Have you heard of a young girl who was Paul Revere’s Connecticut counterpart? How about the man who standardized American English? Know any composers from Connecticut? We read fascinating biographies highlighting these 3 famous people from Connecticut! N is for Nutmeg, link to read for free at archive.org N is for Nutmeg mentions other such […]
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We dove into these stories from New England Algonquian tribes of the Wampanoag and Narragansett peoples along with our study of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. According to Legends of America, the New England Algonquian tribes “include Mohegan, Pequot, Narragansett, Wampanoag, Massachusett, Nipmuc, Pennacook, Abenaki, Maliseet, and Passamaquoddy.” I will post books from the Algonquian tribes
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Here are our Top 5 Books about New York, plus a few chapter books! Also check out these related booklists: Stories from the Five Nations of the Iroquois and New Amsterdam: Before there was New York. Edited: SIX picture books! I found one more. Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island “From before its earliest
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Our current nature study ~TREES~ is inspired by the many sticks and leaves my children pick up every time we walk a nature trail. We’ll be reading these books about trees around the world in addition to the larger stack about the science of trees and the fascinating ways they communicate. Overview Around the World
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Top 5 Books for New Jersey, plus a biography about poet William Carlos Williams. There were a couple books about the indigenous Lenni Lenape tribe specific to New Jersey. They are listed here: Lenni Lenape booklist. G is for Garden State, link to read for free on archive.org “Readers will be delighted to discover the
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During our study of Delaware, we had the chance to visit Winterthur Gardens. We also looked back on our memories of seeing the horseshoe crab spawning in Delaware Bay. Learning about Caesar Rodney and Annie Jump Cannon rounded out this week of Delaware. Here are our top 5 books for Delaware. The indigenous people in
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We read so many books about the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War but we were still able to find more books for this Pennsylvania study. This booklist includes books that introduce the state and the early history of Pennsylvania. Also be sure to check out this booklist about the Lenni Lenape, the indigenous
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Here are 5 books that we found helpful to increase our understanding the Constitution, past and present. We the People We found it interesting to learn about all the quarreling and compromises leading up to the final draft of the Constitution. Cheney does a good job presenting it clearly for the elementary age group. “America
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Phillis Wheatley was born around 1753 in what is perhaps present-day Senegal. She was enslaved and lived in Boston, Massachusetts with the Wheatley family where she was taught to read and write. Phillis became the first famous black poet in America, although she had to defend herself as the author of her poetry. She was
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WOW this was a fascinating topic, learning about spies in the American Revolution. We took a week-long detour to explore this topic!
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