diaries

Excerpts from the diary of Sarah Gillispie, a pioneer in Iowa in the nineteenth century. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to the era.

The diary of a ten-year-old girl who lived in western New York during the 1850s records her family and school life, clothing, transportation, and views on women's rights. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Describes the process of keeping a diary or journal and gives tips on starting one.

Excerpts from the diary of a fourteen-year-old girl tell of her family's journey along the Oregon-California Trail during 1849-1850. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to the era.

Presents the fictional journal of Julia May Jackson, beginning in Virginia in 1863 when she and her family decided to flee slavery for freedom in the North, and telling of her life in Canada.

During the potato famine, young Mary Driscoll leaves her Ireland home for Lowell, Massachusetts, where deplorable working conditions and a false accusation of murder force her to rally more courage than she thought she had.

Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.

In 1863, as the Civil War approaches her quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nine-year-old Virginia records in a journal the horrible things she witnesses before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Presents the log of Christopher Columbus as copied out in brief by his companion, Bartholomew Las Casas, relating the day-to-day drama of a long sea voyage into the unknown.

Fourteen-year-old Sarah keeps a journal of her pilgrimage to Rome with her eccentric grandmother, Z, her evolving relationship with best friend Curtis, and daily conversations with Curtis's sister and star athlete, D.J.