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Pennsylvania History Resources

It is required to study Pennsylvania history if you home school in Pennsylvania.

 Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin What better way can there be than through reading great books? These Pennsylvania history resources can help.

If you like the literature unit study approach for studying Pennsylvania history, then you will appreciate Susan Kemmerer's books. For grades 4 to 6 is the Pennsylvania Keystones unit study. Her Keystones 2 Curriculum is for the junior high and senior high student.

On the other hand if you prefer the textbook approach, then you should choose Guy Graybill's Explore Our Past for the elementary grades or Keystone, A History of Pennsylvania for middle school.

Dover Coloring Books Pennsylvania History!

Color Your Own Mary Cassatt Masterpieces Coloring Book

Dover Publications

9780486410401

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The Story of the Underground Railroad Coloring Book

Dover Publications

9780486411583

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From Antietam to Gettysburg A Civil War Coloring Book

Dover Publications

9780486244761

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Trees of the Northeast Coloring Book

Dover Publications

Out of Print

Quantity Limited

9780486237343

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Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright Coloring Book

Dover Publications

9780486293622

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State: The Facts, A Guide to Studying Your State

State the Facts
State the Facts, A Guide to Studying Your State

By Mary Ellen Tedrow, Laurelwood Books

Use this versatile study guide to study any of the 50 United States. Your student will study and research the state in order to answer the questions and complete the activities.

The first task in State the Facts is for the child to find and record names, addresses, and phone numbers of people who will help your child find information about your chosen state.

Along with the typical items included in a state study, there are also pages for planning a trip, taxes, finding books about your state and more.

Written by a homeschool mother for homeschoolers, this book is a great value.

Grades 4-6, though useable for any grade level.

9780980041200

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General Resources for Pennsylvania Study

The World of William Penn by Genevieve Foster 9781893103306
The World of William Penn

By Genevieve Foster

Good news! Beautiful Feet Books republished The World of William Penn. Like her other books, Genevieve Foster goes around the world during the life of William Penn. You'll learn about the Sun King, the Great Wall of China, Peter the Great, Sir Isaac Newton, the builder of the Taj Mahal and more.

196 pages, Trade PB, For ages 8 and up.

9781893103306

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Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin 9780970561800
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin

By Marguerite Henry

This lovely book has been republished at last by Bradford Press. I love using Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin for Pennsylvania history when my children are in second grade! Makes a great extra book for Pennsylvania Keystones!

9780970561800

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Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia

Landmark Books

9780394849287

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Benjamin Franklin, Young Printer

By Augusta Stevenson

9780020419204

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Brady 9780698119376
Brady

By Jean Fritz

Underground railroad

9780698119376

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Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz 9780140322569
Cabin Faced West

By Jean Fritz

Frontier girl in PA.

9780698119369

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The Day It Rained Forever

Johnstown flood late 1880’s

9780140345674

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Encounter at Easton

By Avi

Late 1700’s Pennsylvania

9780380732418

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Gettysburg

Landmark Books

Civil war battle.

9780394891811

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Invisible Empire

By John Jenkins and Mark Weaver, Reconciliation Press

"Josiah Washington, a sixteen-year old former slave longs to experience the true meaning of freedom in 1870's Philadelphia. An act of kindness sets Josiah at odds with Adam, the seventeen-year-old son of an influential white newspaperman who is secretly plotting to bring the Ku Klux Klan into the North.

"The Invisible Empire is the first book in the Century War Chronicles of Freedom Series. Josiah and Adam are but two in a line of young men and women who must struggle into adulthood and triumph through the century-long spiritual conflicts that have shaped our nation."

Grades 6 and up

1888565039

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Miracles on Maple Hill
Miracles on Maple Hill

"Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Something inside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. But when the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, the leaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again, like the world around them."

Post WWII country life in Pennsylvania.

9780152047184

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Night Journeys

By Avi

1768 Pennsylvania

9780380732425

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Poor Richard by James Daugherty 9781893103030
Poor Richard

Written and illustrated by James Daugherty, Republished by Beautiful Feet Books

Daugherty's Poor Richard tells about the life of Benjamin Franklin. It is illustrated in his famous style.

175 pages, Trade PB, color

For ages 10 and up

9781893103030

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Yonie Wondernose

By Marguerite de Angeli

Seven-year old Yonie is a wondernose because he can’t keep his nose out of anything. 

9780836190830

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05-20-11

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