Name: Betsy Shoffstall School: Indian Lake Local Schools Workshoop Location: Columbus Title of Campanion Action Plan: Learning about the Amish Grade Level: 4th grade Curriculum/Subject Area: Social studies and language arts Specific topic: the Amish Content Information Brief Summary: This pathfinder's purpose is to increase and improve the understanding of the Amish religious beliefs and way of life. Through this study the students will improve reading and writing skills. Non-fiction Books Ammon, Richard. An Amish year. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000. Bial, Raymond. Amish home. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Good, Phyllis Pellman. Amish cooking for kids. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, c1993. Hostetler, John. Amish society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Israel, Fred L. The Amish. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, c1996. Seitz, Ruth Hoover. Amish ways. Harrisburg, PA: RB Books, c1991. Wagner, Katherine. Life in an Amish community. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2001. Williams, Jean Kinney. The Amish. New York: Franklin Watts, c1996. Fiction books Ammon, Richard. An Amish Christmas. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, c2000. Ammon, Rchard. Amish horses. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001. Ammon, Richard. An Amish wedding. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1998. Good, Merle. Amos and Susie. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, c1993. Good, Phyllis Pellman. Plain Pig's ABC's: a day on Plain Pig's amish farm. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, c1998. Lewis, Beverly. Just like Mama. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany Backyard, 2002. Yoder, Joseph Warren. Rosanna of the Amish. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, c1995. Yolen, Jane. Raising Yoder's barn. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., c1998. Accommodating the Amish.; Christian Science Monitor, 3/2/99, Vol. 91 Issue 65, p10, 0p, Reading Level (Lexile): 1290 You can find your own article about the Amish.   Here are two interesting articles to read: High, Linda Oatman. "One-Room school." Children's Digest. pp. 12-14. William, Geoff. "A different world." Boys' Life. September 1998. p. 12 This article can be found by typing the word "amish" in the search engine at the SIRS Discoverer and Searchasaurus. Here are two articles that you may want to read: High, Linda Oatman. "One-Room school." Children's Digest, 1993. pp. 12-14 Williams, Geoff. "A different world." Boys Life. Sept. 1998. p. 12. You may find these articles by typing in the word" Amish" in the SIRS Discoverer or Searchasaurus.