The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

by Susan Wise Bauer

Murphy, Jim. The Boys’ War. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. $8.95. Boys as young as eleven and twelve fought in the Civil War; this book tells their stories in their own words. Pascal, Janet. What Was the Great Depression?, illus. Dede Putra. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2015. $5.99. Eighty illustrations and kid-friendly text. Presidents of the United States Pocket Flash Cards. $2.99. All the U. S. presidents on cards: portraits, signatures, brief biographies, and trivia. The Presidents Song. Animaniacs, 1995. The catchiest memory aid around; Wakko and friends sing the first forty-three presidents. The song can be purchased as part of the Animaniacs series, Season 3, Episode 75; first aired on November 11, 1995. You can also find it on YouTube.com. Rasmussen, R. Kent. World War I for Kids: A History with 21 Activities. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2014. $17.95. Clear text about the conflict, good illustrations, and plenty of activities explaining how trench warfare worked. Rickman, David. Cowboys of the Old West Coloring Book. New York: Dover, 1985. $4.99. Smith, A. G. Easy-to-Make Plains Indians Teepee Village. New York: Dover, 1990. $6.99. A modeling project that needs no scissors! ________. Union Army Paper Soldiers. New York: Dover, 1995. $6.95. Twenty-four large soldiers. States and Capitals Songs. Newport Beach, CA: AudioMemory, 1998. $12.95 for CD and kit. The kit includes the CD with states and capitals songs, plus a map to color. Wyk, Chris van, ed. Nelson Mandel...