This page contains the books and materials (plus reviews) used in our American history curriculum topic 25. In this topic of our history curriculum you will learn about the Gold Rush, bees, pioneers and more.

Books and Materials for Topic 25

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Children of the Gold Rush (by Claire Rudolf Murphy)
We loved the pictures in this book. There is something about seeing the faces of children from that era staring up at you...How neat to read about children in another time and SEE them!

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Gold Rush Dogs (by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh)

I scheduled this book because my son loves animals (especially dogs).

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The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive (by Joanna Cole)
If you are doing the Pioneer sampler book, I’ve scheduled a study about bees to go with the information in the “Finding a Honey Tree” chapter.

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This Country of Ours Selections
*This is an optional read-aloud from a free online text.
77. POLK–THE FINDING OF GOLD
78. TAYLOR–UNION OR DISUNION

Bees / a production of Schlessinger Media ; producer, David Yarnell ; directed by Martin Morris ; written by Paula Deats ; Bugsbee-Berkzee Productions

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Daily Pioneer Life [videorecording] / produced by JWM Productions, Inc ; supervising producer, Lori Gibson ; series producer and director, Yana Benyumov ; series writer, Anne M. Dickerson. Wynnewood, PA : Schlesinger Media, c2004. 
“Join the players in a pioneer life adventure game to discover what life was like in pioneer settlements in the western territories of the United States during the 1800's. Learn about the hardships pioneers endured from cooking in a log cabin to tending cattle in the fields.”

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PLUS

American Adventures True Stories From America’s Past 1770-1870

The Story of the U.S.A Book 2: A Young Nation Solves Its Problems

American Kids in History Pioneer Days

A Pioneer Sampler

Wee Sing America Book and CD

Colonial America

History Pockets: Moving West

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