American and World Modern History for Intermediate Grades!!! Sneak Peek!

It's almost here! At BFB our office is humming with activity as Rea, Jon, and Josh work round the clock to finish our BRAND-NEW study guide: American and World Modern History for Intermediate Grades. This long-awaited guide follows up our Early American History for Intermediate Grades and spans the time period from the beginning of the Civil War, right up through the 1990s! We're currently putting the final touches on it and the electronic version will be available for download this coming Friday. Hardcopies will be ready to ship in a couple of weeks. 

To whet your appetites for this exciting new study, here's some sample pages and excerpts. This guide covers one of the most exciting periods of history, a time of extreme change, scientific advances, unprecedented social change, and exciting innovation. It was also the bloodiest period in the history of the world. This study will guide students deep into the intricacies of history, allow them to get to know the heroes and heroines who changed the world, along with the villains who gave the world a glimpse of pure evil. 

The booklist for this guide is amazing! Featuring stories of non-stop action, heart-wrenching heroism, devastating loss and incredible bravery, this study appeals to all of us who love a good story. Showing that history is story, you can forget about dry textbooks and lifeless facts. Throughout the study guide you'll find author spotlights to help fill in the background for some of the 19th and 20th centuries' best writers. There are also call-out boxes to draw attention to some of the most fascinating historical figures studied in this course, people like Gladys Aylward, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, The Wright Brothers, Alvin C. York, Eric Liddell, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Jackie Robinson, and others.

From the southern United States to the shores of Normandy. From the banks of Kitty Hawk to the villages of Korea. From President Lincoln to President Reagan. This guide bounds through time and place, leaping continents and cultures while following the progression of history.

And for you literature lovers out there, here's the book list. As we wrap up a few details, a title or two may change so keep that in mind.

A Child's First Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers

A History of US: All the People by Joy Hakim

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

The Perilous Road by William O. Steele

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 

Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 

Theodore Roosevelt by Genevieve Foster

The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds

Sergeant York by John Perry

The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman by Gladys Aylward and Christine Hunter

Rascal by Sterling North

The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop

The Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin

War Boy: A Country Childhood by Michael Foreman 

Air Raid-Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7, 1941 by Theodore Taylor

Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi

Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg

Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong

Check out the pack here!

Are you as excited as I am? This Friday, we'll be posting the link to the study guide!

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