow (PR) (PR) (ER) https://amzn.to/3uHVBE9
What is the Constitution by Patricia Brennan Demuth (EE) https://amzn.to/3wd9o7e
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz (UE) https://amzn.to/34INnBf
The Pinched Pinkney Plan by Holly Felmlee (MS) https://amzn.to/3ceaFDf
Daniel Boone: Frontiersman by Janet and Geoff Benge (MS) (HS) https://amzn.to/3wd9o7e
The Know Your Bill of Rights Book: Don't Lose Your Constitutional Rights--Learn Them! by Sean Patrick (HS) https://amzn.to/3gaAc1r
Other Resource: Lesson plans, commentary, and storytelling about the Constitution with something for all ages https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/in-the-classroom
Lesson 13: The Nation’s Capital
Good Night Washington, DC by Adam Gamble (PR) https://amzn.to/3wV1Y8C
Larry Gets Lost in Washington, DC by John Skewes (PR) (ER) https://amzn.to/3pg1qHX
Secrets of Our Nation’s Capital: Weird and Wonderful Facts About Washington, DC by Susan Schader Lee (EE) https://amzn.to/3ceXVfu
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #9: The US Capital Commotion by Jeff Brown (EE) https://amzn.to/3cehbtQ
Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Nation’s Capital by Charlotte Pence (EE) https://amzn.to/3pgZQW6
Capital! Washington D.C. from A to Z by Laura Krauss Melmed (EE) https://amzn.to/3vTIeCw
Our Nation’s Capital: Washington, DC by Kelly Rodgers (UE) https://amzn.to/3yUkwId
Capital Days: Michael Shiner’s Journal and the Growth of Our Nation’s Capital by Tonya Bolden (MS) https://amzn.to/3ieqI7H
Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC: Little-Known Tales about Our Nation's by Tim Rowland (HS) https://amzn.to/34FhjOK
Lesson 14: America Grows Westward
Who Was Daniel Boone By Sydelle Kramer (EE) https://amzn.to/3zmZLoK
Daniel Boone’s Great Escape by Michael P. Spradlin (EE) https://amzn.to/2S6OpUX
Danel Boone, Young Hunter and Tracker By Augusta Stevenson (EE) https://amzn.to/3pgGTD6
Daniel Boone and the Cumberland Gap by Andrew Santella (UE) https://amzn.to/3uQ2hAa
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter (MS) https://amzn.to/3cdMQeT
Daniel Boone’s Own Story & The Adventures of Daniel Boone by Daniel Boone and Francis Lister Hawkes (HS) https://amzn.to/3yUlDYp
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (HS) https://amzn.to/2Rgy93c
Lesson 15: John Adams
A Picture Book of John and Abigail Adams by David A. Adler (PR) https://amzn.to/3v9oTMm
John Adams Speaks for Freedom by Deborah Hopkinson and Craig Orback (ER) https://amzn.to/2SaxK2G
Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain (EE) https://amzn.to/2S81Q6X
The Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness (UE) https://amzn.to/3z1d51G (UE)
John Adams and the Boston Massacre (Graphic Heroes of the American Revolution)
by Gary Jeffrey (MS) https://amzn.to/3ieKvUH
John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father’s Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams (HS) https://amzn.to/3g7IPtj
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober (HS) https://amzn.to/3z9HACS
1776 by David McCullough (HS) https://amzn.to/3ceGBaA
Lesson 16: Thomas Jefferson
A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson by David A. Adler https://amzn.to/2ThEMmp
Thomas Jefferson’s Feast by Frank Murphy (ER) https://amzn.to/3vN8VbR
Bones in the White House: Thomas Jefferson’s Mammoth by Candice Ransom (EE) https://amzn.to/3wTxvb3
The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence by Judith St. George (EE) https://amzn.to/3yYbfi1
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? by Dennis Brindell Fradin (UE) https://amzn.to/3yZa2Hy
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library by Barb Rosenstock (UE) https://amzn.to/3g6VtJd
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman (MS) https://amzn.to/3yYbHwJ
Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher and President by Nancy Whitelaw (HS) https://amzn.to/3ccOWvk
Lesson 17: The Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase by Peter Roop (EE) https://amzn.to/2S6qAg2
The Louisiana Purchase by Rachel Lynette (UE) https://amzn.to/3cgcY8H
The Louisiana Purchase: Asking Tough Questions by Nel Yomtov (UE) https://amzn.to/3cfcrnB
The Louisiana Purchase (Making a New Nation) by Michael Burgan (MS) https://amzn.to/3pgEFUc
What's the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Rhoda Blumberg (HS) https://amzn.to/3ie4BhP
Lesson 18: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
From Sea to Shining Sea (Ellis the Elephant) by Callista Gingrich (PR) https://amzn.to/3pg8l3T
The Picture Book of Lewis and Clark by David A. Alder (PR) https://amzn.to/3g9Nj4c
Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President by Shirley Raye Redmond (ER) https://amzn.to/3xfX2eZ
Sacagawea (Sheroes) by Christine Platt (EE) https://amzn.to/2RYAv7v
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Meyers (UE) https://amzn.to/3yZiNBi
Seaman’s Journal by Patricia Reeder Eubank (UE) https://amzn.to/3g6rNfp
Exploring with the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A This or That Debate by Jessica Rusick (UE) https://amzn.to/3vSnVoN
Seaman, The Dog Who Explored The West with Lewis and Clark by Gail Langer Karwoski (MS) https://amzn.to/3vPpjZt
Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O’Dell (MS) https://amzn.to/3pg9eJL
How We Crossed The West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer (MS) https://amzn.to/3vMzZrC
Sacagawea’s Nickname: Essay on the American West by Larry McMurtry (HS) https://amzn.to/3cfoCRk
Lesson 19:
The Star-Spangled Banner by Peter Spier (PR) https://amzn.to/2TySxxf
Star Spangled Banner: Smithsonian by Nancy R. Lambert (ER) https://amzn.to/356udWi
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington by Don Brown (EE) https://amzn.to/3yWYVyB
Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner by Monica Kulling (UE) https://amzn.to/3wT81KX
Rescuing the Declaration of Independence: How We Almost Lost the Words That Build America by Anna Crowley Redding (UE) https://amzn.to/3wSm17D
The War of 1812: By the Dawn’s Early Light by Heather E. Schwartz (UE) https://amzn.to/3yZQHpt
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz (MS) https://amzn.to/3w0ddMU
Star-Spangled: The Story of a Flag, a Battle, and the American Anthem by Tim Grove (HS) https://amzn.to/3wLuHNg
Other Resource: Audiobook: Davy Crockett: A Captivating Guide to the American Folk Hero Who Fought in the War of 1812 and the Texas Revolution https://amzn.to/3ceJGaE
Lesson 20: The Rise Of Industry
This Bridge Will Not Be Gray by Dave Eggers (PR) https://amzn.to/3uMmTJQ
If Your name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen Levine (EE) https://amzn.to/3igbmjc
Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman (EE) https://amzn.to/3pgHswE
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin by Jessica Gunderson (UE) https://amzn.to/34GRjT9
Munford Meets Robert Fulton by Jamie Aramini (UE) https://amzn.to/34IXN3P
The Cotton Gin: A History Just for Kids by KidCaps (MS) https://amzn.to/2TzP5m5
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (MS) https://amzn.to/3yXaMwL
The Story Of Eli Whitney by Jean Lee Lathman (HS) https://amzn.to/3fNRa6C
Making It Go: The Life and Work of Robert Fulton by Don Herweck (HS) https://amzn.to/3ikst3z
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (HS) https://amzn.to/3pp2zx2