Abraham Lincoln (DK Biography) tm2A Nation’s Fascination A Complex Boy Ordinary and Extraordinary President Print out these onto card stock at the beginning of the year. Cut them out and store them in a Ziploc bag. Your student will be coloring the cards and adding facts to the backs of them throughout the year. Some recommended facts are major accomplishments, place of birth and anything that stands out as interesting to your student. As you start accumulating cards you can play games with them. “Guess Which Card is Flipped” game: Lay out the cards in a row (in order of presidency) and flip some of them over. See if your student can name which presidents are flipped over. American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities Time Travelers Activities: Lesson 1 safe lantern, Lesson 4 Library of leaders (create the storage box and the 1st booklet: Lincoln and Jefferson), Lesson 5 factfile cards DVD PBS Civil War: (DS) 1:39:08 PBS Civil War: (DS) 1:07:53 (DS) 26:49 BrainPop.com Notebooking *Lesson 1 penmanship *Lesson 1 newspaper assignment (write an article and create an advertisement) *Lesson 2 penmanship *Lesson 2 newspaper assignment (Add article and advertisement) *Lesson 3 penmanship *Lesson 4 penmanship *Lesson 4 newspaper assignment (2 articles) *Lesson 4 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook) You can download a . After studying each one during the year, place the appropriate page into your notebook. Lapbook *Lesson 2 ”The Liberator” abolitionist newspaper *Lesson 3 Causes for conflict 3 flip book *Lesson 4 Ft. Sumter matchbook Important people side by side Drums Buglers Uses for flags Timeline fan Map *Map of the Underground Railroad *Lesson 2 & free states *Lesson 4 Add to slave & free states map *Lesson 5 Begin the map of Civil War battles Timeline *Construct your timeline (see Lesson 1 projects) *Lesson 1 timeline figures *Lesson 2 timeline figures *Lesson 4 figures
tm1Shades of Gray book cover (1861-1865) tm2DK Abraham Lincoln book cover or (1809-1865) tm3Gilbert Stuart 1755-1828 Websites : Get an interactive tour of through a Southern planter’s house and grounds that is narrated. There are also interactive portions where you can click on rooms in the house and see pictures of the areas you click. EXTRAS History Pockets Pocket 1 p. 5 Fast facts p. 6 About the Civil War p. 7 Map of the U.S. in 1861 p. 8 Civil War timeline p. 10 Confederate states word search p. 11 Union states word scramble p. 12-14 North vs. South fact cards w/answer mat Pocket 2 p. 16 Fast facts p. 17 About slavery in America p. 18-19 King cotton (gin) (diagram, read & write activity) Recipes *Lesson 5 Hopping John or Down Home Chicken Online recipe: Printables You can print this out for your lapbook or place it in your notebook. The sentences in the booklet are short enough for copywork or narration. ART Great American Artists tm3Gilbert Stuart (Realist/portrait) p. 17 Read info Painted crackle crayon art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. National Gallery of Art Gilbert Stuart Printable "Pull-Out" This full color 3 page printable shows some of Stuart's printables and has an activity at the end. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Notes:
DVD PBS Civil War: (DS) 1:16:22 PBS Civil War: (DS) 1:01:40 Rabbit Ears: Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (DS) BrainPop.com Notebooking *Lesson 6 penmanship *Lesson 6 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 6 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook) *Lesson 6 Uniforms of the and South *Lesson 7 penmanship *Lesson 7 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 7 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook) *Lesson 7 Division of the troops *Lesson 8 penmanship *Lesson 8 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 8 Corp badges *Lesson 9 penmanship Lesson 9 newspaper assignment (1 article) Lesson 10 optional newspaper assignment (create some advertisements) Lapbook *Lesson 7 Battle of the Ironclads card *Lesson 8 Women of the Civil War cut outs *Lesson 9 Antietam: The Bloodiest Day flap book War quilts Flag protocol Vocabulary pocket Taps shutterfold Uniforms twice folded Map *Lesson 6 Add to the map of Civil War battles *Lesson 7 Add to the map of Civil War battles *Lesson 8 Add to the map of Civil War battles *Lesson 9 Add to the map of War battles Timeline *Lesson 6 timeline figures tm1Frederic Remington 1861-1909 *Lesson 7 timeline figures *Lesson 8 timeline figures *Lesson 8 timeline figures Websites Interactive EXTRAS History Pockets p. 20-21 The southern plantation accordion fold mini-book p. 23-26 Voices of protest book Pocket 3 p. 28 Fast p. 20 About the leaders of the war p. 30-32 The presidents flip books p. 33 Two leaders Venn diagram p. 34-36 Two great generals flap book with inside diagram Pocket 4 p. 38 Fast facts p. 39 About Major battles Recipe *Sausage and Apples or
Farmer Boy (boy) tm1School Days Winter Evening Winter Night Surprise Birthday Filling the Ice Saturday Night Sunday Breaking the Calves The Turn of the Year Caddie Woodlawn (girl) tm2Chapter 1-2 Chapter 3-4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6-7 Chapter 8 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: and the Rebel The Last Brother PRESIDENT STUDY Abraham Lincoln (DK Biography) Between Right and Wrong Preparing for Washington Begins with a Bang! American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities Lesson 12 Library of leaders booklets: Meade and Stuart, Lesson 13 The Silent Comforter wall hanging, Lesson 15 fact file cards (1866 clothes) DVD PBS Civil War: 1:35:15 PBS Civil War: 1:09:11 (DS) 21:12 BrainPop.com Notebooking *Lesson 11 penmanship *Lesson 11 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 11 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook) *Lesson 12 penmanship *Lesson 12 newspaper assignment (1 article) Lesson 12 Signal flags *Lesson 12 Medical practices *Lesson 13 penmanship **Lesson 13 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 14 penmanship *Lesson 14 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Pivotal papers and read – store in notebook) *Optional lesson 15 newspaper assignment (advertisements) (cut off the bottom half that is basically advertising) Lapbook *Lesson 11 Accoutrements *Lesson 12: Gettysburg lift the 2 flaps *Lesson 13 The Christian Commission *Lesson 13 The Star abolitionist paper *Lesson 14 Weaponry of War Nation divided map Eat like a soldier Soldier’s shelter Underground railroad Telegraph trifold
PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Civil War Sub: The Mystery of the Hunley Winter on the Farm (My First Little House) PRESIDENT STUDY Abraham Lincoln (DK Biography) Emancipation Lincoln’s War No Turning Back American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities Lesson 17: Library of leaders booklet: Sheridan, Lesson 17 corn cob checkers, Lesson 17 Civil War journal, Lesson 17 Carbine cartridge box, Lesson 17 The soldier’s “housewife” (small sewing kit), Lesson 18 Photo scrapbook, Lesson 19 File folder game, Lesson 19 Factfile cards DVD PBS Civil War: 11:39 PBS Civil War: 1:08:33 BrainPop.com (free) Notebooking *Lesson 16 penmanship *Lesson 16 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 17 penmanship *Lesson 17 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 17 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook) *Lesson 18 penmanship *Lesson 18 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 19 penmanship *Lesson 19 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 20 optional newspaper assignment: add advertisements Lapbook *Lesson 19 Lincoln’s Assassination Ships tab book Signal trifold Cornhusk doll layer book Different flags used tab Periscopes fan book Map *Map of the Civil War battles *Map of the Civil War battles *Map of the Civil War battles Timeline *Lesson 16 timeline figures tm1Harriet Powers *Lesson 17 timeline figures *Lesson 18 timeline figures *Lesson 19 timeline figures Websites EXTRAS History Pockets p. 61-63 Letters from home (color, cut & paste and writing activity) p. 64-68 Civil war recipes cookbook p. 69-71 Pup tent model and writing activity Pocket 6 p. 73 Fast facts p. 75-76 Clara Barton (read & write) p. 77-70 Quilting for a cause p. 80-83 Virginia Matthews diary booklet
Week 5 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY Abraham Lincoln’s World Part 5 When Lincoln was president p. 297-312 p. 313-320 p. 321-330 p. 331-339 p. 340-353 (End!) Two Miserable Presidents p. 205-218 What Every Happened to ? (End!) Browse the quotes in the back of the book. Shades of Gray Chapter 17 (End!) Time Travelers * Lesson 21 text: Before, during and the aftermath *Lesson 22 text: Reconstruction… another war? READER Farmer Boy (boy) County Fair Fall of the Year The Little Bobsled Threshing Christmas Wood Hauling Mr. Thompson’s Pocketbook Farmer Boy (End!) Caddie Woodlawn (girl) Chapter 17-18 Chapter 19-20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22-23 Chapter 24 (End!) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Pink and Say PRESIDENT STUDY Abraham Lincoln (DK Biography) The End of Slavery With Malice Toward None Beginning of the End A Falls (End!) American President’s Song Listen President Cards the card for Abraham Lincoln and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. Extra – You may find this interesting. There are also some nice images you could use for notebooking, etc. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities Lesson 22: Victorian scrap cards, Lesson 22: Hoops and Graces game, Lesson 25 Civil War Jamboree DVD PBS Civil War: 1:08:19 BrainPop.com Notebooking *Lesson 21 penmanship *Lesson 21 newspaper assignment (1 article) *Lesson 21 The aftermath mailbox project page *Lesson 22 penmanship *Lesson 22 newspaper assignment article) *Lesson 22 Pivotal papers (print and read – store in notebook)
Sweet Potato Biscuits: 1 medium sized sweet potato, butter, baking soda, baking powder, buttermilk, honey, flour, brown sugar Raspberry Shrub: raspberries, sugar, vinegar Lincoln’s Cake: 2 eggs, butter, flour, sugar, milk, cream of tartar, baking soda, lemon extract Gingerbread Scones: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, butter, milk, brown sugar, ginger, salt, 1 egg, sugar, (optional jam) Assembly line coloring art activity: black marker, photocopy of drawing, colored pencils or crayons Suggestion – If you don’t have siblings who can participate in this activity, maybe mom and dad can. ;-) American History Reconstruction 1866-1877 Week 6 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of Us Book 7 Reconstructing America Preface Chapter 1 Reconstruction Means Rebuilding Chapter 2 Who was Andrew Johnson? Chapter 3 Presidential Reconstruction Chapter 4 Slavery and State’s Rights Chapter 5 Congressional Reconstruction Chapter 6 Thaddeus Stevens Chapter 7 Impeaching a President Chapter 8 Welcome to Meeting Street Chapter 9 A Southern Girl’s Diary Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule tm1Chapter 1-2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4-5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7-8 The Forty-Acre Swindle tm2Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 1 After the War p.1-4 Read Answer the questions True or Circle the answer to finish the sentence Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Sounder (boy) tm3Chapter 1 See the for info on free study guide options for this book. Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Glencoe Guide for Sounder (optional) p. 14-15 Introducing the p. 16 Before you read p. 17 printout: Active reading chart p. 18-19 (discuss out loud vs. writing the answers) p. 20 Before you read p. 21 Active reading (cause and effect) p. 21 continue filling out as you read chapter 3 p. 22-23 (discuss out loud vs. writing the answers) p. 24 Before you read p. 25 Active reading (keeping track of events) Children of the Fire (girl) Chapter 1-2 Chapter 3-4 Chapter 5-6 Chapter 7-8 Chapter 9 Reconstruction Junction Reconstruction The KKK Crisis George Washington Carver Railroad Recovery (End!)
PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys PRESIDENT STUDY Andrew Johnson tm4 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Andrew Johnson and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities * (learn about the 3 levels of government – on page 7) DVD PBS: American Experience (You can this series online for free.) Introduction Chaos Revolution on the Land Uncertainty Cultivating Liberty Freedman’s Bureau Agent Men Alone An Independent Black Community Losses and Reconciliation Slavery without the Chain Opportunity War in Congress BrainPop.com Notebooking *p. 8 Plantation planner * p. 9 Reconstruction questions *p. 12 Language activity (fill in the on the cartoon p. 13-14 language activity and questions * p. 17 math activity “peanut predictions” *p. 18 Give him a hand activity *p. 19 questions *p. 22 Buying *p. 23 Matchgame *p. 24 Questions *p. 25 Details Umbrella – Choose one of the stories from this week and fill out the umbrella with the details Add the Johnson page from the Lapbook Map Timeline tm1Forty Acres book cover (1865) tm2The Swindle book cover (1898-1904) tm3Sounder book cover (late 1800’s) tm4Andrew Johnson book Nebraska becomes a state 1867
RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD PBS: American Experience -Continued- Radical Reconstruction Citizen’s at Last PBS American Experience: (DS) Part 2 Introduction Interracial Democracy Sharecropping PBS American Experience: (DS) Carpetbagger “Let Us Have Peace” PBS American Experience: (DS) The New Order of Things War of Terror PBS American Experience: (DS) Sounder BrainPop.com Notebooking WARNING: graphic photo of hanging and disturbing image of Ku Klux Klan – preview- only for older students Add the Grant page from the Lapbook Map Timeline tm1Ulysses S. Grant book cover (1869-1877) or tm2William Sidney Mount 1807-1868 Websites EXTRAS Listen Mr. President old time radio show: Grant ART American Artists tm2William Sidney Mount p. 32 Read info Real painting art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Supplies: Real painting art activity: watercolor paint set, paintbrushes, watercolor paper or paper taped to a small board, paper towels, water bottle with water in it, container to rinse brushes, tote bag/backpack/old purse
A New BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Hayes page from the Lapbook Cover page Leaving minit book Mustangs book Firebreak minit book Building a fire minit book Figure in the darkness minit book Prairie fun minit book Indian Territory book Building the house minit book Helping others minit book Roof book Wolves minit book Building a door book Fireplace minit book Home Sweet Home minit book (for science) Cover page Vocabulary flap What makes me a prairie dog? Are prairie dogs, dogs? Who doesn’t like p.d.?(matchbooks) What did you say? Predators fan Habitat simple fold Diet Starting a family simple fold hotdog Pop-up list species) Map mp1Photocopy p. 6 and color in the different prairie regions Timeline tm1Coolies book (1869) tm2Little House on the Prairie book cover (1869-1870) tm3Rutherford B. Hayes book cover (1871-1881) or tm4John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 tm1Wild Bill Hickok 1837-1876 Colorado becomes a state 1876 Websites EXTRAS Recipes Listen tm1Cavalcade of America Radio Show: ART STUDY Great American Artists tm4John Singer Sargent p. 31 Read info Great reproduction art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting
Indians in the Texas Longhorns Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus PICTURE BOOK Choose any: A Little Prairie House A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison PRESIDENT STUDY James A. Garfield tm2 Chester A. Arthur tm3 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the cards for Garfield and Arthur and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write their names though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE Time for Kids: Thomas Edison Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Nikola Tesla and the Electric Fair – It talks about Tesla’s rivalry with Edison RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD (DS) (DS) (DS) (DS) BrainPop.com (free) Notebooking Add the Garfield and Arthur pages from the Lapbook Pa’s helpers book A new floor minit book Unexpected visitors minit book Jack minit book Digging a well minit book Mr. minit book Cowboys minit book The surprise minit book Indian camp minit book and buttons minit book ‘n ague minit book To all our good neighbors minit book Chimney fire minit book Mr. Edwards book Surprise from town minit book Indian visitors minit book Claus minit book In the of a Child lapbook: Thomas Alva Edison (for science) Activity 1: Vocabulary Activity 2: Timeline Activity 3: childhood jobs divided card book Activity 4: folder book Activity 5: Venn book Activity 6: family & marriage matchbook Activity 7: inventions four flap book Activity 8: inventions slit tab book Map Timeline tm1Buffalo Bill book cover tm2Garfield book cover (1881) or tm1Arthur book cover (1881-1885) or North and South Dakota become states 1889
tm3Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848-1933 Websites EXTRAS Recipe Listen (not listed but is in the embedded player at the top of the page) ART STUDY American Artists tm3Louis Comfort Tiffany p. 28-29 read info Bright light window display art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Notes: I recommend the Little House books even for older readers because they give such a great picture of what life was like out on the prairie. I also highly recommend them as read for younger children. HOC Thomas Edison lapbook is rated for grades 3-8. It was a freebie at one time. If you’ve already done my first year American history program, you may have already encountered the Buffalo Bill book. If that’s the case, just skip it. Bright window display art activity: white glue, choice of paint (watercolor, tempera, acrylic), sheet of clear acrylic plastic (maybe a sheet of transparency paper), paintbrush, muffin tin or foam egg carton American History Gilded Age 1878-1889 Week 10 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of Us Book 7 Reconstructing America Chapter 17 The Trail Ends on a Reservation Chapter 18 The People of the Pierced Noses Chapter 20 Phineas Taylor Barnum Chapter 21 Huck, Tom and Friends A History of Us Book 8 An Age of Extremes Chapter 12 Gold and Silver (1894) Chapter 18 Rolling the Leaf in Florida (1886) DK Eyewitness Wild West Railroads Frontier melting pot The cavalrymen Indian wars Outlaws and lawmen Boom towns Good doctors and snail oil A cowboy’s life Farming the West The West in legend Did you know? Timeline Find out more (End!) WORKBOOK The of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 4 Problems on the Plains p. 21-23 Read Answer the questions Circle the right answer True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER
Little House on the Prairie A Scream in the Night Indian Jamboree Prairie Fire Indian War-Cry Indians Ride Away Soldiers Going Out (End!) You Wouldn’t Want to Live in a Wild West Town PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Liberty! (Allan Drummond) Twenty-one Elephants and Still Standing (1884) PRESIDENT STUDY Grover Cleveland tm1 American President’s Song Listen President the card for Cleveland and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE Time for Kids: Thomas Edison Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8, Interview & Timeline (End!) RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD (8:11 min) PBS Ranch House (DS) (DS) BrainPop.com Notebooking Or Add the Cleveland page from the Lapbook The scream book Trip to town minit book Prairie fire minit book Friend or foe minit book Sounds in the minit book Indian parade book Saying goodbye minit book Moving on minit book Tenderfoot minit book In the Hands of a Child lapbook: Activity 9: inventions timeline line up books Activity 10: invention Activity 11: moving images flipbook Activity 12: patents 3 flap book Activity 13: patent flip flap book Activity 14: helpers up and down book Activity 15: honors mini book Activity 16: goodbye card book Map Timeline tm1Cleveland book (1885-1889 and 1893-1897) or tm2Edward Hopper 1882-1967 Montana and Washington become states 1889
The of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 5 A Nation of Immigrants p. 29-30 Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Hannah’s Journal tm2 The Moffats (optional) tm3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2-3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: If You 100 Years Ago Coming to America: The Story of Immigration PRESIDENT STUDY Benjamin Harrison tm4 American President’s Song Listen President Color the card for Harrison and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities (page 3 of the PDF) DVD (DS) (DS) 29:11 BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Harrison page from the Lapbook Map Timeline tm1Orphan of Ellis Island book cover (1908) tm2Hannah’s Journal book cover (1901) tm3 The Moffats book cover (1910) tm4Benjamin Harrison book cover (1889-1893) or tm5George Bellows 1882-1925 Idaho and Wyoming become states 1890 Websites EXTRAS
Recipe ART STUDY Great American Artists tm5George Bellows p. 42-43 read info Sports figures art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY The Orphan of Ellis Island reading level: Grade 5.5 Kids on Strike reading Grade 7.1 You can see a preview at . The Moffats reading level: Grade 4.2 Hannah’s Journal reading 5.2 Supplies: Sports figures art activity – photographs of an athlete in motion (from Internet or magazines), drawing paper, pencil & eraser, colored markers American History Progressive Era 1890-1913 Week 12 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of Us Book 7 Reconstructing America Chapter 28 Mary in the Promised Land (immigration) A History of Us Book 8 An Age of Extremes Chapter 22 The Fourth Estate (free press) Chapter 23 Ida, Sam, and the Muckrakers (1892) Chapter 24 A Boon to the Writer Chapter 30 Aloha Oe (1898 Hawaii was annexed) Chapter 14 Some Bad Ideas (1896 election) Chapter 19 Catching the Day (1899) Chapter 16 Harvest at Haymarket (working conditions, strikes) Chapter 17 Workers, Labor (and a Triangle) (American labor laws) Chapter 32 Jane Addams, Reformer (1890’s) Chapter 21 and Roses, Too (Unions and workers rights, etc.) The Orphan of Ellis Island Finish by Kids on Strike! Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 (End!) READER If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island tm1 The Moffats (optional) Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9-10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 (End!) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Peppe the Lamplighter Sailing Home (1896-1910) PRESIDENT William McKinley tm2
American History Progressive Era 1890-1913 Week 13 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of Us Book 8 An Age of Extremes Chapter 15 Producing Chapter 27 Teedie (Roosevelt) Chapter 28 From Dude to Cowboy (Roosevelt) The Orphan of Ellis Island Harry Houdini for Kids tm1Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 6 America becomes a world power p. 35-37 Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Wilber and Orville Wright Young Fliers tm2Orville’s army A toy that flew Flying fiddlesticks The brave money makers The Wright and Johnston Circus 1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue Browse through the pages and really get a feel for the time period! This is a FUN book and I highly recommend it. PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Wee and the Wright Brothers (1903) PRESIDENT STUDY Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! tm3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Time for Kids: Theodore Roosevelt tm3Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD – the first film to use special effects BrainPop.com Notebooking (on the right hand side of the page) Lapbook Map
