Year One for Grades 2-6
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Table of Contents
Welcome ……………………………………………………3
Some Thoughts to Share and an Introduction…………..4
Books and Materials………………………………………..5
Overview of Books and Materials…………………………7
Overview of Topics Studied………………………………13
Some Thoughts About the Week-by-Week Schedule…14
Week 1………………………………………………………15
Week 2………………………………………………………17
Week 3………………………………………………………19
Week 4………………………………………………………21
Week 5………………………………………………………23
Week 6………………………………………………………25
Week 7………………………………………………………27
Week 8………………………………………………………29
Week 9………………………………………………………31
Week 10……………………………………………………..33
Week 11……………………………………………………..35
Week 12……………………………………………………..37
Week 13……………………………………………………..39
Week 14……………………………………………………..41
Week 15……………………………………………………..43
Week 16……………………………………………………..45
Week 17……………………………………………………..47
Week 18……………………………………………………..49
Week 19……………………………………………………..51
Week 20……………………………………………………..53
Week 21……………………………………………………..55
Week 22……………………………………………………..57
Week 23……………………………………………………..59
Week 24……………………………………………………..61
Week 25……………………………………………………..63
Week 26……………………………………………………..65
Week 27……………………………………………………..67
Week 28……………………………………………………..69
Week 29……………………………………………………..71
Week 30……………………………………………………..73
Week 31……………………………………………………..75
Week 32……………………………………………………..77
Week 33……………………………………………………..79
Week 34……………………………………………………..81
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Welcome!
Welcome to our American history curriculum! This history curriculum was originally
written for the target age of eight to nine (3rd grade) but can easily be used and adapted
for other grades and ages. The easiest grades to adapt for and use our curriculum in are
2nd-6th grades. It is also an excellent supplement to any other history curriculum (for
a variety of ages) with plenty of "gravy" like worksheets, printables, links, extra reading,
crafts, activities and more.
Our American history curriculum uses a literature (“living-books”) and "semi" unit study
approach; whenever possible tying in other disciplines such as science, language arts and
more. Our main focus though is on history.
This history curriculum is FREE to anyone who needs or wants it. Please consider it our
gift to you from OurLosBanos.com in honor of the many blessings God has bestowed
upon our family. If you use and like our materials, we ask that you will consider making
a donation or an Amazon.com order via our donation page and/or book links. Please also
tell your friends or link to us!
Hours and hours of research and love went into this project and continue to go into it as
we tweak it to be more user-friendly and content-rich. We look forward to hear what you
think of it! Please visit our forums to leave your comments, questions or ideas! Or you
can send us an email. Feedback is really encouraging and appreciated, so please don't be
shy!
Although our curriculum is mean to be used over the course of a year or so, you can also
easily independently use each individual topic as a unit study or to supplement any other
curriculum that focuses on American history.
You can choose to use it topic-wise (no set schedule), or you can use our “daily”
schedule if you need or want more “guidance”. No matter how you decide to use our
curriculum, it should be thought of as very flexible and adaptable. Don’t be afraid to
change it, skip some of it, add to it or tweak it!
Enjoy!
Jennifer and Charles Guest
MemorablePlaces.com and OurLosBanos.com
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Some Thoughts to Share and an Introduction:
I have been homeschooling for over fifteen years and have used, tried out and seen
lots of curriculums. Hardly any of them have fit us perfectly and so I have tweaked some,
added to others and sometimes had to just "walk away" and not use a few! When 20062007 rolled around, I wanted something totally tailored to my youngest child for his study
of American history. I decided to write my "own" curriculum.
My writing this history curriculum was an attempt at providing my son with a terrific
foundation and whetting his appetite for more. I wanted him to not just love what he is
studying, but to retain some of it too! That makes his job easier when he gets into the
higher grades to understand things even further and not have to waste time trying to
piece the big parts together, because we will have already built the "frame" early on. In
writing this, it is also my hope to share it with you and others, so that your children too
can learn what my son learned and hopefully learn to love history as much as we do!
I designed this schedule to ensure my youngest son really grasps the "flow" of
American history and also retains major events and persons for a stronger foundation to
work off of later. I also wanted to provide him with a study that "works" for us in various
ways other curriculums haven't.
The other American history curriculum(s) I am aware of have some terrific books, but
they either have books scheduled together that don't mesh "time-wise", or are in my
opinion too "advanced", making it harder to retain the material. Also, some of the
curriculums (again in my opinion), don't have "enough" books and / or information to
flesh things out. Some are also lacking in the hands-on and crafts department.
These issues are important to me and so I have kept them in mind while writing my
American history curriculum.
Also, you should know we are a Christian family and this curriculum will reflect our
beliefs and values in some of the discussion questions, etc.
I will "warn" you if I think an item scheduled has potentially objectionable material (from a
Christian standpoint) and I will many times provide discussion questions or Bible verses
that I (and I am certainly not infallible) think pertain to certain issues we come across in
the materials. Also (for those of you who care about this sort of thing), please note, I
have NOT gone through each and every one of the materials!! I have looked over or
used most of it, but everything is to be used at your own discretion.
If you would like to help me develop questions or if a certain verse comes to mind
when you are going over a book or video, please share it with me! I would like to
consider adding it to the book notes.
Having said this, if you do not share my faith, you can just skip over my notes and
comments. History pertains to us all, of course. :-) This schedule contains nearly 100%
secular books with just a couple exceptions so it’s not a problem for those of you who
would like to avoid a “Christian flavor”. For those of you who would like more of a
Christian emphasis, I suggest you add in your own personal Bible studies for the year
and take a peek at the notes I’ve written about specific titles. :-) I hope you enjoy sharing
this journey with us!
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Books and Materials
In choosing the books and materials for this topic of study, I included favorites
from previous years of teaching my older children and also added in "new" books
that I think will be helpful, interesting, fun and contribute to our study of American
history.
I have found these books through a variety of sources: by looking through books
personally at the library, book reviews on various sites (such as Amazon.com)
and multiple sites such as: Literature to Supplement History (where you can find
an excellent list of books)! I’ve looked over and read many of these books and
watched many of the movies, but there are some books that we didn’t get around
to reading and some movies we didn’t have the time for.
There are thousands of good books for American history. Don't feel roped into
"my" choices. They are listed as a guideline only. If you see a book that you think
would be better, please use it. If your child wants to get off on a tangent, then let
him (within reason and your judgment!). Maybe your daughter really likes Native
American stories, or your son books about the Revolution. If so, then add those
books and perhaps take out some others.
If you can't locate a book on the list, don't sweat it. Find an appropriate
substitution and use that instead. You will most likely not get to "all" of the books
listed. In fact, I’m sure you won’t. We certainly didn’t! My plans were ambitious,
but we really like a heavy amount of reading
Book Baskets
and I've found that my kids enjoy going more
in depth. Sometimes a book will "repeat" some A book basket is a container (basket, box,
shelf, whatever) where you put a variety of
information we've already gone over in
books related to your current study or
another. I don't think this is a bad thing,
studies for "browsing”. You can pull out a
book during free reading, make your readbecause it helps to further cement facts (as
aloud choices from the basket or snatch a
long as it doesn't get boring!). Sometimes it's
book to read during lunch or while mom is
interesting too, to see how books and authors
folding laundry. They are also nice to have
for holidays or seasons. In December, the
disagree! Feel free to use the "book basket"
book basket might have books about
method for choosing which books to read.
snow or winter or Jesus’ birth.
In the daily schedule, I have scheduled most
The key is to have theme related books
books in according to how many pages you
easily available but not necessarily
should read per day. I have also, at times,
assigned. If a book doesn't "click" just toss
listed multiple books in different categories
it back and pick out another one. If sister
(readers, history reading, etc.). As long as you doesn't "feel" like reading, she can just
look through the pictures (and still learn
pick just one or two of your favorites from the
quite a lot). Maybe brother might grab a
list and/or the schedule, you will be doing just
book and read some of it to the baby or
take it along to a doctor's appointment.
fine and learning plenty.
Some notes about the movies chosen:
Most of the videos and DVD's I've chosen are what's available at a library we
frequent. I believe that "seeing" things really adds to a study (the more ways you
can get facts "into" kids, the better they will remember). My kids really enjoy the
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videos I schedule. Videos, for us, are a sort of a "treat" because we make a habit
of not watching too much T.V. (not having cable helps that out). DVD’s and
videos are usually saved for the end of the day when everyone is done with work
and studying!
I haven't seen all of the scheduled videos, but I have seen many that are
produced by same company (most of the videos are Schlessinger videos) and
they are pretty good for kids (short, easy to understand, etc.).
Some notes about History Pockets:
I have scheduled four History Pockets books. In my estimation they are not "all"
be necessary. I just happened to have them all. Two of the books are specifically
for K-3rd grade (Native Americans and Pilgrims). Two others are for 4th-6th
grade (Explorers and Colonial). I have looked them all over and think the 4th-6th
grade books are, in my opinion, just fine for a 3rd grader to use.
If you are on a tight budget (or just don't want to do FOUR History Pockets
books), I would recommend the Native Americans book (as this is the first 7
topics of this study) and then either the Pilgrims book (you can spread it out over
the colonial topics if you wish) or the Colonial America book. The book on
explorers is the most "optional" for this study, but useful as your child will
probably come across the names mentioned in it again. If you plan on using
WinterPromise’s American Story 2 next year, you will want to SKIP the History
Pockets Moving West book.
You can click on the links of each History Pockets title to go directly to the EvanMoor site and look at each and every page of the books, if you wish. This should
help you choose which books are most appropriate for your child (if you want to
do the History Pockets at all).
I like History Pockets because they make a really nice portfolio, the kids enjoy
working on them (and reviewing their work by looking through them later); they
retain what they learn from them, and they add "fun" activities to our studies. In a
couple cases, I have provided alternative books that are similar but may be a
nice change or more fun depending on your family’s taste.
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Overview of Books and Materials
Please visit our website at
http://www.ourlosbanos.com/homeschool/history/booksandmaterialslist.html
to see a more detailed list of all books, DVD’s, etc. (with pictures, reviews and
comments) used this year as well as convenient links to Amazon.com.
The table below shows what week a resource is started and what week it is
finished. Note that you may not use the resource for the entire duration of those
weeks. In other words you may skip some of the “in between” weeks if a
resource is used more than one week.
Books with an asterisk are considered more optional than the other books listed.
Put them in your book basket for extra reading, or choose them if you prefer
them or they are easier to locate. They will also add extra content for a voracious
reader. Videos, DVD’s, CD’s, computer games and activity books are always
considered optional. ;-)
Use this list to plan your trips to the library, figure out which books you'd like to
purchase and which books you'd like to skip or substitute.
If you are viewing this list in Microsoft Word, you may wish to highlight books and
videos different colors to help you sort through what you are using, etc.
