A home for their hearts Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 What order would you do them in? ;) I need a list to make sure that we would be doing them in order. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalmiBorn Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'd start with Native Americans, then Explorers, then "Life in the Colonies". I can't remember the others but that will get you started. There is Westward Expansion? Those first three could last you a year if you read other books and did all the activites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'd start with Native Americans, then Explorers, then "Life in the Colonies". I can't remember the others but that will get you started. There is Westward Expansion? Those first three could last you a year if you read other books and did all the activites. This is helpful, thanks. Wow I don't know if I want to spend an entire year on the first 3. Would these work for middle grade students or would they be too easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalmiBorn Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 They are pretty easy but you could add extra work like KWO on the summary pages and reading historical fiction. Are you using it as a supplement or will this be your main history? If its just a supplemental 'American Studies' then it would be fine. I think your older students would think some of the cutting/pasting a bit cheesy:) But my olders don't mind cheesy if they are doing it with the younger ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 We just finished doing the Native Americans one, and we didn't do all of them (after a brief internal struggle :D) but concentrated on ones where we are likely to visit, and any that the kids were interested in. It took some up-front cutting and pasting on my part, but the activities were at the right level for my 2nd graders. I also found some related non-fiction books at the library and used The Indian Book for a few of its fiction and non-fiction stories. We're doing Colonial Times next and I see the grade level for that is 4-8, so I expect we will scale back some of the activities. On a similar note, my kids have also enjoyed some of the "Moving Maps" from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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