- Kindergarten
- First Grade
- Second Grade
- Third Grade
- Fourth Grade
- Fifth Grade
Kindergarten
QUARTER ONE - THE FIVE SENSES
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
My Five Senses, Aliki
My Five Senses, Margaret Miller
Rap a Tap Tap, Leo and Diane Dillon
Picture Books (Literary)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault; Illustrations, Lois Ehlert
Last Stop on Market Street, Matt de la Peña; Illustrations, Christian Robinson
Supplementary Texts
Articles
Great Depression, Children’s Encyclopedia
The Harlem Renaissance, Britannica Kids
Paintings
Flower Day, Diego Rivera
Le Gourmet, Pablo Picasso
Videos
Bojangles Step Dance
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Eight-Year-Old Tap Prodigy Little Luke
QUARTER TWO - ONCE UPON A FARM
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
Farm Animals, Wade Cooper
The Year at Maple Hill Farm, Alice and Martin Provensen
Picture Books (Literary)
The Little Red Hen, Jerry Pinkney
The Three Billy Goats Gruff,Paul Galdone
Three Little Pigs, Adaptation, Raina Moore; Illustrations, Thea Kliros
Supplementary Texts
Paintings
American Gothic, Grant Wood
The Cornell Farm, Edward Hicks
Poem
Morning Is Come
Song
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Videos
Making Bread
Seasons Song
QUARTER THREE -AMERICA, THEN & NOW
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
Communication Then and Now, Robin Nelson
Home Then and Now, Robin Nelson
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, Gene Barretta
School Then and Now, Robin Nelson
Transportation Then and Now, Robin Nelson
When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant
Picture Books (Literary)
The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton
Supplementary Texts
Painting
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze (1851)
Photographs
Betsy Ross and the American Flag: Flag Picture Gallery, Independence Hall Association
Old Hand Water Pump, Judson McCranie
Then & Now: The Stunning Speed of Urban Development, S.A. Rogers
Poem
Now We Are Six, A.A. Milne
Songs
Engine on the Track,Gayle’s Preschool Rainbow
This Land Is Your Land, Woody Guthrie
You’re a Grand Old Flag, George M. Cohan
Video
Sounds of a Glass Armonica, Toronto Star
Website
About Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Rylant
QUARTER FOUR - THE CONTINENTS
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
Africa, Rebecca Hirsch
Antarctica, Rebecca Hirsch
Asia, Rebecca Hirsch
Australia, Rebecca Hirsch
Europe, Rebecca Hirsch
Introducing North America, Chris Oxlade
South America, Rebecca Hirsch
World Atlas, Nick Crane; Illustrations, David Dean
Picture Books (Literary)
Moon Rope, Lois Ehlert
The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf; Illustrations, Robert Lawson
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale, Verna Aardema; Illustrations, Leo and Diane Dillon
Supplementary Texts
Article
5 Reasons Why Animal Moms Are Awesome, April Capochino Myers
Painting
Carta MarinaOlaus Magnus
Cornell Farm, Edward Hicks
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze
Photographs
Earth from Space, Stöckli, Reto, et al
Grand Canyon Scenic Splendor, National Park Service
“atterns of Chinchero, Descendants of the Incas
Picture Books (Informational)
When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant; Illustrations, Diane Goode
Poem
Lions Roar, CanTeach
Quotation
What is life? Crowfoot
Songs
Penguin Song, Preschool Education
In the World is Carmen Sandiego? from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways
Videos
Antarctic Sights and Sounds, James Napoli
Burkina Faso: Music,Our Africa
Explore Views of the Burj Khalifa with Google Maps, Google Maps
The Seven Continents Song, Silly School Songs
Storm-Proofing the World’s Biggest Mud Building, BBC Earth
Traditional Chinese Dance—‘Flowers Contend in Beauty’ by Li Qian, Lin Chen…
Web Pages
Americas—Fact Files, Go Wild
Moles, DK Find Out!
