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Bellamy, David. The River. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.:New York, 1988. This story is about how plants and animals survive after a man-made catastrophe happens.Buck, Pearl S. The Big Wave. Scholastic: New York, 1948. A modern classic chapter book that describes the effects of a Tsunami that devastates a small Japanese fishing village.
Chocolate, Deborah M. Talk, Talk. Troll Associates: 1993. A folk tale about a farmer who lives along the Congo River and the experiences he has of nonhuman things talking to him.
Dorros, Arthur. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean. Harper Collins: New York, 1991. This book explains the flow of water from its source to the ocean.
Holling, Holling C. Minn of the Mississippi. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1979. An illustrated chapter book of life and events along the Mississippi.
Holling, Holling C. Paddle to the Sea. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1969. An illustrated chapter book about an Indian boy and his carved canoe and the adventures the canoe takes from Canada through the Great Lakes to the ocean.
Johnson, Janet. Killboat Annie. Troll Associates: 1998. An African-American legend about a young girl who lives on a boat and travels along the Mississippi.
Locker, Thomas. Sailing with the Wind. Dial Books: New York, 1986. A wonderfully illustrated book about a young girl and her journey with her uncle along a river.
Locker, Thomas. Where the River Begins. Dial Books: New York, 1984. A story about two young boys who go camping to find the source of a river.
Stanley, Sanna. Monkey Sunday. Frances Foster Books: New York, 1998. This is a vibrant picture book, Sanna Stanley has given us a joyous story based on her childhood in the Congo.
Tennyson, Alfred. The Brook. Orchard Books: New York, 1994. An illustrated poem about life surrounding a brook.
Breyer, Michelle. Ancient India. Teacher Created Materials Inc.: Westminster, CA, 1998. A thematic unit about Ancient India, includes lessons, activities, and projects.Brooks, Philip. Ancient Civilizations. Lorenz Books: New York, 1999. A great book with lots of pictures and maps about people and places of long ago.
Bushey, Jerry. The Barge Book. Carolrhoda Books: Minneapolis, 1984. Describes the progression of cargo barges down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans.
Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. Harcourt Brace: New York, 1992. An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the attempts to revitalize it.
Dineen, Jacqueline. The Face of the Earth: Rivers and Lakes. Schoolhouse Press Inc.: Lexington,MA, 1986. Describes the many different rivers of the world and how rivers are created and used by people around the world.
Entwistle, Theodore R. Our World: Rivers and Lakes. Silver Burdett Press: Morristown, NJ, 1986. Describe the characteristics of different kinds of rivers and lakes and the importance of the surrounding plant, animal, and human life.
Fradin, Dennis B. and Judith B. Fradin. From Sea to Shining Sea: Mississippi. Children's Press: Chicago, 1995. Describes the history and culture that surrounds Mississippi and the Mississippi River.
Gibbons, Gail. The Great St. Lawrence Seaway. Morrow Junior Books: New York, 1992. Describe the inland waterway from the earliest explorers' dream of an Orient passage to today's vast computer operated system of canals, locks, and gates, and the ships that travel on them.
Haslam, Andrew. Make it Work! Rivers. Two-Can: Chicago, 1996. Filled with hands-on projects, pictures and informative text all to help enhance the study of rivers and how they work.
Hiscock, Bruce. The Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio. Simon & Schuster: New York, 1997. Describes the conditions that led up to the severe flooding in the Mississippi River valley in 1993.
Lauber, Patricia. Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi. National Geographic: Washington, D.C., 1996. Focuses on the 1927 and 1993 floods and how they effected the people near the river. It also focuses on the history of the river.
McGuire, Margit E. Story Path: Ancient Egypt Life on the Nile River Valley. Everyday Learning: Chicago, 1999. A unit of lessons and activities about Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley.
Micallef, Mary. Floods and Droughts. Good Apple Inc.: Carthage IL, 1985. A unit of lessons and activities that provides students further knowledge about floods and droughts.
