Multicultural American History: Through Children's Literature

Contents......Page 6
Rationale......Page 10
Benefits for Teachers......Page 12
Tips on Using the Book with Students......Page 13
References......Page 14
Building a New Land: African-Americans in Colonial America......Page 16
Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration......Page 18
The First Thanksgiving......Page 22
I Have Heard of a Land......Page 28
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses......Page 31
Voices of the Alamo......Page 33
Sybil\'s Night Ride......Page 42
The American Revolution......Page 44
Come All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks in the Revolutionary War......Page 46
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt......Page 52
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad......Page 55
Ebony Sea......Page 57
The Story of Ruby Bridges......Page 64
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks......Page 66
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King......Page 73
Pink and Say......Page 78
Black, Blue, and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War......Page 82
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin......Page 85
Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World......Page 90
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration......Page 93
Journey to Ellis Island......Page 96
So Far from the Sea......Page 100
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War......Page 103
A Picture Book of Anne Frank......Page 105
The Wall......Page 112
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial......Page 114
The Vietnam War......Page 118
All by Herself: 14 Girls Who Made a Difference......Page 122
A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth......Page 126
Maya Angelou: Greeting the Morning......Page 129
Duke Ellington......Page 134
More Than Anything Else......Page 137
A Picture Book of George Washington Carver......Page 139
Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina......Page 144
A Picture Book of Sacagawea......Page 146
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush......Page 148
Appendix: National Standards for History......Page 152
Books/Standards Matrix......Page 154
Y......Page 158
H......Page 159
W......Page 160
About the Authors......Page 161