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| Grade |
Series |
Page(s) |
Stories |
Author(s) |
Country |
Notes |
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3rd |
Scott Foresman |
15-32 |
Ananse’s Feast.
An Ashanti Tale |
Tololwa M. Mollel |
Tanzania |
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41-58 |
Sam and the Lucky Money |
Karen Chinn |
China |
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87-107 |
One Grain of Rice. A Mathematical Folktale |
Demi |
India |
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115-130 |
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun. The Legend of Lucia
Zenteno |
Alejandro Cruz Martinez |
Mexico |
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134 |
The Stars/Las Estrellas |
Nelly Palacio Jaramillo |
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*Bilingual poem: English/Spanish |
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165-184 |
Chibi. A True Story from Japan |
Barbara Brenner and Julia Takaya |
Japan |
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261-273 |
The Piñata Maker |
George Ancona |
Mexico & Latin America |
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275-277 |
Southwest Settlements |
Early Mexico |
Mexico |
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366 |
Hugs and Kisses |
Charlotte Pomerantz |
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*Bilingual poem: English/Spanish |
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| Grade |
Series |
Page(s) |
Stories |
Author(s) |
Country |
Notes |
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4th |
Scott Foresman |
16-17 |
Dear Reader |
Lensey Namioka |
China. |
Letter. |
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41-43 |
Ranching and the Cowboys |
Regions & Resources |
Mexico |
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71-90 |
Yingtao’s New Friend |
Lensey Namioka |
China |
**Story about a Chinese immigrant family struggling
to get used to America. |
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216-228 |
Komodo Dragons |
Thane Maynard |
Indonesia |
** Animal wildlife story. No cultural. |
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233 |
Food / Comida |
Victor M. Valle |
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*Bilingual poem: English/Spanish |
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283-296 |
On the Pampas |
María Cristina Brusca |
Argentina |
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347-358 |
Half-Chicken |
Alma Flor Ada |
Latin America (Central) |
Cuban author |
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406-407 |
Korean Foods |
Gene & Clare Gurney |
Korea |
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409-428 |
The Disguise |
Anne Neuberger |
Korea |
American author |
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451 |
Es verdad |
Gary Soto |
|
*Bilingual poem: English/Spanish |
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478-492 |
A Peddler’s Dream |
Janice Shefelman |
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**Story about a Lebanese immigrant who came to
America. |
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551 |
Mexico / México |
Alma Flor Ada |
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*Bilingual poem: English/Spanish |
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| Grade |
Series |
Page(s) |
Stories |
Author(s) |
Country |
Notes |
| 5th |
Scott
Foresman |
43-59 |
Faith
and Eddie |
Patrick
Jennings |
Mexico |
Story
about a girl who moved to Mexico; and her dog, who describes some
anecdotes. |
|
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|
62-63 |
A
Special Family |
Harriet
Langsam Sobol |
|
Story
about a family that consists of American parents and two adopted
Korean boys. |
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143-145 |
Dolphin
Behavior |
Denise
Herzing & Patricia Warhol |
Bahamas |
Animal
wildlife story. No cultural. |
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328-329 |
A
Visitor from Japan |
Christine
McDonnell |
|
A
story about a Japanese visitor in an American School |
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331-346 |
The
Yang’s First Thanksgiving |
Lensey
Namioka |
|
A
story about a Chinese family in America having first thanksgiving
dinner with an American family. |
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516-517 |
Butterfly
Memorial |
Time
for Kids |
|
An
anecdote of Holocaust Remembrance day inspired from a poem by a
polish young boy killed in the holocaust. |
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519-531 |
Passage
to Freedom, The Sugihara Story |
Ken
Mochizuki |
Japan |
A
story about a Japanese diplomat’s effort to help World War II refugees.