Item
Draw Write Now Book 3
History Pockets, Grades 1-3, Native Americans
Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians
North American Indians
Seminole Children and Elders Talk Together *
Story Of The Usa Book 1 Student Explorers And
Settlers
Wee Sing America Book and CD
Children’s Treasury of Virtues *
The Birchbark House
Hiawatha *
Cobblestone: The Ojibwa Indians of the Great
Lakes
The Iroquois (Video)
The People of the Great Plains (Video)
If You Lived With the Sioux Indians
Germs Make Me Sick * (Science)
Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
The Hopi (New True Books) *
If You Lived With The Hopi Indians
The Pueblo (Video)
Meet Kaya: An American Girl
Welcome to Kaya's World 1764 *
I Will Fight No More Forever (DVD)
If You Lived With The Indians Of The Northwest
Coast
Week Started and Ended
1-7
1-7
1
1-6
1
1-21
1-34
2-21
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
7
Land of the Eagle (DVD)
Miracle of the Scarlet Salmon (Video)
Northwest Coast Punch-Out Village
Tikta'Liktak An Eskimo Legend
The Inuit Ivory Carvers of the Far North
My Inuit Family from Canada (Video)
The Caribou and the Eskimo (Online – free PDF) *
Little Caribou *
Pipaluk and the Whales *
Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes? *
The Practically Perfect Pajamas *
Amazing Arctic Animals *
Tooga
Polar Bear Math
Polar Bear Arctic Odyssey (Video)
Polar Bear Patrol *
Snow Bear *
Iceland and Greenland (DVD)
This Country of Ours (Free Online Text)
The Discovery of the Americas
Leif the Lucky
Viking Treasure Chest (Kit)
Columbus
Where do You Think You’re Going Christopher
Columbus? * Either book or (Video)
Pedro's Journal
1492 *
Christopher Columbus (Video)
History Pockets: Explorers of North America
Ancient Inca (Video)
Ancient Maya
Discovering The Inca Ice Maiden *
Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After
Columbus: 1500-1620
Ice Mummies. Frozen in Heaven (Video)
Lost Temple of the Aztecs: What it was Like When
the Spaniards Invaded Mexico
Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires Inca (Video)
Secret of the Andes *
The Conquistadors and the Aztecs (Video)
The Corn Grows Ripe *
Cortés & Pizarro (Video)
Spanish Explorers (Video)
We Asked for Nothing: The Remarkable Journey of
Cabeza de Vaca
Colonial America (Easy Make & Learn Projects)
If You Lived In Colonial Times
Jamestown, New World Adventure*
Pocahontas
Pocahontas and the Strangers *
Surviving Jamestown *
Where America Began (Video)
Jamestown (Video)
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6
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9-33
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10-28
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
13-32
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
8
Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects,
Games, Activities, and Recipes
History Pockets: Colonial America
Pilgrims (Learn All About, Grades 1-4)
History Pockets: Life in Plymouth Colony
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
Sarah Morton's Day *
Samuel Eaton's Day *
Three Young Pilgrims *
Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation *
Magic Tree House Research Guide: Pilgrims *
The Pilgrims of Plymouth (Video)
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and
War (FOR PARENT / TEACHER, not child) *
The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689
Benjamin Franklin
Courage of Sarah Noble
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? *
Ben and Me *
Childhood of Famous Americans: Benjamin
Franklin *
Benjamin Franklin (Video)
Witch Hunt: It Happened in Salem Village *
Roger Williams & Rhode Island (Video)
Settling the New World (Video)
Whales: An Unforgettable Journey (DVD)
William Penn & Pennsylvania (Video)
The Dutch & New Amsterdam (Video)
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares *
Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian
Wars: 1689-1763
The Matchlock Gun
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Calico Captive *
The Sign of the Beaver * Book or (DVD)
If You Grew Up with George Washington
George Washington
George Washington’s Breakfast *
George Washington and the General's Dog *
Welcome to Felicity's world, 1774 *
American Adventures: True Stories from America's
Past, 1770-1870 *
General George Washington (Video)
George Washington's Mother (Video)
Felicity - An American Girl Adventure (DVD)
Liberty's Kids (Computer Game)
If You Lived At The Time Of The American
Revolution
Sam, the Minuteman
Can’t You Make Them Behave King George *
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? *
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? *
13-22
13-22
14-15
14-15
14
14-15
14
14
14
15
15
15
14-15
16
16
16-17
16
16-17
16-17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19-34
19
19
19
20 (and as long as your child wants to play it)
20
20
20
20
20
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Johnny Tremain (Book or Video)
Toliver's Secret *
The Declaration of Independence (Video)
Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl *
Hannah of Fairfield : Pioneer Daughters #1 *
Magic Tree House Research Guide: American
Revolution *
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? *
Phoebe the Spy *
Winter At Valley Forge *
1776 (DVD)
The Story of the U.S.A. - Book 2: A Young Nation
Solves Its Problems
If You Were There When They Signed the
Constitution
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution *
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our
Constitution *
We, The People
Carry on Mr. Bowditch
A New Nation (Video)
The History of American Government (Video)
Don't Know Much About the Presidents
Johnny Appleseed
History Pockets Moving West
The True Tale of Johnny Appleseed *
Melody Time (DVD)
Tall Tales & Legends Johnny Appleseed (Video)
Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark *
Childhood of Famous Americans: Sacagawea *
Sacagawea: Girl of the Shining Mountains *
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of
Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President *
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale *
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With
Lewis and Clark
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of
Discovery (DVD)
Meet Thomas Jefferson
Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark *
Sacagawea (Video)
The American Frontier (Video)
What's the deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the
Louisiana Purchase *
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
(Author), Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (Illustrator) *
Little House by Boston Bay
Abigail's Drum
The Scrambled States of America... and More
Stories to Celebrate Our Country (Video)
A Pioneer Sampler
20-21
20-21
20
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
22-33
22
22
22
22
22-23
22
22
23
23
23-34
23
23
23
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
26-33
10
American Kids in History Pioneer Days *
If You Lived With The Cherokees *
Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the
Trail of Tears *
The Cherokee (Video)
Trail of Tears
Who Let Muddy Boots Into the White House?: A
Story of Andrew Jackson
Robert Fulton: Boy Craftsman
A Head Full of Notions: A Story About Robert
Fulton *
Eli Whitney: Cotton Gin Genius
Eli Whitney, great inventor *
Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights *
America in the Time of Susan B. Anthony
Eli Whitney (Video)
Susan B. Anthony (Video)
A Day That Changed America: The Alamo
The Boy in the Alamo *
Welcome to Josefina's World 1824: Growing Up on
America's Southwest Frontier (
Children of the Gold Rush
Gold Rush Dogs
The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive *
Bees (Video)
Daily Pioneer Life (Video)
Oregon Trail (Computer Game)
If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon
Riding the Pony Express *
Westward To Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary *
Roughing It on the Oregon Trail *
Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl *
Time Travelers: How I Survived the Oregon Trail
The Journal of Jesse Adams *
The Pioneer Journey Westward (Video)
Buffalo Bill
Going West: Trials and Trade-offs (Online PDF)
Welcome to Kirsten's World, 1854: Growing Up in
Pioneer America *
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story
Sarah Plain and Tall (Video)
Abe Lincoln's Hat *
Our Kansas Home *
Meet Addy An American Girl
Slavery and the Underground Railroad: Bound for
Freedom
Abraham Lincoln
If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln *
Up The Learning Tree *
Abraham Lincoln (Video)
A Ballad of the Civil War
Escape North! : The Story of Harriet Tubman
Welcome to Addy's World *
26-33
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30 (and as long as your child wants to play it)
30
30-31
30-31
30
30
30-31
30
30
31
31
31
31
32
32-33
32
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
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Up Before Daybreak: Cotton And People In
America
If You Lived When There Was Slavery
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad *
Harriet Tubman (Video)
George Washington Carver: From Slave to
Scientist*
Man’s Slave Becomes God’s Scientist: George
Washington Carver
The Long Way to a New Land
The Long Way Westward
George Washington Carver (Video)
33
33
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
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Overview of Memorable Places’ American History Year One
Native Americans
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
War and a New Country
Seminole, Florida
Iroquois, Ojibwa
Sioux, Great Plains
Southwest Indians
Nez Perce
Northwest Coast
Inuit
Arctic Animals
Discovery
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Exploration, More War & Moving West
Vikings
Columbus
South America
Spanish Explorers
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31
Colonies
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Revolution
Revolution Continued
Constitution
Johnny Appleseed
Lewis & Clark
War of 1812
Jackson, Trail of
Tears
Inventions & Changes
Alamo, Southwest
Gold Rush
Pioneers, The West
Pioneers, Oregon
Trail
Slavery, Civil War
Roanoke, Jamestown
Pilgrims
Pilgrims Continued
Benjamin Franklin
Colonies & More Ben
The French and
Indian War
George Washington
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Lincoln, Slavery
Underground
Railroad, Civil War
George Carver,
Transcontinental
Railroad
You may stop at week 23 if you wish to use Tapestry of Grace Year 3 next year.
You may stop at week 28 if you wish to use WinterPromise's American Story 2 next year.
(That's what we did!)
You may stop at week 31 if you wish to use Sonlight's Core 4 next year or if you wish to
use My Father's World Year Five.
You don't have to stop at any of these points, as I use different books in many cases, but
the topics following will be covered again if you move on to any of the mentioned
programs.
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Some Thoughts About the Week-by-Week Schedule
I have created this schedule at the request of some of the visitors to the site.
Please note that we did not follow this schedule ourselves. I originally created
this curriculum in a topic format. A topic format allows a much more flexible
feeling with all the items from a particular subject grouped together to be chosen
from as time and interest permit. A schedule has the benefit of helping people
“stay on track”, but sometimes there is a problem with that. Because something
is “scheduled” a parent may feel obligated to follow it and start feeling behind if
certain activities or books aren’t finished within the given framework. You can find
yourself bogged down or feeling like you just aren’t keeping up or feeling like a
“slave” to the schedule at the expense of other activities like math, language arts
and so on.
Everyone has a different style of homeschooling. Some of us are linear and need
to check boxes throughout the day or week to get things done and others of us
may tend to wander a bit – doing a lot of math during one day and then skipping
it completely the next. I must admit that I can be a mix of both! ;-)
If you are a “box-checker”, please do not feel like this schedule means you must
do every activity listed or read every book I’ve put in. Don’t let it “rule” you, but
rather “guide” you. Use it as a framework that you can feel free to customize,
change, tweak, etc.
That is exactly why I’ve created this schedule in a Word document. You can take
out items, put in others, delete entire columns and add in your own activities and
resources.
If you are going to print this schedule out, you may want to hole punch pages on
opposite sides so you have a spread from left to right in your notebook. That way
you will be able to see the entire week in one glance.
This schedule ends after 34 weeks and that should give you a couple weeks
wiggle-room in the traditional 36-week public school schedule.
Please send me an email (homeschooler@OurLosBanos.com) and let me know
if you have any questions or comments!
Even though this curriculum and schedule are free, please do not post them on
your website, blog, etc. If you’d like to let others know about them, please link to
our site. :-)
We don’t want anyone to feel at all obligated, but if you wish to donate to our site
or purchase books through Amazon, please refer to:
http://www.OurLosBanos.com/homeschool/donate.html.
I hope you have fun with your year!
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Week 1
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Story Of The
U.S.A
Read intro and
p.3-4
Answer
questions p. 4
True/false
Circle the
answer
Complete the
sentences
Think and
discuss
questions
North
American
Indians
p. 1-4
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..
..
..
Reader
..
The Seminole
..
Seminole
Children and
Elders Talk
Together
..
Read Aloud
&
Book Notes
Night Bird
p.1-16
Night Bird
p.17-32
Night Bird
p.33-46
Night Bird
p.47-52
Night Bird
(Finish and put
cover in timeline
sometime
around 18351858)
History
Pockets
*Construct
pockets 1 and 9
p.87-89
Mini-book
p.91
*Headdress
p.93 Hominy
booklet
p.92
*Cooking
project:
homemade
hominy
..
Wayne Drop
Florida map
activity
..
Oklahoma
Photocopy p:
3, 5, 9, 11, 85,
86
Map/Globe
Regions map
(optional)
or
Regions map 1
Florida, Georgia
Notebooking
Write or dictate
a paper
pretending to be
a raindrop.
Draw Write
Now: p.26-27
Pots and
Baskets
..
Sequencing
Paragraph
..
Science
The Journey of
Wayne Drop to
the Everglades
(Interactive
Storybook)
Wayne Drop
Teacher’s
Manual lesson
Wayne Drop
Teacher’s
Manual
Lesson
Wayne Drop
Teacher’s
Manual
Lesson
Wayne Drop
Teacher’s
Manual Lesson
or PDF story
15
Cooking
..
..
..
..
Cook a can of
hominy with
dinner or do the
recipe from
History Pockets.
Crafts
..
..
See History
Pockets
..
..
Timeline
Entries
1. Osceola 18041838
.
.
2. Seminole
Wars 18351858
.
Extras
Wee Sing: We
Love the U.S.A.
..
Look up
authentic
chickees on
Google
Listen to some
“Florida
music”
Optional website
(see notes in
Topic 1)
Hominy Article
History Pocket Supplies: Headdress *optional supplies: beads or sequins
Map Notes: Indian Regions Map 1 - This is a very nice 2 page printable with an Indian regions map as
well as reading material and a compass activity. *OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1 (We did
both!)
Use the Teacher’s Guide for maps on pages 4 and 12 to label the following mentioned in the Wayne Drop
storybook (science):
Orlando, Turkey Lake, Lake Kissimmee, Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, Coloosahatchee River, St.
Lucie River, Palm Beach Canal, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Myers, San Carlos Bay,
Alligator Alley, Miami, Tamaimi Trail, Shark River Slough, Florida Bay and Florida Keys
(Answers are provided –You can either hand out the copy with the answers and color in parts, or hand out
the blank copy and have it labeled depending on time constraints/interest).
You may also want to point out where Cape Canaveral is (and let your child know that is where NASA is
located), Disney World and any other cities or places of interest (use an atlas).
Timeline notes: Seminole Wars 1835-1858
(Emphasize as you put this into the timeline that this was the period of time that Night Bird’s family was
hiding and then moved to Oklahoma. Paste a picture of the book cover in).
Science notes: Use The Journey of Wayne Drop to the Everglades (Interactive Storybook) OR (maybe
even in addition to)
Download the PDF version of the story above (learn not only about the water cycle but also about Florida’s
lakes, rivers, animals and more). The PDF is nice because at the end of the story it shows satellite image
maps with areas mentioned marked AND there is a fun game at the end to play.
Teacher’s Guide for Wayne Drop book: Use whichever lessons interest you (watershed, water cycle, food
chains and food webs, bird “adaptations” (or rather how God created them to be), native and exotic species
in the everglades and much more. There are hands-on activities, vocabulary, some writing, experiments,
links to multimedia and more.
Website notes: My son was curious as to how hominy was originally made and the hominy article explains
the process (I read parts of it out loud to him). We do NOT recommend this as a project due to the use of
lye.
16
Week 2
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
Read p.9 -10
p. 10 Review
questions
p.11
True/false,
circle the
answer
p.12
Fill in the
blank
p.12
Discussion
N. American
Indians
p.5-6
p.7-8
..
..
..
Reader
..
Cobblestone
Magazine
Cobblestone
Magazine
Cobblestone
Magazine
Cobblestone
Magazine
Read Aloud
&
Book Notes
The Birchbark
House
p.1-26 to last
paragraph
(meeting the
bears)
The Birchbark
House
p.27 - 38
(middle of
page)
The Birchbark
House
p. 38-50
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 4
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 5
Put cover of
book in Timeline
1847
History
Pockets
Begin
constructing
pocket 8
Photocopy p.75,
76
p.77,78, 79
Mini-book
p.81
*Three sisters
pop-up
p.83
*Wampum
wish list
..
Map/Globe
History Pocket
Map Stamp
OR
Regional Map
.
Great Lakes
memorization,
map and
questions
..
..
Notebooking
DWN
p.10-11
(Ojibway)
..
..
DWN
..
Science
What is rice
lesson
Bear Safety
Guide
Plant corn,
squash or
beans if it's the
right season !
The rice cycle
..
Anatomy of
rice
Cooking
..
..
..
..
Cook with rice
Crafts
Birch bark canoe
model or other
canoe
Make "rock
people" like
Omakayas
made
.
Long house
paper model
..
Extras
Wee Sing:
America
..
..
..
T.O.V.Indian
Cinderella story
17
Book notes: Hiawatha (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) –read the “adapted” book or portions of the
poem from online (just Google it).
History Pockets Supplies:
Three sisters *supplies: corn, bean and pumpkin seed (or draw these)
Wampum wish list *optional supplies: uncooked macaroni, food coloring, rubbing alcohol
Map notes: Great Lakes (You will want to look at the Great Lakes on a globe or map to put this smaller,
regional map in context). Label the lakes and the states that touch them (point out the parts of Canada too).
Memorize the Great Lakes Mnemonic (Monkeys Have Superior Orange Ears)
Continue regions map, fill in as the book is read (label, draw in pictures of regional Indian housing, etc.)
*OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1
Science notes: (If it’s the right season and you have the room in your yard or garden, consider growing
corn, beans and pumpkin (the 3 sisters) together!
Cooking notes: Make some fried rice (or a rice dish) for dinner! (Look up a recipe on Google or use your
favorite.)
