Story of the World Co-op

April activities

I wish I had taken more photos, especially ones of the fantastic Mexican feast.  I am still craving tostados today, with that queso fresco.  Recipe please!

Meanwhile, some photos from our day:

Demonstration of how to make a Mexican flag flower.

 Here, Lewis and Lewis and Clark (we only had one red-haired Clark), and Lewis' dog, Seaman, set out on an Exporing Adventure to the Pacific Ocean, otherwise known as the local Catholic church.

Sacagewea and her retinue.

The explorers arrive at the Pacific ocean (only losing Seaman once, bravely recovered by an explorer).

Maia dubbed this photo something along the lines of "The explorers thank the Lord for a safe journey."  I can't remember her exact words, so post them if you do.

March, April Books

Chapter 28: China and the Rest of the World

The Kingdom at the Center of the World

The Rise of the Opium Trade

China: Nations of the World by Anna Carew

The Junior  Thunder-Lord by Laurence Yep

A Time of Golden Dragons by Song Nan Zhang

Chapter 30: Freedom in the Carribean

The Haitian Revolt

Revolutionaries by Paul Thomas

Open the Door to Liberty: A biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture by Anne Rockwell

Haiti: Cultures of the World

The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folk-Tales by Amy McDonald

Chapter 32:  The Opened West

Lewis and Clark Map the West

Tecumseh's Resistance

Choctaw: Tribes of Native America by Marla Felkins Ryan

Lewis & Clark by Cynthia Klingel and Robert Noyed

Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery by James P. Burger

Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the American West

Sacagawea by Stacy DeKeyser

Lewis & Clark & Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers

Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day off and Other Lessons from the Lewis & Clark Trail by Stephehnie Ambrose Tubbs

The Devil's Highway by Stanley Applegate

Johnny Appleseed, by Marianne  Johnbston

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea by Scott O'Dell

Chapter 34:  Freedom for South America

Simon Bolivar, the Liberator

A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar by David Adler

Bolivia by Robert B. Noyed

Ecuador by Amy Daniels

The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend from Argentina by Nancy van Laan

Tortillas and Lullabies by Lynne Resier

Chapter 35: Mexican Independence

The Cry of Dolores

The Republic of Mexico

Mexico ABCS by Sarah Heiman

Mexico;  The People by Bobbie Kalman

Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story by Tomie de Paola

My Mexico-- a collection of poems by Tony Johnston 

The Pinata Maker by George Ancona

The Tree is Older tahn You are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico by ed. Naomi Shihab Nye

When the Viceroy Came by Claudia Burr

Chapter 36: The Slave Trade Ends

The Work of the Abolitionists

Amistad: The Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers

"Guide My Pen"--The Poems of Phyllis Wheatley by Greg Roza

Only Passing Through--The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell (this one was fairly graphic & sad)

President of the Underground Railroad: A Story about Levi Coffin by Gwenyth Swain

Sojourner Truth by Francis E. Ruffin

A Good Night for Freedom by Barbara Olenyik Morrow (this one is really good)

A Picture of Freedom  The Diary of Clotee by Patricia Mckissack

Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (I loved this one years ago and Francesca liked it)

Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson -- this one was terrific

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South

Chapter 37: Troubled Africa

The Zulu Kingdom

The Boers and the British

Africa Brothers and Sisters by Virginia Kroll

Ashanti to Zulu: African Tradtions by Margaret Musgrove

Shaka, King of the Zulu by Diane Stanley -- this was very well done

The Zulu of Southern Africa by Christine Cornell

Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger

Adventures of Riley: Safari in South Africa by Amanda Lumry

Nabulela: A South African Folk Tale by Fiona Moodie

Over the Green Hills by Rachel Isadora

Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot by Jane Kurtz -- Giuliana liked this one but it was sad

Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira

Chapter 38:  American Tragedies

The Trail of Tears

Nat Turner's Revolt

If You Lived with the Cherokee by Anne Kamma and Connie Roop

The Indian Wars by Rebecca Stefoff

Life with the Comanches: The Kidnapping of Cynthia Ann Parker by Nancy Golden

Nat Turner and the Virginia Slave Revolt by Rivvy Neshama

The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee Removal by Dan Elish

Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Connie Roop

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers

The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac

Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend by Robert Bushyhead

Chapter 39:  China Adrift

The First Opium War

see also Chapter 28 for more China books

Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges -- this one was sweet and nice