First Grade
QUARTER ONE - A WORLD OF BOOKS
Core Texts
Picture Books, Literary
Tomás and the Library Lady, Pat Mora and Raul Colón
Waiting for the Biblioburro, Monica Brown and John Parra
That Book Woman, Heather Henson and David Small
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss
Picture Books, Informational
Museum ABC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
My Librarian Is a Camel, Margriet Ruurs
Supplementary Texts
Almanac
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Videos
CNN Heroes: Luis Soriano,CNN
Pack Horse Librarians, SLIS Storytelling
Websites
ASL Sign for: yes, American Sign Language Dictionary
ASL Sign for: no, American Sign Language Dictionary
ASL Sign for: same, American Sign Language Dictionary
QUARTER TWO - CREATURE FEATURES
Core Texts
Picture Books, Literary
Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young
Picture Books, Informational
Me…Jane, Patrick McDonnell
Never Smile at a Monkey, Steve Jenkins
Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea, Chris Butterworth, John Lawrence
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, Steve Jenkins, Robin Page
Supplementary Texts
Fables
The Hare & the Tortoise,Aesop’s Fables
The Ants & the Grasshopper,Aesop’s Fables
Video
Pygmy Sea Horses: Masters of Camouflage, Deep Look (2014)
Visual Art
Young Hare, Albrecht Dürer (1502)
The Snail, Henri Matisse (1953)
QUARTER THREE - POWERFUL FORCES
Core Texts
Picture Books, Literary
Brave Irene, William Steig
Owl at Home, The Guest, Arnold Lobel
Gilberto and the Wind, Marie Hall Ets
Picture Books, Informational
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Feel the Wind, Arthur Dorros
Feelings, Aliki
Supplementary Texts
Poetry
The Wind, James Reeves
It Fell in the City, Eve Merriam
This Windmill, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Video
William and the Windmill, Toronto Star
Audio
Soaring Bird MVI 0902, SanfordAr
Hummingbird Wing Sounds, MyBackyardBirding
Painting
The Red Mill, Piet Mondrian (1911)
Oostzijdse Mill with Extended Blue, Yellow and Purple Sky, Piet Mondrian (1907)
Windmill in the Gein, Piet Mondrian (1906–07)
Article, Informational
Wind at Work, Amy Tao
What Makes the Wind? Amy Tao
Short Story Excerpt, Literary
Owl and the Moon, Arnold Lobel
Websites
American Sign Language Website
Hurricanes, DK Find Out!
QUARTER FOUR - CINDERELLA STORIES
Core Texts
Picture Books, Literary
Adelita, Tomie dePaola
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Tony Johnston; Illustrations, James Warhola
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Robert D. San Souci; Illustrations, Brian Pinkney
Cinderella, Marcia Brown
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella, Paul Fleischman; Illustrations, Julie Paschkis
The Korean Cinderella, Shirley Climo; Illustrations, Ruth Heller
The Rough-Face Girl, Rafe Martin; Illustrations, David Shannon
Visual Art
First Steps, Jean-François Millet
First Steps, Pablo Picasso
First Steps, after Millet, Vincent van Gogh
Supplementary Texts
Article, Informational
900 Cinderellas, Marcia Amidon Lusted and Judith C. Greenfield
Videos
Kudhinda Screen Printing
The Process of Making Batik–Artisans at Work
Wycinanka/Paper Cutout
Websites
- Around the World,TIME for Kids
- Talking Textiles,The Children’s University of Manchester
- ASL Sign for: yes,American Sign Language Dictionary
- ASL Sign for: no,American Sign Language Dictionary
- ASL Sign for: same,American Sign Language Dictionary
- 815: To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 25 October 1889
- Vincent van Gogh Quote
Second Grade
QUARTER ONE - A SEASON OF CHANGE
Core Texts
Poetry
Weather, Eve Merriam
Picture Book (Informational)
How Do You Know It’s Fall?, Lisa M. Herrington
Why Do Leaves Change Color?, Betsy Maestro
Sky Tree, Thomas Locker
Picture Book (Literary)
The Little Yellow Leaf, Carin Berger
A Color of His Own, Leo Lionni
Supplementary Texts
Paintings
Autumn Landscape, Maurice de Vlaminck
Bathers at Asnières, Georges Seurat
Hunters in the Snow, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Paris Street, Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte
Websites
ASL Sign for: stop, American Sign Language Dictionary
ASL Sign for: linked, American Sign Language Dictionary
ASL Sign for: same, American Sign Language Dictionary
QUARTER TWO - THE AMERICAN WEST
Core Texts
Picture Book (Informational)
The Buffalo Are Back, Jean Craighead George
Journey of a Pioneer, Patricia J. Murphy
Plains Indians, Andrew Santella
Picture Book (Literary)
Johnny Appleseed, Steven Kellogg
John Henry: An American Legend, Ezra Jack Keats
John Henry, Julius Lester
The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Tomie dePaola
The Story of Johnny Appleseed, Aliki
Supplementary Texts
Images
American Indians and the Alaskan Natives in the United States, United States Census Bureau