Craft notes: Long House model *supplies: construction paper, glue, scissors
Optional: Additional house (birch bark style) AND people for a "village"...
Scroll down on the page above to the Prehistoric Ohio paper house kits and download. Print out page 4 for
the people (discard the bottom half) and p. 9 or 10 for a "birch bark" style house. We printed ours onto
brown construction paper (except for the people).
Birch bark Canoe model *supplies: construction paper, yarn, hole punch, scissors
Optional: Make “rock people” like Omakayas (p.38 Birchbark House)
*Supplies: rocks! You can also maybe glue them together and paint on clothes and faces. Add google eyes
and maybe some yarn hair if you want to get fancy!
18
Week 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
..
..
..
..
..
N. American
Indians
.Plains Indians
..
..
..
..
Reader
If You Lived
With the Sioux
Indians
..
..
..
.
Put cover into
timeline (approx.
1670's)
Read Aloud
&
Book Notes
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 6
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 7
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 8
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 9
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 10
History
Pockets
.Begin
constructing
pocket 6
Photocopy p.55,
56
p.57-59
booklet
p.61 Buffalo
cut & paste
activity
.p.63 Ankle
band
..
Map/Globe
History Pocket
Map Stamp
OR
Regional Map
..
..
..
..
Notebooking
.DWN
p.14-15 Hunter
and Cherokee
.Sioux
childhood
comparison
table
.DWN
p.20-21 Bison
.Plains Indians
.Native
American source
work
*graph paper,
construction
paper, glue,
hole punch,
optional: small
bells
Sioux family life
Buffalo uses
or
Living off the
buffalo
or
More about
the buffalo
or
All About the
Buffalo
Science
..
..
..
..
.Germs Make me
Sick
Cooking
..
..
..
.Pemmican
.
19
Crafts
Plains Indians
Punch-OutPanorama
..
..
..
.Tipi diorama
Extras
.Wee Sing
.
.Video: The
People of the
Great Plains
..
.
History Pocket supplies: Ceremonial ankle band *supplies: graph paper, construction paper, glue, hole
punch, optional: small bells
Notebooking notes: All of the following worksheets and printables are optional. Choose your favorites for
your child's notebook:
All About the Buffalo This printable worksheet has a paragraph to read, some illustrations, vocabulary
words taken from the paragraph and fill in the blanks, etc.
Buffalo uses A colorful notebooking item with discussion question
Sioux family life- Complete the sentences, discuss, etc.
Sioux childhood - comparison table Fill in the table and make a drawing.
Plains Indians - Read, fill in the blanks, make a list, etc.
Living off the buffalo - Read and then copy the sentences and complete them with the correct ending.
More about the buffalo- (With guided paragraph writing –copy and complete sentences)
Native American source work - Interpret a painting and use the dictionary.
Science notes: Germs Make me Sick (read before or after the section on smallpox in Birchbark House)
Craft notes: Tipi diorama *Supplies: paper (thicker is better) or thin craft leather, paint, bamboo skewers
(or similar –you can just use thin sticks from outside).
or
Plains Indians Punch-Out-Panorama
*Have some tape on hand. I found it to be frustrating to try and glue some of the things (like the tipis) so
we just plastered on some good ol’ scotch tape!
20
Week 4
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
..
..
..
..
..
North
American
Indians
Tribes of the
Southwest:
Anazazi,
Pueblos,
Apache, Navajos
..
..
..
..
Reader
.If You Lived
With the Hopi
..If You Lived
With the Hopi
..If You
Lived With
the Hopi
..
.A New True
Book: The Hopi
(Or read aloud)
Put cover into
timeline (approx.
1670's)
Read Aloud
&
Book Notes
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 11
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 12
The
Birchbark
House
Chapter 13
The Birchbark
House
Chapter 14
.
History
Pockets
.Begin
constructing
pocket 7
Photocopy p.65,
66
Booklet
p.67-69
Design a
Navajo
necklace
p.71
.Create a
Navajo Rug
p.73
..
Map/Globe
History Pocket
Map Stamp
OR
Regional Map
..
..
..
..
.
.Draw Write
Now
..
.Draw Write
Now
Arizona, Utah,
Colorado, New
Mexico
Notebooking
Draw Write
Now
p.16-17
Cradleboard,
mothers and
babies
p.18-19
Teepee and
Lakota
p.24-25 Pueblo
and Hopi
Science
..
..
..
..
..
Cooking
..
..
..
..
Navajo Fry
Bread
21
Crafts
..
..
..
..
..
Extras
.Wee Sing:
America the
Beautiful
.The Pueblo
Video
..
.The Legend
of the Grand
Canyon p.235239 From The
Children's
Treasury of
Virtues
..
History Pocket supplies: Necklace *supplies: foil, macaroni, cardboard, beads, raffia (or yarn)
Rug *supplies: watercolors
Map notes: Continue regions map, fill in as the book is read (label, draw in pictures of regional Indian
housing, etc.) *OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1
Cooking notes: Navajo Fry Bread Recipe
http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/History/NavajoFryBread.htm
I recommend that you read the history behind fry bread presented on this page before (or after) you make
it. You can always look up a different fry bread recipe if you don't have the specific ingredients.
22
Week Five
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
..
..
..
..
..
N. American
Indians
.
..
..
..
..
Reader
Meet Kaya: An
American Girl
Meet Kaya: An
American Girl
Meet Kaya:
An American
Girl
Meet Kaya:
An American
Girl
Meet Kaya: An
American Girl
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
A Peek Into the
Past
Put cover of
book in Timeline
1764
History
Reading
Welcome to
Kaya's World
1764:
p.1-11
Welcome to
Kaya's World
p.12 - 21
Welcome to
Kaya's World
p.22 - 33
Welcome to
Kaya's World
p.34 - 45
Welcome to
Kaya's World
p.46 - 58 (end)
History
Pockets
.Begin
constructing
pocket 4
Photocopy p.34,
35
Booklet
p.36-38
Appaloosa
Ornament
p.42
Chief Joseph,
Nez Perce
Leader
qualities of a
leader activity
..
Map/Globe
History Pocket
Map Stamp
OR
Regional Map
..
..
..
..
Horse anatomy
printable
Draw Write
Now:
Horse Story
Worksheet
Horse dot-todot
Appaloosa
Coloring Book
page 1
p.22-23 Picture
Writing
and /or
Picture writing
printable
worksheet
Appaloosa
Coloring
Book page 2
Appaloosa
Coloring Book
page 3
Horse anatomy
quiz (optional or
use for
handwriting)
.
.
..
Idaho,
Washington and
Oregon
Notebooking
Science
23
Appaloosa
Coloring Book
page 4
..
Cooking
..
..
..
..
.
Crafts
..
..
..
..
..
Extras
.
.
..
Movie:
I Will Fight
No More
Forever
Kaya’s
Mountain
Escape
Interactive Flash
game
Timeline
entry: Chief
Joseph 18401904
Equestrian
Center Field
Trip
History Pocket supplies: *yarn or other string/ribbon, optional feather, beads
Notebooking notes: Draw Write Now: p.22-23 Picture Writing
Picture writing printable worksheet A "hide" on the first sheet has all sorts of picture writing symbols on it.
The 2nd sheet has "blank hides" so you can write your own story out of symbols. This would be a good
time to talk about other forms of picture writing -how the Egyptians used it and how Chinese characters
came from pictures, etc. Ask your child why writing with pictures would get pretty cumbersome after
awhile (because you'd have to remember "pictures" for everything vs. the 26 letters of our alphabet with
some 70 or so sound combinations, etc.)
The Nez Perce raised horses so I've found some horse activities to go along with this topic!
Horse Story Worksheet Use this to write a story about a horse or about Kaya.
Horse dot-to-dot: This dot-to-dot is pretty simple. My son likes dot-to-dots though and so I decided to
include it.
Appaloosa Coloring Book: Color the pictures of the appaloosas (or paint them) for your notebook. Write
some facts on the back from an encyclopedia, book or online.
24
Week Six
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
..
..
..
..
..
North
American
Indians
Northwest
Indians
..
..
..
..
Reader
If You Lived
With The
Indians Of The
Northwest Coast
p.1-13
If You Lived...
If You
Lived...
If You Lived...
If You Lived...
p.41-53
p.54-63
End of book!
p.31
Totem Pole
Layer Book
..
p.14-26
p.27-40
Put cover into
timeline (approx.
1670's)
History
Pockets
.Begin
Constructing
Pocket 3
Booklet
p.26-28
Potlatch
Mask p.30
p.24-25
*Raffia or
yarn, black
construction
paper
(Coloring and
Writing)
Map/Globe
.British
Columbia,
Canada,
Washington
State, Puget
Sound,
..
..
.
.Vancouver
Island, Queen
Charlotte
Islands, Prince
of Wales Island,
Alaska, Sitka,
Juneau, Gulf of
Alaska
Notebooking
.
.
.
.Draw Write
Now:
p.30-31 Totem
Pole and
Haida
.
Science
..
.Miracle of the
Scarlet Salmon
Movie
The Salmon
Challenge
Interactive
Flash Game
Salmon Life
Cycle
Salmon Coloring
and
Identification
Page
Interactive
Salmon Quiz
(optional)
25
Cooking
..
You might try
some canned
salmon or BBQ
some salmon
for dinner!
..
..
.
Crafts
..
..
..
Make Your
Own Totem
Pole
..
Extras
Northwest Coast
Cedar House
paper model OR
Wee Sing: The
United States
.
.
Land of the
eagle. Vol. 7,
The First and
Last Frontier
Northwest Coast
Punch-Out
Village
History Pockets supplies: Potlatch mask *supplies: raffia
Map notes: Be sure to point out the many islands along the coast of British Columbia and let your child
know that it rains a lot there!
Science notes: Salmon life cycle- Paste the pictures in order (or in a circle with arrows from one stage to
the next that shows a "never ending cycle").
Craft notes: Make Your Own Totem Pole - This printable has some information about totem poles and
some color and cut out totem pole parts. Paste the parts onto a paper towel tube to make your own totem
pole!
Extras notes: If you live near where salmon are and it's the right time of year, consider taking a field trip to
see the salmon spawning. If it's not the right time of year, maybe you can schedule this trip later and just
pull out your history pocket from this week to refresh your child's memory.
If you don't live anywhere near any salmon, hopefully you can get a video from your local library!
26
Week Seven
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Arctic Lesson
Plan
Put papers in
notebook or
History Pocket
Student
Overview +
Discussion
Questions
Arctic Map Color and
Label
Decorate
Map with
Animal
Picture
Cutouts
The Inuit
Ivory Carvers
of the Far
North
(book)
.
Read – Aloud
Tikta'Liktak An
Eskimo Legend
Tikta'Liktak
Tikta'Liktak
Tikta'Liktak
Tikta'Liktak
p.19 - 30
p.31 -43 Stop
at the part
where the
walrus went
"straight at
Tiktaliktak".
p.43 - 55
p.56-63
p.19 Arctic
Ice Fishing
p.21-22 Tell
Me a Story
Shape book
..
Book notes
p.1-18
Put cover into
timeline (approx.
1680)
History
Pockets
Begin Pocket 2
The Inuit
Color and
Construct
Booklet
p.13, 14
End of book!
*straw,
string, two
magnet
strips, tag
board
p.15-17
Map/Globe
Canada
See Arctic
Lesson Plan
Map
..
.
.
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
..
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
..
..
Aurora
Borealis art
lesson
Sugar Cube
Igloo Project
..
*Take a
picture and put
in History
Pocket or
notebook
Extras
Video: My Inuit
Family from
Canada
.
.
27
.
.
History Pockets supplies: Arctic ice fishing *straw, string, two magnet strips, tag board
Map notes: Arctic Circle map (Label the countries and land masses in the Arctic Circle) –goes with the
Arctic lesson plan
Science notes: The Arctic lesson plan has reading sheet, map, cutouts of carved animals, vocabulary, etc.
See the book notes and study guide for the Tiktaliktak book for more science that is "tied" to the book. Auroras, a loon coloring page, tides, etc.
Craft notes: Sugar Cube Igloo Project
You can also mix 1/2 and 1/2 of glue and shaving cream to make "snow" for the scenery. It will dry in a
nice 3-D puffy texture.
*Take a picture and put in your History Pocket or notebook.
28
Week Eight
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Extra Reading
.The Caribou
and the Eskimo
*Put in notebook
or History
Pocket
Little Caribou
Pipaluk and
the Whales
Why Don't
Polar Bears
Have Stripes?
The Practically
Perfect Pajamas
Or Amazing
Arctic Animals
or other choice
Reader
or other choice
or other
choice
or other choice
Tooga
Tooga
Tooga
Tooga
Tooga
Chapter 1, 2
Chapter 3, 4
Chapter 5, 6
Chapter 7, 8
Chapter 9, 10
and Author's
Notes
Place cover into
timeline (modern
times - pick an
approximate
date)
Polar Bear
Unit - Put in
notebook or
History Pocket
End of book!
The Arctic
Worksheet 1
Appearance
Worksheet 3
Polar Bears
Worksheet 2
Parts Worksheet
Diet
Worksheet 4
Map/Globe
.
..
..
.
.
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
Video: Polar
Bear Arctic
Odyssey
The Caribou
Song
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
Animals of the
Arctic
3-D paper model
with map of the
Arctic circle to
glue them onto!
..
..
.
..
Polor Bear
Math
Worksheet
Polar Bear
Graphing
Activity
Polar Bear
Math Learning
About
Fractions
From
Klondike and
Snow
Ice Boy
"Arcade" Game
Extras
.
Staying
Warm
Worksheet 5
Getting
Around
Worksheet 6
29
Baby Bears
Worksheet 7
Hunting
Worksheet 9
Enemies
Worksheet 8
(After work is
done!)
Extras notes: Listen to or download "The Caribou Song" (Warning, those of you who hate “country
music” will want to skip this one! LOL!) You will need to scroll down the page to get to the song.
Math: Polar Bear Math - Learning About Fractions From Klondike and Snow
If you use this book you may want to download our fraction strips for a hands-on manipulative.