Spring Pearl:  The Last Flower by Laurence Yep

Chapter 40: Mexico and Her Neighbors

Remember the Alamo

The Mexican-American War

Davy Crockett by Marianne Johnston

Jim Bowie by Marianne Johnston

Welcome to Josefina's World

Sam Houston and the Rise of Texas by Mac Woodward

State Capitals: The Rourke Guide to State Symbols by Tracy Maurer

The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins

Texas Jack and the Alamo by James Rice

Tucket's Ride by Gary Paulsen

Chapter 42:  The World of Forty-Nine

California Gold Rush by Peter and Connie Roop

G is for Golden: A California Alphabet by David Domeniconi

Gold Fever! by Catherine mcMorrow

Gold Rush! The Young Prospector's Guide to Striking it Rich by James Klein

The Life of a Miner by Bobbie Kalman

Striking it Rich:  The Story of the California Gold Rush by Stephen Krensky

Gold Rush Days: Hitty's Travels by Ellen Weiss

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild by Kristiana Gregory

Wagon Train by Sydelle Kramer

Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary by Patricia Hermes

February books

Chapter 25:  Revolution Gone Sour

The Storming the Bastille

The Reign of Terror

Getting to Know France and French by Nicola Wright

Great Events that Changed the World by Brian Delf and Richard Platt

Life During the French Revolution by Gail Be Stewart

Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution by Nancy Plain

Paris 1789 by Rachel Wright.  This one looks especially good

Tell me About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by John Malam.  We did Mozart's birthday last week and enjoyed learning about him.

The Duke and the Peasant by Sister Wendy Becket.  I couldn't locate it on RSA but hopefully my librarian will be able to get it.

Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky.  This is the Royal Diaries.  I will encourage my girls to read before we get to co-op so others can read.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.  I requested the this and Scarlet Pimpernel on audio CD so we can listen to them this way.

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Chapter 27:  A Changing World

Steam and Coal in Britain

Cotton and Guns in America

Cotton: Materials, Materials, Materials by Chris Oxlade

Eli Whitney by Ann GAines

Eli Whitney:  American Inventor by Katie Bagley

From Cotton to T-Shirt: Start to Finish by Robin Nelson

Grwing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Inventions of Eli Whitney:  The Cotton Gin by Holly Cefrey

The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America by David Weitzman

The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay

Robert Fulton and the Development of the Steamboat by Morris Pierce

A Coal Miner's Bride by Susan Campbell  Bartoletti

Cotton Mill Town by Kathleen Hershey

The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker by William Durbin

Working Cotton by Shirley Ann Williams

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Chapter 29:  The Rise of Bonaparte

Napoleon Comes to Power

The Emperor Napoleon

Child o'War:  The True Story of a Boy Sailor in Nelson's Army by Leon Garfield

Introducing Beethoven by Roland Vernon

The Louisiana Purchase by Michael Burgan

The Louisiana Purchase:  Cornerstone of Freedom by Gail Sakurai

Napoleon Bonaparte by Donnali Shor

The Navy that Beat Napoleon by Walter Brownlee

What's the Deal? by Rhoda Blumberg

Walks Through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris by Diana Reid Haig

I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

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Chapter 31:  A Different Kind of Rebellion

The World of the Factories

The Luddites

Kids at Work:  Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman

Kids During the Industrial Revolution by Lisa Wroble

Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett

A River Ran Wild:  An Environmental History by Lynne Cherry

The Story of an English Village by John S. Goodall

Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness

Thomas Jefferson:  A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin

The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully

The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard

Midnight is a Place by Joan Aiken

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Samantha Learns a Lesson by Valerie Tripp

A Visit to William Blake's Inn:  Poems for Innocence and Experience

Chapter 33:  The End of Napoleon

Napoleon's Wars (and 1812 too)

Waterloo!

Andrew Jackson:  A Photo-Illustrated Biography by Steve Potts

The Battle of Waterloo y David Pietrusza

Fort McHenry by Charles W. Maynard

Millie Cooper's Ride:  A True Story from History

The National Anthem by Patricia Ryon Quiri

The Star-Spangled Banner by Deborah Kent

The War of 1812 by Rebecca Stefoff

Abigail's Drum by John Minahan

An American Army of Two by Janet Greeson

Dear Napoleon, I know You're Dead, But... by Eivira Woodruff

My Napoleon by Catherine Brighton

The Smuggler's Treasure by Sarah Masters Buckley

January photos

I finally found the photos from January, and I'm backdating this so it looks like I'm really efficient and uploaded the photos the day after co-op.  !!!

