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In Times PastTable of ContentsIntroducing In Times Past ............................................3 Part 1 Approaches to History Through Literature .....................8 Literature-Based Learning and History ................................9 Truth and Research ..................................................13 Living History Museum ...............................................27 Time Line Smorgasbord ...............................................33 Follow Me ...........................................................36 Picture This: Using Picture Books to Peek at History ................39 Time Fantasies.......................................................44 The Big Picture .................................................... 47 Following Jean Fritz ............................................... 52 Part 2 Following a Strand .......................................... 55 War and Conflict - The Effects of War .............................. 56 War and Conflict - Conflict Resolution ............................. 60 War and Conflict - Nonviolence and War Resistance .................. 63 War and Conflict - The Native American Conflict .................... 65 War and Conflict - The French and Indian War ....................... 70 War and Conflict - The American Revolution ......................... 74 War and Conflict - The War of 1812 ................................. 80 War and Conflict - The Mexican War ................................. 82 War and Conflict - The Civil War ................................... 84 War and Conflict - The Spanish-American War ........................ 92 War and Conflict - World War I ..................................... 94 War and Conflict - World War II .................................... 97 War and Conflict - The Civil Rights Movement ...................... 105 War and Conflict - The Cold War ................................... 110 War and Conflict - The Wars in Asia: Korea and Vietnam ............ 111 War and Conflict - The Wars in Iraq ............................... 114 Work and Workers - Slavery ........................................ 115 Work and Workers - Workers' Rights ................................ 126 Work and Workers - Agriculture .................................... 132 Discovery and Invention ........................................... 136 Transportation and Communication .................................. 141 Cultures .......................................................... 145 Immigration ....................................................... 154 Politics and Government ........................................... 158 Racism, Sexism and Equality ....................................... 161 Art and Artists ................................................... 167 Part 3 A Chronology of History .................................... 173 Before Columbus ................................................... 174 Columbus and After 1492-1600 ...................................... 180 The Time of the Pilgrims (Read Excerpt) ............................ 185 Early Colonial Period 1700-1740 ................................... 192 The New Nation 1750-1800 .......................................... 198 First Steps for a New Nation 1800-1850 ............................ 203 Exploring and Pioneering 1850-1890 ................................ 211 The Turn of the Century 1890-1920 ................................. 223 The Twenties and Thirties ......................................... 232 The Forties ....................................................... 241 The Fifties ....................................................... 248 The Sixties ....................................................... 253 The Seventies and Eighties ........................................ 259 Part 4 Focus Books ................................................ 264 Kokopelli's Flute ................................................. 265 Squanto ........................................................... 268 A Killing in Plymouth Colony ...................................... 271 Calico Bush ....................................................... 274 Early Thunder ..................................................... 277 Sarah Bishop ...................................................... 280 The Great Little Madison .......................................... 283 Lewis and Clark ................................................... 286 The Perilous Road ................................................. 290 The Root Cellar ................................................... 294 Grasshopper Summer ................................................ 295 The Birchbark House ............................................... 298 The Borning Room .................................................. 301 The Journey Home .................................................. 304 Blizzard .......................................................... 307 Keeper of the Doves ............................................... 311 The Moffat Series ................................................. 314 Letters from Rifka ................................................ 317 Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain ................................. 320 Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed ....................... 324 The Blue Between the Clouds ....................................... 327 Stepping on the Cracks ............................................ 330 Roll of Thunder ................................................... 333 Return to In Times Past main page. |
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