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*  You Are Special- Lucado- E LUC

*  Wilma Unlimited- Krull- B RUD

*  Falling Up- Silverstein- 811 SIL

*  Batacazos (Falling Up- Span.) - Silverstein- located in Span. Fiction section

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Indian Tribe Interactions

                                  Pocahontas:

*   Pocahontas – Iannone – B POC

*   Pocahontas – Nest videorecording - VHS

*   Pocahontas – Schaefer – B POC

*   Pocahontas:  Powhatan Princess – Shaughnessy – B POC

                                Wampanoags:

          *  Plimoth Plantation – Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

                               Joseph Brant – Mohawk Indian Chief:

*  Joseph Brant: a Mohawk Chief – Bolton – B BRA

                               Shawnees:

*  These Lands Are Ours: Tecumseh’s Fight for the Old New World – Connell – B TEC

*  The Shawnees – Flanagan – 973.04 FLA

*The Second Bend in the River – Rinaldi – FIC RIN

Mayflower Compact (1620)

*  William Bradford: the first Thanksgiving – Nest Entertainment videorecording- VHS

The Colonies

*   Growing Up in Colonial America – Barrett – 973 BAR

*   Food and Recipes of the Thirteen Colonies – Erdosh – 641.597 ERD

*   A History of U. S. – Hakim – 975.8 FRA

*   Our Strange New Land:  Elizabeth’s Diary – Hermes – FIC HER

*  A Journey to the New World: the diary of Rember Patience Whipple – Lasky – FIC LAS

*   Sisters in Strength:  American Women Who Made a Difference – McDonough – 920 MCD

*   The Thirteen Colonies – Nobleman – 973.2 NOB

*   Early Settlers – Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  A Journey of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a pilgrim boy – Rinaldi – FIC RIN

*   Plimoth Plantation – Schlessinger videorecording – VHS (yr 1627)

*   The Mayflower Voyagers – Schulz videorecording – VHS   (yr 1620)

*   Early America – Expanding and Preserving the Union – Teacher Created Materials – KIT

*  On the Mayflower: the voyage of the ship’s apprentice and passenger girl – Water – E WAT

The 13 Colonies (chronological order)

Virginia (1607)

*   The Virginia Colony – Fradin – 975.5 FRA 

*   The Starving Time: Elizabeth’s Diary, Bk 2 Jamestown, Virginia, 1609 – Hermes- FIC HER

*  Our Strange New Land:  Elizabeth’s Diary – Hermes – FIC HER

*   The Jamestown Colony – Sakurai – 975.5 SAK

*   Jamestown – Schlessinger videorecording – VHS

Massachusetts (1620)

*   Stranded at Plimoth Plantation – Bowen – 973.2 BOW

*   The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War patriot – Denenberg – FIC DEN

*  The Massachussetts Colony – Fradin – 974.4 FRA

*   Shadows in the Glasshouse – McDonald – FIC MCD

*   The Plymouth Colony – Santelle – 974.4 SAN

*   Early Settlers – Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*   Plimoth Plantation – Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*   The Pilgrims – Stein – 974.4 STE

 *   Mingo – Strohmeir – E STR

*   Sarah Morton’s Day: a day in the life of a Pilgrim Girl – Waters – 974.4 WAT

New Hampshire (1623)

*  The New Hampshire Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

Maryland (1634)

*  The Maryland Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

Connecticut (1635)

* The Connecticut Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

*   The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Speare – Flesp – FIC FLE

Rhode Island (1636)

*   The Rhode Island Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

*  Roger Williams and Rhode Island – Schlessinger videorecording

*  Finding Providence: the story of Roger Williams – Avi – B WIL

Delaware   (1638)

*  The Delaware Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

North Carolina   (1653)

*  The North Carolina Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

South Carolina    (1663)

*  The South Carolina Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

New Jersey   (1664)

*  The New Jersey Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

Lord Baltimore

New York    (1664)

*  The New York Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

Pennsylvania  (1682)

*  The Pennsylvania Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

*  William Penn:  Founder of Pennsylvania – Kroll – B PEN

*   William Penn – Schlessinger videorecording - VHS

Georgia  (1732)   [ 50 yrs after last one]

*  The Georgia Colony – Fradin – 974.2 FRA

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

*  Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Tale – Amstel – 983.3 AMS

*   George, the Drummer Boy – Benchley – E BEN

*  Johnny Tremain  and the American Revolution – Brezina – FIC BRE

*   The Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War – English – REF 973 ENG

*   Johnny Tremain – Forbes – FIC FOR

*  Five Smooth Stones:  Hope’s Diary – Gregory – FIC  GRE

*  Kids Discover - Vol. 15, Issue 3- "Revolutionary Women"- periodical

*  The Intermediate Mailbox- Feb./Mar. 2006- "Revolutionary War"- periodical

*   Revolutionary War on Wednesday – Osborne – E OSB – located in FICTION

*  American Revolution – Osborne – 973.33 OSB

*   American Independence – Schlessinger videorecording - VHS

*   La Bandera Americana – Sorensen – 929.9 SOR

*   Early America:  Expanding and Preserving the Union – Teacher Created Materials – 973 KIT