Here were are watching an Ottoman-like shadow play.

Scenes, and more scenes, from a Russian village.  There were heard lots of versions of "If I were a rich man" and "matchmaker, matchmaker."

reading about the continents--here Australia, if I read this correctly!

making Chinese designs

Books for December 5

Chapter 15:  A New World in Conflict
    A New World in Conflict
    War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves New France
    William Penn's Holy Experiment

A Colonial Quaker Girl:  The Diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778

Kids in Colonial Times by Lisa Wroble

William Penn: Founder of Democracy by Norma Jean Lutz

Maiden of the Mist:  A Legend of Niagara Falls by Veronika Martenova Charles

The Wampanoag Indians by Bill Lund

A Day in the Life of a Colonial Dressmaker by Amy French Merrill

Tapenum's Day: A Wamapanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters (I think this may have been from last time but it looks like it  goes well here

also, not with the books:  Witch of Blackbird Pond.  We read and enjoyed in the summer--more for older kids

Chapter 16:  The West
    The Universal Ideas of Newton and Locke
    Scientific Farming

Early Farm Life by Lise Gunby

Growing Seasons by Elsie Lee Splear

The Magic School Bus Plays Ball: A book About Forces

Starry Messenger by Peter Sis

The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen

Mechanical Harry by Bob Kerr

more coming that are not in yet:

Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up? And Other Not So Dumb Questions about Motion by Vicki Cobb

A Farm through Time by Angela Wilkes

Chapter 21: Fighting Over North America

    Three Pointless Wars

    The Seven-Year War

Gulliver in Lilliput retold by Margaret Hodges

George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz

Daniel Boone by Cheryl Harness

Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner

The French and Indian War by Christopher Collier

also listed, but not in the books:

Kaya American girl books

Chapter 22: Revolution!

    Discontent in the British Colony

    The American Revolution

George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff

Paul Revere: In Their Own Words

Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble by Stephanie Greene

Paul Revere and the Bell-Ringers by Jonah Winter

Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner

Midnight Riders: A Fun Song about the Rider of Paul Revere and William Dawes by Michael Dahl

Molly Pitcher by Frances E. Ruffin

The Making of the American Flag by Janet Palazzo-Craig

Our Declaration of Independence by Jay Schleifer

also Johnny Tremain (not with the books). this summer we listened to an excellent audio CD version of it; it is really long so would be a challenge read.  This was a good way for all of us to get the story.

Can't You Make them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz

If you Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore

Sleds on Boston Common by Louise Borden

Chapter 23: The New Country

    The American Constitution

    The First American President

Democracy's Signature by Danny Fingeroth

Five Smooth Stones:  Hope's Revolutionary War Diary by Kristiana Gregory

Mr. President: A book of U.S. Presidents by George Sullivan

Pistols and Politics: Alexander Hamilton's Great Duel by August Greeley

Giants in the Land by Diana Apppelbaum

Mandy and the Washington Nightmare

more coming here:

If You Were There When they Signed the Constitution

Shh, We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz

Other Miscellaneous activities

playing a memory game to find people of different cultures

reading books--there were so many good selections this time

November 13 Chapters

Chapter 9:  The Western War

The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648

Books:

Denmark (Countries of the World) by Clayton Trapp

Germany (First Reports) by Shirley Wimbish Gray

Johannes Kepler:  Discovering the Laws of Planetary Motion by Mary Gow

Look What Came from Germany by Kevin Davis

Outrageous Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon

Battle of the Beasts: A tale of Epic Proportions from the Brothers Grimm by Diz Wallis.  This is a huge, huge book, nicely illustrated.

The Glass Mountain by Diane Wolkstein

The Hero of Bremen by Margaret Hodges

The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky.

Chapter 12:  Battle, Fire and Plague in England

Charles Loses His Head

Cromwell's Protectorate

Plague and Fire

books:

A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

All About the Great Fire of London, 1666. by Pam Robson

The Great Fire of London 1666, by Magdalena Alagna

The Great Plague and Fire of London by Charles Shields

London by Neil Morris

You Wouldn't Want to be Sick in the 16th Century by Kathryn Senior

At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper

The Great Plague:  The Diary of Alice Payton, London 1665-1666.

