Saints of Asia

Saints of Asia: 1500 to the Present by Vincent J. O'Malley, C.M. (Our Sunday Visitor)

Christians in China: AD 600 to 2000 by Fr. Jean Charbonnier (Ignatius Press)

Xavier: Missionary and Saint (DVD - narrated by Liam Neeson)

World War II (1939-1945)

Picture Books:

The Little Ships by Louise Borden, illustrated by Michael Forman (rescue at Dunkirk, May 1940)
Across the Blue Pacific by Louise Borden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (set soon after U.S. entered World War II)
The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson (Poland, 1943)
The Journey that saved Curious George: the true wartime escape of Margret and H A Rey by Louise Borden, illustrated by Allan Drummond
The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden, illustrated by Niki Daly (Netherlands)
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Anita Lobel (post-war Europe)

Favorite Read-Alouds:

The Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery
Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop (1944)
The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

Audio Resources:

Enemy Brothers audio drama

Grades 1-4:

The Small War of Sergeant Donkey by Maureen Daly
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop (1944)
The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

Grades 5-8:

World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities by Richard Panchyk
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
Enemy Brothers: A Story of World War II by Constance Savery
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meendert de Jong
Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serralier
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues by Jayne Pettit

Grades 9-12:

The Borrowed House by Hilda Van Stockum
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Bom

Teen/Adult:

Night by Elie Wiesel
The Red Horse by Eugenio Corti
The Shadow of His Wings by Fr. Gereon Goldmann

Out of Print Favorites:

Up Periscope by Robb White

Movies:

The Assisi Underground (1985 - Ben Cross, James Mason, Maximilian Schell)

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009 - Anna Paquin - Hallmark)

The Great Escape (1963 Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn) Note: There's also an episode of Nova in which they excavate the site of this true story.

The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 - John Wayne)

The Scarlet and the Black (1983 - Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud)

Famous Speeches:

"We Shall Fight on the Beaches", Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940, House of Commons, London, England

"Against Nazi Euthanasia", Cardinal Clemens von Galen, August 3, 1941, Münster Cathedral, Münster, Germany

"Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, December 8, 1941, Washington D.C.

On the Web:

Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, USMC (1920-1945)
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
U.S.S. Missouri Memorial
World War II Memorial

Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849)

Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain by Deborah Kogan Ray (Hokusai, Japan, 1760-1849)

8th Century A.D.

Picture Books:

The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History by John S. Major, illustrated by Stephen Fieser (concentrates on a journey in 700 AD)

Grade School:

"The Miracle of Lanciano, Italy" EM pgs 3-18 (700 AD)
Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard (Charlemagne 768-814)

Architecture:

Temple at Borobudur, Java, Indonesia (constructed in the 8th or 9th century)

The Great Wall of China

Construction begun on Great Wall of China, 7th or 8th Century BC, and continued for approximately 200 years

The Great Wall by Elizabeth Mann