Books for American History Units

Great Books for
American History Units

At last !
Book lists for all the American Girl History Units…all in one tidy place !

If you’re just visiting for the first time or you’ve recently subscribed, I hope you’ll also enjoy checking out these units.
I’ll link them below.

Are you a mom with boys ? DON’T run !
You can definitely use these units with your boys too. Just substitute some of the suggested American Girl books if they balk, with other books from this American History Booklist and the unit studies will work for your whole family!

Are you a mom with littles, high schoolers, and some everywhere in between ? READ on !
These units are super flexible. The spine is solid in all subject areas (minus math)- just add in some activities (check out my corresponding Pinterest Boards), adjust the reading requirements, and get ready for the most ENJOYABLE year of homeschooling ever !

****NOTE!! *****

I am slowly creating BRAND NEW Updated Book & Resource Lists specifically for each of the American History/American Girl Unit Studies. Just click the links to find the NEW PAGES!

You can also find lists of my FAVORITE History resources in the posts listed below!

**TOP 10 Teaching History Helps Series**

+Top 10 History PODCASTS
+Top 10 History SONGS
+Top 10 History TIMELINES
+Top 10 History AUDIOBOOKS
+Top 10 History MOVIES
+Top 10 History BOOKS (Seriously the ULTIMATE history book list!!)
+Top 10 History GAMES
+Top 10 History HANDS-ON
+Top 10 History PRINTABLES
+Top 10 History FIELD TRIPS

And a bonus…
+Top 10 History for the HOLIDAYS
+Top 10 AMAZING Homeschooling Resources At The Library

* Native America Unit Study Book & Resources List

*Colonial America History Book and Resources List

*America’s Southwestern Frontier Unit Study Book List

*Pioneer America Unit Study- Recommended Books

*Civil War Books, Movies, and Activities For Kids

Turn of the Century America Unit Study- Recommended Books

The Great Depression Unit Study- Recommended Books

*Literature for The Great Depression Unit Study-

*Welcome to Kit’s World 1934
*American Girl Kit: 6 Book Set
*The Jazzman’s Trumpet: A Kit Mystery
*A Thief In the Theatre: A Kit Mystery
*Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery
*Kit, Read All About It!
*Blue Willow
*The Mighty Miss Malone!
*Bud, Not Buddy!
*Out of the Dust!
*The Gardener
*The Great Depression: Choose Your Own Adventure
*The Dust Bowl: Choose Your Own Adventure
*The Magic Tree House: A Good Night For Ghosts
*The Magic Tree House: Blizzard of the Blue Moon
*Rocks In His Head
*The Boxcar Children
*Ruby Rides the Rails
*Ruby’s Hope
*Rose’s Journal
*Born and Bred In the Great Depression
*Sky Boys
*Dorothea’s Eyes
*The Hundred Dresses

*Kit Unit Resources/Informational Books-

*Children of the Great Depression
*Children of the Dust Bowl
*What Was the Great Depression?
*Voices of the Dust Bowl
*Erosion
*The Great Depression Wasn’t Always Sad
*The Great Depression: Experience the 1930’s
*Whatever Happened to Penny Candy
*Oklahoma! Hello USA
*Ohio! Hello USA
*DK Amelia Earhart
*Who Was Amelia Earhart?
*Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?
*Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?
*Eleanor Roosevelt: Childhood of Famous Americans
*Getting to Know Great Artists: Dorothea Lange
*What Are Stocks?
*Go Stock! Go!
*Investor Ninja

*Activity Guides for The Great Depression Unit Study –

*The Great Depression For Kids- 21 Activities
*Kids Guide To Photography
*Paper Airplane!
*Gardening For Kids
*New York City History- 21 Activities
*The White House For Kids- 21 Activities
*Clara’s Kitchen

*You May Also Enjoy- Movies, Games, Kits

*Kit Mini Doll & BeForever Book

+Movies-
*American Girl Kit Movie
*Oklahoma!
*Shirley Temple: The Little Princess Movie
*The Wizard of Oz
*The Journey of Natty Gann
*Singin’ In the Rain
*Sounder
*Annie
*Places In the Heart

+Board Games-
*Monopoly
*Sorry! (Classic Version)
*Sorry!
*Scrabble
*Charades
*Money Bags
*Pay Day
*Ticket To Ride

*Depression Era Christmas Books-

*Kit’s Surprise: A Christmas Story
*Christmas After All
*Asleep On the Hay
*An Orange For Frankie
*It’s A Wonderful Life

