The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane… (edition 1996)

The Winter of Red snow is a great book.....through i like the second diary of Abigail Jane stewart a little better. It's called Cannons at Dawn. ( )

This entire series is a wonderful way to learn history or teach it to adolescents. I find today's generations seem to recall more when they learn through other people (pop songs, celebrity gossip, etc.), so what better way to teach history than through someone else's perspective? Yes, "authentic" diaries would be "better", but would the language really hold the modern student's attention? Did the diary writer know what WOULD be important in the context of history? Probably not. ( )

this is a great fictional story of what it was like to be in the revolutionary war time, I myself am a DAR and found this very interesting about the goings on what it would have been like to support the war. started at 5 pm on 1st day and read till 1am on second day. ( )

This book is appropriate for for grades 5th-6th. This is a longer chapter book that has accelerated words. This book is written as a dairy, who belong to a 11 year old girl named Abigail Jane Stewart, in 1777 in Valley Forge, PA. The Revolutionary War remains marched though Abigail's town, never has she seen young boys and men in the condition they were on the freezing morning in December. Abby writes down the words of Washington and goes on the a trip with Martha to go visit the sick soldiers. Lots of event happen in Valley Forge when General Washington is there with soldiers. Abby and her sisters follow them around and Martha saves them goodies from parties. This book will give students and inside view what it was like for a children to grow up during this time period.
Teachers could use this book to:
-Use the book as a mock and have students make their own journals. Students would have to write about the past and what they would do during this time period.
-Have students pick out vocabulary in the book and write them down. Have them use these words in the weekly spelling list.