List of 20th century resources by decade???

[Tokyomarie]

Aarrgghh.....

As I've been planning my 20th century history/lit study for my 8th grade son, sometime in the last week or so I brought up a post that has a list of books (and other resources?) organized by decade. I didn't save the list or otherwise mark the post and now I can't find it. It was either here or over at the SL forums.

If you know of a list organized by decade and/or are the author of such a list here, could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Chris in VA]

Well I had a nice post all typed up, but somehow lost it! Here's a thread you might like, even if it's not the one you are looking for:

20th Century/Modern lit (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27648)

[Tokyomarie]

Thanks for the link to this thread. Not what I was thinking of but helpful! Sorry to have you go to the effort to type up a long post only to have it eaten!

After going back to the SL forums, I *think* it was a thread on videos to use for 20th century studies that I was looking at. Hard to tell, though, and I really shouldn't be doing all this thinking in the middle of the night when I'm too tired to remember later what I did anyway.....

[mcconnellboys]

Here are some I used for 20th century:


An Age of Extremes (4 weeks)

History of US, book 8 (~46 pages, weekly)
Usborne Atlas of the 20th Century, pgs. 4-9
America’s Century, pgs. 8-91
Kingfisher, pgs. 355; 343; 350-51; 358-63; 370-73; 376-77; 388-91
Time-Life 20th Century America, pgs. 8-23
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century 6.01 and 6.06

Books:
Bold Leaders of WWI, Red Reed, Jr.
WWI Biographies, Tom Pendergast
The Many Faces of WWI, Irving Werstein
The Red Baron, Nicolas Wright
Causes and Consequences of WWI, Stewrd Ross
Hellfighters: African American Soldiers in WWI, Michael Cooper
In Flanders Fields, John McCrae
The Yanks are Coming, Albert Marrin
Exploring the Titanic, Robert Ballard
All Quiet on the Western Front (audio and video, too)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (audio and video, too)
A Little Princess (audio, too)


Years Between WWI and II (2 weeks):

Usborne Atlas: Russian Revolution, pgs. 10-11; 12
Historical Atlas, 6.15, making of the Soviet Union
Usborne, pg. 12: Peace After WWI
Historical Atlas, 6.07, Europe Between Wars
History of US, book 9, ch. 1-6 (~15 pgs. per week)
Usborne: Middle East, pg. 13
Historical Atlas, 6.24, Middle East and Africa
Kingfisher, pgs 394-95; 396-97; 400-01

Books:
Leaders of the Russian Revolution, Fred Newman
Lenin: founder of the Soviet Union, Abraham Resnick
Russia in Revolution, Horizon Magazine
Russian Revolution, John Dunn
Russian Revolution, Adrian Gilbert
The Disaster of the Hindenburg, Shelley Tanaka


The Great Depression (2 weeks):

Usborne, pgs. 14-15: The Depression
Time-Life, pgs. 24-31
America’s Century, pgs. 92-125
History of US, vol. 9, chs. 7-24 (~70 pgs.)
Kingfisher, pgs. 404-05

Books:
Children of the Dustbowl, Jerry Stanley
The Dust Bowl, Cobblestone
After the Crash: American in the Great Depression
Black Tuesday: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, Barbara Feinberg
Brother, Can you Spare a Dime? Milton Meltzer
We had Everything but Money, Wis Greendale


Communism/Fascism (2 weeks):

Usborne: China and Japan, pgs. 16-17
Historical Atlas, 6.17, China: Chaos to Communism
6.18, Japan and the Asian Empires
Usborne: Rise of Fascism, pgs. 18-19
History of US, vol. 9, ch. 25 (Hitler and Nazis)
Usborne: Stalin’s Soviet Union, pgs. 20-21
Historical Atlas, 6.15 (review)
Time-Life, pgs. 32-39
America’s Century, pgs. 126-69
Kingfisher, pgs. 402-03; 398-99; 408-11

Books:
Eurocommunism, Stephen Goode
Leon Trotsky, Hedda Garza
Fascism: The Meaning of Reactionary Revolution, James Forman
The Nazis, William Cace
The Rise of Nazi Germany, Don Nardo
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler, William Shirer
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, James Giblin
Joseph Stalin, Dorothy Hoobler
Stalin, Albert Marrin
Hitler, Marrin
The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom


World War II (3 weeks):

