Tag: children’s history book
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Supplementary Reader for First and Second Grades
“The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition” tells Sacajawea’s vital role in guiding the explorers, emphasizing her contributions and experiences during this historic journey.
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The Bird-woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: part 3
Vocabulary words THE BLACK MAN Captain Clark had his black man, York, with him.The Indians were always surprised to see the black man.They thought he was stranger than the white men.One Mandan chief said, “This is a white man painted black.”He wet his finger and tried to wash the black off York’s skin.The black would…
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THE BIRD-WOMAN OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION part 2
Vocabulary WHY SACAJAWEA WENT WEST. Sacajawea belonged in the West.Her tribe was called the Snake Indians.They lived in the Rocky Mountains.Sacajawea lived in the Mountains until she was twelve years old.Then her tribe went to war with the Mandans from the East.One day Sacajawea and some other girls were getting roots.They were down by a…
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Pilgrim Stories: chapter 43
HOLIDAYS AND HOLY DAYS It was Saturday morning. Little Elizabeth Brown sat by a window in the big kitchen, hemming a tiny pink dress for a doll she was making for her little sister Hope. On the chair beside her lay the doll, though you might not have thought of calling it a doll. It…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 42
COLONIAL SCHOOLS IN a very few years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, there were many children in the colonies. Of course these children went to school, but their school was not at all like ours. For the first few years there was not a schoolhouse in New England. The children went to the home…
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The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: First three sections
Vocabulary words: THE BIRD-WOMAN The Bird-Woman was an Indian.She showed the white men the way into the West.There were no roads to the West then.That was one hundred years ago.This Indian woman took the white men across streams.She took them over hills.She took them through bushes.She seemed to find her way as a bird does.The…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 41
TWO BRASS KETTLES IN a little town not far from Boston stood an old brick house. It did not look like a brick house, for it had been covered on the outside with boards. It was the safest house in the village, and during King Philip’s War the neighbors often used to come to this…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 40
THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE IN the little village of Swansea, lived a widow with her two children, Mary and Benjamin. The mother was a very good woman, always ready to nurse the sick, feed the hungry, or do anything she could to help those who needed her. Indians lived in the forest about Swansea, and this…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 39
TWO LITTLE CAPTIVES audio ON a sunny hillside, near the river, a boy was cutting corn. It was late in September, but the day was warm. “This is just the day for a row on the river,” said Isaac Bradley to himself. As he looked over the bright, smoothly-flowing water, he saw a little boat…
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Pilgrim Stories Chapter 38
THE INDIANS AND THE JACK-O’-LANTERNS audio ON a little farm several miles from any village, lived two little girls, Prudence and Endurance. There were no other children near, but they were never lonely, for they had Whitefoot and Fluff, two of the prettiest kittens you ever saw. They had old Speckle and her little brood…