American History with African American Focus Timeline
Week 1
From Africa to Colonial
Character Traits for Kids – p 26 Phyllis Wheatley
State Study:
http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/yearschedule.asp *
& use globe as reference for state study & learn state abbreviations*
2nd grade LA Book: Red, White & Blue, Frederick Douglas 6th grade LA Book: Courage to run Harriet Tubman
Week 2
From Africa to Colonial
Character Traits for Kids – p 97 Levi Coffin
State Study: New Jersey & Georgia President: John Adams
2nd grade LA Book: Frederick Douglas 6th grade LA Book: Courage to run Harriet Tubman
Week 3
Life on a
Character Traits for Kids – p 94 Harriet Beecher Stowe
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Escape North: The Story of Harriet Tubman 6th grade LA Book: Courage to run Harriet Tubman
Week 4
From the Revolution through the Civil War - Amazing AA History p 17-25
Character Traits for Kids – p 38 John Woolman
Frederick Douglass – The American Story The Jubilee p.127
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Escape North: The Story of Harriet Tubman 6th grade LA Book: Courage to run Harriet Tubman
Week 5
From the Revolution through the Civil War - Amazing AA History p 26-33
Character Traits for Kids – p 91 Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman DVD
State Study: New Hampshire & Virginia President: James Monroe
2nd grade LA Book: Mary McLeod Bethune 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Poetry: The Dream Keeper By Langston Hughes Poetry: All Things Bright by Cecil Francis Alexander
Week 6
From the Revolution through the Civil War - Amazing AA History p 34-43
The Underground Railroad – Escape to Freedom
State Study: New York & North
2nd grade LA Book: Mary McLeod Bethune 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Week 7
The Underground Railroad – Escape to Freedom
Sojourner Truth - The American Story Ain’t I a Woman? p.102
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Sojourner Truth 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Week 8
Underground Railroad DVD
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Ante Bellum & The chains of slavery in the south
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Sojourner Truth 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Week 9
The Great
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Week 10
The American Story The Glittering Cloud p.145
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft 6th grade LA Book: Little House in the Big Woods
Week 11
The American Story Hard of Hearing Alexander Graham Bell p.148
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Pioneer Cat 6th grade LA Book: Who is Mark Twain
Week 12
The American Story Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral p.156
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Pioneer Cat 6th grade LA Book: Who is Mark Twain
Week 13
Emancipation & Reconstruction - Amazing AA History p 45-58
The American Story Welcome to
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Gold Rush Winter 6th grade LA Book: Who is Mark Twain
Week 14
The American Story New Friends p.177
State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Gold Rush Winter 6th grade LA Book: Who is Mark Twain
Week 15
Migration, Black Nationalism, and World War I - Amazing AA History p 59-67
President Study: James Buchanan & Abraham Lincoln State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Bold Freedom Fighters 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Poetry: Hope is the thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson Poetry: As I grew older By Langston Hughes
Week 16
Migration, Black Nationalism, and World War 1 - Amazing AA History p 68-76
President Study: Andrew Johnson & Ulysses Simpson Grant State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Bold Freedom Fighters 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Week 17
The
President Study: Rutherford Hayes & James Garfield State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Notable Inventors 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Week 18
The
President Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Notable Inventors 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Week19
The American Story Into the Air – Wilbur and Orville Wright p.201
Earthquake in the Morning - The Magic Tree House
President Study: Benjamin Harrison & Grover Cleveland State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Brilliant Scientist 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Week 20
The American Story Bringing Down the House – San Francisco Earthquakes p.204
The American Story Votes for Women p.228
Earthquake in the Morning - The Magic Tree House
President Study: William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Five Brilliant Scientist 6th grade LA Book: Rosa Parks
Week 21
The Depression, the New Deal, and World War II - Amazing AA History p 93-99
Earthquake in the Early Morning – Magic Tree House
President Study: William Taft & Woodrow Wilson State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Madam C.J. Walker 6th grade LA Book: Out of the Dust/TLP supp
Week 22
The Depression, the New Deal, and World War II - Amazing AA History p 100-107
Earthquake in the Morning - The Magic Tree House
President Study: Warren Harding & Calvin Coolidge State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Madam C.J. Walker 6th grade LA Book: Out of the Dust/TLP supp
Week 23
The American Story The Rainmaker – The Dust Bowl & Depression p249
The American Story The War of the Worlds p257
The American Story Mrs. Roosevelt’s Revenge p 261
President Study: Herbert Hoover State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: I am Rosa 6th grade LA Book: Out of the Dust/TLP supp
Week 24
The Civil Rights Movement - Amazing AA History p 109-119
The American Story Brown v. Board of Education p280
President Study: Franklin Roosevelt State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: I am Rosa 6th grade LA Book: Out of the Dust/TLP supp
Week 25
The Civil Rights Movement - Amazing AA History p 119-129
The American Story The
President Study: Harry Truman State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Meet Martin Luther King Jr 6th grade LA Book: Out of the Dust/TLP supp
Poetry: The Kitten at Play by William Wordsworth Poetry: Still I Rise By Maya Angelou
Week 26
Our Friend Martin DVD
Midnight on the Moon – The Magic Three House
President Study: Dwight Eisenhower State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: Meet Martin Luther King Jr 6th grade LA Book: The Watson’s go to B’ham
Week 27
Black Power and Black Pride - Amazing AA History p 131-139
Midnight on the Moon – The Magic Three House
President Study: John F. Kennedy State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: I have a Dream, Too 6th grade LA Book: The Watson’s go to B’ham
Week 28
Black Power and Black Pride - Amazing AA History p 140-148
Midnight on the Moon – The Magic Three House
President Study: Lyndon Johnson State Study:
2nd grade LA Book: I have a Dream, Too 6th grade LA Book: The Watson’s go to B’ham
Week 29
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