A History of Us Book 8 An Age of Extremes Chapter 29 The Spanish American War (1898) Chapter 31 Teddy Bear President Chapter 34 The Birdmen The Orphan of Ellis Island Harry Houdini for Kids Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 (End!) READER Wilber and Orville Wright Young Fliers In and out of trouble The boys begin to invent Bicycle pedals and gliders A great day in history (End!) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: The Houdini Box First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers PRESIDENT STUDY Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Afterword (End!) Time for Kids: Theodore Roosevelt Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 (End!) American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Roosevelt and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD Animated Hero Classics: The Wright Brothers (DS) BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Roosevelt page from the Lapbook Put your lapbook folders together and paste on the cover 20th Century Lapbook: p. 15-16 Wright Brothers Map Timeline New Mexico becomes a state 1912 Websites EXTRAS Recipe (substitute beef for
Listen ART STUDY Great American Artists Joseph Cornell Box assemblage art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Notes: You can browse the Time for Kids: Henry Ford book at . It’s an optional book, since I’ve also scheduled in the chapter book. Choose either one or do both, if you wish. The Glorious Flight book is a picture book. It will probably only take one day to read. It goes with the free lapbook scheduled. Supplies: Box assemblage art activity – a box (see book for possible choices), choices, collection of objects, drawing and painting materials, materials for gluing or adhering, clear plastic wrap, scissors. You’ll want to take a look at the book for all the possible supplies for this project. It’s like making a collage in a box. American History Progressive Era 1890-1913 Week 17 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas An important decision Time to think and plan The horseless carriage It really runs finds a friend Greenfield Village (End!) READER Time for Kids: Henry Ford Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 (End!) Usborne Titanic tm1Chapter 1 – out a ticket and use it as a bookmark this week. Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5-6 (End!) The Titanic: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: DK Readers: Survivors The Night the Titanic Sank (Level 2) Polar the Titanic Bear: The True Story of a Toy Bear who Survived the Titanic Pig on the Titanic: A True Story
A History of Us Book 8 An Age of Extremes Chapter 36 A Schoolteacher President Chapter 37 War A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Preface p. 9-12 The Yanks are Coming Chapter 1 War comes to America Chapter 2 Crossing the Pond Chapter 3 “Lafayette, we are here!” Chapter 4 by Fire Where Poppies Grow p. 4-9 p. 10-15 p. 16-21 p. 22-25 p. 26-29 WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 7 The First World War p. 42-43 Read Answer the questions Circle the answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Rascal tm2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Christmas in the Trenches Mailing May (1914) PRESIDENT STUDY Woodrow Wilson tm3 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Wilson and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities (boy from the Rascal) DVD (DS) (DS) (DS) (1915) BrainPop.com Notebooking out, read and store in notebook Learn about a pigeon who was a hero of WWI Cut out and store cards in a pocket on a cardstock notebook page. Print out, read and store in notebook print out this real letter and store in your notebook Print out, read and store in notebook Diagrams to go with above worksheet: *warning – graphic of trench foot Add the Wilson page from the Lapbook (Scroll towards the bottom of the page.) If your is interested, make some of these mini-books. 20th Century Lapbook: p. 12 Read info p. 13-14 Closed booklet: Central and Allied Powers 20th Century Lapbook: p. 19-20 Panama (Optional – Schedule in the activities for the next 2 weeks.) Map
Created Equal (National Geographic’s Crossroads America Series) READER Rascal Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 (End!) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: over There PRESIDENT STUDY American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD PBS American Experience: Influenza 1918 BrainPop.com Notebooking Print out, read and store in notebook (and make a graph activity) Print out, read and store in notebook Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook p. 10-11 Women’s suffrage (Optional – Continue and finish up by Friday.) Map Timeline Websites (use this to review at the end of the week) EXTRAS Listen (Preview - only for students as there are mature themes) ART STUDY Great American Artists Frank Lloyd Wright Bubble window art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page STUDY Created Equal (National Geographic’s Crossroads America Series) reading level: 10 to 14 years old
Supplies: Bubble window art activity – clear contact paper, scissors, brightly colored art tissue, permanent marking pen, ruler American History Roaring 20’s Week 20 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 4 The Prohibition Amendment (1920) Chapter 6 Red Scare (1920’s) Chapter 7 Soft Hearted Harding Skyscrapers! Reach for the Sky Before Building Begins Skyscraper Design Moonshiner’s Son tm1 Moving North: African Americans and the Great Migration 1915-1930 (optional) tm2 WORKBOOK The of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 8 The Twenties p. 48-49 Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic tm3 Chapter 1-2 Chapter 3-4 Chapter 5-6 Chapter 7-8 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Ben’s Trumpet Aunt Minnie McGranahan (1920’s) PRESIDENT STUDY Warren G. Harding tm4 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Harding and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities (you’ll need the free program Real Player) DVD (DS) 30:47 PBS - (1919-1933) (DS) 27:26 (1923) (silent film with captions) (1928) – First animated film with sound, made by Walt Disney BrainPop.com Notebooking (pull out pages) Add the Harding page from the
BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Coolidge page from the Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p.21-22 Charles Lindbergh Map Timeline tm1Lindbergh book cover (1927 – Transatlantic flight) tm2 Calvin Coolidge book cover (1923-1929) or tm1 Amelia Earhart book cover (1928) Websites EXTRAS Listen by Isham Jones & His Orchestra (1925) – different version by the Revelers (1926) (1929) by Donald Novis (Denis Day) 1929 ART STUDY Great American Artists Charles Biederman Edgy relief art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page STUDY Ken Burn’s PBS Series: You can , if you’d like to get an idea of what the Lindbergh book is like. I’ve sprinkled in some graphic novels this year because I believe kids love comic style books and visual learners will benefit greatly from all of the pictures related to the text. My main goal is to get things to STICK. I think a variety of book styles and materials help this goal to be attained. (Ken Burn’s PBS series): PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. Supplies: Edgy relief art activity- wood scraps, posterboard pieces, glue gun or glue dots (I think this project would also work with some construction paper and just regular glue) American History Roaring 20’s Week 22 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 9 Everyone’s Hero (Babe Ruth) Chapter 10 Only the Ball Was White (Negro Leagues) Chapter 11 American Music Chapter 15 The Prosperity Balloon (1928) Chapter 16 Getting Rich Quickly
Moonshiner’s Son Finish by today READER DK Biography Amelia Earhart Chapter 7-8 Chapter 9-10 Chapter 11-12 Chapter 13-14 (End!) Babe Ruth: One of Baseball’s Greatest (boy) tm1 Oh, That George! At St. Mary’s Big Brother Matthias Schoolwork Vs. Baseball A Cure for Temper PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Amelia Earhart: More Than a Flier Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride PRESIDENT STUDY American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD Time Warp Trio: The High and Flighty (DS) 22:20 BrainPop.com (African American cultural movement of the 20’s and 30’s) Notebooking Lapbook Map Timeline tm1 Babe Ruth book baseball career) or birth/death) Websites EXTRAS ART STUDY American Artists Barbara Cooney Scratch board illustration art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Supplies: Scratch board illustration art activity – precolored scratchboard, sharp edged tool for scratching and etching (paper clip, nail, etc.),
American History 1930’s & the Depression Week 23 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, and All That Jazz Chapter 17 Down and Out Chapter 18 Economic Disaster Al Capone Does My Shirts tm1 Skyscrapers! A Community in the Sky How High Can We Go?` The World of Skyscrapers Out of the Dust WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 9 The Depression p. 54-55 Read Answer the questions True or Circle the right answers Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Babe Ruth: One of Baseball’s Greatest (boy) George Gets Two Surprises School Champions The Academy Game The Babe For the Sake of the Kids Mr. Baseball (End!) Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 (girl) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Looking back (End!) The Dust Bowl: An Interactive History Adventure This book is an option for those who wouldn’t be interested in either book listed above. You can see a . PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Dust for Dinner Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel PRESIDENT STUDY Herbert Hoover tm3 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Hoover and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD Watch these free online videos as desired. They are really neat! Not only do you get a little cooking instruction, but you get to hear some stories about depression from someone
American History 1930’s & the Depression Week 24 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 19 A Boy Who Loved History (FDR) Chapter 20 How about This? (FDR) Chapter 21 A Lonely Little Girl (Eleanor Roosevelt) Chapter 22 First Lady of the World Chapter 23 Handicap or Character Al Capone Does My Shirts Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression The Problem The Dirty Thrirties Dust to Eat California-Bound Out of the Dust WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 10 The New Deal Read Answer the questions Circle the answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Rose’s Journal PICTURE BOOK Choose any: The Gardener Stewart) Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression PRESIDENT STUDY Franklin D. Roosevelt tm3 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for FDR and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD How the New Deal benefits African Americans (WPA workers) PBS American Experience: (DS) PBS American Experience: (DS) (Check out the dated comment about women! LOL) PBS American Experience: (DS) PBS American Experience: (DS) (an exciting new technology in the 30’s) BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the FDR page from the Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p. 26-28 Depression era recipes
Map Timeline tm3Franklin D. Roosevelt book cover (1933-1945) or Websites EXTRAS Recipe Hot Dog Casserole (recipe in the 20th Century lapbook) ART Great American Artists Theodor Geisel Seussels art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Ken Burn’s PBS Series: You can at Google Books. (Ken Burn’s PBS series): PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. Supplies: Seussels art activity – black marking pen or pencil, crayons or other drawing tools Shopping list for Hot Dog Casserole: 1 pepper, 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic, bacon fat, 4 potatoes, 8 hot dogs, 8 oz tomatoes, cinnamon, salt, pepper, brown sugar American History 1930’s & the Depression Week 25 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 24 Candidate Roosevelt Chapter 25 President Roosevelt Chapter 26 Twentieth- Century Monsters Chapter 27 A Solution Chapter 28 War and the Scientists Al Capone Does My Shirts Finish by today! Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression Harvest Gypsies Crisis in the Valley World War II Ends the Depression (End!) Out of the Dust Finish by READER Rose’s Journal PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Don’t Forget Winona
