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Thinkers Book List

Loop 1 - American History

The book list provided on this page corresponds with the content provided in your daily lesson plans. You are welcome to add or skip any of the books based on your preference and your students needs and interests. Depending on the time and financial resources that you have available, we have provided suggestions on how to find and purchase the reading materials that you will need for this school year.  

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Many books in the Portals curriculum are classics that can be found in your church or public library. There are a few open source texts that can be found for free on websites such as Project Gutenberg. These resources will significantly reduce the cost of materials needed to educate your children, but they may require more time and effort to find. Portals has created a downloadable book list with full detail, including ISBN #, in order to make it as easy as possible for you to access the resources you need without spending a bunch of money

Bible

Archeological Study Bible

-Kaiser

History

America the Beautiful Part 1

-Notgrass

Naya Nuki: Soshoni Girl Who Ran

-Thomasma

America the Beautiful Part 2

-Notgrass

Up From Slavery

-Washington

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

-Lenski

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

-Latham

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

-Fritz

Literature

A Long Way From Chicago

-Peck

Johnny Tremain

-Forbes

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

-Maybury

Calico Bush

-Field

Moonshiner's Son

-Reeder

Streams to the River, River to the Sea

-O'Dell

The Great Little Madison

--Fritz

The Sherwood Ring

-Pope

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

-Twain

Moccasin Trail

-McGraw

Old Farmer's Almanac

-any version

Call of the Wild

-London

My Side of the Mountain

-George

Swift Rivers

-Meigs

The Hobbit

-Tolkien

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold

-Fritz

Bonanza Girl

-Beatty

Out of the Dust

-Hesse

By the Great Horn Spoon

-Fleischman

Jericho's Journey

-Wisler

Nothing to Fear

-Koller

The Arrow Over the Door

-Bruchac

The Journeyman

-Yates

Turn Homeward, Hannalee

-Beatty

Case for Christ for Kids

-Strobel

The Slopes of War

-Perez

Big Red

-Kjelgaard

Maniac Magee

-Spinelli

Rascal

-North

The Door Within

-Batson

The Landing of the Pilgrims

-Daugherty

Math

Math-U-See

  • Universal Set of materials (includes instruction manual, instruction DVD, student workbook, integer block kit, digital pack, and test booklet

  • Math-U-See placement resources can help ensure students start at the level best suited for them.

Science

Berean Builders: Earth Science

  • Textbook, Tests and Answer Key, and Lab Kit

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