During our Nevada study the kids especially enjoyed a Google Earth visit to the Hoover Dam and to the Las Vegas Strip, and enjoyed learning about the history of wild horses in the American west.
Books:
S is for Silver: A Nevada Alphabet by Eleanor Coerr
Nevada (My United States: A True Book) by Josh Gregory
The Hoover Dam by Jeffrey Zuehlke
Wild Horse Annie: Friend of the Mustangs by Tracey Fern
You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Hoover Dam! By Ian Graham
Paiute by Barbara Gray-Kanatiiosh
The Fire Bringer by Margaret Hodges
Hoover Dam by Lori Dittemer
Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town by Diane Siebert
Desert Town by Bonnie Geisert
Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca by Deborah Kogan Ray
Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Smiler Levinson
Ivy Takes Care by Rosemary Wells
Lake Tahoe by Pam Zollman
Art Project:
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