Featuring letters, speeches, songs, and poems, including Waiting for the Pony Express and Grant's Memoirs, this book uses primary sources and activities to help teach important fluency strategies. Students will discover the stories of such pivotal figures as Harriet Tubman, Lewis and Clark, Abraham Lincoln, and Sitting Bull. Developed by Dr. Timothy Rasinski, these activities are designed to develop fluent and meaningful oral reading, as well as vocabulary and word decoding skills. Each text includes a history connection, a vocabulary connection, and extension ideas to meet the diverse needs of every student in the social studies classroom.

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0Table of contents
- Cover
- Credits
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 4 - Table of Contents (cont.)
- Page 5-8 - Introduction to Teaching Fluency By Dr. Timothy Rasinski
- Page 9-12 - How to Use This Product
- Page 13-14 - Fluency Strategy Descriptions
- Page 15 - Expanding the Nation
- Page 15-18 - Beautiful America
- Page 15 - Lesson Plans
- Page 17 - Reproducibles
- Page 19-22 - My Country ’Tis of Thee
- Page 19 - Lesson Plans
- Page 21 - Reproducibles
- Page 23 - The War of 1812
- Page 23-26 - The National Anthem
- Page 23 - Lesson Plans
- Page 25 - Reproducibles
- Page 27-31 - Taking Up Arms
- Page 27 - Lesson Plans
- Page 29 - Reproducibles
- Page 32 - Pioneer Trails
- Page 32-38 - Waiting for the Pony Express
- Page 32 - Lesson Plans
- Page 34 - Reproducibles
- Page 39-44 - The Trip West
- Page 39 - Lesson Plans
- Page 41 - Reproducibles
- Page 45 - Slavery in America
- Page 45-52 - The Lady Who Started a War
- Page 45 - Lesson Plans
- Page 47 - Reproducibles
- Page 53-58 - Letting the Slaves Go
- Page 53 - Lesson Plans
- Page 55 - Reproducibles
- Page 59 - American Indians in the 1800s
- Page 59-63 - Surrendering at Last
- Page 59 - Lesson Plans
- Page 61 - Reproducibles
- Page 64-71 - Red Cloud Speaks
- Page 64 - Lesson Plans
- Page 66 - Reproducibles
- Page 72 - Civil War Is Coming
- Page 72-76 - Abolitionists
- Page 72 - Lesson Plans
- Page 74 - Reproducibles
- Page 77-84 - To Arms in Dixie
- Page 77 - Lesson Plans
- Page 79 - Reproducibles
- Page 85 - Civil War Leaders
- Page 85-90 - Sherman’s March
- Page 85 - Lesson Plans
- Page 87 - Reproducibles
- Page 91-94 - Following Jackson
- Page 91 - Lesson Plans
- Page 93 - Reproducibles
- Page 95 - Battles of the Civil War
- Page 95-100 - Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
- Page 95 - Lesson Plans
- Page 97 - Reproducibles
- Page 101-104 - Marching Home from War
- Page 101 - Lesson Plans
- Page 103 - Reproducibles
- Page 105 - Lewis and Clark
- Page 105-110 - Lewis’s Adventures
- Page 105 - Lesson Plans
- Page 107 - Reproducibles
- Page 111-114 - Clark and His Men
- Page 111 - Lesson Plans
- Page 113 - Reproducibles
- Page 115 - James Madison
- Page 115-119 - Hailing the Chief
- Page 115 - Lesson Plans
- Page 117 - Reproducibles
- Page 120-125 - Mr. Madison’s War
- Page 120 - Lesson Plans
- Page 122 - Reproducibles
- Page 126 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Page 126-128 - Little House Books
- Page 126 - Lesson Plans
- Page 128 - Reproducibles
- Page 129-133 - Pioneer Girl
- Page 129 - Lesson Plans
- Page 131 - Reproducibles
- Page 134 - Harriet Tubman
- Page 134-139 - A Song for Harriet
- Page 134 - Lesson Plans
- Page 136 - Reproducibles
- Page 140-144 - The Underground Railroad
- Page 140 - Lesson Plans
- Page 142 - Reproducibles
- Page 145 - Sitting Bull
- Page 145-149 - Sitting Bull Speaks His Mind
- Page 145 - Lesson Plans
- Page 147 - Reproducibles
- Page 150-154 - A Definition of a Warrior
- Page 150 - Lesson Plans
- Page 152 - Reproducibles
- Page 155 - Abraham Lincoln
- Page 155-159 - Addressing Freedom
- Page 155 - Lesson Plans
- Page 157 - Reproducibles
- Page 160-168 - The Captain!
- Page 160 - Lesson Plans
- Page 162 - Reproducibles
- Page 169 - Robert E. Lee
- Page 169-172 - Lee and the Civil War
- Page 169 - Lesson Plans
- Page 171 - Reproducibles
- Page 173-179 - Saying Farewell
- Page 173 - Lesson Plans
- Page 175 - Reproducibles
- Page 180 - Ulysses S. Grant
- Page 180-183 - The Warrior Grant
- Page 180 - Lesson Plans
- Page 182 - Reproducibles
- Page 184-192 - In Grant’s Own Words
- Page 184 - Lesson Plans
- Page 186 - Reproducible
- Thank You Page