Oregon Trail Map, Legends of America
USA Territorial Growth, Wikimedia Commons
Websites
Who was Johnny Appleseed?, Scholastic News
John Henry and the Coming of the Railroad, NPS
Legend, Encyclopedia Britannica
Videos
American History to 1920 - Children's Video Project
The Donner Party, History Channel
Comanche Warrior - Documentary Excerpt, Part 1
- Buffalo Dusk, YouTube
Painting
- Among the Sierra Nevada, California, Albert Bierstadt
Poetry
- Buffalo Dusk, Carl Sandburg
QUARTER THREE - CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
I Have A Dream, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; paintings, Kadir Nelson
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington, Frances E. Ruffin; illustrations, Stephen Marchesi
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story, Ruby Bridges
The Story of Ruby Bridges, Robert Coles; illustrations, George Ford
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, Duncan Tonatiuh
- I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote, Linda White
Supplementary Texts
Photography
Selma to Montgomery March, Alabama, 1965, James Karales
U.S. Marshals Escorting Ruby Bridges, Associated Press
Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C., Library of Congress
Woman with camera and crowd at the March on Washington, 1963, Library of Congress
Ruby Bridges and the Civil Rights Movement Slide Show, Scholastic
Poetry
Words like Freedom, Langston Hughes
Dreams, Langston Hughes
Videos
Civil Rights - Ruby Bridges
A Man Who Changed America
Ruby Bridges Interview
Sylvia Mendez and Sandra Mendez Duran
Music
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, Stephen Griffith
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, The Freedom Singers
This Little Light of Mine, Stephen Griffith
America (My Country Tis of Thee), Stephen Griffith
Articles
Different Voices, Anna Gratz co*ckerille
When Peace Met Power, Laura Helweg
QUARTER FOUR - GOOD EATING
Core Texts
Picture Book (Informational)
The Digestive System, Christine Taylor-Butler
The Digestive System, Jennifer Prior
Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition, Lizzy Rockwell
The Vegetables We Eat, Gail Gibbons
Picture Book (Literary)
Bone Button Borscht, Aubry Davis
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
Supplementary Texts
Videos
Food and Family, Nadine Burke
My Food Journey, Nadine Burke
Try Something New, Jamie Oliver
Planting Seeds: The White House Garden and a Brooklyn School Farm
Fruit Veggie Swag
Visual Art
The Beaneater, Annibale Carracci
Cakes, Wayne Thiebaud
Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers), Claes Oldenberg
Articles
Can Milk Make You Happy?, Faith Hickman Byrnie
Debate! Should Sugary Drinks Be Taxed?, TIME for Kids
Eating Your A,B,C’s, Kids Discover
Third Grade
QUARTER ONE - THE SEA
Core Texts
Art
Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai
The Boating Party, Mary Cassatt
The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer
Picture Book (Informational)
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas, Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Dan Yaccarino
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster, Mary M. Cerullo and Clyde F. E. Roper
Shark Attack!, Cathy East Dubowski
Picture Book (Literary)
- Amos & Boris, William Steig
Supplementary Texts
Films
Cousteau’s Silent World: Shipwreck Excerpt
Quest for the Giant Squid
Sperm Whale Encounter
Why the Ocean Matters
Poetry
The Sea Wind, Sara Teasdale
Stories
The Lion and the Mouse, The Full Text of Aesop’s Fables
Websites
William Steig: About the Author Section
National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD Virtual Tour National Aquarium
White Ibis - Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition 2011
QUARTER TWO - OUTER SPACE
Core Texts
Picture Book (Informational)
Moonshot, Brian Floca
One Giant Leap, Robert Burleigh
Starry Messenger, Peter Sís
Picture Book (Literary)
- Zathura, Chris Van Allsburg
Supplementary Texts
Journalism
Galileo’s Starry Night, Kelly Terwilliger
Greek Myths, American Museum of Natural History
Apollo 11: The Eagle Has Landed, Leigh Anderson (Handout 18A)
Mixed Media
Starfield, Vija Celmins
Multimedia
One Small Step, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stars, Mary Howe
Sculpture
Space Object Box: Little Bear, etc.motif, Joseph Cornell
Stories
Pegasus and Perseus, Anonymous
Pegasus and Bellerophon, Anonymous
Callisto and Her Son, Anonymous
Videos
Artist Julie Niskanen on the Process of Making a Mezzotint, North Carolina Museum of Art
Cronkite Anchors First Moon Walk, CBS
We Choose the Moon, from a speech by President John F. Kennedy (Handout 23A)
Moon 101, National Geographic
Katherine Johnson: The Girl Who Loved to Count, NASA
Public Service Broadcasting—Go!
