Helping Your Child Learn History: Resource List (page 2)

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• Web Sites
• Publications for Parents
• Books for Children
• Children's Magazines
• Federal Sources of Information

Web Sites

The following Web sites are some of the many that contain great links for both you and your child. Most provide you and your child with information about how to search for specific information and with links to other age-appropriate sites.

• Bringing History Home, a K-6 history curriculum:
  www.bringinghistoryhome.org

• Council for Excellence in Government, Take Your Kids to Vote:
  http://www.excelgov.org/index.php?keyword=a4334e6cd607de&PHPSESSID=8c822b53c02a6bf941e13d34ee9052b0

• Family Education Network:
  http://fen.com

• Global Schoolnet, Global Schoolhouse:
  www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/index.html

• Internet Public Library, Kids Space:
  www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

• Kids Web:
  www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/SocialStudies/index.html

• KidSource:
  www.kidsource.com/index.html

• Mapquest:
  www.mapquest.com

• National Constitution Center:
  www.constitutioncenter.org/index_no_flash.shtml

• National Council for Geographic Education
  www.ncge.org

• National Council for History Education:
  http://www.nche.net/

• National Council for the Social Studies:
  www.ncss.org

• National Geographic Society:
  www.nationalgeographic.com

• National History Day:
  www.nationalhistoryday.org/

• National Standards for Social Studies:
  www.ncss.org/standards/
• Smithsonian Institute:
  www.si.edu/kids/

Publications for Parents

American Federation of Teachers. (2001). Helping Your Child Succeed: How Parents & Families Can Communicate Better with Teachers and School Staff. Washington, D.C. (available online at http://www.aft.org/parents/downloads/HYCS3.pdf)

American Library Association. (2002). Libraries, Children and the Internet. Chicago, IL. (Available online at http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=litoolkit&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=50669)

Cholden, Harriet, Friedman, John A. and Tiersky, Ethel. (1998). The Homework Handbook: Practical Advice You Can Use Tonight to Help Your Child Succeed Tomorrow. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Clark, Rosemary, Hawkins, Donna and Vachon, Beth. (1999). The School-Savvy Parent: 365 Insider Tips to Help You Help Your Child. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.

Hickey, M. Gail. (1999). Bringing History Home: Local and Family History Projects for Grades K-6. Boston: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.

Hirsch, E. D., Jr. (1997). What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education. New York: Doubleday.

Kay, Peggy. (2002). Games with Books: Twenty-Eight of the Best Children's Books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn—From Preschool to Third Grade. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

National Council for Geographic Education. (1998). How to Help Children Become Geographically Literate. Washington, D.C. (Available online at www.ncge.org/publications/resources/family/page7.html.)

Rich, Dorothy. (1992). Megaskills: How Families Can Help Children Succeed in School and Beyond (rev. ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Russell, William F. (1997). Family Learning. How to Help Your Children Succeed in School by Learning at Home. St. Charles, IL: First Word Learning Systems, Inc.

Wise, Jessie and Bauer, Susan Wise. (2004). The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. New York: W. W. Norton.

Wolfman, Ira. (2002). Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Off-Line Genealogy For Kids. New York: Workman Publishing.

Grades 3 and Up

World History, Culture and Biography

Chrisp, Peter. Alexander the Great: The Legend of a Warrior King. DK Publishing.

Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Puffin.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark. Peachtree.

Fiedler, Joseph Daniel. Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself. Atheneum.

Hoose, Phillip. It's Our World, Too! Sunburst.

Macaulay, David. Pyramid. (See also City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction; Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction; and Castle). Houghton Mifflin.

Major, John S. The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History. Harper Trophy.

Mead, Alice. Girl of Kosovo. Yearling Books.

Nickles, Greg. Russia: The Cultures. Crabtree.

Historical Fiction, Drama, Poetry and Games

Baker, Charles F., III. The Struggle for Freedom: Plays on the American Revolution, 1762-1788. Cobblestone.

Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn. Macmillan.

Fisher, Leonard E. The Oregon Trail. (See also Tracks Across America: The Story of the American Railroad, 1825-1900.) Holiday House.

Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. Harper Trophy.

Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. (Various editions.)

Freedman, Russell. Cowboys of the Wild West. Clarion.

Hoobler, Dorothy and Hoobler, Tom. The First Decade: Curtain Going Up. Millbrook. (See also other books in the series about life in the twentieth century, including The Second Decade: Voyages; The 1920s: Luck; and The 1930s: Directions.)

Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. Berkley.

Kennedy, Caroline. A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love. Hyperion Press.

Minor, Wendell. Star in the Storm. McElderry.

Mistry, Nilesh. The Story of Divaali. Barefoot Books.

Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. Greenwillow.

Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Philomel Books.

Ryan, Pam M. The Flag We Love. Charlesbridge Publishing.

Sewall, Marcia. The Pilgrims of Plimoth. New York: Aladdin Library.

Waters, Kate. Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast. Scholastic.

Wilder, Laura I. Little House in the Big Woods. (See also others in the Little House series.) (Various editions.)

Zeman, Ludmila. Gilgamesh the King. Tundra Books.

Geography

Ancona, George. Cuban Kids. Cavendish.

Bang, M. Common Ground. The Blue Sky Press.

Cooper, Margaret. Exploring the Ice Age. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Haskins, James and Benson, Kathleen. Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America. Amistad/HarperCollins Children's Books.

Laufer, Peter. Made in Mexico. National Geographic Society.

Leacock, Elspeth and Buckley, Susan. Places in Time: A New Atlas of American History. Houghton Mifflin.

National Geographic Society. Historical Atlas of the United States. National Geographic Society.

Leedy, Loreen. Blast Off to Earth! A Look at Geography. Holiday House.

Le Rochais, Marie-Ange. Desert Trek: An Eye-Opening Journey Through the World's Driest Places. Walker & Company.

Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People. Kids Can Press.

Children's Magazines

Appleseeds
800-821-0115
(www.cobblestonepub.com)
Contains articles, activities and games that develop skills and interest in various content areas, including geography and U.S. history. (Ages 7 and up)

Calliope
800-821-0115
(www.cobblestonepub.com)
Focuses on world history. (Ages 8 and up)

Cobblestone
800-821-0115
(www.cobblestonepub.com)
Contains articles and stories that focus on American history. (Ages 8 and up)

Dig
800-821-0115
(www.cobblestonepub.com)
Focuses on archeology and on the historical and cultural aspects of various societies. (Ages 8 and up)

Kids Discover
212-677-4457
(www.kidsdiscover.com)
Contains theme-related articles, many of which focus on events and people in U.S. and world history. (Ages 5 and up)

National Geographic for Kids
800-647-5463
(www.nationalgeographic.com)
Offers articles, games, and other geography-related activities. (Ages 7 and up)

Federal Sources of Information

Educator's Reference DeskSM
www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Subjects/Social_Studies

Federal Citizen Information Center, FirstGov for Kids
www.kids.gov

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://www.free.ed.gov/

Library of Congress, American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

National Archives
www.archives.gov/

National Park Service
www.nps.gov

National Register of Historic Places
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/

National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nationaltrust.org/

No Child Left Behind
www.nclb.gov/parents/index.html