CAS Social Studies Reading Options!
Grade 7 World Geography and Cultures
…Or you may find a nonfiction biography on an important historical figure- for example:
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Julius Caesar
Paul Rusesabagina
King Tut
Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Cesar Chavez
Nelson Mandela
…Or you may find a book of your choice about one of the many places we will study about:
Europe
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Asia
India
China
Japan
Africa
Rwanda
South Africa
South America
Latin America
Caribbean
Central America
Mexico
Brazil (Amazon Rainforest)
Grade 8 U.S. History
1.The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
2. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed The World by Malala Yousafzai
3. Into The West: From Reconstruction to the Final Days of The American Frontier by James M. McPherson
4.Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
5.Bomb: The Race to Build- and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
6.Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
7.Be A Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson
8.We’ve Got A Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson
9.Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
10.Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
11.Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff
12.Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) by Nathan Hale
13.Answering The Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution by Gretchen Woelfle
14.12 Children Who Changed the World by Kenya McCullum
15.Amelia Lost by Candice Fleming
16.Beyond Courage by Doreen Rappaport
17.Titanic: Voices from The Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
18.1776 by David McCullough
19.A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy by Jim Murphy
20.We The People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney
…Or you may find a nonfiction biography on an important American historical figure- for example:
John Smith
Pocahontas
Deborah Sampson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Paine
Andrew Jackson
Tecumseh
Sacagawea
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Henry Ford
Walt Disney
Jackie Robinson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Grade 7 World Geography and Cultures
- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed The World by Malala Yousafzai
- Walking Home by Eric Walters (Political turmoil in Kenya)
- Save Me A Seat by Gita Varadarajan (Told from the viewpoint of Ravi who recently arrived to the U.S. from India)
- The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly (Two sisters learn about their heritage from the Philippines)
- I lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin (Celeste must move to the U.S. from Chile)
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Based on a true story about refugees of Sudan)
- The Dreamer by Ram Munoz Ryan (Neftali follows a call and goes on a journey through Chilean rainforest)
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (A story of a young girl who has to flee form her life on a Mexican Ranch)
- Call Me Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer (Maria tries to find her place in an unfamiliar culture)
- The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph (Ana Rosa follows her dreams of becoming a writer)
- Maximilian & The Mystery of The Guardian Angel by Xavier Garza (A thrilling adventure of 11 year old Maximilian who makes an astonishing discovery)
- Australia to Zimbabwe: A Rhyming Romp Around The World to 24 Countries by Ruth Withnell Fitts
- Lonely Planet Not-For-Parents The Travel Book by Michael DuBois
- The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories by Val Ross
- Child’s Introduction to The World: Geography, Cultures, and People- From The Grand Canyon to The Great Wall of China by Heather Alexander
…Or you may find a nonfiction biography on an important historical figure- for example:
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Julius Caesar
Paul Rusesabagina
King Tut
Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Cesar Chavez
Nelson Mandela
…Or you may find a book of your choice about one of the many places we will study about:
Europe
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Asia
India
China
Japan
Africa
Rwanda
South Africa
South America
Latin America
Caribbean
Central America
Mexico
Brazil (Amazon Rainforest)
Grade 8 U.S. History
1.The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
2. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed The World by Malala Yousafzai
3. Into The West: From Reconstruction to the Final Days of The American Frontier by James M. McPherson
4.Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
5.Bomb: The Race to Build- and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
6.Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
7.Be A Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson
8.We’ve Got A Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson
9.Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
10.Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
11.Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff
12.Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) by Nathan Hale
13.Answering The Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution by Gretchen Woelfle
14.12 Children Who Changed the World by Kenya McCullum
15.Amelia Lost by Candice Fleming
16.Beyond Courage by Doreen Rappaport
17.Titanic: Voices from The Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
18.1776 by David McCullough
19.A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy by Jim Murphy
20.We The People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney
…Or you may find a nonfiction biography on an important American historical figure- for example:
John Smith
Pocahontas
Deborah Sampson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Paine
Andrew Jackson
Tecumseh
Sacagawea
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Henry Ford
Walt Disney
Jackie Robinson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Did You Know?...
Our classroom has been fully funded by Donorschoose.org to receive a subscription to Junior Scholastic Magazine. This means your child will have access in class to current event articles and free online access wherever they have internet when they sign in as a student at
junior.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html
Simply use the password historyrules to gain access! Through this site, with our subscription, you can practice reading, complete activities, and watch social studies media for free!
Students! Want to earn Cougar Credits? Follow the steps below:
1) Go to the Junior Scholastic website above.
2) Read "The First Amendment And You".
3) Find the five freedoms the 1st Amendment offers.
4) Go to my contact page on this website (not google docs) and email me your answers. Correct answers are worth 25 Cougar Credits!
*Hint: There are 5 freedoms.
Our classroom has been fully funded by Donorschoose.org to receive a subscription to Junior Scholastic Magazine. This means your child will have access in class to current event articles and free online access wherever they have internet when they sign in as a student at
junior.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html
Simply use the password historyrules to gain access! Through this site, with our subscription, you can practice reading, complete activities, and watch social studies media for free!
Students! Want to earn Cougar Credits? Follow the steps below:
1) Go to the Junior Scholastic website above.
2) Read "The First Amendment And You".
3) Find the five freedoms the 1st Amendment offers.
4) Go to my contact page on this website (not google docs) and email me your answers. Correct answers are worth 25 Cougar Credits!
*Hint: There are 5 freedoms.