I recently finished my unit study for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, and sent it off to Julie Nott the editor of the Free Unit Studies e-newsletter.  If you are not familiar with the History Portfolio books, or use them and would like a supplement, by all means check this unit out.  

The unit covers the time of Westward Expansion in the U.S.  The subjects are The Louisiana Purchase, The Lewis and Clark Expedition, the St. Louis to Santa Fe Trail, The Alamo and the War with Mexico, The Oregon Trail & the California Goldrush, The Great Plains Indians, and Indian Wars.  The free unit includes a chapter from the Modern History Portfolio, which you can download, plus, the brand new “Teacher Guide” to correspond with that chapter.  The teachers guide contains numerous black line drawings of people, plants and animals, items of transportation, and art and artifacts, which can be colored and pasted into the portfolio. Additionally, the unit contains multi-age word search puzzles, a plan to make a small booklet, vocabulary lists, and ideas for written reports and narrations. 

This is a great opportunity to try the History Portfolio books, in case you haven’t yet, and further, an opportunity to view the first chapter in the upcoming Teacher Guides for the History Portfolio books.  By the way, I am making steady progress on the Teachers Guide for the Ancient History Portfolio, and it will be available this spring.  

To receive the free unit, all you have to do is visit

http://www.theoldhomeschoolhouse.com/devotional_door/subscribe.php

Pop your email address in the bar, and select “Topical Unit Study of the Month”.  My unit to you will arrive in your inbox in March. 

Barbara