TateShots: ARTIST ROOMS, Vija Celmins, Tate
Great Minds: Margaret Hamilton, NASA
Tour of the International Space Station, NASA
The Space Race, History.com
QUARTER THREE - A NEW HOME
Core Texts
Picture Book (Informational)
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration, Betsy Maestro
Picture Book (Literary)
Grandfather’s Journey, Allen Say
Tea with Milk, Allen Say
Family Pictures, Carmen Lomas Garza
The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco
Photography
The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz
Untitled photograph of evacuees seeing the Statue of Liberty,History Extra
Architecture
Liberty Enlightening the World, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Gateway Arch, Eero Saarinen,Encyclopaedia Britannica Online,Kelly Mooney
Visiting the Washington Monument, Robert Mills
Supplementary Texts
Journalism
Kimono Show Introduces Occasions and Styles of Japanese Traditional Clothing, Susan Miyagi Hamaker
Historical Accounts
William Remembers the Storm, Ellis Island Oral History Collection, National Park Service
Oral History Library, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
Multimedia
Japanese Immigrant’s Trunk, Smithsonian Museum
Immigration: Who and Why?, PBS Kids Go
The Statue’s Shackles and Feet, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior
The Torch of the Statue of Liberty, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior
Visitors in the Statue of Liberty’s Crown, Getty Images
Stories
Two Places to Call Home, Jody Kapp
Video
The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus
Ann K. Nakamura: Image of Americans, Japanese American National Museum
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say, Katherine Detrick
The Keeping Quilt, Reba Heath
Día de los Muertos Festival 2015, Artist Talk by Carmen Lopez Garza 1, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
QUARTER FOUR - ARTISTS MAKE ART
Core Texts
Picture Books (Informational)
Alvin Ailey, Andrea Davis Pinkney
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant
Action Jackson, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
When Marian Sang, Pam Muñoz Ryan
Picture Book (Literary)
Emma’s Rug, Allen Say
Paintings
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, Charles Demuth
My Egypt, Charles Demuth
Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), Jackson Pollock
- Number 11, 1952 (Blue Poles), Jackson Pollock
Supplementary Texts
Poem
Willow Poem, William Carlos Williams
Articles
Brian Pinkney, National Center for Children’s Literature
A Signature Work, Muse Magazine
Transcript
Excerpt of Scholastic transcript of interview with Andrea Davis Pinkney
Painting
Mural, Jackson Pollock
Starfield, Vija Celmins
Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai
The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Frederic Bartholdi
Photography
M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster, Antonio Fernandez-Sanchez
Photograph of Marian Anderson singing in front of Lincoln Memorial
Multimedia
Excerpts of Revelations, Alvin Ailey
The Great Figure, William Carlos Williams
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Marian Anderson
Websites
William Carlos Williams, University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Columbus, All About Explorers
Jackson Pollock, The Art Story
Pollock, Jackson, Scholastic
Introducing Kids to Great Artists: Jackson Pollock, Piikea Street
Videos
Excerpt from 1988 interview with Alvin Ailey
Excerpt of 2013 National Book Festival
Celebrating Revelations at 50 Film, Alvin Ailey
Video of William Carlos Williams, Optic Nerve
Video of Christine Dixon discussing Blue Poles
Jackson Pollock, Hans Namuth
Newsreel footage of Marian Anderson’s first Lincoln Memorial performance
Fourth Grade
QUARTER ONE - A GREAT HEART
Core Texts
Novel (Literary)
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech
Scientific Text (Informational)
- The Circulatory Story, Mary K. Corcoran; Illustrations, Jef Czekaj
Supplementary Texts
Painting
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), Thomas Eakins
Image
Image of a subway map system
Poems
The Red Wheelbarrow, William Carlos Williams
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost
The Pasture, Robert Frost
Love That Boy, Walter Dean Myers
Dog, Valerie Worth
Heart to Heart, Rita Dove
The Tiger, William Blake
Street Music, Arnold Adoff
Videos
Exploring the Heart - The Circulatory System!
