Fairport Central School District

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U.S. History – Independent Reading Project

Destiny Quest:

• Log-in using your network username and password  (tab on upper right side of page)

• Search Box Suggestions:
  • Enter “historical fiction”
  • Enter “historical fiction” and a specific event/time period in U.S. history
  • Enter “true narrative” and the name of a person or a specific event/time period in U.S. history
  • Enter “biography” and the name of a person or a specific event/time period in U.S. History
  • Enter any one of the topics listed below, although you are not limited to those:
    • Colonial Period  (~1600-1776)
    • American Revolution  (1776-1783)
    • Early America/New Nation  (1783-1850’s)
    • Antebellum Period  (1850’s-1861)
    • Civil War/Reconstruction  (1861-1877)
    • Gilded Age/Industrialization  (1870’s-1910’s)
    • U.S. Imperialism  (1860’s-1910’s)
    • Progressive Era  (1880’s-1920’s)
    • World War I  (U.S. involvement, 1917-1918)
    • Roaring 20’s
    • Great Depression and New Deal  (1929-1941)
    • World War II  (1941-1945)
    • Post War America/Baby Boomers  (1950’s)
    • Cold War  (1945-1960’s, continues through 1980’s)
    • Civil Rights Movement  (1940’s-1970’s)
    • Women’s Rights  (1960’s-1970’s)
    • JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam  (1960’s-1970’s)
    • Richard Nixon (Watergate), Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter  (1970’s)
    • Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (Modern America)  (1980-present)

• Click on “Go” twice (to load more visuals)

• Results will also include ebooks and digital audio books that can be accessed via the“FollettShelf” tab; download the following free apps to any personal device to borrow these materials:
  • Follett Destiny Quest  (to search the online card catalog ONLY)
  • Follett Enlight Reader  (FollettShelf ebooks ONLY; network username/password; URL is https://wbb37523.follettshelf.com)
  • Catalist Digital Audio  (digital audio books ONLY)
  • regularly install updates as prompted

• Your book selection should address one or more of the following aspects related to any given time period/event/individual:  politics, social change, reform, “life during…”, etc.

Tips:

• After you have specifically selected a book in Destiny Quest, look to the bottom right corner of the page for the “You May Also Like…” suggestion box and the recommended/related titles in it.

• If we don’t own a book you want to read, please ASK!!!  The FHS library can borrow titles from other local libraries in our area.

Memoirs & True Narratives:  Nonfiction that reads like fiction!  Lists on the page are arranged by subject area, but new titles are added monthly so check Destiny Quest for additional selections.

Overdrive:  (additional ebooks and digital audio books)

• Monroe 1 BOCES Library
  • Select ‘Fairport Central Schools’ from the drop-down menu
  • Login with your network username & password
  • Search for a book in digital and/or audio format
  • Download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) to a personal device
  • OR if you don’t have a personal device, download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) into the cloud; you will then be able to access it from any device by going back to the BOCES Overdrive website and logging in  
• Monroe County Library System
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader free download required on a personal device

ALSO CHECK OUT the websites below for additional young adult reading selections, suggestions and reviews:

AMAZON.COM

http://www.historicalnovels.info/WWII-Home-Front-America.html

http://www.historicalnovels.info/America-Between-the-Wars.html

http://www.historicalnovels.info/WWI-America-Home-Front.html

http://www.historicalnovels.info/20th-Century-Prewar-America.html

http://schools.naperville203.org/north/assets/assets/amer_historical_fic.pdf

http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/Teen/historicabooklist.pdf

http://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/booklists/historical-fiction-2012-high-school-summer-suggested-reading-list/

http://info.infosoup.org/lists/TeenHistoricalFictionAll.asp?BooklistID=58

 

 

Happy Reading!

 

Page Last Updated on March 13, 2019