Hello my Omschooligans! Guess what? Someone has a special birthday coming up and that is the United States of America! She's turning 250 years old! This birthday or anniversary is called by a huge semiquincentennial. Teacher Omi is excited to share with you, free printable 4th of July coloring pages to celebrate America 250 as folks are calling the celebration. I'll share a bunch of recipes, games, crafts and activities to throw an America 250 birthday party with style!
4th of July printables
- America 250 NC has many free printable American history lesson plans and 4th of July coloring pages for teachers to use in homeschool or classroom activities.
- Scholastic Teachables offers some free America 250 lesson plans to download and print. Scholastic Books has always been a leader in educational books for kids. Many of my favorite kids books bore the Scholastic logo.
- eParenting has provided free printable US history word searches to use for 4th of July lesson plans. I used to love word search games. As a Omschool mom, I'd print off word searches for the kids to complete for reading and spelling activities or as car games.
- Notgrass History has compiled a huge unit of America 250 lesson plans. There are general American history activities, coloring pages, crafts, games and puzzles. There's also a huge database of free printable Laura Ingalls. Print flashcards, memory games, word searches and even American history recipes!
Colonial America Literature Selection
Award-winning historical fiction and picture books for living history units.
Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Newbery Medal Winner
Set in Boston just before the Revolutionary War, this classic novel follows a proud young silversmith's apprentice who injures his hand, finding a new purpose as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty alongside historical figures like Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Newbery Medal Winner
A brilliant look at early colonial culture, this novel centers on Kit Tyler, a spirited girl from the tropical island of Barbados who moves to a strict Puritan settlement in Connecticut in 1687, struggling to fit into their rigid way of life.
Hall, Donald. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Ox-Cart Man. New York: Viking Press, 1979. Caldecott Medal Winner
Featuring gorgeous, scratchboard illustrations that mimic early American folk art, this picture book chronicles the quiet, rhythmic cycle of a New England farm family processing their goods—wool, candles, linen—and taking them to market by ox-cart.
Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man. New York: Dutton, 1950. Newbery Medal Winner
The deeply moving biographical novel of an African prince who was enslaved in Massachusetts, learned the trade of tanning, purchased his own freedom, and became a respected, philanthropic citizen in New Hampshire during the late 1700s.
Edmonds, Walter D. Illustrated by Paul Lantz. The Matchlock Gun. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1941. Newbery Medal Winner
Set in the Hudson Valley during the French and Indian War, this short, suspenseful novella follows young Edward van Alstyne as he must protect his homestead with an antique, heavy Spanish gun while his father is away fighting.
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