Minks, Louise. The Hudson River School. Barnes and Noble: New York, 1999. 60 full-color and 28 black and white landscape photos that depict the talents of several famous artists.
Parker, Steve. Eyewitness Books: Pond and River. Dorling Kindersley: London, 1988. Pictures and text help the reader to learn more about how plants and animals found in freshwater survive in their habitat.
Pollard, Michael. Great Rivers: The Amazon. Benchmark Books: New York, 1997. Describes the effects of the world's second longest river on the history, food, and economy, plants, wildlife and people of the region through which it flows.
Pollard, Michael. Great Rivers: The Ganges. Benchmark Books: New York, 1997. Traces the course of this famous river through India and describes its physical features, history, and importance.
Pollard, Michael. Great Rivers: The Yangtze. Benchmark Books: New York, 1997. Describes the world's third longest river in the world and describes its history, physical features, importance as a source of food and for its use in transportation.
Sayre, April P. River and Stream. Henry Holt and Company: New York, 1996. Describes aquatic biomes, focusing on life in rivers and streams, and explains the effect of pollution on people and rivers.
Vaughan, Jenny. Rivers and Streams. Steck-Vaughn: Austin, 1998. Describes the basic information about rivers and streams, how they are formed, their effects on people, and the animals that inhabit them.
Wassynger, Ruth A. Ancient Egypt. Scholastic: New York, 1996. A unit of background information, activities, projects, and literature links about Ancient Egypt.
Cradles of Civilization-Students learn about the military, political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual achievements of humanity from prehistoric cultures to the rise and fall of Egyptian and Mesopaotamian civilzations. gr. 4-8 available from Learning Services $59.95
Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt-Filled with stories of everyday life and beliefs and traditions of Ancient Egypt. $69.95 from Learning Services
Mapmaker's Toolkit Gr. 4-9-Locate and study historical, current, and theme maps from a library of 450 maps. Available in every school.
TimeLiner 4.0 (Tom Synder) available from the district. Will let you choose what type of time line for any subject.
Hyperstudio 3.1-students can use this program to create multimedia reports (available from system)
Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, The D8313 55 minutes $19.95 ( Grade 7-Adult)
Stretching from the Himalayas to the China Sea, the Yangtze is the third longest river on Earth. Visit Fengdu, the Taoist "City of the Dead," explore the massive dam and hydroelectric project, visit Nanjing, home of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty and more. Part of the China Series.
Ancient Mesopotamia K6728 23 minutes $29.95
Where did civilization begin? That's a
question archeologists have been trying to answer for centuries. Many
believe it began in ancient Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers in Asia, in what is now part of Turkey and Iraq.
This program examines the Sumerian civilization in detail and takes
students to the ancient lands of the Babylonians and the Assyrians to
learn of their lives and customs, much of which we have learned from
the Bible. Hosted by the intriguing archeologist Arizona Smith and
his young detective-in-training, the program includes a teacher's
guide featuring additional information on the topic, vocabulary
words, discussion questions, follow-up activities and lists of
recommended books and Internet resources.
Grades 3 to 7 Color Live Action Closed-Captioned Copyright
1998
Historic Rivers and Lakes T2057 50 minutes $19.95
From the rivers that served as early
superhighways to the waters that became essential conduits of
commerce, this program looks at thewaterways that played crucial
roles in the birth of America. Taking a look into history, this
program reveals how the early American Revolution battles that took
place on Lake Champlain affected public opinion, how the Ohio River
facilitated the abolitionist movement after the Civil War and how the
journey of Lewis and Clark opened up uncharted territory from St.
Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Also featured are the Erie Canal, the
waters that spawned the California Gold Rush and the Wisconsin and
Tennessee rivers. Part of the multi-volume Exploring America's Rivers
& Lakes Series.
Grades 6 to Adults Color Live ActionCopyright 1997
Grand Waterways T205650 minutes $19.95
This program features the most majestic
rivers, waterfalls and lakes in America. Features the mighty
Mississippi, the Hudson River from the Adirondacks to the New York
Harbor, the Great Lakes, the Rio Grande River in Texas, Lake Tahoe
and Niagara Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world. Part of the
multi-volume Exploring America's Rivers & Lakes Series.
Grades 6 to Adults Color Live Copyright 1997
Museum of Fine Arts -http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/ The Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the finest Egyptian collections of its kind in the world. A visit to the collection is a great way to learn about Egyptian art and civilization.Plum Island -Parker River Nature Refuge-the Merrimack River empties into the Atlantic Ocean here
http://www.shore.net/shore/beach/ns/plum/Possible Family Trips- Canoe along the Concord River or Charles River http://www.ski-paddle.com/cano/canoe.shtml or follow the path of the Nashua River
There are thousands of songs with river themes, sometimes tracing the development of a river from a mountain stream, (as in the classical Moldau symphony or the Grand Canyon Suite) some focusing on the divisions caused by rivers. (The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er,,, "Moon River. wider than a mile") Other themes include the changing nature of rivers ("You rolling old river, you changing old river" or the path that rivers take to the sea, ("Silently flows the river to the sea.").
For thousands of years, rivers have inspired people and divided them. Rivers provided natural boundaries, yet rivers also bring people together. Many ancient civilizations and early cities have rivers at their heart. Rivers move things, people and ideas.
The songs listed below are all available through the Minuteman Library Network in Acton and in many other communities. You can search the network from your classroom computer and request cds from other libraries. You can search the network using title, author, subject heading. Be sure to restrict your search to "Music recordings." If you would like to request a cd from another library, you need to request a "pin" number (in person) from any Minuteman library library and then you can request things from your school computer.
Classical Music
CD Title: Songs & Dances [sound recording]: Nationalism in Music.Author: Bedrich Smetana
Publisher: New York, NY : Sony Classical, p1999.
Subject Heading(s) National music.National songs.Folk dance music.Orchestral music.
Song Title: Moldau, Symphonic Poem no. 2 from the cycle My Fatherland (Má vlast)
CDTitle: Grand Canyon Suite ; Mississippi Suite [sound recording] / Grofé. --
Author: Grofé, Ferde, 1892-1972.
Publisher: [S.l. : s.n.], p1984.
Subject Heading(s) Suites (Orchestra)Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Songs and music, Mississippi River--Songs and music.
Song Title: Grand Canyon Suite. Sunrise; Painted Desert; On the Trail; Sunset; Cloudburst -- Mississippi Suite. Father of the waters; Huckleberry Finn; Old Creole Days ; Mardi Gras.
CD Title: Aguas da Amazonia [sound recording] / Uakti ; music composed by Philip Glass.
Author: Glass, Philip.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Point Music, p1999.
Subject Heading(s) World music.
Song Titles: Tiquiê River Japurá River - Puris River - Negro River- Madeira River -Tapajos River - Paru River - Xingu River -Amazon River
CD Title: The Mississippi, River of Song [sound recording] : A Musical Journey down the Mississippi.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, p1998.
Subject Heading(s): Music--Mississippi River Valley. Music--United States--20th century.
Related Subject(s): MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYMUSIC UNITED STATES
Notes: Various performers. Includes selections recorded 1995-1997. Companion to the PBS television series. Explores contemporary American music through encounters with contemporary musicians who have forged their styles out of the rich musical heritage found along the banks of the Mississippi. The combination of musical diversity and striking continuity found in this remarkable region, which slices through the center ofthe United States, is reflected by a range of artists including Soul Asylum, John Hartford, and the Chippewa Nation,
Title: The Prince of Egypt [sound recording]: music from the original motion picture soundtrack / original songs by Stephen Schwartz; score composed by Hans Zimmer.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Records, p1998.
Subject Heading(s): Motion picture music.
Song Title; River Lullaby (Nile River)
CD Title: Amazon Concert [sound recording].
Publisher: U.S. : Music, [199-].
Subject Heading(s) A blend of nature sounds from the Amazon rainforest and music.
Series Title: Nature's Symphonies;
Song Title:
Popular/Folk Songs:
CD Title: Working Girl Sound Recording: original soundtrack albumAuthor: Simon, Carly
Publisher: New York: Arista Records, p1989.
Subject Heading(s) Motion picture music--Excerpts.Popular music.
Song Title: Let the River Run / Carly Simon
CD Title: The First Million Miles [sound recording] / Bill Staines.
Author: Staines, Bill.
Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Rounder, p1989.
Subject Heading(s) Popular music.
Song Title: River
CD Title: Dixieland Classics [sound recording] / Pete Fountain.
Author: Fountain, Pete.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Ranwood Records, c1999.
Subject Heading(s) Clarinet music (Jazz) Dixieland music. Pete Fountain, clarinet;
Song Title: Up a Lazy River
CDTitle: This Land s Your Land [sound recording] / Phil Rosenthal.
Author: Rosenthal, Phil,
Publisher: Guilford, CT : American Melody, p1999.
Subject Heading(s) Folk songs, English--United States--Juvenile sound recordings.
Description: 1 sound cassette : analog.
Song Title: The E-ri-e Canal - Red River Valley -This Land Is Your Land -
CD Title: Broadway Super Hits. [sound recording].
Publisher: New York: Sony Music Entertainment, p2000.
Subject Heading(s) Musicals.
Description: 1 sound disc (36 min., 26 sec.): digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Song Title: Ol' Man River (Show boat)
CD Title: Front Porch Blues [sound recording] / John Jackson.
Author: Jackson, John, 1924-
Publisher: Chicago, IL: Alligator Records, p1999.
Subject Heading(s) Blues (Music)--1991-2000. Folk songs, English--United States.
Song Title(s): Red River Blues (2:44) - Rappahannock blues (1:33)
CD Title: The Judy Garland Gold Collection [sound recording]
Author: Garland, Judy.
Publisher: Italy : Dejavu, p1994.
Subject Heading(s): Popular music.
Song Title: Ol' Man River -- Swanee River--
CD Title: Buffalo Skinners [sound recording] / Woody Guthrie.
Author: Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, p1999.
Subject Heading(s) Cowboys--Songs and music.Folk songs, English--United States. Folk music--United States.Music--United States.
CD Song Title: Red River Valley
CD Title: Hello, Dolly [sound recording] / Louis Armstrong.
Author: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Records, [1989?]
Subject Heading(s): Popular music--1961-1970. Jazz vocals.Jazz--1961-1970.
Song Title: Moon River (2:55)
CD Title: You Send Me [sound recording] / Sam Cooke.
Author: Cooke, Sam.
Publisher: [S.l.]: ARC Records, c1987.
Subject Heading(s): Popular music.
Song Title: Ol Man River -
CD Title: The Very Best of Tom Rush [sound recording] : No Regrets / Tom Rush.
Author: Rush, Tom.
Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia/Legacy, p1999.
Subject Heading(s): Folk music--United States/ English--United States. Popular music.
Song Title: River Song (3:56)
CD Title: Anthology [sound recording] / the Temptations.
Author: Temptations (Musical group)
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA. : Motown, p1995.
Subject Heading(s): Popular music--1961-1970.Popular music--1971-1980. Popular music--1981-1990. Soul music.
Song Title: Ol' Man River (live) --
CD Title: Softly Awakes My Heart [sound recording] / Marian Anderson.
Author: Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
Publisher: London, England : ASV Ltd., p1999.
Subject Heading(s): Opera--Excerpts. Spirituals (Songs)
Song Title: Deep River
CD Title: Rarities, B-sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes [sound recording] / Cowboy Junkies.
Author: Cowboy Junkies (Musical group)
Publisher: [S.l.] : Latent Recordings, [1999?]
Subject Heading(s): Rock music--1991-2000.
Song Title: River Waltz --The Water is Wide.
Poetry Poems about the River taken from King, Angela and Susan Clifford. The River's Voice: An Anthology of Poetry. White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2000.
by Patricia Beer
by Phoebe Hesketh
by Gary Snyder
by Gary Snyder