Children's Press, 2004
Describes the history of the Georgia colony and the daily lives of its people, covering its Native American tribes, the European settlers, early challenges, the Revolution, and statehood, and includes a recipe, activity, time line, glossary, and further reading list. Reading Level: 5.7; Accelerated Reader: 6.9
Children's Press, 1990
A historical account of Georgia's early days, from its creation as a colony for debtors in the 1700's until its admission as the fourth state in 1788. Includes biographical sketches on individuals prominent in Georgia's history. Reading Level: 5.3
House on Maple Street, by Bonnie Pryor
Mulberry, 1992, c.1987
During the course of three hundred years, many people have passed by or
lived on the spot now occupied by a house numbered 107 Maple Street.
Reading Level: 3.5; Accelerated Reader: 3.8
Oglethorpe Press, 2004
"Establishment of the colony of Georgia and the city of Savannah."
The time and place is seen through the eyes of four children who made the trip to the New World.
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
While digging a ditch in his cabbage field, Grandpa uncovers various items that provide clues to what has happened in that area of Wisconsin from the time of the Ice Age to the twentieth century. Reading Level: 3.0; Accelerated Reader: 3.0
When everybody wore a hat, by William Steig.
Joanna Cotler Books, 2003
Children's author William Steig describes and illustrates what life was
like in his neighborhood when he was a boy nearly one hundred years ago.
Reading Level: 3.6
Accelerated Reader: 2.7
You forgot your skirt Amelia bloomer! by Shana Corey. Scholastic,
2000
Amelia Bloomer, who does not behave the way nineteenth-century society
tells her a proper lady should, introduces pantaloons to American women
to save them from the discomfort of their heavy, tight dresses. Reading
Level: 3.5; Accelerated Reader: 3.5
