tld Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 So this is the time period we are studying with my 5th grader, using many (but not all) of the resources from Sonlight. But I think that some of the resources may be a tad over my 2nd graders head. So I'm planning on doing some of history together and then splitting the boys and doing some different stuff with them too. This wasn't my plan as of last year, so my 2nd grader has already done most of the Beautiful Feet Early American History read alouds. Is there another curriculum that covers this time period that might be more age appropriate for the 2nd grader? It's okay even if I do totally different things with the boys so long as we are on the same time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehave8 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Heroes and Heroines of the Past by Amy Puetz Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Guest Hollow's free American History curriculum for grades 2-8 (target age = grade 3) year 1 covers 1600-1870. Or, for grade 2, it's pretty easy to make your own. Here are key events, places, people, and below that are stepped readers geared for grades 1-3: 1600-1620 = Native Americans and first colonists - Native Americans = "Good quality American Indian books?" - 1607 = Jamestown; John Smith; Pocahontas - 1620 = Plymouth/Pilgrims; the Mayflower; Squanto; William Bradford 1620-1760 = colonial America - African slaves brought to Virginia to work on plantations - Dutch traders settle New York - William Penn settles Pennsylvania - Daniel Boone (1734-1820), American pioneer 1750-1775 = unrest - 1750-60s = French & Indian Wars - 1773 = Boston Tea Party 1776-1789 = American Revolution / creating a new government - women: Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Sybil Ludington (female version of Paul Revere) - men: Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, John Paul Jones (US Navy) - founding fathers (+ first 3 presidents): Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay - first 3 presidents: George Washington; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson INVENTIONS - 1740s = Ben Franklin builds the Franklin Stove and the lightning rod - 1793 = Eli Whitney and the cotton gin - 1807 = Robert Fulton builds first steamboat - 1825 = Erie Canal completed - 1828 = first US public railroad (the "Tom Thumb") - 1834 = first combine harvester (harvests, threshes, and cleans grain crops at one time) - 1836 = Samuel Morse develops Morse code and the telegraph 1789-1850 = new country, westward expansion - 1803 = Louisiana Purchase - 1804 = Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1849 = California Gold Rush 1810-1850 = Wars - 1801-1815 = Barbary Pirate Wars - 1812 = War of 1812 - 1830s = Indian Wars; 1838 = Trail of Tears - 1835 = Texas War for Independence (1837 = Battle of the Alamo) - 1848 = Mexican-American War 1820-1860 = slavery and the Underground Railroad - 1820 = Missouri Compromise (slave states/free states) - 1840s-50s = Harriet Tubman leads many slaves to freedom STEPPED READERS Colonial U.S.- Small Wolf (Benchley)- Johnny Appleseed (Demuth)- Finding Providence (Avi) -- founding of Rhode Island's capital 1775 - Revolutionary War - Paul Revere's Ride (Corey)- The 18 Penny Goose (Walker)- Sam the Minuteman" (Benchley)- George the Drummer Boy (Benchley)- Red, White and Blue: Story of the American Flag (Herman)- George Washington's Mother (Fritz)- George Washington and the General's Dog (Murphy) - The Boston Coffee Party (Rappaport) -- silly story 1800-1850- Sacajawea (Milton)- Lewis & Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Redmond)- Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship (McKissack)- Chang's Paper Pony (Coerr)- Clipper Ship (Lewis)- Snowshoe Thompson (Levinson) 1850-1870- The Drinking Gourd (Monjo)- Almost to Freedom (Nelson)- The Long Way to a New Land (Sandin)- The Long Way Westward (Sandin)- Wagon Train (Kramer)- Wagon Wheels (Brenner)- The Josefina Story Quilt (Coerr)- Daniel's Duck (Bulla)- Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (Coerr) ETA: -- PS:I am copy-pasted movies that are workable for grades 1-6 to fit your time frame. (from the thread: "I'm looking for movies to supplement sonlight's core D Intro to American History") 1600-1775- This is America Charlie Brown: Mayflower Voyagers (1988) -- animated -- Charles Shultz' Peanuts characters as Pilgrims- Ben and Me (1953) -- animated; Benjamin Franklin- The Light in the Forest (1957) -- Native Americans- Davy Crockett; King of the Frontier (1955) - Revolutionary War- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)- Johnny Tremain (1957)- Liberty's Kids -- animated TV series 1775-1800- This is America Charlie Brown: Birth of Constitution (1989) -- animated- This is America Charlie Brown: Smithsonian & Presidency (1989) -- animated - - (Declaring Independence) - Schoolhouse Rock: Constitution - 1800-1860- Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) -- rural Southern life / life along the Mississippi- Moby Dick (1956) -- whaling- Fort Apache (1948) -- frontier west, Cavalry & Native Americans- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)- Little Women (1994) Edited September 19, 2020 by Lori D. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Adventures in America might be a good fit! