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 |
Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction) |
| 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 |
Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction) |
| After the Chicago Fire: Choosing a Park (3rd Grade) | Letter from Chicago (3rd Grade Historical Fiction) |
Chicago Changes |
Letter to Grandmother (Realistic Fiction) |
Chicago Streets |
Changing Our Street (Realistic Fiction) |
| 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) |
