Reading continues to be the core of education as it is the basic method of transferring knowledge from one person to another, as discussed in the 6th grade Reading subject discussion. These books are read in the order listed, which corresponds to the particular volume of A Basic History of the United States by Clarence Carson (more details in our 7th grade history plan).
Volume 1: The Colonial Experience 1607-1774
Almost Home:Life of the Mayflower’s Mary Chilton – Wendy Lawton
Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper
The Bulletproof George Washington – David Barton
Nuggets of Providential History: The Boston Massacre – ed. Jean Smithies
George Washington – Albert Marrin
Volume 2: The Beginning of the Republic 1775-1825
Creating the Constitution:1787 – Collier
Miracle at Philadelphia:Story of the Constitutional Convention – Bowen
The Story of Eli Whitney – Jean Latham
Abigail Adams – Witter (Sowers Series)
Volume 3: The Sections and the Civil War 1826-1877
Noah Webster – Collins (Sowers Series)
Andrew Jackson – Albert Marrin (p 104-135)
Prairie – James Fenimore Cooper
[Note: Texas History books can be read here – see below**]
Samuel F. B. Morse – Tiner (Sowers Series)
Lincoln: A Photobiography – Freedman
Life of General Stonewall Jackson – Mary L. Williamson
Across Five Aprils – Hunt
Shades of Grey – Reeder
Volume 4: The Growth of America 1878-1928
George Washington Carver – Collins (Sowers Series)
Williams Jennings Bryan – Allen
A Lantern in Her Hand – Beth Streeter Aldrich
Carry a Big Stick – George Grant
Eric Liddell – Catherine Swift
Volume 5: The Welfare State 1929-1985
Never Give In – Stephen Mansfield
Nuggets of Providential History: Battle of Midway – Jean Smithies
God’s Smuggler – Brother Andrew
**Texas History Readers:
Stephen F. Austin – Hoff
Call of the Southwest – Rickard and Martin
Remember Goliad! – Roell
A Paradise Called Texas – Shefelman
Most of these are available at Amazon. Here are links to several: