Ford Elementary Media Center
Revolutionary War Pathfinder
Created by Gwen Harp for 4th grade research on the American Revolution
Historical Books on the American Revolution
Dewey Numbers
Call # 973.3 or 973
Biographies (Remember, biography call numbers are B + the first three letters of the subjects last name.)
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Charles Cornwallis by Lewis Parker
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George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas Allen
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The Secret Soldier: the Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
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John Paul Jones: Naval Hero by Dan Zadra
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Hero on Horseback by David Collins
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Benedict Arnold by Mary Dodson Wade
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George Washington, Young Leader by Augusta Stevenson
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George Washington by Lola Schaefer
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Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot by Augusta Stevenson
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Buttons for General Washington by Peter Roop
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A Colonial Quaker Girl: The Diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778 by Sarah Wister
Kids Discover Magazines (Located in the Book Room)
Videos (Call number begins with VR)
Food and Recipes
- Food and Recipes of the Revolutionary War 641.59 ERD
Primary Sources
- A Call for Independence 1763-1776 Newspaper (Classroom Set of 30) PRO 973.3 CAL (located in media storage room)
- Fighting for Freedom 1775-1783 Newspaper (Classroom Seto of 30) PRO 973.3 FIG (located in media center storage room)
- Investigating Historical Documents in Today's World PRO 909 HEI (Professionaly Library)
Related Fiction Titles: (F + 1st 3 letters of author's last name)
- The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot by Barry Denberg
- The Forty-Third War Louise Moeri
- War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Collier
- Felicity Learns a Lesson: a School Story by Valerie Tripp
- The Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport
- King's Mountain by Clifton Wisler
- Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne
- We Are Patriots by Kristianna Gregory
- Five Smooth Stones by Kristiana Gregory
- The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler
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