Second Grade, History, Set Five

I read chapter 70 from Child's History. It covered:

• James I
• Parliament
• Divine Right of Kings
• King James Bible
• Jamestown
• Captain John Smith
• Slavery
• Mayflower/Plymouth

In addition we read:

• Explorers of North America by Brendan January -- pages 29 - 41; this covered Cartier and Hudson and French exploration of North America
• A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla -- about the journey to Jamestown on the Sea Adventure. Being stranded in the Bermudas, and finally getting to Jamestown by building two small ships. They arrived after the "starving time".
• Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla -- the story of Pocahontas' life. This book mentioned the "starving time" and the ships that came from Bermuda, so we were able hook the two books together.
• If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern -- this book presents the information about the Mayflower and the first year of life in America in an interesting, conversational manner.
• The Pilgrims at Plymouth by Lucille Recht Penner -- this book covers a lot of the same information that If You Sailed. . . has, but it has more and better illustrations.
• Samuel Eaton's Day by Kate Waters -- takes you through a day with a colonial boy from getting dressed in the morning to bedtime at night.
• Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters -- both these book have more photographs than text, making it an ejoyable book to look at.
• Squanto: Friend of the White Men by Clyde Robert Bulla -- Squanto's biography told as a story.
• John Billington: Friend of Squanto by Clyde Robert Bulla -- this was a book I'd never read before. It was very interesting -- in fact we read it in one day.

Activity Book -- American Kids in History: Colonial Days by David C. King
This book talks about a fictional family in 1732, and has games, crafts, etc. that they would have played or made.

• We used a sea gull feather to make a quill pen and bluing and water to make blue ink.
• Make Cranberry Ice, on page 46
• Pomander Ball, page 105

I read chapter 71from Child's History. It covered:

• King Charles I
• Oliver Cromwell
• Charles II
• Plague and Great Fire (1666)
• William and Mary Stuart
• Bill of Rights (1688) and the Glorious Revolution

I could not find books in the library at K.'s age level on these subjects, so we looked at Tudor Theater by Gillian Glements.