American History 1940’s & World War 2 Week 26 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 29 Fighting Wolves Chapter 30 Pearl Harbor Chapter 31 Taking Chapter 32 World War The Good Fight p. 4-8 p. 9-13 p. 14-17 p. 18-21 V is for Victory Chapter 1 Events Leading up to WWII Chapter 2 Pearl Harbor Chapter 3 On the Home Front WORKBOOK The of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 11 The Second World War Read Answer the questions True or false Circle the right answers Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER World War 2 Tales(boy) The Battle of Britain Pearl Harbor Determined D-Day The Pacific Island Hop (End!) The Attack on Pearl Harbor: An Interactive History Adventure (either girl or boy) Welcome to Molly’s World (girl) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 (End!) PICTURE BOOK Choose any: The Unbreakable Code Pennies in a Jar PRESIDENT STUDY American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD Empire of the Sun (1941) Tora, Tora, Tora (attack on Pearl Harbor) BrainPop.com Notebooking *p. 7 Know your enemy map *p. 8 Who’s the boss? (match the names and pictures to the descriptions) *p. 9 questions *p. 12 Newspaper or radio broadcast activity *p. 13 Code breakers page *p. 15 questions World War II ration stamps booklet – *coming soon* Print this out and assign stamps to trade for regular household things such as types of Print, go over and store in notebook
Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, Peace and All That Jazz Chapter 33 A War Chapter 34 Forgetting the Constitution (Japanese internment camps) Chapter 35 A Hot Island Chapter 36 Axing the Axis Chapter 37 for The Good p. 22-25 p. 26-29 p. 30-35 p. 36-39 p. 40-43 V is for Victory Chapter 4 In Uniform Chapter 5 The Holocaust Chapter 6 Internment Camps READER The Japanese American Internment: An Interactive History Adventure Journey to Topaz Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4-5 Chapter 6 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Players in pigtails (girls) Baseball Saved Us (boys) Wind Flyers PRESIDENT STUDY American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD Sands of Iwo Jima The Miracle of the Stallions (tells the tale of the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School and their escape from Vienna) BrainPop.com (Debuted for the Dodgers in the 40’s and ended a 60 year era of segregation in professional baseball.) Notebooking Print out and store in a plastic sheet protector
Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p. 38-39 Propaganda posters – WWII (Optional – Continue using.) Map Timeline Websites – A media rich interactive exploration of the Japanese in America and their placement in detention camps in WW2 ART STUDY Great American Artists Roy Lichtenstein Comic sounds art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page Roy Lichtenstein Art Ed Books and Kit: Roy Lichtenstein (Art ed Kits) MUSIC STUDY Ken Burn’s PBS Series: (part 2) (DS) 59:33 Supplies: Comic sounds art activity – posterboard or large white drawing paper, pencil & eraser, colored markers, permanent black marker, examples of comics (optional) (Ken Burn’s PBS series): PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. American History 1940’s & World War 2 Week 28 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 9 War, and All That Jazz Chapter 38 A Wartime Diary Chapter 39 April in Georgia The Good Fight p. 44-51 p. 52-55 p. 56-59 p. 60-65 p. 66-71 V is for Victory Chapter 7 Who was Who Chapter 8 Weapons READER Journey to Topaz Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9-10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 PICTURE BOOK
Great American Artists Elizabeth Catlett Balsa block print art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Ken Burn’s PBS Series: (DS) 55:50 Supplies: Balsa block print art activity – balsa wood sheet(s), printmaking ink OR thick tempera, ballpoint pen, white drawing paper, brayer (something to roll the ink on), newspapers (Ken Burn’s PBS series): PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. American History 1950’s Week 30 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 10 All The People Preface p. 9-12 Chapter 3 A Very Short History of Russia Chapter 4 A Curtain of Iron Chapter 5 The Marshall Plan Chapter 6 A Lost Election Chapter 7 Spies Chapter 8 Tail Gunner Joe (McCarthy) Speaking Out: The Civil Rights Movement 1950-1964 WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 3 Chapter 13 The War in Korea Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion READER Salk and the Polio Vaccine The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Chapter 1-2 Chapter 3-4 Chapter 5-6 Chapter 7-8 Chapter 9-10 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: PRESIDENT American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD (DS) BrainPop.com (1954) Notebooking Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p. 40-42 1950’s
Map Timeline Alaska becomes a state 1959 Websites EXTRAS Recipe ART STUDY Great American Artists LeRoy Neiman Action athlete art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY Ken Burn’s PBS Series: (DS) 1:07:40 You can preview the book about Polio at . (Ken Burn’s PBS series): PREVIEW - Segments may include material inappropriate for your family. The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet reading level 4.9 – This is a science fiction story written in the 50’s. Although it’s science fiction, it definitely has a “50’s” feel to it. Supplies: Action athlete art activity – large photos from sports magazines (or Internet), clear plastic sheets, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, water American History 1950’s Week 31 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 10 All The People Chapter 9 Liking Ike Chapter 15 Rosa Parks Was Tired (1955) Chapter 10 Houses, Kids, Cars, and Fast Food Chapter 16 Three Boys and Six Girls (1957) Chapter 11 French Indochina WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 4 Chapter 1 The Eisenhower Years Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or Fill in the blanks and oral discussion Chapter 2 The Fight for Civil Rights I Read Answer the questions True or false Circle the right answers Fill in the blanks and discuss READER The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Chapter 11-12 Chapter 13-14 Chapter 15-16 Chapter 17-18 Chapter 19-20 (End!)
