Fourth Grade, History, Set Six

Covering the years 1907 - 1913

Child's History - chapter 83 on the Industrial Revolution

Oklahoma admitted to Union

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established

• The FBI by Terry Collins
• The Story of The FBI by Jim Hargrove

Model T Ford invented

• The Story of Henry Ford and the Automobile by Zachary Kent

William Howard Taft elected President

• The Tafts by Cass Sandak
• William Howard Taft by Mike Venezia

Robert Peary reached North Pole

•  Polar Adventures by Catherine Nichols
• Peary & Henson: The Race to the North Pole by Baron Bedesky
• Robert Peary by Kristin Petrie

Boy Scouts was created

• Boy Scouts of America by Robert Birkby

Standard Oil Company vs. United States

• John D. Rockefeller by Susan E. Hamen -- pages 52 - 72 cover this

Indianapolis 500 first held

• Xtreme Races Indianapolis 500 by S.L. Hamilton
• Indy Race Cars by Janet Riehl
• The Indy 500 by Mark Stewart

New Mexico admitted to Union
Arizona admitted to Union

RMS Titanic sank

• On Board the Titanic by Shelley Tanaka -- very good book; I highly recommend reading this one
• What Sank the World's Biggest Ship? and Other Questions About The Titanic by Mary Kay Carson

Woodrow Wilson elected President

• Woodrow Wilson by Mike Venezia
• Edith Wilson: The Woman who Ran the United States by James Cross Giblin -- I highly recommend reading this book; it was very interesting

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments to the US Constitution

• The Constitutional Amendments by William Loren Katz -- this book looks boring, but it has just a few paragraphs and an illustration about each constitutional amendment. Highly recommend

Henry Ford developed the modern assembly line

• Model T: How Henry Ford Built a Legend by David Weitzman -- great information and illustrations about the assembly line. We found out that it moved 72 inches a minute, so we measured out 72 inches and K tried to walk it in one minute. She had to try a couple times in order to walk it that slowly.
• Economics Through Infographics by Karen Latchana Kenney -- pages 14 and 15

Federal Reserve System formed

• Nickels, Dimes, & Dollars: How Currency Works by R.V. Fodor -- pages 46 to 50

 I stumbled across a series of books called Amazing Decades in Photos. It begins with the 1900s, and has one book per decade with two pages of information and illustrations for each subject. The books are 50 - 60 pages each. The author is Jim Corrigan.