World War 2 Unit Study- Recommended Books

*Literature for WW2 Unit Study-

–Welcome To Molly’s World 1944
(Really an informational book, but this is the spine for the unit)
–American Girl Molly Book Set
–Nanea Book Set
–Lily’s Crossing
–Willow Run
–Voices At Whisper Bend
–Code Word Courage
–No Better Friend
–Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows
–My Secret War: The WW2 Diary of Madeline Beck
–Code Talker
–Magic Treehouse: High Tide In Hawaii
–Betty Greene: Wings To Serve
–Corrie Ten Boom
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer
–Richard Wurmbrand
–Jacob DeShazer
–Magic Treehouse World At War, 1944 and Companion Fact Checker
–Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
–Choose Your Own Adventure: WW2 Pilots
–My Story-Harry Woods: The Battle of Britain
–Paper Wishes
–Number the Stars
–I Am David
–Goodnight Mr. Tom
–Irena’s Jars of Secrets
–Irena’s Children
–The Book Thief
–The Diary of Anne Frank
–The Hiding Place
–Jesus Story Bible
–The Biggest Story: How The Snake Crusher Brings Us Back To The Garden
–The Garden, The Curtain, and the Cross
–Raid of No Return: Hazardous Tales #7
–Magic Treehouse: Night of the Ninjas and Fact Checker Companion
–Box Car Children- The Black Pearl Mystery
–How I Became A Spy: The Mystery of WW2 London
–Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked The Nazi’s Secret Code
-I Survived…
+Nazi Invasion, 1944
+The Battle of D-Day
+The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

*WW2 Molly Unit Resources/Informational Books-

–World War 2 Replica Teaching Pack
-Who Was…
+FDR
+Winston Churchill
+The Tuskegee Airmen
+The Navajo Code Talkers
+Anne Frank
+Albert Einstein
+Norman Rockwell

-What Was…
+The Holocaust
+D-Day
+Pearl Harbor
+The Bombing of Hiroshima

–DK Eyewitness World War 2
–DK World War 2
–See Inside The Second World War
–You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Secret Agent During WW2
–You Wouldn’t Want To Be A WW2 Pilot
–Getting To Know The World’s Greatest Artists: Norman Rockwell
–Sounds All Around
–Kingfisher: Light & Sound
–The How & Why: Sound and Radio
–Exploring the World of Physics
–Magic School Bus Blows Its Top! and Non-fiction Companion Guide
–A Kid’s Guide To Hawaii
–Exploring Countries- Japan
–Exploring Countries- Germany
–Spies, Code Breakers, and Secret Agents of WW2

*Activity Guides for World War 2 Unit Study –

–World War 2: 21 Activities For Kids
–Great World War 2 Projects You Can Build Yourself
–21 Activities: Albert Einstein and Relativity For Kids
–Code Cracking for Kids: Secret Communications Throughout History, with 21 Codes and Ciphers
–Cryptography For Kids
–Top Secret! A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
–Easy Origami

*You May Also Enjoy- Movies, Games, Kits

+Kits, Crafts, and Coloring
–Molly Paper Doll Set
–Molly’s Cooking Studio
–Molly’s Cook Book
–Molly’s WW2 Craft Book
–Molly Mini Doll & Book
–Model WW2 Plane (Lego type block set)
–1940’s Paper Dolls
–The Story of WW2 Dover Coloring Book
–Let’s Learn About Japan Dover Activity Book
–The Story of Hawaii Dover Coloring Book
–Popular Science: Sound & Music Lab
–USA Secret Code Puzzles For Kids
–Japanese Picture Dictionary and Coloring Book
–Norman Rockwell Coloring Book
–The Garden, The Curtain, and The Cross Coloring & Activity Book
–Neuschwanstein Castle Puzzle

+Movies-

**As always, PLEASE preview these movies before showing them!
Some of these movies are great for the whole family to enjoy, and some are most likely too intense for your Little

–Molly, An American Girl On the Home Front
–Valiant
–The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
(This movie is set during WW2, and also ties in great with our Bible Study theme!!)
–The Courageous Heart of Ireana Sendler
–The Sound of Music
–Fibber McGee and Molly
–The Secret Garden
–The Little Princess
–National Velvet
–The Hiding Place
–Miracle of the White Stallions
–Bonhoeffer
–Tora! Tora! Tora!
–The Bells of St. Mary’s
–Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(There is a witch in this old movie)
–Father Goose
–Spy Kids
–Harriet the Spy
–Inspector Gadget

+Board Games-

–Battleship!
–Monopoly or WW2 Monopoly
–RISK or RISK Europe
–Axis & Allies
–Chicken War!