Grand Central Terminal, NYC
Gallery Walk
Biographies
Biography of Anne Frank
Biography of Clara Barton
Biography of Helen Keller
QUARTER TWO - EXTREME SETTINGS
Core Texts
Novel (Literary)
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Short Story (Literary)
All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury
Scientific Text (Informational)
Mountains, Seymour Simon
SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere, John Lofty Wiseman
Note: We use excerpts specified within lessons.
Poems
Dust of Snow, Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost
Supplementary Texts
Art
Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright
Video
All Summer in a Day
Tidal Wave
Explode a Moment with Barry Lane
Planet Venus: The Deadliest Planet, Venus Surface & Atmosphere
Costa Rica - Rainforest Heavy Rain
4 Hours of Heavy Pouring Rain and Thunder
Barry Lane writes about ‘His Favorite Day’
Planet Earth - Mountains
What Is a Mountain?
Websites
Fallingwater
National Geographic Lost Cities Photos
QUARTER THREE - THE REDCOATS ARE COMING
Core Texts
Picture Book (Literary)
The Scarlet Stockings Spy, Trinka Hakes Noble
One or more of the following during a literature circle:
- Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?, Jean Fritz
- I Survived the American Revolution, Lauren Tarshis
- Samuel's Choice, Richard Berleth
- Susanna's Midnight Ride, Libby McNamee
Poetry
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak, Kay Winters
Historical Account (Informational)
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides, Rosalyn Schanzer
Note: We use excerpts specified within lessons.
- Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence
Supplementary Texts
Articles (Informational)
Massacre in King Street, Mark Clemens
Detested Tea, Andrew Matthews
Art
The Boston Massacre, Paul Revere
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze
Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, Thomas Franklin
Video
Paul Revere - Mini Biography
Fred Woods Trail - Driftwood, Pennsylvania
The Culper Spy Ring: Path through History
REBUILD - From The Ashes, The World Trade Center Rises Again
Websites
EDSITEment: Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
QUARTER FOUR - MYTH MAKING
Core Texts
Drama (Literary)
Pushing Up the Sky: Native American Plays for Children, Joseph Bruchac
Historical Account (Informational)
Understanding Greek Myths, Natalie Hyde
Myth (Literary)
Gifts from the Gods: Ancient Words & Wisdom from Greek & Roman Mythology, Lise Lunge-Larsen
Novel (Literary)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Supplementary Texts
Art
Pandora, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Pandora, Odilon Redon
Parthenon
The Raven Steals the Light, Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Myths (Literary)
When Raven Soared, Leigh Anderson
The Sun, Moon, and Stars, retold by Donna Henes
Legend of the Moccasin Flower, retold by Mary Morton Cowan
Poetry
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Little Horse is Newly, E.E. Cummings
Videos
Aerial Acropolis focusing on Parthenon house of goddess Athena/Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Secrets of the Parthenon, PBS Nova
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Samothrace Reconstruction: Hieron to Nike
Website
American Excavations Samothrace, Emory University
A Closer Look at Winged Victory of Samothrace, Louvre photos
Fifth Grade
QUARTER ONE - CULTURES IN CONFLICT
Core Texts
Novel (Literary)
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, Scott O’Dell and Elizabeth Hall
Speech
Lincoln Hall Speech, Washington D.C., January 14, 1879, Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
Supplementary Texts
Film Clip
A Landscape of History - Video Featuring the Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Historical Account (Informational)
Teaching with Documents: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, National Archives
Map of the United States Expansion
Map of Native American Tribes
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country: The Indian Country, 1800: A Brilliant Plan for Living, Newberry Library
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country: A New Nation Comes to the Indian Country, Newberry Library
Nimiipuu Homeland, Nez Perce National Historic Park Museum Collections
Legend Times, Nez Perce National Historic Park Museum Collections
Food and Drink, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Clothing, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Shelter - The Tipi, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Getting Around, U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Nez Perce Museum Collections
Transport and Trade, U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Nez Perce Museum Collections
Spirituality, U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Nez Perce Museum Collections
Children's Play, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Paintings
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, Head-and-shoulders Portrait, Facing Forward, E. A. Burbank
The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, George Catlin
Portrait of George Washington, Gilbert Stuart
Photography
Chief Joseph and his Family c.1880, F.M. Sargent
Image of family eating meal
Image of 4th of July
Image of FIFA
Stories
Coyote and the Monster Story Part 1 , Part 2, and Part 3 , as told by J. R. Spencer
How Beaver Stole Fire from the Pines
QUARTER TWO - WORD PLAY
Core Texts
Novel (Literary)
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Supplementary Texts
Comedy Routine
Who’s on First?, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Video
Who’s on First?