Ice Boy "Arcade" Game
Just for the fun of it - help the boy navigate the ice and collect the heaters in 70 moves. It's ummm....math,
yeah that's it, math!
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Week 9
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Viking
Treasure
Chest (M-3)
Read the book.
Sundial project
Viking Boat
Model
Play Hnefatafl
.
Put the stickers
on the Viking
World poster.
Put the stickers
on the
mythology
poster.
Reader
Leif the Lucky
(M-2)
Leif the Lucky
Leif the
Lucky
Leif the Lucky
Leif Bingo
Game Questions
and Answers
(goes with Leif
the Lucky book)
p.14-25
p.1-12
p.26-38
p.40-54
End of book!
Put cover of
book into
timeline (1000
A.D.).
History
Reading
p.1-13 The
Discovery of the
Americas (M-1)
Viking Bingo
Cards:1, 2, 3
p.14 - 24 The
Discovery of
the Americas
p. 25 - 35
The
Discovery of
the Americas
p.36 - 43 The
Discovery of
the Americas
.
End of the
book!
Map/Globe
This Country of
Ours Chapter 1
(1st part)
This Country of
Ours Chapter 1
(2nd part)
The Viking
Treasure Chest
Poster "The
Viking World"
..
..
.
.
A day in the
life of a Viking
writing activity
Draw Write
Now:p.36-27
The East
Timeline Cut
and Paste
Write a message
in runes
See Map Notes
Notebooking
Viking Explorer
Game
Use this page
as a guide.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Timeline
Entries
Leif the Lucky
1000 A.D.
.See Notes
..
.
..
31
Extras
Iceland and
Greenland Video
Thorkel and the
trading ship
Shockwave
game
Wee Sing:
Marine’s
Hymn
. Viking boat
model
Optional and
unnecessary if
you purchased
the Viking
Treasure Chest
Vikings in
America Video
Leif Bingo
Game
Map notes: 1. Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Strait of Magellan, Philippine Islands, New Foundland,
Canada, Cape of Good Hope
2. Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia: (Norway, Sweden, Denmark)
3. Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, England, Normandy, France, Spain, Italy, Germany,
Hedeby, Russia, Iceland, Faroes Islands, Vinland (Newfoundland), Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Arabia,
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Baghdad, etc.
We played "where is that?". We looked at the map provided on the Viking Treasure Chest poster and then
located the places on our globe.
Timeline notes: You may wish to enter in the following when reading Discovery of the Americas:
Marco Polo
1492 Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias 1488 rounded the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 sailed to India
King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella of Spain
John Cabot 1497 sailed to New Foundland, Canada
Amerigo Vespucci
Balboa 1513 the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan 1519 left Spain to begin a journey around the Earth
1522 Magellan’s one surviving ship returns to Spain without him (he died in 1521 in the Philippine islands)
32
Week Ten
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Story of U.S.A
p.13 Vocabulary
p.14 - 16
Read
p.16-17 Answer
the questions
(say OR write)
p.17 True /
False
Questions
p.17 Circle the
Right Answer
p.18 Fill in the
Blanks, Discuss
Reader
Use this day to
start Pedro's
Journal if your
child will need
"extra" time.
Pedro's Journal
p.1-17 (End of
September 18th
Journal Entry)
Pedro's
Journal
p.18 - 33
(Stop at the
Oct. 11
Entry)
Pedro's
Journal
p.33 - 60
(Stop at the
Dec. 27 Entry)
Pedro's Journal
p.60 - 81 +
Author's Note
End of book!
Columbus
p.13-28
Columbus
p.30 -38
Columbus
p.40 - 48
Columbus
p.50-56
End of book!
1492 The Year
of the New
World p.9-17
(We have book
notes for this
book.)
1492
p. 18-29
1492
p. 30-45
1492
p.46-69
1492
p. 70-91 (End of
book!)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Genoa, Italy
Mediterranean
Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of
Gibraltar
Portugal
China
India
There are also
multiple map
entries in the
1492 study
guide., if you
read this
optional book.
Madeira,
Portugal
Iceland
Norway
Greenland
Europe
Africa
Asia
Spain
Granada, Spain
Canary Islands
Sargasso Sea
(mentioned on
p.28 of
Columbus)
.San Salvador
.
History
Reading
Columbus
p.1-12
(Choose one
of the
selections.)
Put cover of
book into
timeline (1492
A.D.).
Map/Globe
Ptolomy's Map
Teacher's
Guide PDF
Map of
Voyages
33
Cuba
Haiti
(Hispaniola)
Optional: Take a
Quiz at Book
Adventure.com
and win points
toward prizes!
.
History
Pockets
Pocket 2
Columbus
p. 11 Make the
pocket and read
the "fast facts".
p.13 Map
p.15
Compass
p.17 Writing
Assignment
p.19 Hardtack
Recipe
Notebooking
.
Draw Write
Now: Sailing to
America:
Replace Text
with sentences
from the D’
Aulaire book
The
Columbian
Exchange
Rhyme
Cut & Paste
Ship or
Ship Coloring
Page (Color
while mom
reads out loud)
.
Which Way
Did it Go?
Science
.
.
Make a Real
Compass
Activity
Quadrant
Activity
(T. Guide)
.
Cooking
..
.
.1500's Bean
Soup (T.
Guide)
..
H.P. Hardtack
Crafts
Columbus Egg
Carton Boats
and Map
Activity
Easy Sew
Sailor’s Cap
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
Columbus
“discovered”
America 1492
..
..
.
..
Extras
Wee Sing:
Anchors
A-weigh
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues: Sail
On! Sail On!
(Poem)
15th century
game Ninemen’s Morris
.
Video: Where
Do You Think
You are Going
Christopher
Columbus?
History Pockets supplies: Hardtack (see Cooking) * flour, baking powder, salt
Map notes: Ptolomy's Map Print out this map created by Ptolomy for your child's notebook. Use it to show
how people thought the world was much smaller than it really is. Compare the map to a modern map or
globe. What's missing from Ptolomy's map?
Notebooking notes: A ship to cut, paste and put together (flat for notebooking) This will help with ship
vocabulary and is also fun to try and figure out how the pieces go. Look up ships online or in a book as a
reference if you wish.
Teacher’s guide PDF which includes (all activities below are totally optional based on if you have the time
and interest): Santa Maria see-inside view (with ship vocabulary labels), Hardtack and 1500’s bean soup
recipes, Easy sew sailor’s cap project, 15th century game Nine-men’s Morris, A very nice map of
Columbus’ voyage, Ship illustrations and coloring page(s), Make a quadrant activity (and learn how to read
latitude),
Do the cut & paste notebook activity page / worksheet showing the transfer of materials from the Old
World to the New World. This is called the "Columbian Exchange".
34
Week 11
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbook
Chapter 4 The
Story of Slavery
(M-1)
.
Chapter 5 The
Search for
New Lands
(T-1)
.
Chapter 6: The
Spaniards Take
Over Mexico (T2)
The Corn Grows
Ripe
Corn Grows
Ripe
Corn Grows
Ripe
Corn Grows
Ripe
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Corn Grows
Ripe
Chapters 1012
Lost Temple of
the Aztecs
p.1-24 (first
half)
timeline 15191521
Lost Temple
of the Aztecs
p.24-46 (End
of book!)
Exploration &
Conquest
p.20-31
Exploration &
Conquest
p.32-42
U.S.A.
Reader
Chapters 13-15
Put cover of
book into
timeline
(1950's.).
History
Reading
Exploration &
Conquest
p.1-19 (M-2)
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 1-2
Put cover of
book into
timeline
(1950's?).
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 5-6
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 3-4
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 7-8
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 9-10
Map/Globe
1.1.Europe,
Spain, Portugal,
Ghana, Mali,
Songhay
2.Central
America,
Mexico, Peru,
South America,
Gulf of
Mexico, Texas,
Mississippi
River
.
.
.
History
Pockets Explorers of
North
America
p.29
Make the pocket
& cut out the
fast facts for H.
Cortes
p.30
Info sheet
p.31
Map of Cortes's
Route
p.32-33
Design a sea
chest and
writing
activity
p.36
A peaceful
story about
Cortes
.
Notebooking
.
Aztec Numbers
(codices)
worksheet
Aztec
Medallion
Aztec did you
know cards
Explorer MiniReport form
Science
"Hang in There"
Suspension
Bridge Activity
.
.
.
.
35
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
Aztec Puppets
.
.
Timeline
Entries
See notes
..
..
.
..
Extras
Secrets of Lost
Empires. Vol. 5
Inca (Video)
Aztec Food
Game
The
Conquistadors
and the
Aztecs
(Video)
Ancient Maya
(Video)
Reading Maya
Hieroglyphics
Lama sounds
(online)
Page 1 of Llama
sounds
Page 2 of
recorded llama
sounds
Ice mummies.
Frozen in
Heaven (Video)
or
Pan-pipe
music
See Notes
Ancient Inca
(Video)
Science notes: If you watch the Secrets of Lost Empires DVD, you may want to do this fun activity: "Hang
in There" (after viewing the segment where they build a bridge from twisted grass). Build a suspension
bridge out of newspaper strips and experiment with ways to make it stronger.
Craft notes: Cut out the Aztec puppets. When you are done playing with them, put them in a pocket in
your history notebook!
Timeline notes: 1.Ponce de Leon landed in Florida in 1513, Balboa saw the Pacific Ocean in 1513,
Magellan’s crew sailed around the world 1519-1522
2. Cortes conquered Mexico 1521 Montezuma (leader of the Aztecs), Pizzarro attacked the Incas in Peru
1532
Extras notes: Listen to some panpipe music when you get to the part where the minstrel is visiting Cusi
and Chuto. I recommend the site linked above that has free streaming music and is a pleasant introduction
to panpipes.
36
Week 12
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A.
Chapter 7
The Fortune
Hunters
Activities 1-2
Activities 3-5
Review Test
Chapter 8:
Activities 1-2
Chapter 8
Activities 3-5
(T-2)
We asked for
Nothing: The
Remarkable
Journey of
Cabeza de Vaca
timeline 15281536
We asked for
Nothing
We asked for
Nothing
We asked for
Nothing
We asked for
Nothing
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 1516
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 17-18
(End of book!)
History
Reading
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 11-12
(T-1)
Secret of the
Andes
Chapters 1314
6. How the Flag
of England…
7. How the
Flag of
France….
8. How the
French….
9. How the
Spaniards…
Map/Globe
Texas, New
Mexico,
Arizona
.
.
Mississippi
River, Portugal,
Brazil, St.
Augustine,
Canada, France,
San Francisco,
California
.
History
Pockets Explorers of
North America
Pocket 3 Cabot
p.21
Make the
pocket & cut
out the fast
facts
p.22-23 Info
sheet and map
of Cabot's
route
p.26 Finding
a Westerly
Route to the
Indies
p.40 Map of
Cartier's routes
p.44-45
Cartier's
journey board
game
p.25 Shoal
pictures (art
project)
Pocket 5
p.38 -39
Pocket, fast
facts and info
sheet
Draw Write
Now:
.
Columbian
Exchange
Printable
The Columbian
Exchange
Rhyme
.
Notebooking
p.42 Ship's Log
writing activity
p.44-45 The
North
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
37
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
2. Cabeza de
Vaca 1530
(1490?-1557?)
.
.
See Notes
.
Alvar Nunez
Cabeza de
Vaca: Explorer
(Summary and
map of travels)
.
.
Spanish
Explorers
(Video)
Friar Marcos
Extras
Cortés &
Pizarro
(Video)
Timeline notes: 2. Coronado’s exploration 1541
De Soto discovered the Mississippi River 1541
St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States was founded in 1565
Portuguese landed in Brazil in 1500
John Cabot, sailing for England touched the coast of Canada in 1497
Cartier (French) explored Canada in 1534,
Cabrillo (1542)
Notebooking notes: Columbian Exchange Printable
This 3 page printable activity has a map showing a division between the "Old World" and the "New
World". Cut out the squares from page 2 and paste them onto the map to show where they originated. Page
3 is a "guide" to help your child paste the items in the correct places. This cut and paste worksheet will help
you learn how each part of the world influenced the other during and after the "Age of Exploration".
38
Week 13
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
Chapter 9: The
English Come
to America
Answer the
questions p.54
True / False
questions
Fill in the
blank
Discussion
questions
Pocahontas and
the Strangers
Chapters 1-5
Put cover into
timeline (15951617).
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-15
Chapters 1620
Chapter 21-25
Pocohontas
(d’ Aulaire)
p.1-18
Put cover into
timeline (15951617).
p.20-26
p.28-32
p.34-38
p.40-45
Jamestown,
New World
Adventure
Put cover into
timeline (1607).
Jamestown,
New World
Adventure
Surviving
Jamestown
Chapter 5-6
Surviving
Jamestown
Chapter 7-8
Surviving
Jamestown
Chapter 9-10
Surviving
Jamestown
Chapter 1-2
Surviving
Jamestown
Chapter 3-4
If You Lived In
Colonial Times
If You
Lived…
14. MORE
ADVENTURES
OF CAPTAIN
JOHN SMITH
15. HOW
THE
COLONY
WAS
SAVED
16. HOW
POCAHONTAS
TOOK A
JOURNEY
OVER THE
SEAS
.
.
.
Read p.53-54
Reader
Choose one
of the
Pocahontas
books.
History
Reading
Read this one
aloud unless
you have a
"strong and
motivated"
reader
If You Lived…
Put cover into
timeline (1607).
11. THE
ADVENTURES
OF SIR
HUMPHREY
GILBERT
13. THE
ADVENTURES
OF CAPTAIN
JOHN SMITH
12. ABOUT SIR
WALTER
RALEIGH'S
ADVENTURES
IN THE
GOLDEN WEST
Map/Globe
England,
Jamestown,
Virginia,
Chesapeake
Bay
.
39
History
Pockets
Colonial
America
p.18 The Lost
Colony
Writing activity
.
p.79 John Smith
.
p.80-81
Pocahontas
Notebooking
Powhatan
Indian poster
Pocahontas
activity sheet
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Colonial
America
p.10-13
Croatan
Mystery Tree
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Colonial
America
p.14
Roanoke MiniScroll Book
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Colonial
America
p.15-18
3-D Jamestown
map
Timeline
Entries
Queen
Elizabeth
..
