Eureka!
Our American history studies are designed to create a hands-on learning experience that drives the lessons home in a fun way! Our fourth in the series, The Early 19th Century, contains 25 lessons that can spread across 5-10 weeks, covering the growth of a nation and the people that left an impression in it. Lessons include: The Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the War of 1812, America's First 12 Presidents, Statehoods up to 1850, Native Americans, Inventions and Innovators, The Alamo, People of Importance, The Mexican-American War, Mountain Men, Pioneers, The Westward Movement, The Gold Rush, and much more!
See below for details, photos, and step-by-step tutorial!
• Suggested grades: 3-8
• Mac & PC Compatible
• ISBN: 9780981552309
• All Text, Masters, Directions, Photos, and Resource Lists Provided (Supplies Not Included)
Click Here to see the list of timeline figures included
This curriculum contains written text as well as several choices of activities for each lesson.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
- Creative Writing
- Factfile Cards
- Penmanship Pages
- Recipes of the Era
- File Folder Games
- Notebooking Activities
- Notebook Timeline
- Three-dimensional Projects such as a Pioneer Log Cabin, making a Coonskin Cap, and more!
- Authentic Crafts such as Piecing a Quilt and Corn Husk Dolls!
- 10 Lap Book Projects, including pop-ups, layered books, etc.
- And a final "Chuck Wagon Dinner" to bring the unit to a close!
The study includes each lesson's text pages, project pages (direction pages), and a wide variety of masters for projects! Photos and drawings help illustrate the directions for completing the 35 activities. Choose the projects that work best for your family! Five "Project Days" are built into the schedule to help allow for extra time to complete outstanding projects.
Also included are teacher helps, resource lists, teacher keys, and a "Guide-at-a-Glance." This one-page guide will allow the teacher to see the whole schedule of upcoming topics and projects on one page. Tastefully laid out for inclusion in your three-ring binder, this unit study will give both the teacher and students a thorough, exciting adventure into the past!
- Included is a notebook cover made to slip into the clear cover of your 3-ring binder. The art is provided both in color and in black and white for the student to color in.
- The teacher's binder will house the reading text, project direction pages, the "Guide-at-a-Glance," teacher keys, and any of the other teacher helps.
- The student will accumulate many notebook items specific to each lesson. Included are activities such as a Timeline, 19th-Century Songbook, Morse Code, Cherokee Alphabet, Paper Quilt, Penmanship, and much more!
We have provided you with one lesson from our Time Travelers study. Included is the Introduction, Lesson Plan Schedule, Lesson Text, Projects Page, and any needed printable Masters, giving you the opportunity to sample our materials and see if they are the right match for your learning needs!
