Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Chapter 1: A World of Empires
Holy Roman Empire
The Riches of Spain
Books:
The Amazon: A River Journey by Simon Scoones
Kids During the Age of Exploration by Lisa Wroble
The Usborne Book of Treasure Hunting by Anna Claybourne and Caroline Young
(we really liked this one)
Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric Kimmel (good)
The Legend of El Dorado by Beatriz Vidal and Nancy Van Laan
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (this was a Newberry Award winner and slow moving but very beautifully written)
The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend by Eric Kimmel
Chapter 2: Protestant Rebellions
The Dutch Revolt (begins 1568)
The Queen w/out a Country (Mary Queen of Scots)
Look What Came from the Netherlands by Kevin Davis
Rembrandt and 17th Century Holland: The Dutch Nation and Its Painters by Cladio Pescio
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia
Scotland: Festivals of the World by Jonathan Griffiths
Welcome to Scotland by Grame Cane
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas
The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker
Katje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle: the younger ones really enjoyed this one
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France 1553 by Kathryn Lansky
Chapter 3: James, King of 2 Countries (1603-1625)
James & His Enemies
King James' Town (Jamestown-first permanent English settlement in US)
Pocahontas
The Colony of Virginia by Brooke Coleman
The Jamestown Colony: We the People
Pocahontas: Rookie Biography by Nancy Polette: super short intro to her life
Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker by Lesie Gourse
Jamestown: Struggle for Survival by Marcia Sewell: longer picture book but good
The Lord is My Shepherd: The Twenty-Third Psalm by Tasha Tudor
The Lucky Sovreign by Stewart Lees: good for boys, action
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary by Patricia Hermes
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla
Turn! Turn! Turn! ill. Wendy Anderson Halperin. Great illustrations and comes with the CD of both Pete Seeger and Byrds version of the song).
Chapter 4: The Northwest Passasge
The French in the New World (Champlain, Pere Marquette, etc.)
Henry Hudson's Quest
It's hard to remember which books are which here, but some of the stories about Henry Hudson are pretty horrifying
Canada ABCs by Brenda Haugen
Cartier: Jacques Cartier in Search of the Northwest Passage by Jean Blashfield
Henry Hudson: Famous Explorers by Claude Hurwicz
Samuel de Champlain by Claude Hurwicz
The Flying Canoe (La Chasse-Gallerie): A Christmas Story by Eric Kimmel. Fun tall tale.
Under a Prairie Sky by Anne Laurel Carter
Chapter 6: New Colonies in the New World
Strangers & Saints in Plymouth (1620)
The Dutch in the New World (1624-1664)
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern. We really enjoy this series, and read this one over and over.
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla. I enjoyed this one but not sure anyone else read it.
An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola
The Jounral of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy by Ann Rinaldi. I'm not sure we got this one in, but it sounds good.
On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town by Arnold Lobel
On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & Passenger Girl by Kate Waters. Photographs of re-enactors; excellent and we really enjoyed.
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters. Also photographs, really enjoyable series. There are a number of them.
Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness. sad but nice about the first winter in Plymouth colony.