Isabel, Taking Wing by Annie Dalton.

William's House by Ginger Howard.

Chapter 13:   The Sun King

Anni's Diary of France by Anni Axworthy

France:  Pictures of a Country by Henry Pluckrose

The Inside-Outside book of Paris by Roxi Munro

The King's Day: Louis XIV of France by Aliki

Paris by Renzo Rossi

Welcome to France by Meredith Costain and Paul Collins

The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks

Cecile: Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova

Crepes by Suzette by Monica Wellington

Three Sacks of Truth:  A Story from France by Eric Kimmel.

Chapter 14:  The Rise of Prussia

Bach and Baroque Music by Stefano Catucci

George Handel by Mike Venezia

Germany ABCs by Sarah Heiman

Germany:  True Books by Susan Henrichs Gray

Little Red Cap by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Seven at One Blow by Eric Kimmel

Snow White by Jennifer Greenway

The Turnip by Walter de la Mare

The Water of Life:  A Tale from the Brothers Grimm by Barbara Rogansky

October 10 Chapters

Chapters 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

Chapter 5:  Warlords of Japan
   Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader 1591-1598
   The First Tokuwaga Ruler 1603

A samurai Castle by Fiona MacDonald.  Lots of illustrations and cutaways.

Japan ABCs by Sarah Heiman

Look What Came from Japan by Miles Harvey

Make it Work! Japan by Andrew Haslam and Clare Doran.  Really fun illustrations and ideas for hands-on projects.

The Inch-High Samurai by Shiro Kasamatsu.  Tom Thumb retod.

The Samurai's Daughter: A Japanese Legend by

Three Samurai Cats:  A Story from Japan by Eric Kimmel.  So much fun!  All the kids enjoyed, esp. the smallest.

Chapter 7:  The Spread of Slavery
   Tobacco--and Unwilling Colonists
   Queen Nzinga of Angola

The Asante of West Africa by Jamie Hetfield

The Benin Kingdom of West Africa by John Peffer-Engels

The Jamestown Colony: We the People by Brendan January

Let's Talk About Smoking by Elizabeth Weitzman.

The Strength of These Arms:  Life in the Slave Quarters by Raymond Bial.  Photos show the stark contrast between life in slave quarters and plantation homes.

Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom by Veronica Chambers

Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba:  The Royal Diaries by Patricia McKissack.  Hugely popular at our house.

To Be a Drum by Evelyn Coleman, illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.  My sister wrote her PhD dissertation on the illustrator of this volume.   Interesting story line but better illustrations in her style.

Chapter 8:  The Middle of the East
   The Persian Puzzle
   The Ottoman Turks

Iran: Dropping in on Iran by Philip Bader.

Iran:  First Reports by Robin Doak

Mosque by David Macauley.

Little Mouse and Elephant:  A Tale from Turkey by Jane Yolen

One Riddle, One Answer by Lauren Thompson.  Excellent; we all enjoyed.  A math riddle.

Chapter 10:  Far East of Europe
  Japan's Isolation-Closed Doors in the East
   The Foreign Conquest of China: the Rise of the Manchu
  K'ang-hsi

Hokusa:  The Man Who Painted a Mountain by Deograh Kogan Ray. Excellent.

Made in China:  Ideas and Invetions from Ancient China by Suzanne Williams

Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg

Step Into Ancient Japan by Fiona MacDonald.

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder.  Love this illustrator (Allen Say), and good story.

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi.  This was a Reading Rainbow book; I remember "reading" it there first.

The Paper Dragon by Marguerite Davol.

Ten Suns:  A Chinese Legend by Eric Kimmel.

Chapter 11:  The Mogul Emperors of India
   World Siezer-Jahongir
   King of the World-Kurram of Shah Jahan
   Aurangzeb, Conquerer of the World

   Aurangzeb's Three Decisions
      muslim rule
     conquering the Deccan-expand Indian borders
     treaty with English, English settlers
   

Captain Kidd:  17th Century Pirate of the Indian Ocean and the African Coast by Aileen Weintraub

Look What Came from India by Miles Harvey

The Taj Mahal: Great Building Feats

The Taj Mahal:  How and Why it was Built by Christine Moorcroft

Jahanara, Princess of Princesses:  India, 1627 by Kathryn Lasky.  Another popular one at our house, from the royal diaries series.

Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswai.

Shah Jahan and the Story of the Taj Mahal by Julia Marshall

September 12; Chapters

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.