- Vietnam War
- Tough Choices by Nancy Antle -- this is in the Once Upon America series
- The Vietnam War by Michael Burgan -- an interactive modern history adventure
- Sing for Your Father, Su Phan by Stella Pevsner
- The Vietnam War by Tom Streissguth -- we did not read the whole thing, because I felt the interactive book had covered most of it
- Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam by Walter Dean Myers -- a picture book that portrays the uncertainty of knowing who was the enemy
- Civil Rights
- Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain -- a picture book about the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech.
- The Bus Ride That Changed History by Pamela Duncan Edwards -- a picture book about Rosa Parks, the bus boycott, and the supreme court ruling
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech in Translation by Leslie J. Holland -- because the speech is so long, we mostly just read the translation
- As Fast As Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck -- picture book about desegregation
- Who Was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? by Bonnie Bader -- I had K. read this book on her own because she really likes this series
- Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson -- this is a really good book. It is about prejudice, desegregation, baseball, and is very well written and was enjoyed by both student and parents.
- Witness to Freedom by Belinda Rochelle -- we started reading this book before, and I wanted to read the whole thing, but we didn't get to it
- What Was Your Dream, Dr. King? by Mary Kay Carson
- Life in the Time of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement by Terri DeGezelle
- The Passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Xina M. Uhl
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Jason Skog
- Space Race
- Godspeed, John Glenn by Richard Hilliard -- picture book about John Glenn, the space race, NASA, and more
- NASA by Marcia Zappa -- the history of NASA
- The Race to the Moon by Allison Lassieur -- this in an interactive history adventure
- John Glenn, Young Astronaut by Michael Burgan -- this is in the Childhoods of Famous Americans series
- Race to the Moon by Steve Parker
- Alan Shepard by Tamra B. Orr
- Thurgood Marshall
- A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall by David A. Adler -- this is another really well written and illustrated book in Adler's Picture Book Biography series
- John F. Kennedy
- The Brothers Kennedy by Kathleen Krull -- a picture book with a lot of information about the Kennedy brothers, Joe, John, Robert, and Edward
- John F. Kennedy by Mike Venezia -- these books are always full of good information and enjoyable to read
- Who Was John F. Kennedy? by Yona Zeldis McDonough -- K. enjoys this series, so I had her read it on her own
- Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy by Doreen Rappaport -- another picture book, but I thought we had read enough about him, so we skipped this one
- The Cuban Missile Crisis by Gary Jeffrey -- this is a "graphic" history
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Lyndon B. Johnson by Mike Venezia -- interesting to read about his life
- Lady Bird Johnson by Joanne Mattern
- Other events
- Miranda Rights
- Miranda v. Arizona by Michael Burgan -- I read the first part of the book, then told K. about the issue and how it came about that they always read the person their rights on Adam-12.
- The Beatles
- The Beatles by Mike Venezia -- good book to learn how this music group came to be and became famous
- Escape from Alcatraz
- Breakout!: Escape from Alcatraz by Lori Naskins -- this is a Step Into Reading book, so is well illustrated, easy to read, and interesting
- Super Bowl
- Super Bowl by James Buckley, Jr. -- we read the parts about the beginning of the Super Bowl
- The 1960s: Decade in Photos by Jim Corrigan -- these books are always good to page through. Usually we have already covered everything in them, but sometimes there is something we haven't read about.