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistachio mom Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) We did Beautiful Feet early American for 2nd grade. It was great to continue to build fluency and learn history simultaneously. (My Story of the World would not have been a good fit for this student. ) For 3rd grade, we continued where we left off, and then used the BF geography for 2nd semester 3rd grade. Since my older child was studying American Lit, this worked well for my family to keep us all in the same general area of history. http://bfbooks.com/Study-Guides http://bfbooks.com/Literature-Packs/Early-American-History-Packs A lot of these books can also be found at the library. Edited June 22, 2017 by Pistachio mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistachio mom Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Sorry, I just now saw you have already read the BF books.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tld Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Thankyou so much for this! It's all exactly what I was looking for. I love this forum and the time it saves me! Guest Hollow's free American History curriculum for grades 2-8 (target age = grade 3) year 1 covers 1600-1870 Or, for grade 2, it's pretty easy to make your own. Here are key events, places, people, and below that are stepped readers geared for grades 1-3: 1600-1620 = Native Americans and first colonists - Native Americans = "Good quality American Indian books?" - 1607 = Jamestown; John Smith; Pocahontas - 1620 = Plymouth/Pilgrims; the Mayflower; Squanto; William Bradford 1620-1760 = colonial America - African slaves brought to Virginia to work on plantations - Dutch traders settle New York - William Penn settles Pennsylvania - Daniel Boone (1734-1820), American pioneer 1750-1775 = unrest - 1750-60s = French & Indian Wars - 1773 = Boston Tea Party 1776-1789 = American Revolution / creating a new government - women: Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Sybil Ludington (female version of Paul Revere) - men: Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, John Paul Jones (US Navy) - founding fathers (+ first 3 presidents): Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay - first 3 presidents: George Washington; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson INVENTIONS - 1740s = Ben Franklin builds the Franklin Stove and the lightning rod - 1793 = Eli Whitney and the cotton gin - 1807 = Robert Fulton builds first steamboat - 1825 = Erie Canal completed - 1828 = first US public railroad (the "Tom Thumb") - 1834 = first combine harvester (harvests, threshes, and cleans grain crops at one time) - 1836 = Samuel Morse develops Morse code and the telegraph 1789-1850 = new country, westward expansion - 1803 = Louisiana Purchase - 1804 = Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1849 = California Gold Rush 1810-1850 = Wars - 1801-1815 = Barbary Pirate Wars - 1812 = War of 1812 - 1830s = Indian Wars; 1838 = Trail of Tears - 1835 = Texas War for Independence (1837 = Battle of the Alamo) - 1848 = Mexican-American War 1820-1860 = slavery and the Underground Railroad - 1820 = Missouri Compromise (slave states/free states) - 1840s-50s = Harriet Tubman leads many slaves to freedom STEPPED READERS Colonial U.S. - Small Wolf (Benchley) - Johnny Appleseed (Demuth) - Finding Providence (Avi) -- founding of Rhode Island's capital 1775 - Revolutionary War - Paul Revere's Ride (Corey) - The 18 Penny Goose (Walker) - Sam the Minuteman" (Benchley) - George the Drummer Boy (Benchley) - Red, White and Blue: Story of the American Flag (Herman) - George Washington's Mother (Fritz) - George Washington and the General's Dog (Murphy) - The Boston Coffee Party (Rappaport) -- silly story 1800-1850 - Sacajawea (Milton) - Lewis & Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Redmond) - Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship (McKissack) - Chang's Paper Pony (Coerr) - Clipper Ship (Lewis) - Snowshoe Thompson (Levinson) 1850-1870 - The Drinking Gourd (Monjo) - Almost to Freedom (Nelson) - The Long Way to a New Land (Sandin) - The Long Way Westward (Sandin) - Wagon Train (Kramer) - Wagon Wheels (Brenner) - The Josefina Story Quilt (Coerr) - Daniel's Duck (Bulla) - Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (Coerr) ETA: -- PS: I am copy-pasted movies that are workable for grades 1-6 to fit your time frame. (from the thread: "I'm looking for movies to supplement sonlight's core D Intro to American History") 1600-1775 - This is America Charlie Brown: Mayflower Voyagers (1988) -- animated -- Charles Shultz' Peanuts characters as Pilgrims - Ben and Me (1953) -- animated; Benjamin Franklin - The Light in the Forest (1957) -- Native Americans - Davy Crockett; King of the Frontier (1955) - Revolutionary War - Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) - Johnny Tremain (1957) - Liberty's Kids -- animated TV series 1775-1800 - This is America Charlie Brown: Birth of Constitution (1989) -- animated - This is America Charlie Brown: Smithsonian & Presidency (1989) -- animated - - (Declaring Independence)- Schoolhouse Rock: Constitution - 1800-1860 - Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) -- rural Southern life / life along the Mississippi - Moby Dick (1956) -- whaling - Fort Apache (1948) -- frontier west, Cavalry & Native Americans - Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - Little Women (1994) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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