HistoryLink wanted elementary students and other beginning readers to be able to read essays found in this encyclopedia too - so HistoryLink Elementary was created. Selected essays were rewritten at a lower reading level. They feature important persons, places, and events in Washington state history.
You can find a list of topics below. There is a special vocabulary for each essay to help with words that may be unfamiliar.
The following themes or topics are included in HistoryLink Elementary:
- Bull, Walter: Leading Citizen of Kittitas County
- Chief Seattle
- Fort Walla Walla
- Horses Change Life on the Columbia Plateau
- How the Land in Washington was Formed
- Kennewick Man
- Legends from Washington State Tribes
- Makah Whaling
- Marmes Rockshelter
- Mount St. Helens Erupts
- Olmsted Parks of Seattle
- Prehistoric Animals in Washington
- Prehistoric Tools and Weapons
- Princess Angeline, Daughter of Chief Seattle
- The Great Fire of Seattle
- Transportation on Lake Washington
- Whitman, Marcus and Narcissa: Missionaries of the Walla Walla Valley
- Wine Industry in Washington