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554 |
Miss
Pearl |
Angela
Johnson |
|
A
poem about a Jamaican Girl |
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555 |
Mountain
Mist |
Francisco
X. Alarcón |
Mexico |
A
poem about the western mountain range of Mexico |
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561-574 |
The
BAKER’S Neighbor |
Adele
Thane |
Peru |
A
play about a baker and his neighbor, who thinks in different ways
about wealth and happiness |
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|
600-601 |
The
Brahman and the Banker |
George
Shannon |
India |
A
story of a banker who cheated tried to cheat a Brahman |
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| Grade |
Series |
Page(s) |
Article |
Country |
Notes |
|
6th |
Scott Foresman |
78-99 |
Ancient Egypt and Nubia |
Egypt |
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100-121 |
Ancient China |
China |
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122-161 |
Ancient India |
India , Iran |
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162-186 |
Mesoamerican Civilizations |
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador |
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162-185 |
The Early Peoples of South America |
Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay,
Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, |
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208-245 |
Early North American Peoples |
Canada, United States |
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246-275 |
Ancient Greece |
Greece |
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276-321 |
Ancient Rome |
Italy |
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322-245 |
Byzantine Empire and Ancient Arabia |
Italy, Greece, Syria, Egypt, Spain |
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346-369 |
Asian Empires |
China Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan,
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370-391 |
African Empires |
Ghana, Ethiopia, Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe, Benin |
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392-429 |
Medieval Europe |
France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia |
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443 |
Biography Elizabeth 1 |
England |
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463 |
Biography Simon Bolivar |
Bolivia |
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466-473 |
French Revolution |
France |
|
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497 |
Biography Meiji |
Japan |
|
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|
500 |
German Reunification |
Germany |
|
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506 |
Asi es mi Tierra |
Mexico |
song |
|
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|
533 |
Biography: Vera Brittain |
Great Britain |
|
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|
542-547 |
Good to Bad Times |
Germany, Japan, China Soviet Union |
|
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548-554 |
World War II |
Europe, Japan |
|
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555 |
Biography: Wiston Churchill |
Great Britain |
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566-596 |
The Cold War |
China, Germany, Cuba, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia,
and former Soviet Union |
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604- |
New Nations |
Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, India, Zimbabwe,
Pakistan, Middle East, Germany, Czech Republic, Croatia Slovenia,
Macedonia |
|
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654-659 |
Population Growth and Change |
Mexico, India, Madagascar |
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Social
Studies
| Grade |
Series |
Page(s) |
Article |
Author(s) |
Country |
Notes |
|
7th |
McDougal Littell |
28-29 |
The Giant Kuafu Chases the Sun |
|
|
* Chinese folk tale |
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|
|
52-63 |
Europe, Russia, and the Independent Republics |
|
European countries (all) |
|
|
|
|
64-91 |
Western Europe: Its Land and Early History |
|
Western Europe |
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|
92-119 |
The Growth of New Ideas |
|
Italy, UK, Portugal, Spain, France |
|
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|
120-133 |
Europe: War and Change |
|
Germany, Japan, Italy, France, UK, Soviet Union |
|
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|
134-135 |
Fionn Mac Cumhail and the Giant’s Causeway |
Una Leavy |
Ireland |
Irish legend |
|
|
|
144-169 |
Modern Europe |
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Soviet Union, European Union, Yugoslavia |
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170-199 |
Europe Today |
|
UK, Sweden, France, Germany, Poland |
|
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|
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210-239 |
North Africa and Southwest Asia: Place and Times |
|
Egypt, Israel, Algeria, Libya, Morocco |
|
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240-261 |
North Africa and Southwest Asia Today |
|
Middle East, Egypt,
UK, France |
|
|
|
|
262-263 |
Thread by Thread |
Bracha Serri |
Yemen |
Poem |
|
|
|
264-267 |
Israel Today |
|
Israel |
|
|
|
|
268-269 |
The Legacy of North Africa and Southwest Asia |
|
Egypt, Greece |
|
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|
|
270-273 |
Turkey Today |
|
Turkey |
|
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|
|
288-313 |
Africa South of the Sahara: Geography and History |
|
All African countries, UK, France, Germany |
|
|
|
|
314-333 |
Western and Central Africa |
|
Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria |
|
|
|
|
336-351 |
Eastern and Southern Africa |
|
Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Somalia,
Rwanda, Ethiopia |
|
|
|
|
352-353 |
My Father’s Farm |
Isaac Olaleye |
Nigeria |
Nigerian Poem |
|
|
|
354-357 |
South Africa Today |
|
South Africa |
|
|
|
|
358-361 |
Kenya Today |
|
Kenya |
|
|
|
|
374-397 |
Southern Asia: Places and Times |
|
All countries, particularly India |
|
|
|
|
400-429 |
India and Its Neighbors |
|
India, Pakistan, UK, Afghanistan |
|
|
|
|
432-433 |
The Sandstorm |
Suzanne Fisher Staples |
Pakistan |
Children’s story based on a study |
|
|
|
434-453 |
Southeast Asia Today |
|
Vietnam, China, Lao, Indonesia, Philippines |
|
|
|
|
456-489 |
East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands |
|
China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand |
|
|
|
|
482-483 |
War Wounds |
Sook Nyul Choi |
Korea |
|
|
|
|
492-521 |
China and its Neighbors |
|
China, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Korea |
|
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524-537 |
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands |
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Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands |
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