Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston is a wonderful introduction to history for the early reader using short anecdotal biographies of famous American explorers, inventors, scientists, and statesmen.
There are 33 weeks of lessons — enough for a standard school year with a little wiggle room for holidays and other activities.
We covered one individual per week, rounding out the studies with additional information, suggestions, helps for Mom, and notebooking resources.
You’ll find free download options for the text in the Introduction.
- John Winthrop
- Jacques Marquette
- William Penn
- Thomas Smith & Rice
- Eliza Lucas & Indigo
- Benjamin Franklin {Part 1}
- Benjamin Franklin {Part 2}
- John Stark & the Indians
- Anthony Benezet
- Israel Putnam
- George Washington and the Cherry Tree
- Benjamin West
- George Washington
- Francis Marion
- George Rogers Clark
- Daniel Boone
- Stephen Decatur & the Pirates
- Thomas Jefferson
- Lewis and Clark
- Robert Fulton
- Washington Irving
- Captain James Lawrence
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- John James Audubon
- Four Authors
- Daniel Webster
- Charles Goodyear
- Elisha Kane & the Arctic
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Kit Carson
- Horace Greeley
- Dorothea Lynde Dix
- Louisa May Alcott
