Jul. 26, 2008 - History Plan for this School Year

  History

As I mentioned before, our plan for the year is history and science mini units.  Here are the details for our history mini-units!  I am SO excited about this!  We are notebooking as we go along, and we are just finishing up week 3 right now. Since I wanted to be as stress-free as possible after baby's arrival, I have made all of the copies for our notebook pages for the whole year and filed them according to chapter, made copies of all the activity sheets we will do, and all of the 50 timeline figures we will be adding to our timeline. (More about the timeline at the end of the post.)  Also, if anyone is interested in doing a similar study of early American history using the same books (or not), I would be willing to pass along the timeline figures I have put together to save you some time! Just let me know. :)

So, here goes:

Core Books:

In God We Trust- Stories of Faith in American History by Timothy Crater and Ranelda Hunsicker and

The Light and the Glory for Children and

From Sea to Shining Sea for Children by Peter Marshall and David Manuel, with accompanying activity books (these activity books are really cool and fully reproducible for the entire family!)

I got the recommendation for this book from The Boyers :

This is an AWESOME book for children, and could actually be a stand-alone text, but we are integrating it. American history from a Christian perspective, and with great character lessons along the way. This first one covers up to George Washington, and From Sea to Shining Sea picks up at 1787.

 The Plan:

-Read one chapter per week of In God We Trust, possibly more on weeks with less involved or  with related chapters (there are 50 chapters total)

-Create a timeline figure for each chapter (see pics below)

-Read accompanying section of The Light and the Glory when appropriate

-Notebooking pages for information, activity pages, 
                 coloring pages, copywork and narrations

-Mapwork, where appropriate

-Crafts and Projects for some (like Indian or Pilgrim theme, for example)

-Additional reading/ biographies (on occasion)

-Bunny trails related to chapter, when there is interest (and time)

-“Who Am I?” history cards for review games

TIMELINE

Last year I made a simple timeline, with just one line per 100 years, from creation to present. It worked fine for what we needed, and gave a nice overall picture of time. However, with adding 50+ figures this year from years 1600-1900, well, they weren't going to fit on three little lines!  So, I made a separate timeline just for American history, but I wanted to still tie it in somehow with the original timeline, so they could see the correlation, since they are still little and need that kind of visual help, so this is what I came up with:

The original timeline is on the bottom, with the new one on top:

Then I put a magnifying glass to show what part got magnified, as well as labeling the bottom of the timeline from years 1600-2000 with the same label as I put at the top of the American timeline, so hopefully they can make the connection!

History Plans,  Chapter by Chapter:

The following is a list of the subject of each chapter, with ideas for supplements and enrichment activities. I will likely add to this list as I go along. I know this is more detail than most of you care to know, but just in case anyone else would like to use a similar plan, this might save you some time and searching!
(note: my sil lent me Truthquest after I had already put together the majority of this plan, and I think it is GREAT, but then I got totally overwhelmed with TOO many ideas, so I ended up giving it back after picking out a few nice things.  I did, however, copy a few of the pages of text that I thought would be helpful to read out loud to begin certain units.)

1.     Leif Ericson – AD1000

»Read pg 2 in Truthquest

»Learn something about the Vikings:

»Leif the Lucky (Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire)

2.     Stephen Langton -1155-1228 –LIGHT WEEK

»Obtain copy of Magna Carta to read and include in notebook

3.     Christopher Colombus -1451-1506

»Independent reading for Joshua: additional bios that we have

»Light and Glory ch 1-2 / coloring page 3-11 and GAME pg 8-9

»Notebooking page available at homeschoolerhelper.com – Colombus ships

»Sower Series biography: Christopher Colombus

4.     Valient Virginians – 1607

»Light and Glory ch 4 / coloring page 17-19

»Mapwork: Virginia

Stories of American History: ch XI

5.     Mayflower Pilgrims -1620 –LOTS! (2 weeks?)

»book: If you sailed On the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern

»Light and Glory ch 5-6 / coloring pg 20-33

»Pg 19-21 in Truthquest

»Ch 1-2 in Big American Heroes

»Notebook pg at homeschool helper: Thanksgiving Pilgrims

6.     John Winthrop 1588-1649

»Light and Glory ch 7-8 / coloring p 34-42 =Puritans – split up for R.Williams

7.     Roger Williams 1603-1683

»Mapwork: Rhode Island – notebook pg from homeschool share

»Light and Glory ch 9 and continue coloring of Puritans

»Truthquest p 32-33, 37

8.     James Oglethorpe 1696-1785 – LIGHT WEEK- combine w/ ch 9

»Bible verse: James 2:15-17

»Truthquest p. 70

»Mapwork: GA and Stories of Early GA – ch XVI in American History

9.     Calverts 1634 – LIGHT week – combine w/ ch 8

»Mapwork:Maryland

»Light and Glory: ch 3

»Talk about/ pray for persecuted Christians

10. John Eliot 1604-1690

»Bunny Trail: Indians

»Light n Glory Coloring pg 12-13

»Truthquest p 40-41,44

»Notebooking pg at homeschoolhelper: Indian boots

11. Father Jacques Marquette 1637-1676

»Mapwork: Mississippi River

»Light n Glory coloring p 14-15

»Truthquest p. 49

»Stories of American History ch XVIII

»Bunny Trail: Lewis and Clark

12. William Penn 1644-1718

»Bunny Trail: Colonial Life

»Truthquest p 62-63

»The World of William Penn by Genevieve Foster

»Hands-on: Try writing w/ a quill and ink

»Mapwork: Pennsylvania

13. Eusebio Francisco Kino 1637-1675-COMBINE w/ ch 14

»Learn something about the Pima Indians

14. Father Junipero Serra 1713-1784 –COMBINE w/ ch 13

»Mapwork: California – notebook pg from homeschool share

»Bible verse: “No one who has left mother or father…”

15. Eleazar Wheelock 1711-1779- LIGHT week

»Talk about prejudice. Bible verse:

»INSERT about French/Indian Wars also??

16. Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758

»Great Awakening: Truthquest p. 72-73, 81-83

»Light/Glory ch 10

»Trial and Triumph ch 31-35

17. John Witherspoon 1723-1794

»Learn more about the American Revolution: Truthquest p 102-104

»If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (by Kay Moore)

»Coloring pg 46-48

»Big American Heroes ch 4

18. Samuel Adams 1722-1803

»Learn more about the American Revolution cont.

»Coloring pages 49-50

»Big American Heroes ch 5-6

19. Paul Revere 1735-1818

»Learn more about the American Revolution cont: Light/Glory ch 11

»Coloring pages 51-52

»Jean Fritz biography about Paul Revere

20. John Adams 1735-1826

»Learn more about the American Revolution cont-Light Glory ch 12

»Truthquest p 163

»Coloring p 53

21. Patrick Henry 1736-1799

»Notebooking page at homeschoolhelper: Revolutionary war soldiers

»Light and Glory ch 13 AND coloring p 54 and 56

»Stories of American History ch XXIII

22. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1746-1807-LIGHT week

»Bible verses: Ecc 3- a time for everything

»Big Heroes ch 7-8

23. George Washington 1732-1799

»Book: George Washington’s Breakfast – by Jean Fritz

»Light and Glory ch 14-15 AND coloring p. 55, 57-63, 67

»Notebook pg printed from consumer help web

24. Benjamin Rush 1747-1813-COMBINE with ch 25

»Doctor. Talk about how each one can use his gifts to serve the Lord.

»Big Heroes ch 9-10

25. John Jay 1745-1829 – COMBINE with ch 24

»Learn more about the American Bible Society

»Mapwork: PA and NY

26. James Madison 1751-1836

»Mapwork: Virginia

»Sea to Sea ch 5

»Copywork: quote at bottom of page 109

27. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

»book: Benjamin Franklin by Peter Roop and Connie Roop OR

»Benjamin Franklin by Edgar Parin and Ingri d’Aulaire

»Truthquest p 119

»Light and Glory Coloring p 64-66

»Obtain copy of preamble for notebook

»Notebook page at homeschool helper: “We The People”

28. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746-1825 – LIGHT week

»Talk about bribes. Bible verse:

»Mapwork: South Carolina and France

»Big Heroes ch 11-12

29. Abigail Adams 1744-1814

»Talk about what a good wife is/ does

»Bible verses for copywork from text: 1 Kings 3:9 and Luke 19:42

»Sower Series Biography

30. John Marshall 1755-1835

»Talk about what a judge is/ does

»Sea to Sea ch 6

31. Francis Scott Key 1779-1843

»Learn the Star Spangled Banner!

»Sea to Sea ch 7-8

»Big Heroes ch 13-14

32. John Quincy Adams 1767-1848

»Talk about being a pleasing son. Bible verse:

»Mapwork: Europe. Trace their travels there.