*World War 2 Era Christmas Books-

–Molly’s Christmas Surprise

For even MORE ideas for these units, check out my TOP 10 HISTORY HELPS series:

+Top 10 History PODCASTS
+Top 10 History SONGS
+Top 10 History TIMELINES
+Top 10 History AUDIOBOOKS
+Top 10 History MOVIES
+Top 10 History BOOKS
+Top 10 History GAMES
+Top 10 History HANDS-ON
+Top 10 History PRINTABLES
+Top 10 History FIELD TRIPS

And a bonus…
+Top 10 History for the HOLIDAYS

*Overview of All American Girl Unit Studies
(An outline of the scope and sequence covered in each of the AG Units)

*FREE Native America Unit Study- AG Kaya
+Kaya Printable Power Pack (Free!)
+Native America (Kaya) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Native America (Kaya) Printable HISTORY Cards and Bingo Game
+Kaya Native America Pinterest Board

*FREE Colonial America Unit Study – AG Felicity
+Felicity Printable Power Pack
+Colonial America (Felicity) Unit Study- PDF Version
+A Colonial America Christmas- Hands-On History (Free)
+A Colonial America Christmas- Printable Power Pack
+Felicity- Colonial America Pinterest Board
+Colonial America (Felicity) Christmas Pinterest Board

*FREE Southwest Frontier America Unit Study – AG Josefina
+Josefina Printable Power Pack
+Southwest Frontier (Josefina) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Christmas Southwestern Frontier- Hands-On History (Free)
+Josefina- Frontier America Pinterest Board
+Southwestern Frontier (Josefina) Christmas Pinterest Board

*FREE Pioneer America Unit Study – AG Kirsten
+Kirsten Printable Power Pack
+Pioneer America (Kirsten) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Kirsten- Pioneer America Pinterest Board
+Pioneer America (Kirsten) Christmas Pinterest Board

*FREE Civil War America Unit Study – AG Addy
+Addy Printable Power Pack
+Civil War (Addy) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Addy- Civil War America Pinterest Board
+Civil War (Addy) Christmas Pinterest Board

*FREE 1900 Turn of the Century America Unit Study – AG Samantha
+Samantha Printable Power Pack (My FAVORITE yet!!!)
+Turn of the Century (Samantha) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Samantha- Turn of the Century Pinterest Board
+Turn of the Century (Samantha) Christmas Pinterest Board

*FREE The Great Depression Unit Study- AG Kit
+The Great Depression (Kit) Unit Study- PDF Version
+Kit Printable Power Pack
+Kit- The Great Depression Pinterest Board

*FREE World War 2 Unit Study- AG Molly
+World War 2 (Molly) Unit Study- PDF Version
+World War 2 (Molly) Unit Printable POWER Pack!
+WW2 File Folder Game
+World War 2 Unit Study Printables BUNDLE! (*NEW!)
+Molly- World War 2 Pinterest Board

*American Girl Christmas School- Homeschooling Through the Holidays

–> Check out all the American Girl Printables in the Book Store!

**NOTE!
Newly added- FREE Early American History Curriculum and FREE Modern American History!
This would be a great resource to use with any of the above units…and there are lots of other great American History reading ideas for kids listed in that post as well!

*Fields’s of Daisies’ History Book & Resources Lists:

*Ancient Civilizations & The Old Testament Books & Resources List
*Ancient Egypt Books & Resources List
*Ancient Greece Books & Resources List
*Ancient Rome Books & Resources List
*The Middle Ages Books & Resources List

*Early American History Books & Resources List
*Modern American History Books & Resources List
*Great Books & Resources for American History Unit Studies
(These go along with the American Girl Unit Studies, but have TONS of other resources as well. You will also find a CHRISTMAS section with some super fun ideas for Holiday Homeschooling!)

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Books for American History Units

Great Books for
American History Units

* Native America Unit Study Book & Resources List

*Colonial America History Book and Resources List

*America’s Southwestern Frontier Unit Study Book List

*Pioneer America Unit Study- Recommended Books

*Civil War Books, Movies, and Activities For Kids

Turn of the Century America Unit Study- Recommended Books

*Literature for Turn of the Century America Study-

*Early 1900’s America Resources/Informational Books-

*Activity Guides for Turn of the Century Unit Study –

*You May Also Enjoy-

*Turn of the Century Era Christmas Books-