The early 1900’s was a time of discoveries and inventions. It also saw record numbers of immigrants come to the United States. Learn about this fascinating time period with these living books.
Books About Industrialization for Grades 1-3
Book Series
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents by Mike Venezia
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President
- William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President
Once Upon America
- Earthquake!: A Story of Old San Francisco by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
- Fire!: The Beginnings of the Labor Movement by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Spine
- A Child’s First Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers
Other Books
- I Said I Could and I Did: True Stories of 20th Century Americans audio by Jim Weiss
- If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake by Ellen Levine
- If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine
- Journey to Ellis Island by Carol Bierman
- Theodore by Frank Keating
Books About Industrialization for Grades 4-6
Book Series
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
Dear America
- Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl by Kathryn Lasky
- A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner by Judy Blundell
- Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, A Shirtwaist Worker by Deborah Hopkinson
- Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady by Ellen Emerson White
Spine
- A Child’s First Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers
Other Books
- Brooklyn Bridge by Elizabeth Mann
- I Said I Could and I Did: True Stories of 20th Century Americans audio by Jim Weiss
- Soldier Doctor by Clara Ingram Judson (This is out-of-print, but is worth taking the time to look for.)
- The President’s Daughter by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Theodore Roosevelt by Genevieve Foster
- Year of the Flying Machine:1903 by Genevieve Foster
See more living history book suggestions as well as the history sequence we follow.
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