King James I,
Starving Time
(1609-1610)
.
..
Interactive
Jamestown
Exhibit
Where America
Began (Video)
Sir Francis
Drake
John Rolfe
found a new
way to grow
tobacco (1612)
1585 Roanoke
Colony
Baron De La
Warr
1607
Jamestown
Colony
1619 House of
Burgesses
John Smith
1624
Jamestown is
made a royal
colony
Pocahontas
1619 First
slaves brought
to Virginia
Extras
Wee Sing:
Shuckin’ of the
Corn
Virtual
Jamestown
Jamestown
(Video)
Reading notes: If You Lived In Colonial Times - Please note this book is a "taste of things to come". Let
your child know this book does NOT cover the time period when Jamestown was first established.
Extras notes: Interactive Jamestown Exhibit from the History Channel
This high quality exhibit has video, narratives, animated maps, clickable hot spots, drawings and more that
will help expand your understanding of Jamestown. You really should take a look at this one!
40
Week 14
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
Chapter 10: The
Pilgrims Read the selection
.
Answer the
questions
.
True/False
Reader
Squanto
Chapter 1-2
Squanto
Chapter 2-3
Squanto
Chapter 4-5
Squanto
Chapter 6-7
Squanto
Chapter 8
Book Basket
Selections
or trade out
with the
reader or
history
reading
Three Young
Pilgrims
.
Samuel Eaton's Day:
A Day in the Life of
a Pilgrim Boy
timeline: 1620's.
.
Sarah Morto
timeline: 16
History
Reading
If You Sailed on the
Mayflower in 1620
p.1-18
If You Sailed...
If You Sailed...
If You Sailed...
If You Sailed
p.19-31
p.32-48
p.49-63
p.63-80
(Put cover into
timeline: 1620.
(Put cover into
timeline: 1620's).
End of book
This Country of
Ours 17. HOW THE
REDMEN FOUGHT
…
This Country
19. THE CO
THE CAVA
This Country of
Ours 18.HOW
ENGLISHMEN
FOUGHT A DUEL
WITH TYRANNY
Treasury of Virtues:
Little Hero of
Holland
Treasury of
The Pilgrims
First Thanks
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
Choose one:
Pocket 1:
Pocket 1 -cont.-
Pocket 2
Pocket 2 -cont.-
Pocket 3
History
Pockets
1.
2.
Life in
Plymouth
Colony
3.
4.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Booklet
Pilgrim children
name game printable
OR Pilgrims
–Complete
Theme Unit
1.
2.
3.
Pilgrim's
journey map
Mayflower
model
Packing for the
voyage
Pilgrim chest
reproducible (listing
activity)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Booklet
Mayflower color
fold-out poster
(display)
Mayflower compact
41
1.
2.
Mayflower
Compact
Word search
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ma
poc
Fac
Boo
Tow
*Op
Tith
Make a wave bottle
A mayflower meal
(snack idea)
Mini-book re
3-d house m
Developed
in
Cooperation
With
Pilgrim Hall
Museum
Notebooking
Draw Write Now
What they brought –
read and discuss +
reproducible
writing activity
.
Draw Write Now
p.50-51 The Pilgrims
in England
.
Pilgrim Chil
Names Print
don’t need th
if you purcha
Pilgrim Unit
.
.
.
..
.See Pilgrim's Unit
.
p.52-53 The Pilgrims
in Holland
Science
.
.
Cooking
..
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1620 Mayflower
sails to America
.
.William Bradford
.Mayflower Compact
..
Extras
.
Pilgrim coloring sheet
(use to illustrate a
narration, story or
report)
.
.
.
History Pocket supplies: brads, wax paper, thin dowel, ribbon
Pilgrims –Complete Theme Unit Developed in Cooperation With Pilgrim Hall Museum is optional. You
can use instead of History Pockets Life in Plymouth Colony. This reproducible book includes: reading
sections (read out-loud and discuss), pilgrim children name game printable, pilgrim chest reproducible
(listing activity) , what they brought –read and discuss + reproducible, Mayflower color fold-out poster ,
Mayflower compact writing activity , make a wave bottle *supplies: mineral oil, 1-liter bottle with cap, tap
water, blue food coloring, small plastic toy, a Mayflower meal (snack idea), Mini-book reproducible , 3-d
house model (printout, cut, fold, paste) , paper dolls (use to act out the play and also the other books listed
in this topic), read-aloud play, woodland animals flip book, Wampanoag year flap book, wampum math
worksheet, pasta wampum *supplies ditalini (short, tubular pasta) or penne, food coloring, yarn, muffin tin,
paper towels or newspaper, trading cards and activity, recipes, feather and headband printout (to wear),
recipe card writing activity, pilgrim hat and coif printouts (to wear)
Cooking notes: See Pilgrims Unit book: A Mayflower meal *Supplies: beef jerky, soda crackers, cheese;
Cornbread *Supplies: cornmeal, flour, water, salt; Stewed Pumpkin *supplies: diced, peeled pumpkin;
water, butter, vinegar, brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt
See History Pockets Plymouth Plantation for hasty pudding recipe *Supplies: cornmeal, salt, butter, maple
syrup
42
Week 15
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
.
Chapter 10: The
Pilgrims –cont.-
.
Day 4
Day 5
.
Discussion
Questions
Fill in the blank
Reader
Squanto
Chapter 9-10
Squanto
Chapter 11
Squanto
Chapter 12
Squanto
Chapter 13
Squanto
Chapter 14
End of book!
Book Basket
Selections
*Optional*
or trade out
with the
reader or
history
reading
Thanksgiving on
Plymouth Plantation
(Put cover into
timeline: 1620).
..
Magic Tree house
Research Guide:
Pilgrims
(Put cover into
timeline: 1620).
..
..
History
Reading
This Country of Ours
.
This Country of Ours
.
This Country of
Ours
20. BACON'S
REBELLION
21. THE STORY OF
THE KNIGHTS
22. THE PILGRIM
FATHERS
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
Choose one:
Pocket 4
Pocket 5
Pocket 6
Pocket 7
Pocket 8
History
Pockets
1.
2.
Life in
Plymouth
Colony
3.
4.
5.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Booklet
Keeping
room
diorama
Paper dolls (use to
act out the play and
also the other books
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Booklet
Table
manners
Puppets
Woodland animals
flip book
Wampanoag year
43
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Job cards
Colonial
sign or quilt
book
Wampum math
worksheet
Pasta wampum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Horn book
Primer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Trading cards and
activity
Recipes
Make the
pocket
Words to
know
Fact sheet
Geese in
the garden
Cook
hasty
pudding
Feather and
headband printout
(to wear)
Recipe card writing
activity, pilgrim ha
OR
listed in this topic)
flap book
and coif printouts
Pilgrims –
Complete
Theme Unit
Developed
in
Cooperation
With
Pilgrim Hall
Museum
Read-aloud play (?)
Notebooking
Draw Write Now
p.56-57 Plymouth
.
Draw Write Now
p.58-59 Squanto
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
Pumpkin Cookies
..
.See Pilgrim's Unit
See History Pocket
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1621 The first
Thanksgiving
..
.
.
..
Extras
.
.
.
.
The Pilgrims of
Plymoth Video
Pumpkin Cookies Recipe: http://www.ourlosbanos.com/homeschool/history/recipepumpkincookies.html
This is one of our favorite family recipes we have been making for several generations.
44
Week 16
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
.
Chapter 11 The
13 Colonies +
Life in the
Colonies
Read
.
Answer the
questions
.
Reader
(T-2) Courage
of Sarah Noble
Chapters 1-2
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Chapter 3
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Chapter 4
Courage of Sarah
Noble
Chapter 5
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Chapter 6
What's the Big
Idea…p.6-12
What's the Big
Idea...p.14-23
What's the Big
Idea...p.24-33
What's the Big
Idea...p.34-40
What's the Big
Idea...p.40-48
Put covers
into timeline:
1706-1790.)
Ben and Me
Chapter 1
Ben and Me
Chapter 2
Ben and Me
Chapter 3
Ben and Me
Chapter 4
Ben and Me
Chapter 5
History
Reading
(T-1) Benjamin
Franklin p.1-10
Benjamin
Franklin p.1222
Benjamin
Franklin p.2328
Benjamin
Franklin p.30-38
Benjamin
Franklin p.4048 End!
Choose
which one(s)
you want
Childhood of
Famous
Americans:
Benjamin
Franklin
Chapters 1-2
Childhood...
Chapter 3
Childhood...
Chapters 4-5
Childhood...
Chapter 6
Childhood...
Chapters 7-8
The New
Americans...
The New
Americans...
The New
Americans...
The New
Americans...
End of book!
(T-3)
Witch Hunt: It
Happened in
Salem Village or
tomorrow’s #34
34. THE
WITCHES OF
SALEM (T-3)
13 British
Colonies
unlabeled
.
Sarah Noble
Questions
(Put cover into
timeline: 1607).
Optional
Put Benjamin
Franklin
covers into
timeline:
1706-1790.)
The New
Americans:
Colonial Times
(read approx. 9
pages per day)
timeline: 16201689.
32. KING
PHILIP'S
WAR
27. HOW
QUAKERS ..
Map/Globe
Just choose 1
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Map of the 13
Colonies
Notebooking
Kite pattern
(use to write
facts on –add a
tail)
Science
.
13 Colonies
13 British
Colonies
labeled
Benjamin
Franklin
penny proverb
Whales Journey
DVD
.
45
Early to bed,
early to rise
proverb
coloring sheet
Free printable
book on whales
.
Crafts
Easy Make &
Learn:Colonial
America:
Boston Town
Meeting Popup Book (T-4)
.
Easy Make &
Learn: New
England
Seaport
Diorama (for
Rhode Island)
(T-6)
.
.
Timeline
See Notes
See Notes
See Notes
See Notes
See Notes
Extras
Benjamin
Franklin Video
Free printable
poster of
Benjamin
Franklin
American Kids
in History (??)
Roger
Williams &
Rhode Island
Video
American Kids
in History (??)
American
Kids …
Settling the
New World
Video
American Kids
American
Kids
Wee Sing:
Blow Ye
Winds
Timeline notes: (T-1) 1706-1790 Benjamin Franklin (T-2) 1707 Sarah Noble book cover (T-3)1692 Salem
Witch Trials (T-4) 1620 Plymouth is founded by the Pilgrims, 1629 King Charles I issued a land grant
(Massachusetts Bay Colony) to the Puritans, 1630 John Winthrop began the settlement of Boston , 1691
King William united land into the royal colony of Massachusetts (T-6) 1636 Roger Williams founded the
colony of Rhode Island where there was religious freedom (T-8) (Some of these repeated if you are using
multiple sources. Don’t bother repeating items!I mention the repeats here, along with some new material, in
case you are working from the Story of the USA workbook and NOT the Easy Make and Learn Projects
book.) Don’t skip the new material, highlighted in brown!1636 Thomas Hooker settled in Connecticut,
1636 Roger Williams founded Rhode Island, 1626 Dutch founded New York, 1681 William Penn founds
Pennsylvania, 1634 Lord Baltimore started the colony of Maryland, 1649 The government in Maryland
passed the Toleration Act, 1733 George Oglethorpe founded Georgia
Science notes: The whales’ items go with the Seaport diorama in crafts.
For the free printable book on whales with worksheets (one of which is a spelling activity) –you will have
to sign up to view and print it, but it’s free. Scroll to the bottom left of the page for the whale book and
worksheet(s).
Extras notes: Optional: American Kids in History –Colonial Days Discover the Past with Fun Projects,
Games, Activities, and Recipes (David C. King) This book has a variety of projects for different seasons.
Choose activities (crafts, recipes, math, science, games, etc.) that suit your family and spread them out over
several topics, if you want more things to do (or if you are not using History Pockets).
Activities: Model weather vane, sundial, dandelion salad, indoor herb garden, Jack Wax, maple cream,
growing a pineapple, measuring tree height, dyeing wool, weaving a pot holder, potpourri, sachet, playing
jacks, quoits (game), blueberry slump, cranberry ice, berry syllabub, marbled paper, quill pen, indigo blue
ink, berry red ink, baking bread, churning butter, making jam, Algonquin drum and drumstick, Native
American headband, corncob doll, blind man’s bluff, bubble blowers, stick toss game, storm watch,
dipping candles, clay candlestick, jackstraws, snow goggles, snow snakes, stenciled note cards, appliqué
picture, pomander ball, necklace
46
Week 17
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
True/False
.
Fill in the blanks
.
Discussion
questions
Reader
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Courage of Sarah
Noble
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Courage of
Sarah Noble
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
End of book!
Optional
Ben and Me
Chapter 6
Ben and Me
Chapter 7
Ben and Me
Chapter 8
Ben and Me
Chapter 9
End!
History
Reading
Childhood...
Chapter 9
Childhood...
Chapters 1011
Childhood...
Chapter 12
Childhood...
Chapters 1314
Choose
which one(s)
you want
This Country of
Ours
This Country of
Ours
36. HOW NEW
AMSTERDAM
BECAME NEW
YORK
41. HOW
BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN
CAME TO
PHILADELPHIA
Childhood...
Chapters 15
End!
This Country of
Ours
44. THE
FOUNDING OF
GEORGIA
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
.
.
.
.
.
Sarah Noble
Questions 8
(or do orally)
Sarah Noble
Questions 9 (or
do orally)
Sarah Noble
Questions 10
(or do orally)
Sarah Noble
Questions 11 (or
do orally)
.
Listen to
recorded whale
sounds
.
Whale blubber
and teeth handson experiments
Pocket 2
Columbus
Notebooking
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Maryland Coin
Code (T-5)
Sarah Noble
Questions 7 (or
do orally)
Science
Whale 3-D
paper craft
model (online)
47
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
Easy Make &
Learn
Projects:
.
Pequot
Indian
diorama
(optional)
(T-7)
Timeline
Entries
(T-5) 1634 Lord
Baltimore
(George Calvert)
started the
colony of
Maryland
..
