Nevada

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:

Hoover Dam

The Nevada art project depicts the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Materials used are sharpie, oil pastel, and water colors.