The Keystone State
From the keystone of the colonies to the Quakers who settled the land...Pennsylvania has a wonderful rich history. It even lays claim to the first capital of the nation, if only for a few years.
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | A Historical Album of Pennsylvania by Charles A. Wills, Historical album series (Millbrook Press, 1996; ISBN 1562945955) KR |
| Chocolate by Hershey: A Story about Milton S. Hershey by Betty Burford, Carolrhoda, 1994; ISBN 0876146418) |
| Growing up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Houghton Mifflin, 1996; ISBN 0395979145 ) |
| Independence Hall by Hal Marcovitz, American symbols and their meanings series (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840305) KR |
| Mason and Dixon's Line of Fire by Judith St. George (Putnam, 1991; ISBN 0399222405) |
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Pennsylvania by Jason Glaser, Land of liberty series (Capstone, 2004; ISBN 0736821945) KR |
| Pennsylvania by Joyce Hart, It's my state series ( Benchmark Books, 2004; ISBN 0761416919) KR |
| Pennsylvania by Ann Heinrichs, America the beautiful series (Children's Press, 2000, ISBN 0516206923) |
| Pennsylvania by Ann Heinrichs, This land is your land series (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503205) KR |
| Pennsylvania by Scott Ingram, World Almanac library of states series (World Almanac, 2002; ISBN 083685120X) KR |
| Pennsylvania by Stephens Peters, Celebrate the states series (Benchmark Books, 2000; ISBN 0761406441) |
| Pennsylvania by Barbara Somervill, From sea to shining sea series (Children's Press, 2003: ISBN 0516223887) KR |
| Pennsylvania by Gwenyth Swain, Hello U.S.A. series (Lerner, 2003; ISBN 0822540614) KR |
| Pennsylvania Colony by Dennis B. Fradin (Children's Press, 1988; ISBN 0516003909) |
| The Liberty Bell by Hal Marcovitz (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840259) |
| The Liberty Bell by Gail Sakurai, Cornerstones of freedom series (Children's Press, 1996; 051606634X) |
| The Liberty Bell by Debbie L. Yanuck (Captsone, 2003; ISBN 0736816305) |
| The Pennsylvania Colony by Bob Italia, Colonies series (ABDO, 2001; ISBN 1577655885) KR |
| We Have Marched Together by Stephen Currie (Lerner,
1997; ISBN 0822517337) |
Activity Books:
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching and Learning Co, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
| Which Way USA? Pennsylvania (Highlights for Children, 1999; ISBN 087534237)* |
Fiction:
| A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia by Alice Turner Curtis (Applewood Books, 1996; ISBN 1557093253) |
| Head for the Hills by Paul Robert Walker, (Random House, 1993; ISBN 0679947612) |
| The Day it Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood by Virginia Gross (Puffin, 1993; ISBN 0140345671) |
Web sites
Please see The 50 States for more links.
Please see American Documentation for more links.
Projects
| Try to live as the Amish do. |
| Make and eat lots of chocolate. |
| Learn the state song. |
Writing assignments
| Write a poem about chocolate. |
| What would have done if you were in the town of Gettysburg the day the Battle of Gettysburg broke out? |
| Write a report about Milton Hershey. |
| Write a report about Andrew Carnegie. |
| Write a report about child labor. |
| Pick a Revolutionary War hero and write a report. |
Take a look at the other states
Completed December, 2004
Visited
November, 2006
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