Early Settler Children
An examination of what life was like for children in the early years of the United States, including clothing, expectations of their parents, labor, and poverty.
305.2
year: 1991
copies: 13
call number/section: 305.2
lexile:
Turn Homeward, Hannalee
Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, forced to relocate to Indiana along with other Georgia millworkers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home as soon as the war ends.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
Colonial Days
Discusses colonial life in America, depicts a year in the life of a fictional colonial family, and presents projects and activities, such as butter churning, candle dipping, baking bread, and playing colonial games.
973
year: 1998
copies: 27
call number/section: 973
lexile: 960
Sarah Morton's Day
Text and photographs of Plimouth Plantation follow a pilgrim girl through a typical day as she milks the goats, cooks and serves meals, learns her letters, and adjusts to her new stepfather.
974.4
year: 2008
copies: 158
call number/section: 974.4
lexile: 700
subjects: pilgrims (new plymouth colony), children [X], pilgrims (new england colonists), massachusetts, united states [X], massachusetts
Kids During The Great Depression
Discusses the social and economic climate of the Great Depression as it related to the life and daily activities of children.
973.91
year: 1999
copies: 13
call number/section: 973.91
lexile: 730
Colonial Kids
Gives instructions for preparing foods, making clothes, and creating other items used by European settlers in America, thereby providing a description of the daily life of these colonists.
973.2
year: 1997
copies: 9
call number/section: 973.2
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I Come From Afghanistan
Nine-year-old Bahishta, who was born in Afghanistan, presents a look at her daily life in the U.
973
year: 2007
copies: 14
call number/section: 973
lexile:
subjects: afghan americans, immigrant children, immigrants, children [X], maz?r-e shar?f (afghanistan), afghanistan, united states [X]
I Come From Ukraine
Serhiy, a young boy who has moved from Ukraine to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States, explains some of the similarities and differences between his home and adopted countries, discussing his neighborhood, his parents' jobs, school, food, and activities.
973
year: 2007
copies: 20
call number/section: 973
lexile:
subjects: ukrainian americans, immigrant children, immigrants, cherniv?t?si (ukraine), ukraine, united states [X], children [X], cherniv?tsi (ukraine)
Growing Up In America, 1830-1860
A picture of life for children growing up in the decades before the Civil War in New England, on the Plains, and in the South.
973.5
year: 1995
copies: 6
call number/section: 973.5
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Growing Up In A New World, 1607 To 1775
Presents details of daily life of Colonial children during the period from 1607 to 1775.
973.2
year: 2003
copies: 18
call number/section: 973.2
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Reluctant Witnesses
A discussion of the Civil War as experienced by children, based upon the diaries, journals, letters, and reminiscences of approximately 120 youngsters who were between the ages of four and sixteen when the conflict began.
973.7
year: 1998
copies: 2
call number/section: 973.7
lexile: 1130
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
A collection of two hundred letters which were written to Mrs. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1941 by children who were asking her to help them receive material assistance during the Great Depression.
973.91
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: 973.91
lexile:
subjects: roosevelt, eleanor, presidents' spouses, children [X], poor children, depressions, united states [X], children's writings, american, great depression, 1929-1939, children's writings
Children Of The Great Depression
Presents a collection of illustrated archival photographs describing children of the Great Depression, and draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and other first-hand accounts that look at the lives of young Americans during the 1930s.
305.23
year: 2005
copies: 72
call number/section: 305.23
lexile: 1170
Growing Up In The Civil War, 1861 To 1865
Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1861 to 1865.
973.7
year: 2003
copies: 29
call number/section: 973.7
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Growing Up In A New Century, 1890 To 1914
Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1890 to 1914.
973.91
year: 2003
copies: 12
call number/section: 973.91
lexile: