George Washington's World: Old Schedule
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by Genevieve Foster
Year 4 Readings for the older version
Schedule compiled by Carmen Trimm
Week 13
George Washington's World: 1732 (preface) pg vii
A boy of Virginia pg 5
Daniel Boone, a boy of the backwoods pg 10
John Adams, farmer boy pg 12
Week 14
George Washington's World: John Hancock, a boy of Boston pg 15
Benjamin West pg 18
The Friendly Printer pg 23
England vs Spain pg 26
Week 15
George Washington's World: Fray Junipero Serra pg 28
Frederick, Soldier King of Prussia pg 31
Johann Sebastian Bach pg 34
Catherine: Her Journey to Russia pg 35
The King of France and His Subjects pg 38
Week 16
George Washington's World: Pierre Caron pg 41
The Great Voltaire pg 45
James Cook, a boy who went to Sea pg 48
James Watt, a Clever Lad pg 50
A King But Not a Ruler pg 53
Week 17
George Washington's World: Benjamin Franklin Looks and Learns pg 56
Ch'ien Lung and the Barbarians pg 63
India and the European Traders pg 67
France and England in America pg 69
Week 18
George Washington's World: French and Indian War pg 71
Seven Years War Begins pg 77
The Empire Builder pg 79
Pontiac, the Patriot pg 83
George III pg 85
Week 19
George Washington's World: George and Martha Washington pg 87
Thomas Jefferson pg 89
The End of the Seven Years War pg 93
Goethe Sees Both Sides pg 95
Catherine Empress of the Russians pg 98
Week 20
George Washington's World: Voltaire and His Pen pg 102
To the South Seas With Captain Cook pg 109
Oxygen pg 112
The Steam Engine pg 113
His Majesty George III pg 116
Week 21
George Washington's World: Frederick the Miser and Louis the Waster pg 124
Marie Antoinette, the Little Austrian Princess pg 127
Lafayette, a young French Nobleman pg 131
Italy the Land of Beauty pg 135
A King and a Painter of Spain pg 138
Week 22
George Washington's World: Pirates pg 139
The Empire of Turkey pg 140
Poland pg 141
Enter Napoleon Bonaparte pg 143
The Empress and the Sultan pg 144
Week 23
George Washington's World: Home To China pg 146
Japan and the Passing World pg 147
Holland and Her Trade pg 150
Alexander Hamilton, boy of the West Indies pg 151
John Paul Jones, and the Hated Slave Trade pg 153
Week 24
George Washington's World: Spain's New Colony pg 155
Over The Mountain With Boone pg 159
Rebellion in Massachusetts pg 162
The First Congress pg 167
The Battle of Bunker Hill pg 170
Week 25
George Washington's World: John Adams Selects a Commander pg 172
Declaration of Independence pg 179
Echoes in Europe pg 183
Benjamin Franklin in France pg 186
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI pg 189
Week 26
George Washington's World: Lafayette Sails for America pg 192
The Old Fox Retreats pg 195
Misadventures of 1777 pg 199
To Carry the News pg 203
Valley Forge pg 205
Week 27
George Washington's World: The French Alliance pg 209
George Rogers Clark pg 212
A Hero in Two Worlds pg 215
The Bon Homme Richard pg 217
Lafayette, Herald of the French Expedition pg 219
Week 28
George Washington's World: Spain besieges Gibraltar pg 220
Holland defends her trade pg 222
Napoleon Bonaparte pg 221
Benedict Arnold traitor pg 223
Cornwallis surrenders pg 226
Week 29
George Washington's World: Washington Refuses Absolute Power pg 229
Money pg 231
Peasants of Russia pg 234
The Peace Treaty pg 237
Empires Old and New pg 240
Week 30
George Washington's World: Stars and Stripes in China pg 242
Back to His Good Land pg 247
Lonely Thomas Jefferson pg 251
Aviation is Born pg 254
The Marriage of Figaro pg 257
Week 31
George Washington's World: Three Americans Meet in France pg 259
Rousseau and Silver Sheep Shears pg 262
John Adams and George III pg 265
Hisses for Marie Antoinette pg 267
Old Frederick's Last Review pg 270
Week 32
George Washington's World: Catherine's Turkish Fairy Tale pg 271
The Assembly of the Notables pg 275
The Not Yet United States pg 277
The Constitution pg 280
Mr. President pg 284
Week 33
George Washington's World: Victory for the Third Estate pg 291
To the Bastille pg 294
Off With the Baker to Paris pg 298
America and the Key to the Bastille pg 301
The Cotton Gin pg 310
Week 34
George Washington's World: Beware the Tyrants pg 311
Liberty pg 314
Death for Louis XVI pg 318
The United States Proclaimed Neutral pg 320
Week 35
George Washington's World: The Reign of Terror pg 323
Doctor Jenner and the Small Pox pg 327
Catherine the Grandmother pg 328
Napoleon Bonaparte pg 330
Week 36
George Washington's World: To Italy pg 331
To Egypt pg 334
The Rosetta Stone pg 337
Ch'ien Lung's Reply to George III pg 338
New Rules for a New Era pg 340