Understanding American History through Children's Literature

MARIA A. PEREZ-STABLE is associate professor, University Libraries, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. She has a M.A. in history from Western Michigan University and an M.S.L.S. from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.MARY H. CORDIER is associate professor emerita and adjunct associate professor of Elementary Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. She is a researcher, author, lecturer, and workshop leader in women's history, and in the integration of children's literature into the K-8 curricula. She received her Ed.S. in curriculum development.

• Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ixPart 1: Primary Grades: Kindergarten through Grade 3 1The People of America 3Introduction to Units 1, 2, and 3 3Unit 1: Locating the United States and the Children's Community and State 5Unit 2: Comparing Families of the Past and Present 9Unit 3: Folk Tales and Songs of America 25The New Nation 41Introduction to Units 4, 5, and 6 41Unit 4: Exploring the New World 43Unit 5: New Villages in America 48Unit 6: Revolution and the New Nation 55The Westward Movement, Slavery, and Civil War 64Introduction to Units 7 and 8 64Unit 7: The Nation Grows: The Westward Movement and Immigration 65Unit 8: Slavery and the Civil War 82The Twentieth Century: The Nation Changes 90Introduction to Units 9, 10, 11, and 12 90Unit 9: Inventions and Technology 92Unit 10: Conflicts and Cooperation among Nations 96Unit 11: Human Rights 104Unit 12: Everyday Life in the United States 109Part 2: Intermediate and Middle School: Grades 4 through 8 199Looking at America's History 121Introduction to Unit 1 121Unit 1: Researching the Past 122From Exploration to Young Nation 131Introduction to Units 2, 3, and 4 131Unit 2: Exploring and Settling the New World 132Unit 3: Colonial Period 143Unit 4: Revolution and the Constitutional Era 152The New Republic 162Introduction to Units 5 and 6 162Unit 5: The New Republic 163Unit 6: American Symbols, Literature, and Folk Tales 174Civil War and Westward Expansion 183Introduction to Units 7 and 8 183Unit 7: Slavery, the Civil War, and Its Aftermath 185Unit 8: Multicultural Growth: The Nation Looks Westward and Immigration Increases 200America in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 229Introduction to Units 9 and 10 229Unit 9: America in the Late Nineteenth Century Through the Great War 230Unit 10: Technology, the Twentieth-Century Industrial Revolution, and the Rise of Unions 241America in the Twentieth Century 247Introduction to Units 11, 12, and 13 247Unit 11: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression 249Unit 12: World War II and the Holocaust 256Unit 13: The Middle Decades of the Twentieth Century 269Select Bibliography 285Index 291