Resources for Historical Fiction Book Clubs

If you have been reading Number the Stars, click here:
http://gibbonsp.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-did-danes-fool-nazis-and-their-dogs.html

Underground Railroad:

If you have been reading Freedom Wings or Caleb’s Choice, 

check out these resources:

http://pathways.thinkport.org/eyewitness/

https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad.php

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html

WW II

If you are reading Snow Treasure, read these articles:

http://curioushistorian.com/the-story-behind-snow-treasure-did-norwegian-children-smuggle-gold-past-nazi-guards-by-sledding-down-the-mountains

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Norwegian_National_Treasury

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-07-14-0107140163-story.html

Lily’s Crossing readers will enjoy this information:

https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1692.html

http://www.liherald.com/stories/a-true-long-island-war-story-75-years-ago,92861

If you have read The Matchlock Gun, click below to learn more.

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/french_and_indian_war.php

https://www.historyisfun.org/video/from-matchlock-to-flintlock/

If you are reading Secret School, read the following articles.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Ford_Model_T

https://www.educationnext.org/reflections-on-the-oneroom-schoolhouse/

http://www.westervillelibrary.org/education-teaching

The Fighting Ground readers should read below:

https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution.php

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/hessians/

https://www.landofthebrave.info/hessians.htm