Monday, May 9, 2022

Ohio

We really enjoyed learning about so many interesting Ohioans who changed history. There were too many to choose a favorite, so check out the book list for ideas!

Books:

  • Ohio (My True United States) by Marty Gitlin

  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Joanne Mattern 

  • Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington

  • The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin

  • Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, illus. by Melissa Sweet

  • Saving Fiona by Thane Maynard

  • Watercress by Andrea Wang

  • Lebron James by Dan Osier

  • B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet by Marcia Schonberg

  • Lentil by Robert McCloskey

  • Fly High, John Glenn: The Story of an American Hero by Kathleen Krull

  • One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong by Don Brown

  • One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh 

  • The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Joan DiCicco

  • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

  • (Wright Brothers - but we just read about them for NC)

  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton

  • Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales By Virginia Hamilton

  • Who Was Coretta Scott King? By Gail Herman (She was from Alabama, but we didn’t read about her at the time, and she went to college at Antioch)

  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows

  • Article: Cleveland: The True Birthplace of Superman

  • Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey

  • Gloria's Voice: The Story of Gloria Steinem by Aura Lewis

Art Project:

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

For their Ohio art project, the kids depicted Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It was completed using sharpie, oil pastel, and watercolor. 

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