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Year 4 History Resources

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January 14, 2019 By Jennifer Lambert 7 Comments

Year 4 History: 1900-Present Day

It becomes really fascinating when you study world history chronologically and see how interconnected everything is, all the causes and effects.

We use Tapestry of Grace for book lists, but I also peruse Ambleside Online and other lists for a well-rounded history curriculum. I want all sides and perspectives.

We use this history text as a guide: The Story of the World: The Modern Age. 

I typically look at the unit overview and make a checklist of books, topics, and movies. We don’t follow the weekly plan exactly.

I go to the library about every week and get what I can.

I shop thrift stores, yard sales, half-price and used bookstores to get books we love to read again and again.

We love poetry and literature, and I’m always adding to our collection. I want to read them all!

Other books we use throughout our history studies – over several years:

  • This Country of Ours by HE Marshall
  • Our Island Story by HE Marshall
  • The Struggle for Sea Power by MB Synge
  • The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Magic Treehouse
  • If You Grew Up…
  • American Girl Collection and Real Stories From My Time
  • The Royal Diaries
  • Dear America

We love Netflix and Amazon Prime for streaming. We sometimes view YouTube.

See how we do history.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

I’ve read these books to help me educate myself:

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Books we read as spines for Year 4:

The Century for Young People by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster, and Jennifer Armstrong

A History of US by Joy Hakim 

I wasn’t thrilled with how the units were divided in our history curriculum for year 4.

It didn’t seem to give us enough time to cover WWII. Korea and Vietnam were skimmed over. Very little discussion about South America or Africa. The last unit was scarce with literature or history selections and I’m sorry but I think lots has happened in the world during my lifetime.

Great literature has been written in the last century. So much history has happened. It’s hard to connect the dots for kids since we have to look at the origins of the conflicts that could be hundreds of years ago. For church history, we discuss harm missionaries often cause to indigenous peoples or misusing the Bible and wrong doctrine. We like to read other accounts and texts from many religions and faiths.

A wonderful thing is we can actually talk to living people about their memories of recent historical events.

I have the freedom to do my own research and take as much time as we want on different topics of interest.

Unit 1: World War I

Literature

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Call of the Wild

Five Children and It

Pollyanna

The Railway Children

Anne of Green Gables

The Wind in the Willows

Robert Frost poetry

Letters from Rifka

The Great Gatsby

Peter Pan

Winnie the Pooh

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

History

Topics:

Henry Ford

Teddy Roosevelt

Albert Einstein

post-colonial South America

Immigration

Titanic

Jazz music

Temperance Movement in USA

WWI

Russian Revolution

Harlem Renaissance in USA

Books:

War Game

Where Poppies Grow

In Flanders Fields

The World Wars

Harlem Stomp!

Activities

Any museum, site, or exhibit

– See My WWI unit study. We visited Flanders.

Paper Dolls

Music from this period

Art from this period

Church History

Amy Carmichael

Fanny Crosby

Billy Sunday

Eric Liddell

Movies

Rough Riders

American Experience: America 1900

Titanic

The Wizard of Oz

Lawrence of Arabia

Doctor Zhivago

Chariots of Fire

Unit 2: World War II

Literature

Mary Poppins

Our Town

Bud, Not Buddy

Madeline

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Red Pony and The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Heidi

The Hundred Dresses

The Snow Goose

Thimble Summer

Homer Price

Lord of the Flies

Swallows and Amazons

Pippi Longstocking

Maus

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Brave New World

History

Topics:

Disney

The Great Depression – see my unit study

Dust Bowl

Prohibition in USA

FDR

Eleanor Roosevelt

Photography

WWII

Stalin

Mao

Communism

Jewish History and Customs

Books:

Terezin

The Cat with the Yellow Star

Night

A Father’s Promise

We Will Not Be Silent

Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot

Sachiko

Activities

Any museum, site, or exhibit

– See my WWII unit study. We visited Prague, the Anne Frank House, Dachau, and Normandy.

