American history

This is so I can remember what we're doing in American history and I'll add to this post during the year:
-The History of US
Native Americans: we got a book on each tribe and we read one each class, then I got a lot of Native American legends in picture books and we read a couple, I have "More Than Moccassins" from the library and we do a project out of there at the end or do "History Pockets: Native Americans"; we read aloud "The Sign of the Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare and "The Courage of Sarah Noble"; watched "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" Reading Rainbow

Explorers: projects I think of or find online, read lots of kids books, Norse myths with Vikings, read aloud "Pedro's Journal"; map voyages using a relief map we make, biography paper dolls on timeline; make homemade compass; sail on Salem Pond; make map (house or street) and have someone else find point on map

first settlements: History Pockets for the pilgrims, First feast, read about first settlements in non fiction kids books, colonial days crafts and activities and recipes