In Times Past
Table of Contents
Introducing 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
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