Slavery and Civil War Teaching Resources You might remember from my post about Planning a Large Unit Study, that I pick and choose the best ideas for our learning styles and learning objectives from many resources. These are the the fabulous materials that provided many of my lesson plans. National Geographic Underground Railroad Interactive Civil…
I can’t tell you enough about how we have been blessed by reading the books below during our slavery and Civil War unit study. These books were so fantastic – in information, emotion and ability put us in the midst of the time period. I recommend each of them as living books! (I haven’t included…
Words cannot adequately express our trip to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati yesterday. After spending so much time in our unit study learning about slavery in our country before and after the Civil War, we have become immersed in the sadness, courage and strength of slaves, abolitionists and those who risked their lives to help…
Wow. We’re on our last planned history unit of the school year. It feels great to be ahead of schedule! (At least in history, anyway!) I’ve sketched out the main topics I hope to cover in a unit on slavery and the Civil War. I think we’ll plan to make this mostly a literature and…
(This post contains affiliate links.) Westward Expansion Unit Our time spent learning about pioneers and the Westward Expansion was so full, fun and meaningful. As with most of our unit studies, this one was very literature-rich and included a healthy portion of project-based learning. What Did We Learn? I tried to pulled together a unit…
(This post contains affiliate links.) Night at the Museum Movie: Watch and Learn Short and Sweet Version: Co-op Class Only Meets Twice First Meeting: Everyone watches the movie, Night at the Museum, together. This meeting is strictly for fun. At Home: Each child chooses either an historical character from the movie, another interesting person from…
The Kentucky Historical Museum is a gem for KY homeschoolers. This past weekend, they put on a HUGE event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Since Civil War history is just around the corner for us, of course we decided to go! Meeting Abe and Mary Period Dancing An Awesome Special Museum…
(This post contains affiliate links.) Westward Expansion Unit: Part 2 ~ Resources Part 1 ~ The Plan Part 3 ~ Project Week Westward Expansion Resources My Spine – Amanda Bennett Pioneers Unit Research Questions Teacher Planet Links Louisiana Purchase Game Lewis and Clark Lessons Lewis and Clark Mapping Activities Easy Fun School Lewis and Clark…
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…
(This post contains affiliate links.) In researching and making plans for our unit on the westward expansion, I was reminded about another important event in history that I couldn’t possibly leave out of our learning time – the Industrial Revolution, including the subject of child labor. My children were very much moved by the thought…
(This post contains affiliate links.) Our Westward Expansion Unit Study: Part One ~ The Plan Part Two ~ The Resources Part Three ~ Project Week Daily: Copywork Quotes from Amanda Bennett’s Pioneers Timeline and Map work Reading/Research Work on one or more projects (project ideas below) and/or work on a hands-on project from Westward Ho!,…