.1681 William
Penn founds
Pennsylvania
American Kids
in History (??)
..
1636 War
with the
Pequot
Indians (and
settlers in
Connecticut)
1649 Toleration
Act is passed
Extras
(T-7) 1636
Thomas
Hooker
settled in
Connecticut
American
Kids in
History (??)
American Kids in
History (??)
William Penn &
Pennsylvania
Video
American
Kids in
History (??)
American Kids
in History (??)
The Dutch &
New Amsterdam
Video
See last week’s notes for information on the American Kids in History book and why we are studying
whales for science.
48
Week 18
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
Chapter 12
Freedom of the
Press (T-1)
.
Chapter 13:
French and
Indian War
(T-2) (M-1)
.
.
Reader
The Matchlock
Gun
Chapters 1-2
Put cover into
timeline: approx.
1754-1763 French & Indian
War
The
Matchlock
Gun
Chapters 3-4
The Matchlock
Gun
Chapters 5-6
The
Matchlock
Gun
Chapters 7-8
The Matchlock
Gun
45. HOW THE
MISSISSIPPI
WAS
DISCOVERED
47. THE
MISSISSIPPI
BUBBLE
48. HOW A
TERRIBLE
DISASTER
BEFELL THE
BRITISH
ARMY
49. THE
END OF
FRENCH
RULE IN
AMERICA
50. THE
REBELLION
OF PONTIAC
Struggle...
Struggle...
Struggle...
Struggle...
Read approx.
10 pages per
day.
Read approx. 10
pages per day.
Read approx.
10 pages per
day.
Read approx. 10
pages per day.
Indian Captive
Indian Captive
Indian
Captive
Indian Captive
.
1. Mississippi River
Optional
46. KING
WILLIAM'S
WAR AND
QUEEN
ANNE'S WAR
History
Reading
Struggle for a
Continent: The
French and
Indian Wars,
1689-1763
The Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues: The
Little Hero of
Holland
Chapter 9 End!
Read approx. 10
pages per day.
Indian Captive
Put cover into
timeline: 1758.
You will need to
read approx. 64
pages per day if
you want to get
this book done
in a week.
Map/Globe
.
Land division between the
French, English and Spanish
(photocopy map on p.77 of USA
1 for notebook)
49
.
History
Pockets
.
History
Pockets:
Explorers :
Henry Hudson
Notebooking
.
.
Science
.
Cooking
Crafts
Timeline
Entries
Pocket 4: Homes
and Villages
Work on
pocket 4
Finish pocket 4
.
.
.
.
..
.
..
..
.
.
Easy Make &
Learn :p.27-33
Dutch step
house model
and windmill
model
.
(T-3) 1609
Henry Hudson
explored the
Hudson River
(T-2) 1682 La
Salle claimed
Mississippi
River and named
it Louisiana in
honor of King
Louis of France
(T-1) Peter
Zenger’s court
case
Andrew
Hamilton
(T-4)1758 Indian
Captive: The
Story of Mary
Jemison book
cover
1621 Dutch
West India
Company was
founded (fur
trade)
New York was
founded by the
Dutch in 1626
.
.
.
..
.
.
1754 French and
Indian War
1763 The British
won the French
and Indian War
1625 New
Amsterdam
was founded
on the island
of Manhattan
1664 Peter
Stuyvesant
surrendered
the colony to
the British
Extras
.
Henry Hudson
Video
.
Notes:
50
Week 19
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
American
Adventures:
The Good
Old Days of
Medicine
(#2)
Read
Activity 1:
Dictate
Activity 3:
Search and find
Activity 5:
Take a side
Activity 2:
Find the word
Activity 4:
Think it through
Activity 6:
Then & now
Activity 7:
Imagine (Record
using your
computer or a
tape recorder,
etc.)
Reader
George
Washington and
the General's
Dog
Put cover into
timeline, 17321799.
.
Welcome to
Felicity's world,
1774 (Look at
the pictures)
Put cover into
timeline, 1774.
.
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues: George
Washington and
the Cherry Tree
Optional
The Sign of the
Beaver (T-2)
You will need to
read approx. 32
pages a day from
this book to
finish it in a
week.
Put cover into
timeline, 1768.
The Sign of
the Beaver
The Sign of the
Beaver
The Sign of
the Beaver
The Sign of the
Beaver
George
Washington p.814
George
Washington
p.16-24
George
Washington
p.26-30
George
Washington
p.32-46
George
Washington
p.48-58 End!
Put cover into
timeline, 17321799.
If You Grew
Up with...
p.23-33
If You Grew Up
with... p.34-50
If You Grew
Up with...
p.51-55
If You Grew Up
with... p.57-61
End!
History
Reading
Choose
which one(s)
you want
George
Washington's
Breakfast
If You Grew Up
with George
Washington p.122
Put cover into
timeline, 17321799.
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets:
Colonial
America
Pocket 5
Continue
working on
pocket 5
Continue
working on
pocket 5
Continue
working on
pocket 5
Finish pocket 5
51
Notebooking
.
George
Washington
info. and
coloring sheet
George
Washington’s
Breakfast
comprehension
questions (You
can do this
orally.)
..
.
Set One
Set Two
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
Johnny cake
recipe
Crafts
.
.
Make a threecornered
(tri-corner) hat!
.
.
Timeline
Entries
(T-1) 1732-1799
George
Washington
..
.
.
..
.
Portrait for Kids
Interactive
Activity
.
.
(T-2) 1768 Sign
of the Beaver
book cover
Extras
Wee Sing:
Yankee Doodle
Boy
Free printable
poster of George
Washington
Notebooking notes: George Washington’s Breakfast comprehension questions - Have your child write the
answers, or answer orally.
Craft notes: Make a three-cornered (tri-corner) hat! You get 4 free downloads or you can sign up for a free
7 day trial to access this activity.
Extras notes: Portrait for Kids Interactive Activity - Discover hidden layers in the George Washington
painting and learn about more about his portrait! You will need the free flash player program (usually
already installed on most computers).
52
Week 20
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
.
Chapter 14 The
American
Revolution
(T-1) Read
.
Questions
.
Reader(s)
Sam, the
Minuteman
Sam, the
Minuteman
Joining the
Boston Tea
Party
Joining the Boston
Tea Party
Emma's Journal:
The Story of a
Colonial Girl
Optional
Can’t You
Make Them
Behave King
George
History
Reading
Choose
which one(s)
you want
And Then
What
Happened,
Paul Revere?
This Country
of Ours
This Country
of Ours
51. THE
BOSTON
TEAPARTY
52. PAUL
REVERE'S
RIDE
If You Lived
At The Time
Of The
American
Revolution
(approx. 16
pages per
day)
Johnny
Tremain
Chapter 1
This Country
of Ours
53. THE
BATTLE OF
BUNKER
HILL
Will You Sign
Here, John
Hancock?
This Country of
Ours
54. THE WAR IN
CANADA
55. THE BIRTH
OF A GREAT
NATION
This Country of
Ours
56. THE
DARKEST HOUR
57.
BURGOYNE'S
CAMPAIGN
If you Lived...
If you
Lived...
If you Lived...
If you Lived...
End!
Johnny
Tremain
Chapter 2
Johnny
Tremain
Chapter 3
Johnny Tremain
Chapter 4
Johnny Tremain
Chapter 5
The Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
Toliver's
Secret (Read
approx. 17
pages a day
to get
through this
in 2 weeks)
The Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
Colonial
America:
Pocket 7:
Work
Pocket 7
Pocket 7
Pocket 7
Finish Pocket 7
The Bravery of
Abigail Adams
A Prayer at
Valley Forge
53
Notebooking
Johnny
Tremain
make your
own mark
worksheet
(silversmith’s
mark and
modern day
logos –design
and illustrate)
.
Science
.
.
Cooking
..
.
.
.
.
.
.
..
..
.
.
.
..
.
.
..
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's
Kids
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's Kids
Crafts
Timeline
Entries
1. 1773
Boston Tea
Party
Paul Revere
info and
coloring
sheet
1775
Revolution
broke out at
Lexington
July 4, 1776
Declaration
of
Independence
1783 Peace
Treaty is
signed
ending the
Revolution
Extras
Liberty's
Kids
The D. of
Independence
Video
Notes:
54
Week 21
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 1
True/False
.
Fill in the
blanks
.
Discussion
questions
Reader
Hannah of
Fairfield : Pioneer
Daughters #1
Hannah of
Fairfield
Hannah of
Fairfield
Hannah of
Fairfield
Hannah of
Fairfield
Magic Tree
House...
Magic Tree
House...
Magic Tree
House...
Magic Tree
House...
Choose One
(Read approx. 20
pages a day to
finish this in a
week).
Magic Tree
House Research
Guide: American
Revolution
Optional
Why Don't You
Get a Horse, Sam
Adams?
Phoebe the
Spy
This Country of
Ours
This Country
of Ours
58.
BURGOYNE'S
CAMPAIGN–
60. WAR ON
THE SEA
59.
BRANDYWINE
GERMANTOWN
VALLEY
FORGE
This Country
of Ours
61. THE
BATTLE OF
MONMOUTH
Winter At
Valley Forge
This Country of
Ours
62. THE
STORY OF A
GREAT CRIME
This Country
of Ours
63. A
TURNING
POINT IN
THE
WORLD'S
HISTORY
The
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
“Yankee
Doodle”
History
Reading
Johnny Tremain
Chapters 6-7
Johnny
Tremain
Chapters 8-9
Johnny
Tremain
Chapter 10
Johnny Tremain
Chapter 11
Johnny
Tremain
Chapter 12
End!
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
.
.
.
.
.
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
55
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
.
..
.
.
..
Extras
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's Kids
Liberty's Kids
1776 DVD (See
cautions in book
list)
Wee Sing:
Yankee
Doodle
Johnny
Tremain Video
Comprehension
questions for
the movie
Notes:
56
Week 22
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2
Chapter 1: Our
First Government
(T-1)
.
Chapter 2:
A New Plan
of
Government
(T-2)
.
.
Reader
.
We, the People
.
.
.
Optional
.
Shh! We're
Writing the
Constitution
.
A More Perfect
Union: The Story
of Our
Constitution
.
History
Reading
If You Were
There When They
Signed the
Constitution
If You Were
There...
If You
Were
There...
If You Were
There...
If You Were
There...
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 9-11
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 12-13
Choose
which one(s)
you want
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 1-3
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 4-5
Carry on
Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 68
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
History Pockets:
Colonial America:
Pocket 6
Pocket 6
Pocket 6
Finish Pocket 6
.
.
.
.
Pocket 6: School
Notebooking
.
Science
In the book Carry on Mr. Bowditch, Mr. Bowditch teaches sailors about the Earth and the
seasons using a cannon ball and lantern. Here is a lesson: Why are there seasons? This site
has some great animation that explains why we have seasons. Make sure that you go on to
the “mini” lessons so as not to miss the animation.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
57
Timeline
Entries
1. 1775 Articles of
Confederation
..
2. 1787
Constitution
is finished
1787 Shay’s
rebellion
.
..
.
The History of
American
Government
1790
Constitution
is ratified
(agreed to)
by the ALL
states
1791 Bill of
rights added
to the
Constitution
Extras
Wee Sing: You’re
a Grand Old Flag
A New Nation
(1776-1815)
.
Notes:
58
Week 23
Day 1
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2
Chapter 3: Our
First President
and His Times
(T-1)
American
Adventures
Reader
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Chapter
4:Settlements
on the Pacific
Coast (T-2)
(M-1)
Moving North
(1) Read and
choose activities
Johnny
Appleseed, Hero
of the
Wilderness (3)
(T-3) Read and
choose activities
Johnny Appleseed
.
The True Tale
of Johnny
Appleseed
.
.
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
Father Junipero
Serra
This Country of
Ours
.
This Country of
Ours
.
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 14-16
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 17-18
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 1920
Carry on Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 21-22
Don't Know
Much About the
Presidents
Don't Know
Much
Don't Know
Much
Don't Know
Much
Map/Globe
United States in
1790 map
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
Moving West
Pocket 1
Map
Timeline
Collage
.
Choose One
Optional
History
Reading
Choose
which one(s)
you want
64.
WASHINGTON
FIRST IN WAR,
FIRST IN
PEACE
59
65. ADAMS–
HOW HE KEPT
PEACE WITH
FRANCE
Carry on
Mr.
Bowditch
Chapters 2324 End!
Don't Know
Much
Notebooking
Johnny Appleseed
coloring sheet
Apples Learning
Folder
(Choose activities
depending on age.
You can do them
throughout the
week as you
wish.)
Apple
observation
worksheet (use
to discuss
adjectives and
then write a
paragraph
describing the
“favorite” apple
using the words
on the sheet)
Apple
shapebook
(use for a
report on
Johnny
Appleseed, or
poem, or
story)
Apple shape
with lines - Use
for any
copywork or
dictation
.
Apple illusion
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
Apple pie
recipe
Crafts
.
.
.
.
Johnny
Appleseed
stand-up
figure (Use
to retell the
Johnny
Appleseed
story for
narration)
Timeline
Entries
(T-1) San Diego
San Francisco
Oregon Columbia
River United
States in 1790
map
..
(T-2)Junipero
Serra 17131784
.
..
Johnny
Appleseed Video
.
1784 Empress
of China
started the
American and
Chinese trade
(T-3) 1800
Johnny Appleseed
starts giving apple
seeds to settlers in
the Ohio Valley
Extras
Wee Sing: Three
Cheers for the
Red, White and
Blue
1792 Robert
Gray found a
river he named
Columbia
Melody time
DVD
.
Notes:
60
Week 24
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2
Chapter 5
Exploring the West
(T-1)
.
.
.
.
Reader
Lewis and Clark :
A Prairie Dog for
the President
Lewis and Clark
: A Prairie Dog
for the President
Sacagawea
Chapters 5-6
Sacagawea
Chapters 7-8
Sacagawea
Chapters 9-10
End!
Childhood of
Famous
Americans:
Sacagawea
Chapters 1-2
Sacagawea
Chapters 3-4
Optional
66.
