FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
Suggested Reading List
| THE
AGE OF EXPLORATION |
|
| Accidental
Explorers: Surprises
and Side Trips |
Stefaff, Rebecca |
| Around the World in a Hundred
Years |
Fritz, Jean |
| Discoverers of America, The |
Faber, Harold |
| First Thanksgiving |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Forgotten Voyager: Story of
Amerigo Vespucci |
Alper, Ann Fitzpatrick |
| From Coronado to Escalente |
Morris, John Miller |
| I, Columbus: My Journal |
Roop, Peter & Connie |
| Pedro's Journal |
Conrad, Pam |
| World in 1492, The |
Fritz, Jean |
| COLONIZATION |
|
| Against All Opposition |
Haskins, James |
| Charlie' s House |
Bulla, Clyde Robert |
| Courage of Sarah Noble |
Dalgiesh, |
| Fur Trappers & Traders:
Indians, Pilgrims, Beavers |
Siegel, Beatrice |
| Giants in the Land |
Applebaum, Diana Kaster |
| Greenhouse on the Frontier |
Finlayson, Ann |
| Huskings,
Quiltings, Barn
Raisings |
Sherrow, Victoria |
| Introduction to
Williamsburg, An |
Tripp, Valerie |
| Jamestown Colony, The |
Smith, C. Carter |
| Jamestown: First English Colony |
Fishwich, Marshall |
| Jews of New Amsterdam, The |
Costabell, Eva Deutsch |
| Light in the Forest |
Richter, |
| Matchlock Gun |
Edmonds, |
| Night Journeys |
Avi |
| Picture Story of Colonial Living,
The |
Tunis, Edward |
| St Augustine: America's Oldest
City |
|
| Stranded at Plimouth Plantation,
1626 |
Bowen, Gary |
| They Led the Way: 14 American
Women |
Johnston, Johanna |
| Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers
on the Rio Grande |
Bragg, Bea |
| Witch of Blackbird Pond, The |
Speare, Elizabeth |
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
|
| American Revolutionaries: History in Their
Own Words |
Meltzer, Milton |
| And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? |
Fritz, Jean |
| April Morning |
Fast, Howard |
| Ben Franklin, Scientist and Inventor |
Feldman, Eva B. |
| Black Heroes of the American Revolution |
Davis, Burke |
| Cabin Faced West, The |
Fritz, Jean |
| Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? |
Fritz, Jean |
| Captain Grey |
Avi |
| Colonial Wars, The |
Carter, Alden R. |
| Concord and Lexington |
Nordstrom, Judy |
| Day of Glory |
Philip, Spencer |
| Early Thunder |
Fritz, Jean |
| Fighting Ground |
Avi |
| George Washington: The Man Who Would Not Be
King |
Krensky, Stephen |
| George Washington's Breakfast |
Fritz, Jean |
| Guns For General Washington |
Reit, Seymour |
| Heroines of "76 |
Anticaglion, Elizabeth |
| If You Were There in 1776 |
Brenner, Barbara |
| Johnny Tremain |
Forbes, |
| Jump Ship to Freedom |
Collier, |
| Mr. Revere and I |
Lawson, |
| My Brother Sam Is Dead |
Collier |
| Phyliss Wheatley |
Sherrow, Victoria |
| Riddle of Penncroft Farm, The |
Jensen, Dorthea |
| Samuel's Choice |
Berleth, Richard |
| Sarah Bishop |
O'Dell,
Scott |
| Story of the Boston Massacre |
Phelan, Mary |
| Sybil Ludington's Ride |
Berry, Erick |
| This Time, Tempe Wick? |
Gauch |
| Time Enough For Drums |
Rinaldi, |
| Tree of Freedom |
Caudill, |
| What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? |
Fritz, Jean |
| THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION |
|
| 1787 |
Anderson, Joan |
| A More Perfect Union |
Maestrom, Betsy |
| If You Were There When they
Signed the Constitution |
Levy, Elizabeth |
| Our Constitution |
Johnson, Linda Carlson |
| The Constitution |
Prolman, Marilyn |
| We The People: Constitution of
the USA |
Spier, Peter |
| U.S. HISTORY THROUGH 1850s |
|
| 1812: The War Nobody Wanted |
Marrin, Albert |
| By The Dawn's Early Light |
Kroll, Steven |
| Cassie's Journey |
Harvey, Brett |
| Martha Washington |
Marsh, Joan |
| Pioneer Children of Appalachia |
Anderson, Joan |
| Story of the Louisiana Purchase |
Phelan, Mary |
| Story of Sacajawea, Guide to
Lewis and Clark, The |
Rowland, Della |
| Amazing Voyage of the New
Orleans, The |
St. George, Judith |
| Beyond the Divide |
Lasky, |
| By the Great Horn Spoon |
Fleischman, Sid |
| By Wagon and Flatboat |
Meadowcroft, |
| Caroline and Her Kettle Named
Maude |
Mason, |
| Chuck Wagon Stew |
Bird |
| Little House on the Prairie, The |
Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
| Lyddie |
Paterson, Katherine |
| On the Long Trail Home |
Stewart, Elisabeth |
| Pioneer Cat |
Hook, |
| Remember My Name |
Banks, Sara |
| Samuel Slater's Mill and the
Industrial Revolution |
Simonds, Christopher |
| Trouble River |
Byars, Betsy |
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