Paintings
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí
Time Transfixed, René Magritte
Reading at a Table, Pablo Picasso
QUARTER THREE - A WAR BETWEEN US
Core Texts
Historical Account (Informational)
The Boys’ War, Jim Murphy
Novel (Literary)
The River Between Us, Richard Peck
Supplementary Texts
Articles
Excerpt from Civil War Medicine, National Park Service
Hospitals and Medical Knowledge, Civil War Preservation Trust
Film
The Civil War, Episode 1: The Cause, Ken Burns
Maps
Compare Two Worlds: North vs. South 1861, Scholastic, Inc.
Grand Tower, Illinois, Google Earth
Multimedia
Slavery slideshow, Scholastic, Inc.
Photography
Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil, Alexander Gardner
President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand, And E. J. Allen, Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near Antietam, Maryland, Alexander Gardner
President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam, Alexander Gardner
The President and General McClellan on the battlefield of Antietam, Alexander Gardner
President Lincoln on the battlefield of Antietam, October, 1862, Alexander Gardner
The Floating Palace, 1888, Smithsonian Museum of American History
Poetry
The Women Who Went to the Field, Clara Barton
Website
Civil War Casualties, Civil War Trust
Video
America Divided, History.com
Ford Historic Model T, Ford Model T - 100 Years Later, CarDataVideo
What Caused the Civil War, Virginia Historical Society
QUARTER FOUR - BREAKING BARRIERS
Core Texts
Cutout
The Fall of Icarus (1943), Henri Matisse
Literary Nonfiction (Informational)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, Kadir Nelson
Sculpture
Image 1: Joie de Vivre, Mark di Suvero, Getty Images
Image 2: Joie de Vivre, Mark di Suvero, Wikimedia
Image 3: Joie de Vivre, Mark di Suvero, Getty Images
Image 4: Joie de Vivre, Mark di Suvero
Supplementary Texts
Articles
About the Paralympics: Paralympic History, PBS Medal Quest
Afghan Sprinter Tahmina Kohistani Shows What’s Possible for Muslim Women, Mike Wise
Cool Papa Bell, National Baseball Hall of Fame
History in Detail: Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, British Paralympic Association
Finding Common Ground on the Soccer Field, Todd Tuell
Guardians of the Game, Todd Tuell
Helping Refugee Kids Find Their Footing in the U.S., Laura Klairmont
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, Museum of Modern Art
Jackie Robinson, National Baseball Hall of Fame
Josh Gibson, National Baseball Hall of Fame
Refugees Find Hope, Film Deal on Soccer Field, Kathy Lohr
Street Soccer, Connie Colón
Maps
Afghanistan, Scholastic, Inc.
Latin America, University of Texas
Zuccotti Park, Google Maps
Short Story
Raymond’s Run, Toni Cade Bambara
Photograph
Photograph of Broadway Mall, HarlemGal
Videos
A Boston Marathon First: Bobby Gibb on Her History-Making Run, CBS Boston
Always #LikeAGirl, Always
Annual ARETE Honors for Courage in Sports: Fugees, 2008, Fugees Family
Meet CNN Hero Luma Mufleh, CNN.com
CNN Hero Luma Mufleh: From Refugee to Fugees, CNN.com
ESPY Awards - Nelson Mandela documentary, Scott Duncan
Jackie Robinson Breaks Barriers, History.com
Nelson Mandela Speech that changed the world
The Mandeville Legacy - Paralympics Documentary, Cliff Productions
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, California Newsreel
Website
Fugees Family
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Historical Timeline