The Levitical Readings and Reactions

Title- The Price of Pioneer Journey  Author/Retold- Barbra M. Lined Illustrated by N/A Genre- nonfiction/biography  Grade level- 1st through 3rd grade The book begins with people leaving for the west for a better life. Most settlers went on the Oregon Trail. The Oregon trail started in 2 cities, St. Joseph and Independence. The book talks about certain types of foods, animals, and supplies they brought on their trip to the west. The Oregon trail is filled with many rivers that they had cross by either bridge or ferry. In the middle of the trail, setters could buy supplies at Ft. Laramine before heading through the Rocky Mountains. The end of the trail would end in Oregon City where people could start their new life in the west. This is a great book that combines two subjects, history and math. Throughout the book, they would talk about how much something back then might have cost and they practice adding and subtracting in historical setting. The book also has a glossary for t...

  Title- Expanding a nation, Cause and Effects Of the Louisiana Purchase Author/Retold- Elizabeth Raum  Illustrated by N/A Genre- nonfiction/biography  Grade level- 2nd through 6th grade The book starts off with what we’re the causes of the Louisiana Purchase. The first is that the United States needed a river route. The US couldn’t use Mississippi because it was in the territory owned by the French. The second cause was that France took control of Louisiana from the Spanish and the US were afraid that the French would take control of US trade routes. The third and fourth causes were that Saint-Dominique was overrun and they didn’t need Louisiana to support it anymore, and Napoleon needed cash because they had to keep the fighting the British in Europe and they needed money to support them. The US and France finally came to an agreement and France sold the land to the US and congress approved the purachase. There were multiple effects that happened after the Louisiana Pur...

Title- Michelangelo, His Life and Art Author/Retold- Charles G. Quill Illustrated by N/A Genre- nonfiction/biography  Grade level- 3rd through 7th grade The biography starts with Michelangelo and his childhood life in Florence, Italy. Michelangelo was a alive in the time of the Renaissance. Michelangelo was very interested in statues and started to carve his own out of marble. Lorenzo de Medici saw that Michelangelo was talented and invited him to live in his palace and learn about art and history. Michelangelo then moved to Rome and started making art that made him famous such as the Pieta. Then he created one of his master pieces called David in Florence. One of Michelangelo greatest works was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel called frescoes. Some of Michelangelo greatest pieces of architecture were the tomb of Pope Julius the Second and the Dome of St. Peter. One of his last art pieces was the Florentine Pieta which was his won grave. He died in 1564 at the age of 89. ...

Title- Shaka, King of the Zulus Author/Retold- Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema Illustrated by Diane Stanley  Genre- nonfiction/biography  Grade level- 3rd through 7th grade The story starts off with the legendary king Shaka as a child. He liked to watch the cattle in the field. One day, a wild dog came and killed one of the sheep while Shaka was on duty. His father was very angry. Her mother stood up to protect her son and his mother was outcasted from the tribe. From that point on the children would make fun of Shaka and his mother would comfort him. Then a great famine came across the land. His mother and himself settled in another tribe. He found new friends in this new tribe and he grew up strong. He even killed a leopard and the tribe praised him. Shaka begin to train as a warrior and Shaka helped to develop a new weapon. Shaka used his weapon when he fought as a champion for his tribe and won. Shaka began to his own men into battle and the leader of his tribe made Shaka the...

  Title- The Story of Napoleon  Author/Retold- L. Du Garde Peach Illustrated by John Kenney  Genre- nonfiction/biography  Grade level- 7th grade-12th grade The story begins Napoleon being born in Corsica, France. He was sent to military school and was bullied in school because he was poor. Napoleon had an amazing memory and has a skill for military strategy. He became a sub-lieutenant of an artillery regiment and then promoted to captain. His home island was in a revolt and they sent him to stop it. He helped his family leave the island and gave them a home in France. The French Revolution started and Napoleon helped to get back a  port. After winning the port, Napoleon was promoted to brigadier and was put into many other campaigns. He came back to France and had to put down an armed revolt. He was made a general and married Josephine de Beauharnais. He started a new campaign in Italy and helped refill the French treasury. They were still at war with Britain an...