In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year and giving PJ freedom to research the topics on his own and come up with a way to show me he’s learned something. We do all of our memory work to song. If CC doesn’t provide a tune, we find one on CC Connected (well worth the subscription in my opinion).
History: Native Americans
You can use these 2 weeks to do a general study of Native Americans or you can do Mound Builders and Anasazi specifically.
- Iroquois lapbook (V)
- Plains Indians lapbook (V)
- Native American board game (K)
- Literature based units by level
- Basic worksheets
- Blank lapbook template (V)
- Background info on Mound Builders
- Mound Builders on YouTube
- Mound Builders Student Book and Teacher’s Guide
- Mound Builders art project (K)
- Anasazi background info
- Anasazi on YouTube (V,A)
- Anasazi art interpretation lesson (V,+)
- Video guide (I found the DVD at our library)
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This is by no means a complete list but resources we will most likely use. As I come across other helpful resources, I will leave notes in the comment section below so be sure to check back as the week gets closer. Also, feel free to leave a comment with any of your suggested resources.
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KEY
+ older elementary
– younger elementary
V for the visual learner
A for the auditory learner
K for the kinesthetic learner