HOW THE
TERRITORY OF
THE UNITED
STATES WAS
DOUBLED
Plants on the
Trail with Lewis
and Clark (Look
at the pictures
and discuss)
67. HOW
THE DOOR
INTO THE
FAR WEST
WAS
OPENED
Animals on
the Trail with
Lewis and
Clark (Look
at the
pictures and
discuss)
68. ABOUT
AN
AMERICAN
WHO
WANTED TO
BE A KING
History
Reading
Lewis and Clark
and Me: A Dog's
Tale
Lewis and Clark
and Me: A Dog's
Tale
Lewis and
Clark and
Me: A Dog's
Tale
Lewis and
Clark and
Me: A Dog's
Tale
Lewis and
Clark and Me:
A Dog's Tale
Chapters 1-2
Chapters 3-5
Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7-8
Meet Thomas
Jefferson
Chapters 7-9
Meet Thomas
Jefferson
Chapters 1013
Choose One
Choose
which one(s)
you want or
do both.
Map/Globe
Chapter 9 End!
Meet Thomas
Jefferson
Chapters 1-3
Meet Thomas
Jefferson
Chapters 4-6
Meet Thomas
Jefferson
Chapters 14-18
End!
Lewis and Clark
route map
.
.
.
.
Kitty’s
Kentucky Diary
George
Rogers Clark
and map
activity
Pocket 3:
(part)
.
or
Unlabeled route
map
History
Pockets
History Pockets
Moving West
Pocket 2 (T-2)
Daniel Boone
portrait
61
Animals of
the West
mobile
Notebooking
Who were
Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark
and what did they
do? (Worksheet
with color map and
questions)
Lewis and Clark
notebooking
page Information
and squares to
illustrate
Thomas
Jefferson fun
fact page
(read, color
and draw)
Mountain
Men
worksheet
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
(T-1) Jefferson
becomes president
1801
.(T-2) Northwest
Territory added
1787
3. Carson,
Kit, 18091868
.
..
Louisiana
Purchase 1803
Daniel Boone
Boone,
Daniel, 17341820
Scholastic
Online
activities (For
Lewis and
Clark)
Scholastic
Online
activities (For
Lewis and
Clark
Rogers Clark
1804 Lewis Clark
Expedition
Pike,
Zebulon
Montgomery,
1779-1813
2. Northwest
Territory added
1787
Smith,
Jebediah
Strong, 17991831
Daniel Boone
Rogers Clark
Beckwourth,
James
Pierson,
1798-1866
Extras
Lewis & Clark :
The Journey of the
Corps of
Discovery DVD
Lewis & Clark :
The Journey of
the Corps of
Discovery DVD
The
American
Frontier
Video (T-3)
Wee Sing: Down
the River
History Pockets supplies: Daniel Boone portrait *supplies: brown paper bag, black felt or paint
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Week 25
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
Chapter 6 The
War of 1812 (T1)
American
Adventures
True Stories
From
America’s Past
1770-1870:
Chapter 7
Hands Off
the Americas
(T-2) (M-1)
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
Choose
Activities
Choose Activities
(#4) A Matter
of Honor
Reader
The StarSpangled Banner
Abigail's Drum
Abigail's
Drum
.
.
This Country of
Ours
.
This Country
of Ours
.
This Country of
Ours
Choose One
Optional
69. MADISONTHE SHOOTING
STAR AND THE
PROPHET
History
Reading
70.
MADISONWAR WITH
GREAT
BRITAIN
71. MONROE–
THE FIRST
WHISPERS OF A
STORMMONROE'S
FAMOUS
DOCTRINE
Little House by
Boston Bay
Chapters 1-3
Little House by
Boston Bay
Chapters 4-6
Little House
by Boston
Bay
Chapters 710
Little House
by Boston
Bay
Chapters
11-12
Little House by
Boston Bay
Chapter 13 End!
Map/Globe
.
.
1. Colombia,
Venezuela,
Peru, Chile,
Argentina
Brazil
.
.
History
Pockets
History Pockets
Moving West: (T4)
Pocket 3
.
Seeing is
believing
activity
.
.
Choose
which one(s)
you want
Amazing stories
booklet
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
63
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1. The War of
1812
..
2. 1823 The
Monroe
Doctrine
.
..
The Scrambled
States of
America and
More Stories to
Celebrate our
Country
.
Blow the
Man Down
.
(1812-1815)
1815 Andrew
Jackson becomes
a military hero in
New Orleans
3. 1814 Little
House in Boston
Bay
4. 1807 John
Colter discovered
Yellowstone
1825 Jim Bridger
discovered the
Great Salt Lake
(Utah)
1820’s Moses
Harris found
petrified wood
Extras
Wee Sing: The
Star Spangled
Banner
Notes:
64
Week 26
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbook
The Story of the
U.S.A Book 2:
Chapter 8 Andrew
Jackson, Man of
the People (T-1)
American
Adventures
The Story of
the U.S.A. 2:
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
1829 (5) Sam
Patch –The
Man Who
Jumped to
Fame
Chapter 9
Changes in
American Life
Choose
Activities
Choose Activities
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
.
.
.
If You Lived With
The Cherokees
If You Lived
With The
Cherokees
If You Lived
With The
Cherokees
If You
Lived With
The
Cherokees
If You Lived With
The Cherokees
Reader
Choose One
Optional
73."LIBERTY
A UNION,
NOW AND
FOREVER"
72. ADAMS
THE TARIFF OF
ABOMINATIONS
History
Reading
73. VAN BUREN–
HARD TIMES
Who Let Muddy
Boots into the
White House? : A
Story of Andrew
Jackson
Who Let
Muddy Boots...
End!
Only the
Names
Remain: the
Cherokees
and the Trail
of Tears
Only the
Names
Remain
Only the Names
Remain (Finish)
Map/Globe
United States in
1820 map
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
History Pockets
Moving West:
(T-2)
Cultures in
conflict
Plains Indians
and the
buffalo
Words of
wisdom
.
Choose
which one(s)
you want
Pocket 6 The
Native American
Struggle
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
65
Timeline
Entries
1. 1828 Jackson
became president
.2. 1768-1813
Tecumseh
3. 1840 A
Pioneer
Sampler Book
Cover (*if
you begin this
book this
week)
.
..
1838-1839 Trail of
Tears
1796-1872
George Catlin
the painter
A Pioneer
Sampler or
A Pioneer
Sampler or
A Pioneer
Sampler or
American Kids
in History
Pioneer Days
American
Kids in
History
Pioneer Days
American
Kids in
History
Pioneer
Days
A Pioneer Sampler
or
American Kids in
History Pioneer
Days
1864 Navajo
“Long Walk”
Extras
A Pioneer Sampler
or
American Kids in
History Pioneer
Days
The Cherokee
Video
Notes: *Optional: Begin: A Pioneer Sampler (Barbara Greenwood to give time for the various projects or
wait until Week 26. (T-3)
Another book that can be used for various pioneer activities is American Kids in History Pioneer Days
(David C. King): *We favor the Pioneer Sampler book mentioned above because of the better integration of
a story and the superior illustrations.
Projects include: sponge-ware clay pot, air dried flowers, hasty pudding, johnnycakes, finding direction,
cricket thermometer, knots, patchwork picture, jumping jack, thaumatrope, switchel, lemonade, strawberry
shrub, homemade soda pop, African trade beads, woven mat, marbles, kachina doll, apache scroll, sand
painting, apple butter, spoon bread, roasted pumpkin seeds, cornhusk doll, tortillas, magic wallet, wood
choppers, whirligig, pinecone angel, salt dough ornaments, Ojo de Dios, silhouette portrait, picture frame,
Seminole patchwork, leaf print wrapping paper, tangram, checkerboard, beanbag target game
66
Week 27
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2:
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
1830 (6) The
Ladies of
Lowell
Choose
Activities
1847 (7) The
Stubborn School
Teacher
Choose
Activities
Chapter 9:
Changes in
American
Life (T-1)
Reader
You may wish to schedule either of the Childhood of Famous Americans books as a
reader. Choose from the Robert Fulton book scheduled below or pick the Susan B.
Anthony book. Your child will need to be a "strong" and motivated reader to finish either
of these books within the week.
Optional
.
This Country
of Ours
.
This Country of
Ours
74.
HARRISONTHE HEROE
OF
TIPPECANOE
History
Reading
Robert
Fulton Boy
Craftsman
Chapters 13
America in
the Time of
Susan B.
Anthony
Robert
Fulton...
Chapters 4-6
America in the
Time of Susan
B. Anthony
.
75. TYLERFLORIDA
BECOMES A
STATE
Robert Fulton...
Chapters 7-10
Robert Fulton...
Chapters 11-13
Robert Fulton...
Chapters 14-15
End!
America in the
Time of Susan
B. Anthony
America in the
Time of Susan B.
Anthony
America in the
Time of Susan
B. Anthony
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
History
Pockets
Moving
West: (T-2)
.
Letter activity
(writing)
.
The Story of the
Sagers minibook
Susan B.
Anthony info
and coloring
page
.
Cotton Gin News
(Newspaper like
article and
worksheet
following with a
pictograph to
interpret)
Tin can patent
info and coloring
page
Pocket 4
Missionaries
at Work
Notebooking
.
67
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
..
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1. Robert
Fulton built
the 1st
successful
steamboat
.2. 1836
Narcissa and
Marcus
Whitman were
missionaries to
the Cayuse
.
.
..
Susan B.
Anthony
Video
Wee Sing:
Cotton Needs
Pickin’
Eli Whitney Video
Wee Sing: Erie
Canal
1793 Eli
Whitney
invented the
cotton gin
1837
Samuel F.
B. Morse
built the 1st
telegraph
Susan B.
Anthony
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton
Extras
Wee Sing:
Pick a Bale
of Cotton
Continue
with the
Pioneer
Sampler or
the
American
Kids in
History
book(s) for
the duration
of this week
Notes:
68
Week 28
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2
Chapter 10
Texas, the
Lone Star
State (T-1)
Questions
Circle the
answer
True/False
Discussion
Questions
Read
Reader
.
.
.
.
.
Optional
The Boy in
the Alamo
Chapters 1-3
The Boy in
the Alamo
Chapters 4-6
The Boy in the
Alamo
Chapters 7-9
The Boy in the
Alamo
Chapters 10-12
The Boy in the
Alamo
Chapters 13-15
End!
The Alamo
The Alamo
.
.
This Country
of Ours
76. POLK–
HOW MUCH
LAND WAS
ADDED TO
THE UNITED
STATES
History
Reading
The Alamo:
Surrounded
and
Outnumbered,
They Chose
to Make a
Defiant Last
Stand
Welcome to
Josefina's
World 1824:
Growing Up
on America's
Southwest
Frontier
(Look at the
pictures and
read some of
the captions)
Map/Globe
.
The Alamo
The Alamo
Welcome to
Josefina's
World 1824
Welcome to
Josefina's
World 1824
.
.
69
History
Pockets
History
Pockets
Moving West:
(T-2)
Covered
Wagon flap
book
Remember the
Alamo
Rancho Life
Homemade
flour tortilla
recipe
Pocket 7
Settling the
Far West
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
See History
Pockets
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1. 1821
Mexico won
it’s freedom
2. Davy
Crockett
.
.
..
Wee Sing: The
Old Chisholm
Trail
.
Wee Sing: I
Ride an Old
Paint
1836 Texas
declares
independence
from Mexico
1848 Treaty
of Guadalupe
Hidalgo
(ended the
Mexican War)
1794- 1876
Santa Anna
1836 Battle of
the Alamo
1793-1863
Sam Houston
1809-1836
Colonel
William
Travis
1845 TX
became a
state
Extras
Wee Sing:
Old Texas
.
Notes:
70
Week 29
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2:
American
Adventures
True Stories
From
America’s Past
1770-1870:
The Story of
the U.S.A Book
2:
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
Choose Activities
Choose
Activities
Chapter 11
America
Reaches
from Coast
to Coast (T1) (M-1)
Chapter 12
Gold in
California
1849 (8) The
Gold Rush
Days
Reader
See Science
.
.
.
.
Optional
.
77. POLK–
THE
FINDING OF
GOLD
.
78. TAYLORUNION OR
DISUNION
.
History
Reading
Gold Rush
Dogs Choose a
story
Gold Rush
Dogs - Choose
a story
Gold Rush
Dogs - Choose
a story
Gold Rush Dogs Choose a story
Gold Rush Dogs
- Choose a story
Children of
the Gold
Rush
Children of the
Gold Rush
Children of the
Gold Rush
Children of the
Gold Rush
Children of the
Gold Rush
Chapters 3-4
Chapters 5-6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 End!
Chapters 12
Study Guide
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
History
Pockets
Moving
West: (T-3)
.
Panning for
gold science
experiment
.
Gold Fever
acrostic
San Francisco
Times
(newspaper
type article
with
comprehension
and discussion
questions)
President Polk
info and
coloring page
Gold! Discovery!
info and coloring
page
Manifest
Destiny
Pocket 8
The Gold
Rush
Notebooking
Gold Rush
worksheet
71
Science
The Magic
School Bus
Inside a
Beehive
Bee science unit (to go with Pioneer Sampler) –97 page guide with
worksheets, diagrams, geography, science, etc. Excellent!
Cooking
..
.
.
Crafts
Easy Make
& Learn
Projects:
Colonial
America:
Look-Inside
Log Cabin
.
Easy Make &
Learn Projects:
Colonial
America:
Spinning
Wheel model
See Notes
.
Timeline
Entries
Sourdough Recipe
or any other type
of homemade
bread
3. 1826-1897
John Sutter
.
.
Dog origami (for
the Gold Rush
dogs book)
.
..
Daily Pioneer Life
Video
Wee Sing:
Sacramento
1848 Gold is
found at
Sutter’s Mill by
James Marshall
Extras
1. Rio
Grande
River
Continue
with a
Pioneer
Sampler
Bees Video
Old Settler’s
Song
(For the bee
science unit
that goes with
the Pioneer
Sampler book)
Reading notes: The Children of the Gold Rush study guide has social studies activities, writing ideas,
math, a sourdough recipe and more.