Usborne, pgs. 20-27
Historical Atlas, 6.02, World
6.08, WWII Europe ‘39-’42
6.09, WWII Europe ‘42-’45
6.19, WWII Asia ‘41-’45
History of US, vol. 9, chs. 26-end
Time-Life, pgs. 440-51
America’s Century, pgs. 170-227
Kingfisher, pgs. 406-07; 412-18

Books:
Bismarck! Frank Sloan
The Last Nine Days of Bismarck, C. S. Forester
Battle of the Atlantic, G. C. Skipper
Hiroshima, R. Conrad Stein
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jane Claypool
Hiroshima No Pika, Toshi Maruki
Victory in the Pacific, Albert Marrin
In Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh, Linda Atkinson
The Luftwaffe in WWII, Richard Blanco
The Airman’s War: WWII in the Sky, Albert Marrin
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, Anne Frank
The Triple Nickles: America’s First all Black Paratroop Unit, Bradley Biggs
The Day Pearl Harbor was Bombed: A Photo History of WWII, George Sullivan
Exploring the Bismarck, Robert D. Ballard
Number the Stars (audio, too)


Europe Divides/Birth of Israel (2 weeks):

Historical Atlas, 6.12, The Americas
Usborne: Europe Divides, pgs. 28-29
Historical Atlas, 6.10
Usborne: Birth of Israel, pgs. 30-31
Historical Atlas, 6.25, Arab-Israeli Conflict
Kingfisher, pgs. 419-20; 422-24

Books:
Causes and Consequences of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Stewart Ross
Israel, Denise Allard
A Letter from Israel, William Papas
Folk Costumes of Eastern Europe, Lilla Fox
The New Eastern Europe, Michael Kronen Wetter


The Americas (1 week):

Usborne, pgs. 36-37, Latin America
Historical Atlas, 6.13, The Americas
6.14, Central Americal and the Caribbean
History of US, vol. 10, ch. 31
Kingfisher, pgs. 446-47

Books:
Latin American Tales, Genevieve Barlow
Neighbors at Odds: US Policy in Latin America, Elaine Pascoe
To Kill a Mockingbird (audio, video and discussion kit available)


Vietnam Era (3 weeks):

Time-Life, pgs. 62-73
America’s Century, pgs. 266-309
History of US, vol. 10, chs. 8-30 and 32-35 (~100 pgs.)
Historical Atlas, 6.21, Indo-China Wars
Kingfisher, pgs. 444-45

Books:
Escape from Saigon…, Andrea Warren
An Album of the Vietnam War, Don Lawson
America in Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger, Albert Marrin
In Vietnam, Dennis Hauptly


Asia (2 weeks):

History of US, vol. 10, ch. 1-7 (~36 pgs.)
Time-Life, pgs. 52-61
America’s Century, pgs. 228-265
Usborne: Independence for Asia, 32-33
Historical Atlas, 6.03, World
6.20, East Asia
6.22, Central and S. Asia
Kingfisher, pgs. 421; 425; 440-41

Books:
The Korean War, Richard Edwards
The Korean War, Carter Smith
The Korean War, Maurice Isserman
The Korean War, Kathlyn Gay
Soldier at Heartbreak Ridge, Carl Green
The Forgotten War, R. Conrad Stein
The War in Korea, E. B. Fincher


Africa (1 week):

Usborne: A New Africa, pgs. 34-35
Historical Atlas, 6.27, De-colonization and nationalization
6.28, S. Africa
Kingfisher, pgs. 449-51; 462-63

Books:
This our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia, John Russwurm, Janice Borzendowski, Catherine Reef, Paul Cuffe, Arthur Diamond


1970’s (2 weeks):

Usborne: Cold War, pgs. 38-39
History of US, vol. 10, chs. 36-37
Usborne, pgs. 40-45
Time-Life, pgs. 74-87
America’s Century, pgs. 310-45
Historical Atlas, 6.04, World
6.16, Decline of Soviet Union
6.23, Rise of Pacific Rim
6.26, Middle East
Kingfisher, pgs. 436-37; 452-53

Books:
Peoples and Nations of the Far East and Pacific…, Sheila Fairfield
The Cold War, Cobblestone
The Cold War, Derek Heater
The Cold War, David Taylor
The Cold War, Sean Sheehan
The Cold War…, James Warren
The United States in the Cold War, Christopher Collier


1980’s (1 week):