»Sea to Sea ch 9

33. Pilgrims of Hawaii 1819-1841- LIGHT week

»Mapwork: Hawaii – notebook page from homeschool share

»Big Heroes ch 15

34. Charles Grandison Finney 1792-1875

»Review the Ten Commandments

»Sea to Sea ch 13

»Mapwork: Ohio

»Big Heroes ch 16

35. Noah Webster  1758-1843

»Learn more about using a dictionary; Practice!

»Talk about the importance of words: Bible verse:

»Big Heroes ch 17

36. Samuel Finley Breese Morse 1791-1872

»Learn more about the morse code. Try it!

»Book we have on messanging:

»Big Heroes ch 18

37. Missionaries on Oregon Trail 1836-1874

»Bunny Trail on Pioneer Life –Truthquest p 169, pg 83 and book: Children of the Covered Wagon by  Mary Jane Carr

»Sea to Sea ch 14, ch 2

»Notebooking page at homeschooler helper: covered wagon

»Trace the Oregon Trail on a map – notebook pg from homeschool share

38. Daniel Webster 1782-1852

»book: If you lived at the time of the Civil War – Kay Moore

»The First Book of the Civil War by Dorothy Levenson

»Copywork: quote on page 157

39. Elijah Parish Lovejoy 1802-1837

»Talk about the many ways we can share our faith

»Talk about suffering/dying for our faith

40. Frederick Douglass 1817-1895 - LOTS (2 weeks?)

»Learn about slavery- Truthquest p. 76

»Light and Glory ch 15

»Sea to Sea ch 1, ch 10-11, ch 16

»If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America (by Anne Kamma)

»Fredrick Douglass : Freedom Fighter by Lillie Patterson

»Notebook pg printed from consumer help web

»Copywork: quote on pg 165 sidebar

41. Sojourner Truth 1797-1883

»The Lord is with us, even in hard times. Bible verse:

»If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad  (by Ellen Levine)

42. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

»Read Emancipation Proclamation and include in notebook

»Notebook pg: White House from notebookingpages.com

43. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870

»Sower series biography OR

»America’s Robert E. Lee by Henry S. Commager

»Notebooking page at homeschooler helper: confederate soldier

44. Clara Harlowe Barton 1821-1912

»Learn more about the Red Cross

»Bible verse: “Inasmuch as you’ve done it…”

45. Hiram Revels 1827-1901

»Mapwork: MS, NC, IN, OH, MD, MO, DC (trace life travels)

»Discuss how blacks rights were limited, even after slavery ended with book: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

46. James Garfield 1831-1881

»Copywork: quote on page 196

47. Frances Elizabeth Willard 1839-1898

»Mapwork :WI, IL

»Talk about liquor and its effects. Bible vs: Prov 23:32

48. Francis Bellamy 1856-1931

»Notebooking page at homeschool helper: flags

»Memorize the Pledge of Allegiance

»Book: The Pledge of Allegiance (we have)

49. Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955

»Copywork: quote from pg 209-210 about flowers

»Bible verse: Jn 3:16 “God so loved ALL the world…”

50. Katherine Lee Bates 1859-1929

»Learn to sing America the Beautiful

»Find pictures of Pike’s Peak for notebook

»Mapwork: CO, including Pikes Peak

Lastly, I just wanted to share a couple of wonderful books I found to supplement our studies:

First, a garage sale treasure! An original 1917 publication of stories of American history!

And last but not least, a great little book that I also got from the Boyers about American heroes, many of them children!

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Jul. 26, 2008 - Fantastic

Posted by Anonymous

I want to come to your homeschool! I love reading your blog, I've gotten so many ideas for my own homeschool. I have a 6yo and twin 3yo olds and pregnant with #4. I really want to know where you get all your energy? When do you physically have the time to do all this? I was blown away by your lapbooks, it looks so time intensive, but they are beautiful and fun. Anyway goodluck with school year 2008-2009 and I'll try to post more often.
Kristal

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Jul. 26, 2008 - Wow

Posted by momofsix

That looks like a fabulous plan! We are also studying history with the Truthquest and literature series. I love the summaries and time explanations from the biblical perspective. I look forward to coming back and gleaning from you since we are also studying the same this year. I like the Sea to Shinning Sea. and the Light and the Glory those are great books. We have been having fun incorporating some great videoes with the time line. We are watching the Sign of The Beaver movie tonight from the library. Thanks for sharing!

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Jul. 28, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by familymgrkendra

I wanna come and learn at your homeschool. What an amazing plan! You are very resourceful and very organized!!

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