John Adams (1735-1826)

*   John Adams:  Second President – Brill – B ADA

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)

*  John Quincy Adams, Sixth President – Kent – B ADA

*  John Quincy Adams: our sixth president – Souter – B ADA

Benjamin Franklin

*   A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin – Adler – B FRA

*   Six Revolutionary War Heroes(2) – Fritz videorecording- VHS

*   The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin – Giblin – B FRA

*   Ben Franklin:  scientist and inventor – Nest Entertainment videorecording- VHS

*   Benjamin Franklin and Electricity – Parker – B FRA

*   Benjamin Franklin – Rustard – B FRA

    *  John, Paul, George, and Ben – Smith – E SMI

John Hancock

*  John, Paul, George, and Ben – Smith – E SMI

*   Six Revolutionary War Heroes  (2) – Fritz videorecording- VHS

Patrick Henry

*   A Picture Book of Patrick Henry – Adler – B HEN

*   Six Revolutionary War Heroes(2) – Fritz videorecording- VHS

*   Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29^th of May? – Fritz – B HEN

Anne Hutchinson

*   Four Women in a Violent Time: Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Lady Deborah Moody, Penelope Stout – Crawford – 920 CRA

*   A Colony Leader:  Anne Hutchinson – Faber – B HUT

*  Anne Hutchinson – a religious reformer Mangal - B HUT

*  Anne Hutchinson – Raum – B HUT

*   Anne Hutchinson:  Puritan Protester – Stille – B HUT

*  Anne Hutchinson – Walsh – B HUT

Thomas Jefferson

*   A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson – Adler – B JEF

*   Monticello – Fisher – 973.4 FIS

*   The Hatmaker’s Sign: A Story – Fleming – E FLE

*  Thomas Jefferson:  Third President of the United States – Hargrove – B JEF

*  The Louisiana Purchase – Sakurai – 973.4 SAK

*   Thomas Jefferson – Voice of Liberty – Santella – B JEF

*  A Personal Tour of Monticello – Young – 975.5 YOU

William Penn (See Pennsylvania Colony)

 Paul Revere

*   A Picture Book of Paul Revere – Adler – B REV

*   Six Revolutionary War Heroes(2) – Fritz – 973.2 FRI

*   John, Paul, George, and Ben – Smith – E SMI

*   Paul Revere – Sullivan – B REV

Betsy Ross

*  Betsy Ross:  Patriot of Philadelphia – St. George – B ROS

George Washington

*  George Washington’s Teeth – Chandra – 973.4

*   Mount Vernon – Collins – 975.5 COL

     *  George Washington’s Breakfast – Fritz – FIC FRI

*George Washington’s Teeth – Fritz – B WAS

*   George Washington:  First President of U.S. – Kent – B WAS

*   Learning about Leadership from the Life of George Washington – Mosher – B WAS

*   George Washington  - Nest Entertainment videorecording- VHS

*   Crossing the Delaware – Peacock – 973.3 PEA

*   George Washington – Schaefer – B WAS

*  John, Paul, George, and Ben – Smith – E SMI

*  Young George Washington:  America’s First President – Woods – PRO B WAS

Boston Tea Party – 1773

*  The Boston Tea Party – O’Neill – 973.3 ONE

Bartering

  *  Supply and Demand – SVE/Churchhill Media videorecording - VHS

Free Enterprise

*  ECON and Me - videorecording and teaching guide- VHS- located with the audiocassette/book KITS

Revolutionary Songs

The Declaration of Independence

*  Our Declaration of Independence – Burgan – 973.3 BUR

*  The Declaration of Independence – Quiri – 973.3 QUI

*   Our Declaration of Independence – Schleifer – 973.3 SCH

*   The Declaration of Independence – Stein – 973.3 STE

Patriotic Symbols/Monuments 

*  Our National Symbols – Johnson – 929.2 JOH

*   La Bandera Americana – Sorensen – 929.9 SOR

*  America’s Top 10 National Monument – Stone – 973 STO

*   American Independence – Schlessinger – videorecording – RHS

*   America’s Top 10 National Monuments – Stone – 973 STO

*   U. S. Symbols -100% Educational Videos- videorecording - VHS

*  Uncle Sam and Old Glory: Symbols of America – West – 929.9 WES

Colonial Inventors: TEK 5.24A

Benjamin Banneker

*  What Are You Figuring Now?  A Story About Benjamin Banneker- Ferris- B BAN

*  Dear Benjamin Banneker- Pinkney- B BAN