American History

NONFICTION FICTION
Senator Barack Obama: The American Promise (excerpts from acceptance speech)--or pair this with the speech by Obama on election night, or with a reading about the Civil Rights Movement. The Train Ride—Barack Obama's Election Night (4th Grade Fiction)

Pioneer Families

3rd Grade     5th Grade

Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction)

3rd Grade     5th Grade

Valley Forge (5th Grade) Soldier's Letter (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
American Explorers (5th Grade) Traveling with Lewis and Clark (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
Traveling West (6th Grade) Stopping in Denver (6th Grade Historical Fiction)

 

Chicago History

NONFICTION FICTION

Pioneer Families

3rd Grade     5th Grade

Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction)

3rd Grade     5th Grade

After the Chicago Fire: Choosing a Park (3rd Grade) Letter from Chicago (3rd Grade Historical Fiction)

Chicago Changes

3rd Grade     5th Grade     

Letter to Grandmother (Realistic Fiction)

3rd Grade     6th Grade

Chicago Streets

3rd Grade     5th Grade

Changing Our Street (Realistic Fiction)

3rd Grade     5th Grade

Chicago Changer--Jane Addams (8th Grade) External link: "Angelo's Saturdays" (Chicago History Museum)
Native Americans in Checagou (6th Grade) Potawatomi Prairie (6th Grade Historical Fiction)
Changing Chicago (Reversing the River--7th Grade) My Father's Miracle (reversing the Chicago River--7th Grade Historical Fiction)

Current Events

NONFICTION FICTION
Landing on the Hudson (6th Grade) The Hero (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)

Science

NONFICTION FICTION
Prairie Ecology (4th Grade)
Changing the Prairie (4th Grade)
The Prairie (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Learning about the Solar System (4th Grade) The Astronaut's Diary (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Nutrition Lesson (6th Grade) The Food Change (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)


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