Antebellum America

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Liberty for All? 1820-1860 by Joy Hakim
• We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• tape or glue
• drawing paper
• stapler
• scissors and tape, glue, or gluestick
• printer* (2.2 - Option 1)
• printer* (4.1 - Option 1)
• art materials
• timeline of U.S. history
• art materials of your choice

Lesson 3

• watch or timer* (3.4 - Option 2)
• 2 pairs of scissors (Option 2)
• 2 rulers* (3.4 - Option 2)
• art materials of your choice (markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.)
• cord and beads (included)* (3.4 - Option 2)
• bowls, cups, or small plastic bags* (3.4 - Option 2)
• pencils or other art materials* (3.1 - Option 2)

Lesson 4

• tape
• crayons, markers, or colored pencils* (4.1 - Option 2)
• black construction paper* (4.1 - Option 1)
• world map* (4.1 - optional)
• props from around the house* (4.optional)

Lesson 5

• timeline and timeline cards

Lesson 7

• colored pencils* (7.4 - optional)
• glue or tape
• index cards* (7.5 - optional)
• red, blue, and green colored pencils or markers
• ruler

Lesson 8

• timeline cards

Final Project

• tri-fold board or 3 pieces of poster board
• posterboard
• rubric for the final project

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used