Mater Amabilis ~ Weekly Plans Level 3, Year 1 (Grade 6 U.S.) ~ Term 1 (weeks 7-12) Subject Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 +GEOGRAPHY AND EARTH STUDIES Exploration (weekly) (N)*The Book of Discovery Ch. VII - Julius Caesar as Explorer Ch. VIII - Strabo’s Geography Ch. IX - The Roman Empire and Pliny Ch. X - Ptolemy’s Maps Ch. XI - Pilgrim Travelers Ch. XII - Irish Explorers Travel (weekly) (N)*Book of Marvels: The Occident (or The West) 6. Niagara 7. New York 8. Washington 9. Fort Jefferson 10. Popocatepetl Mapwork (weekly) Geology (N)*A Doorway of Amethyst Ch. 2, pp.19-22 Ch. 3, pp.25-27 Ch. 3, pp.27-30 Ch. 3, globe on pp.32-33 Ch. 4, pp.35-37 Ch. 4, pp.37-40 NATURE STUDY 1) Walk 2) Nature Journal +SCIENCE (3x weekly) Our Universe: A Guide to What's Out There The Sun: a bomb that goes off slowly Visiting the Neighbors Birth of the Sun Great Balls of Fire and The Life & Death of a Star Super-dense Cinders Island Worlds Exploring the Sky: 100 Projects for Beginning Explorers 2 activities 2 activities 2 activities 2 activities 2 activities 2 activities Suppl. Science Reading FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2x-3x weekly) LATIN (2x weekly) PICTURE STUDY Realism (weekly) Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt Jean-Francois Millet or Mary Cassatt ART MUSIC APPRECIATION Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky MUSIC Instrumental (daily) Singing PRACTICAL WORK Mater Amabilis ~ Weekly Plans Level 3, Year 1 (Grade 6 U.S.) ~ Term 1 (weeks 1-12)
Occident (or The West) (Matterhorn) Bernard (Pompeii) Dead Mapwork (weekly) Geology (N)*A Doorway of Amethyst Ch. 9, pp.97-101 Ch. 9, Ch. 10, Ch. 10, Ch. 10, Ch. 11, +SCIENCE (3x weekly) World of Plants (1) Plant cells (2) Stems & roots (3) Plant tissue The Plant Kingdom: A Guide to Plant Classification and Biodiversity (1) Kingdoms of Life (2) Mosses & Liverworts (3) Horsetails (1) Ferns (2) Plants with Seeds (3) Conifers (1) Flowering Plant pp21-24 (2) pp.25-27 (3) Flowering Diversity (1) Cont. pp. (2) Vital Requirements pp 34-37 (3) pp 38-41 (1) Repro. Success (2) Future for Plants (3) Catch up / Review NATURE STUDY 1) Walk 2) Nature Journal FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2x-3x weekly) LATIN (2x weekly) PICTURE STUDY Realism (weekly) John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent ART MUSIC APPRECIATION Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss MUSIC Instrumental (daily) Singing PRACTICAL WORK Mater Amabilis ~ Weekly Plans Level 3, Year 1 (Grade 6 U.S.) ~ Term 3 (weeks 31-36) Subject Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 +RELIGIOUS ED. New Testament (N)*Gospel of Luke Luke 21:1-38 Luke 22:1-38 Luke 22:39-65 Luke 22:66- 23:25 Luke 23:26-56 Luke 24:1-53 Old Testament (N)*Bible History XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII XLIII. XLIV. Catechism (N)*Faith and Life 6: Following Christ 27-Come Lord Jesus 28-His Abiding Presence 29-Passage Into Eternity 30-Heaven Purgatory Hell 31-He Shall Come Again Catch-up/ Review 33
Geology (N)*A Doorway of Amethyst Ch. 11, Ch. 11, Ch. 11, (opt) Label drawings Ch. 12 (opt) Appendix 2 NATURE STUDY 1) Walk 2) Nature Journal +SCIENCE (3x weekly) World of Plants (1) Inside older plants (2) Leaves (3) Leaf structure (1) Movement of fluids (2) Plant food (4 pages) (3) Plant sensitivity (1) Flowering plants (4 pp.) (2) Seeds and fruit (4 pp) (3) New plants from old (1) Water plants (2) Flowerless plants (3) Fungi (1) Fighting for survival (2) Plant lifestyles (3) Plants and people (1) Natural cycles (2) Classifying plants (3) Genetics FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2x-3x weekly) LATIN (2x weekly) PICTURE STUDY Realism (weekly) John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent ART MUSIC APPRECIATION Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss Strauss MUSIC Instrumental (daily) Singing PRACTICAL WORK Mater Amabilis ~ Weekly Plans Level 3, Year 1 (Grade 6 U.S.) ~ Term 3 (weeks 25-36) Supplemental Reading Saints Reading (one saint per term) are one possibility for biographies to read, with the suggestion of choosing something the coincides with the period of history being studied. Other saint books can be found at , , , , and Out of print suggestions: Bells of Conquest, Life of St. Bernard of Clairvaux by Daughters of St. Paul King’s Men, a Story of St. Olaf of Norway by Alan Boucher In print suggestions: Lydia Longley, the First American Nun by Helen McCarthy Saint Elizabeth’s Three Crowns by Blanche Jennings Thompson Saint Louis and the Last Crusade by Margaret Ann Hubbard Hide the Children, a Story of St. Bernard of Clairvaux by Brother Roberto Additional National History Reading Chapter 8 The American Revolution (Bliven) The Winter at Valley Forge (Knight) The Bulletproof George Washington (Barton) The Cabin Faced West (Fritz) Toliver’s Secret (Brady) Johnny Tremain (Forbes) Guns for General Washington (Reit) The Reb and the Redcoats (Savery)