We are covering American history in literature and history this year. The boys are reading in both history and literature and they are creating a timeline of American history and doing some small level of research on time-related topics each school day.

E:
The Crucible
Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626 by Gary Bowen
Witch Hunt by Stephen Krensky
If you sailed on the Mayflower in 1620…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving Washington
The Tall Man from Boston
E has also read six stories/diary entries from the early writings of American authors.

M:
Witch Hunt by Stephen Krensky
If you sailed on the Mayflower in 1620…
The Tall Man from Boston
House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
M’s also read 10 stories, including Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “Young Goodman Brown” by N. Hawthorne

I am trying to keep their literature and their history on the same time schedule. I’m not sure how well that will work. But I’m trying.