Paper Dolls

Music from this period

Art from this period

Church History

Gladys Aylward

Corrie ten Boom

Richard Wurmbrand

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Simone Weil

CS Lewis

Movies

Annie

Bright Eyes

Our Town

The Inn of Sixth Happiness

The Sound of Music

White Christmas

Life is Beautiful

Unit 3: Civil Rights and Conflicts in Asia

Literature

One Grain of Rice

The House of Sixty Fathers

Homeless Bird

The Empty Pot

My Side of the Mountain

The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure

Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock

Old Yeller

Where The Red Fern Grows

Onion John

The Cricket in Times Square

The Phantom Tollbooth

Fahrenheit 451 (see my unit study for this book!)

James and the Giant Peach

Langston Hughes poetry

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

Lilies of the Field

The Lotus Seed

History

Topics:

Civil Rights

Communism

The Cold War

Cuba

Korea

Vietnam

Cambodia

Space Race

Books:

So Far From the Bamboo Grove

Mission Control, This is Apollo

Activities

Any museum, site, or exhibit

See my units: China, Vietnam, Korea, Diversity here and here

Paper Dolls

Music from this period

Art from this period

Church History

Ida Scudder

Jacob DeShazer

Nate Saint

Jim Elliot

Billy Graham

Brother Andrew

Movies

Ghandi

The Manchurian Candidate original and remake

MacArthur

Cry, the Beloved Country

Lilies of the Field

To Kill a Mockingbird

Malcolm X

Selma

Ray

Mississippi Burning

The Help

Loving

Unit 4: Cold War, Terrorism, 9/11, Current Events

Literature

James Herriot’s Treasury for Children

Have Space Suit – Will Travel

I, Robot

The Breadwinner

Tasting the Sky

Citizen of the Galaxy

Tunnel in the Sky

The Hobbit

Fly Away Home

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Indian in the Cupboard

The Littles

Falling Up

Maya Angelou

Raising Dragons

History

Topics:

The Cold War

Communism

Berlin Wall

Computers and Technology

Internet

The Middle East

Arab Spring

Cambodian Killing Fields

Rwandan Genocide

Yugoslavia

9/11

Rise of Terrorism

Popular Culture

Civil Rights

The Fellowship Foundation

Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers

Central Park Five

Black Lives Matter

#MeToo

Books:

Red Scarf Girl

Tales of Persia

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Countdown

Revolution

Anthem

Activities

Any museum, site, or exhibit

Paper Dolls

Music from this period

Art from this period

Church History

#ChurchToo

#Exvangelical

Mother Teresa

Elisabeth Elliot

Richard Wurmbrand

Bruchko

Joni: An Unforgettable Story

Dorothy Day

Oscar Romero

Movies

The Neverending Story

Remember the Titans

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Indian in the Cupboard

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Hobbit

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Hotel Rwanda

Wreck-It Ralph

When They See Us

I’m still adding to my list. There is still so much being learned about recent events and I love researching and learning with my kids.

See my Pinterest board for Year 4 History:

Follow Jennifer’s board Modern History on Pinterest.
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Comments

  1. Mother of 3 says

    January 24, 2019 at 3:41 pm

    Great list of resources! We tend to use a wide variety of books, field trips and movies too.

    Reply
  2. Rebecca Jones says

    January 24, 2019 at 4:21 pm

    I love history, this list has some great ideas. We are never too young or old to learn.

    Reply
  3. Alice V says

    January 24, 2019 at 11:05 pm

    Wow, this is a mega list of resources and ideas. I don’t even know where to begin but I’d be referencing your site if my kids were older. Still, I love history too and I love your picks of books as well. thank you for linking up with us at #OMHGWW

    Reply
  4. April J Harris says

    January 25, 2019 at 10:52 am

    What a fabulous collection of resources. I’ve pinned this post to my Homeschooling board on Pinterest. I must admit, the literature resources had me wanting to go back a re-read so many titles! Thank you for sharing, Jen, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope you have a lovely weekend!

    Reply
  5. Mary Hill says

    January 26, 2019 at 10:27 pm

    Thanks for sharing these great resources on the #LMMLinkukp. I would love to read many of the books you recommended not for just for history but because they look like great classics.

    Reply
  6. ~Karrilee~ says

    January 27, 2019 at 12:38 pm

    Wow! I love that you put this all together and share it, Jennifer! I wasn’t a Homeschooling Mama but I can’t imagine how helpful this would be! In fact, I’m following you now because Lil Miss is still tiny – but I’m sure there is a wealth of knowledge from you over on Pinterest as she grows!

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