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 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 [...]

Not everyday is a full unit study day around here, but today was one of those days where every subject just fit perfectly into the Lewis and Clark portion of our Westward Expansion unit.  (Except Bible time.  I could have fit that in, too, but we’re working our way through Hebrews and I didn’t want [...]