3rd Grade (History)

3RD GRADE

Term 1: The US Under the Constitution
AMERICAN HISTORY (Twice Weekly)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Coloring Book
  • SPINE: A First Book in American History (Edward Eggleston) Ch. 22-27
  • The Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas (Seton Press) Ch. 11-12
  • Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
  • Carry On Mr. Bowditch (Jean Lee Latham)
Thomas Jefferson

  • Meet Thomas Jefferson (Marvin Barrett)
ANCIENT HISTORY (EGYPT) (Twice Weekly in Ordinary Time Only)
Life in Ancient Egypt Coloring Book
Ancient Egypt STEM Activities
David Macaulay's Pyramid Documentary
Pyramids Video
  • SPINE: The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Elizabeth Payne) Schedule & Further Reading
  • Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
  • Ancient Egypt Fold-Out Timeline
  • The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (Robert Swindells)
  • Boy of the Pyramids (Ruth Fosdick Jones)
  • The Golden Goblet (Eloise Jarvis McGraw)
  • The Winged Cat: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (Deborah Nourse Cattimore)
Term 2: The Gold Rush & The Civil War
AMERICAN HISTORY (Twice Weekly)
  • SPINE: A First Book in American History (Edward Eggleston) Ch. 28-30
  • The Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas (Seton Press) Ch. 13-16
Westward Expansion

  • Moccasin Trail (Eloise Jarvis McGraw)
  • Buffalo Bill (Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire)
  • Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark (Rhoda Blumberg)
  • The Adventures of Lewis and Clark (John Bakeless)
  • Pioneers Go West (George R. Stewart)
  • Going West (Jean Van Leeuwen)
Gold Rush

  • By the Great Horn Spoon (Sid Fleischman)
Underground Railroad
  • Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman (Dorothy Sterling)
  • Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Deborah Hopkinson)
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd (Jeanette Winter)
Abraham Lincoln

  • Abraham Lincoln (Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire)
  • Lincoln: a Photobiography (Russell Freedman)
  • Abe Lincoln (Sterling North)
  • Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (Jean Fritz)
Clara Barton

  • Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (Augusta Stevenson) - independent read
Civil War

  • Gettysburg (MacKinlay Kantor)
  • Turn Homeward Hannalee (Patricia Beatty)
  • Across Five Aprils (Irene Hunt)
  • Behind Rebel Lines (Seymour Reit)
  • The Perilous Road (William O. Steele)
  • The Monitor and the Merrimac (Richard Conrad Stein)
  • This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War (Bruce Catton)
ANCIENT HISTORY (EGYPT) (Twice Weekly in Ordinary Time Only)
Life in Ancient Egypt Coloring Book
Ancient Egypt STEM Activities
  • SPINE: The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Elizabeth Payne) Schedule & Further Reading
  • Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
  • Ancient Egypt Fold-Out Timeline
  • The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (Robert Swindells)
  • The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale of Hieroglyphs (Tamara Bower)
  • The Scarab's Secret (Nick Would)
  • Pepi and the Secret Names (Jill Paton Walsh)
  • SPINE: A First Book in American History (Edward Eggleston) Ch. 31-32
  • The Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas (Seton Press) Ch. 17-18
Catholic History

  • Mother Cabrini: missionary to the World (Frances Parkinson Keyes)
  • Young Life of Mother Katharine Drexel (Claire Jordan Mohan)
Other

  • Shades of Gray (Carolyn Reeder)
  • Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
  • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Mildred Taylor)
  • The Terrible Wave (Marden Dahlstedt)
  • Hero Over Here (Kathleen Kudlinski)
  • You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? (Jean Fritz)
WWI
  • World War I (Zachary Kent)
WWII
    • WWII: The Winged Watchman (Hilda Van Stockum)
    Rosa Parks
    • Take a Stand, Rosa Parks! (Peter and Connie Roop) - independent read
    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • Let's Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr.! (Peter and Connie Roop) - independent read
    ANCIENT HISTORY (EGYPT) (Twice Weekly in Ordinary Time Only)
    King Tut Coloring Book
    Ancient Egypt STEM Activities
    • SPINE: The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Elizabeth Payne) Schedule & Further Reading
    • Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
    • Ancient Egypt Fold-Out Timeline
    • The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (Robert Swindells)
    • Temple Cat (Andrew Clements)
    • Zekmet the Stone Carver (Mary Stolz)
    • Howard and the Mummy (Tracey Fern)
    • Cleopatra (Diane Stanley)

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