American History 1960’s Week 32 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 10 All The People Chapter 12 Separate but Unequal Chapter 17 Passing the Torch (JFK) Chapter 13 Linda Brown and Others Chapter 18 Being President Isn’t Easy Missile Crisis 1962) Chapter 14 MLKs, Senior and Junior Chapter 19 Some Children Meet a Roaring Bull (1962) Chapter 20 Standing with Lincoln (1963) Chapter 21 The President’s Number (1963) If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 4 Chapter 3 The Fight for Civil Rights II Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and oral discussion Chapter 4 President John F. Kennedy Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and discuss READER Time for Kids: Rosa PICTURE BOOK Choose any: The of Ruby Bridges PRESIDENT STUDY John F. Kennedy (DK Biography) tm Chapter 1 Chapter 2-3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 American President’s Song Listen President Cards Color the card for Kennedy and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD PBS: The Sixties (part 1) 1:20:35 (DS) Thirteen Days (PREVIEW see notes) Or Missiles of October (DS) BrainPop.com (1962 formed the National Farm Workers Association)
Chapter 30 As Important as the Cotton Gin farmworkers, Cesar Chavez) Chapter 32 These Are the Times That Try Men’s Souls Martin Luther King, Jr. (DK Biography) WORKBOOK The of the U.S.A. book 4 Chapter 5 President Lyndon B. Johnson Chapter 10 America’s Longest War Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or Fill in the blanks and oral discussion Chapter 6 Spanish speaking Americans Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the blanks and discuss READER PICTURE BOOK Choose any: See the artist study for this week PRESIDENT STUDY John F. Kennedy (DK Biography) Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 (End!) Lyndon B. Johnson American President’s Song Listen President the card for Johnson and write some facts onto the back. Don’t write his name though so you can play the “Guess which card is flipped” game. SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD A Class Divided (DS) (1960) BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Johnson page from the Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p. 48-49 Kennedy (Optional – Schedule and finish by Friday.) Map
True or false READER Look to the Stars p. 1-11 p. 11-17 p. 18-25 p. 26-31 p. 32-28 (End!) Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story Chapters 1-2 Chapters 3-4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 PICTURE BOOK Choose any: Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam Moonshot or One Giant Leap The Wall PRESIDENT STUDY American President’s Song Listen SCIENCE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES Activities DVD There are lots of wonderful movies about the astronauts. Here are some you can get from Discovery Streaming or other resources. Preview as all may not be appropriate in places for all ages: In the Shadow of the Moon (DS) When We Left (DS) American Experience: Race to the Moon (DS) Apollo 13 From Earth to the Moon BrainPop.com Notebooking Lapbook 20th Century Lapbook: p. 45-47 First man on the moon 20th Century Lapbook: p. 50-51 Vietnam Map Timeline Websites – This interactive “idea lab” from the Smithsonian lets you explore photographs, and video to learn about the space race. ART STUDY Great American Artists Choose an artist art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page STUDY
Activities DVD Night Crossing (1979) BrainPop.com Notebooking Add the Ford and Carter pages from the Lapbook Map Timeline Ford book cover (1974-1977) or Jimmy Carter or Websites ART STUDY Great American Artists Choose an artist art activity Continue working on your project if you didn’t finish it. Notebooking page MUSIC STUDY American History 1980’s-90’s Week 37 Resources Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 HISTORY A History of US Book 10 All The People Chapter 38 Taking a Leading Role (Reagan) Chapter 39 Living on the Edge Chapter 40 The End of the Cold War Basher Five-two: The True of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O’ Grady tm WORKBOOK The Story of the U.S.A. book 4 Chapter 12 The End of the Cold War Read Answer the questions Circle the right answers True or false Fill in the and oral discussion READER Childhood of Famous Americans: Ronald Reagan Chapter 8-9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11-12 Chapter 13-14 Chapter 15 (End!) Inventing the Computer