Timeline notes: 1. 1846-1848 Mexican American War, Zachary Taylor led the army (Taylor was born in
1784 and died in 1850), 1845-1849 President Polk (made it so the U.S. stretched from coast to coast)
Extras notes: Projects from A Pioneer Sampler (these can be spread out over several weeks) include crafts,
science, math, cooking and more:
Sap Experiment *sugar, 2 plastic cups, marker (science), pioneer measuring (math), grow a potato plant
(science), honey-butter *honey and butter, make your own butter *whipping cream, jar (cooking), make
your own cream cheese *cheesecloth, plain yogurt, string, salt, optional dried herbs (cooking), finger
spinning *cotton, like from the top of a pill bottle, dye project *onion, alum, washing soda, cotton cloth,
punched tin picture *aluminum pie plate, nail, hammer, pioneer water carrier, balance scale *2 small yogurt
containers, nail, string, coat hanger, pennies (math), homemade ink *walnut shells, vinegar, salt, candle (for
lampblack) Rollers/levers/ramps (science), drying apples *apples (cooking), shadow shapes and puppets
*flashlight, white cloth, wooden frame, cardboard, Popsicle sticks (or skewers), lamp, stenciling
*cardboard, utility knife (PARENT), paint , jumping jack *cardboard, nail, brass paper fasteners, string
72
Week 30
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
.
.
.
.
.
Reader
Riding the
Pony
Express
(Read
approx. 10
pages per
day to finish
this in 2
weeks.)
Riding the
Pony Express
Riding the
Pony Express
Riding the Pony
Express
Riding the Pony
Express
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home
Choose One
Westward
To Home:
Joshua's
Oregon
Trail Diary
(Read
approx. 10
pages per
day to finish
this book in
2 weeks.)
Optional
Roughing It
on the
Oregon
Trail
Roughing It
on the Oregon
Trail
Rachel's
Journal: The
Story of a
Pioneer Girl
Rachel's Journal:
The Story of a
Pioneer Girl
Time Travelers:
How I Survived
the Oregon Trail
The Journal of
Jesse Adams
History
Reading
If You
Traveled
West In A
Covered
Wagon p.517
If You
Traveled...
If You
Traveled...
If You Traveled...
If You
Traveled...
p.18-31
p.32-49
Buffalo Bill
p.2-11
Buffalo Bill
p.12-20
Buffalo Bill
p.21-27
Map/Globe
Westward
Trails map
(includes the
Oregon
Trail among
others)
1. Find the following on the map in the back of the Journal of Jesse Adams
book: Iowa, St. Joseph, Missouri, Big Blue River, Ash Hollow, Chimney
Rock, Fort Laramie, Platte River, Independence Rock, Devil’s Gate, South
Pass, Snake River, Flagstaff Hill, Blue Mountains, Oregon City, Cascade
Mountains, Columbia River, Rocky Mountains, Great Salt Lake,
Willamette River
History
Pockets
Moving West
Pocket 5
Special thing
trunk
p.50-67
.
p.68-80 End!
Buffalo Bill
p.28-35
Memory quilt
73
Buffalo Bill
p.36-40
.
Notebooking
.
.
.
.
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
Johnnycake
recipe p.13 of
The Journal of
Jesse Adams
(If you haven’t
made this
already)
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
.
.
.
.
.1852 The
Journal of Jesse
Adams book
Extras
Oregon
Trail Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Wee Sing:
Sweet Betsy
From Pike
Wee Sing:
Good-bye Old
Paint
Cooking notes: Johnny Cake supplies: water, cornmeal, salt, butter
74
The Pioneer
Journey
Westward Video
Week 31
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
.
.
.
.
.
Reader
Riding the
Pony
Express
Riding the
Pony Express
Riding the
Pony Express
Riding the Pony
Express
Riding the Pony
Express (End!)
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home
Westward To
Home (End!)
Westward
To Home
Optional
Time
Travelers
Time
Travelers
Going West:
Trials and
Trade-offs
Going West: Trials
and Trade-offs
Welcome to
Kirsten's World,
1854: Growing
Up in Pioneer
America (Look
at the pictures.)
History
Reading
Orphan
Train Rider:
One Boy's
True Story
Intro Chapter 3
Orphan Train
Rider Chapter
4-5
Orphan Train
Rider Chapters
6-7
Orphan Train
Rider Chapters 8-9
Orphan Train
Rider
Chapters 10-11
Map/Globe
Be able to
locate the
following
states on a
map of the
United
States:
.
.
.
.
.
Pocket 9 (first
half)
.
.
.
.
Missouri,
Kansas,
Nebraska,
Colorado,
Wyoming,
Utah, Idaho,
Oregon
History
Pockets
History
Pockets
Moving
West
A Sea of grass
and endless sky
poem and
painting
Pocket 5 On
the Oregon
Trail
Pioneer
bingo
Notebooking
.
.
.
75
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
Covered wagon
craft
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1854
Orphan
Train Rider
book cover
.
.
.
..
Extras
Oregon
Trail Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Oregon Trail
Game
Wee Sing:
Get Along,
Little
Dogies
Wee Sing: My
Home’s In
Montana
Craft notes: Covered wagon craft *supplies: milk carton or empty juice box
76
Sarah Plain and
Tall Video
Week 32
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
The Story of the
U.S.A Book 2:
..
American
Adventures
True Stories
From
America’s
Past 17701870:
American
Adventures
American
Adventures
Choose
Activities
Choose Activities
Our Kansas
Home
Our Kansas Home
Chapter 13 The
North and South
Quarrel (T-1)
(11) Emperor
Norton 1859
Reader
Abe Lincoln's Hat
Abe
Lincoln's Hat
Choose One
or Two
Meet Addy An
American Girl
Book 1 Chapter 1
Meet Addy
Chapter 2
Our Kansas
Home (Read
about 10
pages a day
to finish this
book by next
week.)
Kansas
Nebraska Act
background
info.
Meet Addy
Chapter 4
Meet Addy
Chapter 5
Meet Addy
Chapter 3
Optional
History
Reading
Slavery and the
Underground
Railroad: Bound
for Freedom (Read
about 10 pages per
day to finish this in
one week.)
Slavery and
the
Underground
Railroad
79. FILLMORE
THE
UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD
80. PIERCE
THE
STORY OF
"BLEEDING
KANSAS"
Abraham Lincoln
p.5-14
Slavery and
the
Underground
Railroad
Slavery and
the
Underground
Railroad
Slavery and the
Underground
Railroad (End!)
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
81.
BUCHANAN
THE STORY
OF THE
MORMONS
83. LINCOLN
FROM BULL
RUN TO
FORT
DONELSON
82.
BUCHANAN
THE FIRST
SHOTS
84. BATTLE
BETWEEN
IRONCLADS
Abraham
Lincoln
p.15-22
Abraham
Lincoln p.2333
Abraham
Lincoln p.3445
If You Grew
If You Grew
If You Grew
Honest Abe
85. LINCOLN
THE BATTLE OF
SHILOH AND
THE TAKING OF
NEW ORLEANS
Abraham Lincoln
p.46-56 End!
Choose Two
If You Grew Up
With Abraham
77
If You Grew Up
Lincoln
History
Reading
Map/Globe
Lincoln
Up
Up
Up
Up The Learning
Tree
Up The Learning
Tree (read about 7
pages a day to
finish in 1 week)
Up The
Learning
Tree
Up The
Learning
Tree
Up The
Learning Tree
The United States
in 1860 map
..
..
..
..
Unlabeled 1860
map
History
Pockets
..
..
..
..
..
Notebooking
Abraham Lincoln
info and coloring
sheet
1862
Homestead
Act
What is
slavery?
The
Triangular
Trade (cut and
paste activity)
Slave Trade
worksheet (answer
the questions or
discuss)
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
Easy Make &
Learn
Projects:
Colonial
America:
.
.
Lift and Look
Plantation
Timeline
Entries
See notes
3. 1809-1865
Lincoln
.
.
..
Extras
Wee Sing: Old
Abe Lincoln
.
Wee Sing:
Dixie
.
Abraham Lincoln
Video
Free printable
poster of Abraham
Lincoln
Timeline notes: 1. 1820 Missouri Compromise, 1854 Senator Douglas helps to end the Missouri
Compromise, 1857 Dred Scott Decision, 1859 John Brown helped slaves revolt, 1860 Lincoln became
president
Notebooking notes: The Triangular Trade (cut and paste activity) –You will have to adjust the formatting
in Word.
78
Week 33
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
The Story of
the U.S.A
Book 2:
.
.
.
.
Our Kansas
Home
Our Kansas Home
Our Kansas
Home
Our Kansas
Home
Our Kansas
Home (End!)
A Ballad of
the Civil
War (Read
about 12
pages a day
to finish this
in one
week.)
A Ballad of the
Civil War
A Ballad of the
Civil War
A Ballad of
the Civil War
A Ballad of the
Civil War (End!)
Escape
North! : The
Story of
Harriet
Tubman
Escape North!
Escape North!
Escape North!
Escape North!
Chapter 14
The Civil
War (T-2)
Reader
Choose 1
Optional
Children’s
Treasury of
Virtues:
Welcome to
Addy's
World (Look
at the
pictures.)
86.
LINCOLN
THE
SLAVES
ARE MADE
FREE
Abe Lincoln’s
School Days
87. LINCOLN
CHANCELLORSVILLE
THE DEATH OF
STONEWALL
JACKSON
88. LINCOLN
THE BATTLE
OF
GETTYSBURG
89.
LINCOLN
GRANT'S
CAMPAIGN
SHERIDAN'S
RIDE
90.
LINCOLN
SHERMAN'S
MARCH TO
THE SEA
LINCOLN
REELECTED
PRESIDENT
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91. LINCOLN–
THE END OF
THE WAR
THE
PRESIDENT'S
DEATH
History
Reading
Choose 2
Up Before
Daybreak:
Cotton And
People In
America
Up Before
Daybreak
If You Lived
When There
Was Slavery
If You Lived
When There Was
Slavery
If You
Traveled on
the
Underground
Railroad
Up Before
Daybreak
Up Before
Daybreak
Up Before
Daybreak
If You Lived
When There
Was Slavery
If You Lived
When There
Was Slavery
If You Lived
When There Was
Slavery
If You
Traveled...
If You
Traveled...
If You Traveled...
If You Traveled...
Gettysburg: A
Day That
Changed
America
Map/Globe
..
..
..
..
..
History
Pockets
.
.
.
.
.
Notebooking
Sights,
Sounds and
Smells table
Slavery Resistance
A worksheet to
help students
consider forms of
resistance in given
scenarios.
Underground
Railroad Codes
Underground
Railroad –
Coded
Messages
.
Science
.
.
.
.
.
Cooking
..
.
..
..
.
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
2. 1861 The
Civil War
breaks out
.
.
.
..
Wee Sing: Battle
Hymn of the
Republic
Wee Sing:
When Johnny
Comes
Marching Home
Wee Sing:
The Cassions
.
1865 Civil
war ended
when Lee
surrendered
at
Appomattox,
Virginia
Extras
Harriet
Tubman
Video
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Week 34
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Workbooks
American
Adventures True
Stories From
America’s Past
1770-1870:
American
Adventures:
Choose
Activities
American
Adventures: (15)
The Men Who
Built the
Railroad Across
America
(Transcontinental
Railroad) 1869
American
Adventures:
Choose
Activities
.
(14) The Three
Hundred Dollar
Baby 1865George
Washington
Carver (T-6)
Reader
The Long Way to
a New Land
The Long
Way to a
New Land
The Long Way
to a New Land
The Long
Way
Westward
The Long Way
Westward
Optional
.
.
.
.
.
History
Reading
Man’s Slave
Becomes God’s
Scientist: George
Washington
Carver
(You will need to
read about 27
pages a day to
finish this in a
week.)
Man’s Slave
Becomes
God’s
Scientist
Man’s Slave
Becomes God’s
Scientist
Man’s Slave
Becomes
God’s
Scientist
Man’s Slave
Becomes God’s
Scientist
Map/Globe
.
.
.
.
.
History
Pockets
History Pockets
Moving West:
Pocket 10:
Building the
Railroads
(T-4)
Race across the
West pop-up
Changing the
Face of the
Nation:
Chinese
Laborers
.
Pocket 9 (2nd half)
Benjamin “Pap”
Singleton (T-2)
Notebooking
George Washington Carver Coloring and Activity Book
Choose which pages you'd like to complete and schedule them in over the course of the
week.
Science
Peanut Activity Sheets and Lesson plans
Choose which pages, lessons and activities you'd like to complete and schedule them in.
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Cooking
..
.
.
..
Choose a recipe
from the Peanut
Teacher’s Guide
(see science)
or make
homemade
peanut butter
Crafts
.
.
.
.
.
Timeline
Entries
1. 18641943
George
Washington
Carver
3. 1869 The
Long Way to
a New Land
book
4. 1869
Transcontinental
Railroad
.
..
Wee Sing:
John Henry
Wee Sing: Drill,
Ye Tarriers
Wee Sing: Paddy
Works on the
Railway
Wee Sing: The
Boll Weevil
2.1870’s
Benjamin
Singleton
led former
slaves to
Kansas
Extras
Wee Sing:
I’ve Been
Working on
the Railroad
Free
printable
poster of
George
Carver
George
Washington
Carver Video
Science notes: Peanut Activity Sheets and Lesson plans (There is a unit for K-2nd as well as one for 3rd5th graders)
Activity Sheets Part A: What do you know about peanuts (choose the answers), label the parts of a peanut
diagram, label the parts of a peanut plant, pyramid word puzzle, map of countries that import peanuts from
the United States (geography)
Activity Sheets Part B: Read the nutrition label and answer the questions, peanut farming story and
vocabulary (label the pictures with the vocabulary words from the story), peanut guessing sheet (fill in the
blanks), making peanut butter sequencing pictures and sentences (maybe turn this into a cut and paste
activity) or illustrate a written paragraph with the pictures, math equations, peanut crossword puzzle
The Teacher’s Guide has all sorts of additional activities (science, geography, music, recipes, language arts
and more!)
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end! Please email us at
Homeschooler@OurLosBanos.com and let us know how it went!
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