Year 1: The American Adventure

Unit 1 - The First Americans

An Algonquian Year: The Year According to the Full Moon by Michael McCurdy
Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects by Margaret J. Anderson
Native American Legends by various authors

Unit 2 - The Early English Settlers

Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
James Towne: Struggle for Survival by Marcia Sewall
Roanoke: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen & Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple

Unit 3 - The Thirteen Colonies

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
Our Colonial Year by Cheryl Harness
Christmas in Williamsburg by K.M. Kostyal

Unit 4 - The New Nation

Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
Benjamin Franklin by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Unit 5 - The Push West

How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Locomotive by Brian Floca

Unit 6 - The Final Frontiers

Various biographies
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Sandy's Circus by Tanya Lee Stone

Year 2: The Heroic Quest

Unit 1 - Heroic Quest: A Life of Virtue

The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson
The Odyssey by Mary Pope Osbourne
Pilgrim's Progress — adapted for children from John Bunyan

Unit 2 - The Quest for Valor: Military Heroes

Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans by Barbara Walsh
Biographies of American military heroes

Unit 3 - The Quest for Reverence: Heroes Seeking Truth

The Nativity story from the gospel accounts (Matthew, Luke, and John)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer

Unit 4 - The Quest for Perseverance: Heroes Against All Odds

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
The Heroic Symphony by Anna Harwell Celenza

Unit 5 - The Quest for Beauty: Creative Heroes

Shakespeare plays adapted for children by Bruce Coville
Bach’s Goldberg Variations by Anna Harwell Celenza
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey  

Unit 6 - The Quest for Confidence: I Can Be a Hero!

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The Angel and the Donkey by Katherine Paterson