1.7 Families over Time

Pop's Bridge

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The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.

But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker—a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the crew . . . until a frightening event makes him see that it takes an entire team to accomplish the impossible.

A Child's Calendar

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Copies: 1

Twelve poems follow a family and their friends through the seasons. A Caldecott Honor Book.

Author:

John Updike

26 Fairmount Avenue

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Copies: 7

Tomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "I'll be back next year," he says. When Tomie goes to see Snow White, he creates another sensation.

Author:

Tomie dePaola

Lexile:

760L

The Colonial Kitchen: The Modern Kitchen of 1750 (2004)

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Travel back in time to Old Deerfield, Massachusetts circa 1750 to get a "kid's-eye" view of a colonial kitchen in New England. Learn about cooking techniques and gadgets from long ago. Compare the similarities and differences of how people prepared the family meal in 1750 to now.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:12

The Colonial Kitchen: The Modern Kitchen of 1750

The Pioneer Journey Westward (2004)

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"Wagons ho!" Climb aboard your prairie schooner, and get ready to experience America in the 1700s & 1800s! Through reenactments, journal entries and historic imagery, "Pioneer Life for Children" showcases the life and history of American pioneers.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live (2001)

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With the help of our local postman, students learn that a neighborhood is a place where families live, play, and work and that schools, police and fire stations, shopping areas, parks, and homes are all located there. He helps us recognize that families live in many kinds of homes and that they all have addresses that have two main parts: a street name and building number.

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:15

Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live

Telling Time (2004)

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In this program, children measure time in seconds, minutes, and hours, and use words relating to time like before and after. Using analog and digital clocks, they practice telling time. Discusses A.M. and P.M., clockwise motion, time estimation, and using a calendar, longer periods of time like weeks, months, and years.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Grandfather's Journey

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Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in the United States and Japan, Allen Say poignantly recounts his family's journey to America.

Author:

Allen Say

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

0:10