The Bluegrass State
The Union claimed them and so did the Confederacy. Known for the hillbilly attitude, Daniel Boone and the Kentucky Derby; but there is much more there than just that.
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | Down Cut Shin Creek; The Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt (Harper Collins, 2001; ISBN 0060291354) |
| Growing Up in a Holler in the Mountains; an Appalachian Childhood by Karen Gravelle (Franklin Watts, 1997; ISBN) |
| Kentucky by Tracy Barrett, Celebrate the states series (Benchmark, 1999; ISBN 0761406583) |
| Kentucky by Dottie Brown, Hello U.S.A. series (Lerner, 2002; ISBN 0822540835) KR |
| Kentucky by Ann Graham Gaines, It's my state series (Benchmark, 2003; ISBN 0761415254) KR |
| Kentucky by Ann Heinrichs, This land is your land series (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503221) KR |
| Kentucky by Miriam Heddy Pollock and Peter Jaffe, World Almanac library of the states series (World Almanac, 2002; ISBN 0836851358) KR |
| Kentucky by Adam Smith and Katherine Snow Smith, A historical album of series (Millbrook, 1995; ISBN 1562945076) KR |
| Kentucky by R. Conrad Stein, America the beautiful series (Children's Press, 1999; ISBN 0516206877) |
| Kentucky by Suzanne M. Williams, From sea to shining sea series (Children's Press, 2001; ISBN 0516223100) KR |
| Mary on Horseback, Three Mountain Stories by Rosemary Wells (Dial, 1998; ISBN 0803721544) |
| The Mississippi by Michael Pollard (Benchmark, 1997; ISBN 076140502X) |
| Mist over the Mountains; Appalachia and Its People by Raymond Bial (Houghton Mifflin, 1997; ISBN0395735696) |
| Pioneer Children of Appalachia by Joan Anderson, photographs by George Ancona (Clarion, 1986; ISBN0899194400) |
| The Confederate Flag by Hal Marcovitz (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840356) |
| The Most Beautiful Villages and Town of the South by Bonnie Ramsey, photography by Dennis O'Kain (Thames & Hudson, 2000; ISBN 0500019991) |
| The Trail of Tears by R. Conrad Stein (Children's
Press, 1993; ISBN 0516066668) |
Activity Books:
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching and Learning Co, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
Fiction:
| Adventure on the Wilderness Road by Laurie Lawlor (Pocket book, 1999; ISBN 0671015532) |
| Barrowed Children by George Ella Lyon (Orchard books, 1988; ISBN 0531083519) |
Audio/visual:
| Many Bluegrass and Appalachian music recordings. |
NWeb sites
Please see The 50 States for more links.
Please see Daniel Boone.
Projects
| Learn the state song. |
| Build a fort to hold your precious stuff. |
| Eat Kentucky Friend Chicken. |
| Make a quilt square. |
Writing assignments
| Write a report on how race horses are raised. |
| Write a report on the Wilderness Trail and it's significance to the US. |
| Report on how they make a Louisville Slugger. |
Take a look at the other states
Completed March, 2005
November, 2006
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