Children of the Frontier (Picture the American Past)

by Sylvia Whitman

Hardcover, 1998

Status

Available

Call number

977.02

Publication

Carolrhoda Books (1998), 48 pages

Description

Explores the lives of the children of settlers on the American frontier, looking especially at schooling, chores, home life, food, and recreation.

User reviews

LibraryThing member jroy218
"Children of the Frontier" is one book in a series I own called Pictures of the American past. It uses photographs to help help move the topic alone. It discusses the time when people began moving to the west due to the cheapness of the land. It discusses the housing used there, the types of homes
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they lived in, the chores to be done, and schooling. It is an informative book, but leaves you wanting more. It does have a list of resources that delve further into the American Frontier.

I would use this book into a 4-6 grade classroom to open the discussion on the frontier and catch the students' interest. The photographs would really draw the children in.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

48 p.; 9 x 8.25 inches

ISBN

1575052407 / 9781575052403

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