Our farm has a rich 1800’s history.  And considering the arrowheads we find occasionally, probably a lot of prior history as well.
I’ve told you before about how we find 19th and 20th century garbage as we plow the garden every year.  Near the garden spot once stood a large red brick home with a rock [...]

Don’t ever call me completely punctual.  We studied early pioneers and settlers of Kentucky at the beginning of last school year.  A trip to Fort Boonesborough – the first pioneer settlement in KY  – was planned then, but we never made it.  My children never fear, though – eventually I tend to fulfill my promises.  [...]

Well, time flies!  We finished off our Westward Expansion unit with a “project week”.  On Monday, I gave the kids a test and a project list, both of which were to be completed by Friday.  I don’t always give tests, but I like to surprise them once in a while with new methods of assessment.  [...]

We’re nearing the end of our Westward Expansion unit, so I’m moving the resources from my sidebar into a post for future reference.  I’ll be adding Slavery and Civil War resources to the side bar over the next few days.
My Spine – Amanda Bennett Pioneers Unit
Research Questions
Teacher Planet Links
Louisiana Purchase Game
Lewis and Clark Lessons
Lewis and [...]

Lewis and Clark kept wonderfully detailed journals as they charted unknown American territory in the early 1800’s.  Their journals included everything from a daily diary of events to sketches and descriptions of new plants and animals along the way to maps of the land around them.
To help my children understand the scope of what was [...]