Time-Life, pgs. 88-97
America’s Century, pgs. 346-85
Usborne: Communism Falls, pgs. 46-47
Historical Atlas, 6.11, Europe After Cold War
History of US, vol. 10, chs. 38-40

Books:
The Berlin Wall, R. G. Grant
The Berlin Wall: How it Rose and Why it Fell, Doris Ealer


1990’s (1 week):

Time-Life, pgs. 98-109
America’s Century, pgs. 386-429
History of US, vol. 10, chs. 41 to end
Historical Atlas, 6.05, World
Usborne, pgs. 48-53
Kingfisher, pgs. 438-39; 442-43; 448; 450-51; 454-57; 458-61

Books:
Irrepressible Spirit: Conversations with Human Rights Activists, Susan Kuklin
Human Rights, William Jacobs


New Millenium (2 weeks):

America’s Century, pgs. 430-39
Time-Life, pgs. 110-19
Usborne: Century Ends, pgs. 54-55
Kingfisher, pg. 464

Readings on current events from newspapers and magazines.

I also have a list of separate modern era literature that we read for the year, which was not specifically linked to any particular time period (although it generally flows from earlier to later authors, too).

[Tokyomarie]

This is a wonderful list, Regena! Thank you! I've had a good start on my planning but there were simply a number of topics that are missing from my list of additional resources to use beyond my spines. I see a lot of ideas to help me fill in some important gaps.

I have a list of modern era literature started, but plan to save the majority of it for ds's 12th grade year. I'm planning a 4 year rotation for high school, starting with ancients in 9th grade and ending with 20th century again during senior year. However, if you'd like to post your list, I'll save it to my hard drive. Plus, it might be useful to have on this thread for others looking for 20th century resources.

Thanks again for your efforts!

[mcconnellboys]

Okay, this is what we used for lit that year. It's really just pretty much WTM recs. (I ended up not using the study guides. I just hate those things! I'd rather discuss and write about the story....)

Eighth Grade Modern Literature:

The Man Without a Country, Edward Hale

Little Women, Alcott and others of her series, Little Men, etc. (audio, too)
RRC has “Novel Units Lit Guide available for this title

Sherlock Holmes stories and Hound of the Baskervilles, Doyle
Class Act Press Study Guide

The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (audio, too)

War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells (anniversary ed. of original audio available)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available

The Call of the Wild, London (audio, too)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available

O. Henry stories (audio available)

Murder on the Orient Express, Christie (audio, too) – video?
Class Act Press Movie Guide available

The Yearling, Rawlings (audio and video available)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available from their online store

The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde (audio, too)
Sparknotes, online

Pygmalion, Shaw (audio and video)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available

Little House books, Wilder (video)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available

The Good Earth, Buck (audio)
Novel Unit Lit Guide available

The Martian Chronicles, Isaac Asimov (audio)
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
The Complete Robot, Asimov

Father Brown mysteries, Chesterson

Poetry:

Carl Sandburg poetry (audio)
2 poems on eNotes

Robert Frost poetry
Guide on Sparknotes

e. e. cummings poetry
2 on eNotes

Walter de la Mare poetry

The Dream Keeper and other Poems, Langston Hughes
Several on eNotes

[Tokyomarie]

Thanks, Regena. I didn't realize you were refering to literature for the somewhat younger set until I looked back and saw the age of your son.

So far I already have War of the Worlds, Call of the Wild, and Murder on the Orient Express on my list. We'll be attending a production of The Importance of Being Earnest late in the year, so I might have him read that ahead of time.

We did some Rudyard Kipling and some of the Father Brown stories last year. I might read a few more Father Brown stories this year since ds enjoyed them. He still enjoys read aloud time, so I usually try to have one read aloud going all the time. The Good Earth wasn't on my list for this year, but with all the heavier lit I want to have ds do in 12th grade, this year might be a good year for it.

Thanks for the list! More to think about.

[Lori D.]

Modern History: What are you using for 8th grade?
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49640

[Tokyomarie]

Modern History: What are you using for 8th grade?
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49640

Yes, Lori! This is the thread- with your post- that I was looking for! Why it wasn't coming up with my numerous different search parameters I don't know. Like I said, it was the middle of the night when I read this thread the first time, so I was too tired to remember later where I saw the list.

[Lori D.]

I have that happen all the time. : ) Glad it was the thread you were looking for!