nrself Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I've been looking online, haven't had much success, so thought I should ask here. Anyone have any ideas for activities/crafts for the Am Revolution time period? I'd really like to add something fun. TIA, Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Craft book from American Girl Felicity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Craft book from American Girl Felicity We have this and dd9 has really enjoyed the activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Time Travelers might be fun! I second the American Girl activity book too, and Liberty's Kids on Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 age range? my kids and I made our own declaration: http://dbmamaz.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/declaration-of-independence-from-public-school/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 And if you have it in your vacation budget, a trip to Colonial Williamsburg and vicinity and/or Philadelphia is absolutely fantastic! Of course, it's also expensive. But if you vacation anyways, and want to combine that with school, it can work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Dd7 wrote a play about the Boston Tea Party and invited friends over to put it on. She also read The Scarlet Stocking Spy and then put up a clothes line outside so she could dramatize the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetted4 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Depending on where you live, going to a reenactment may be an engaging option. Found these two sites after a very quick search. With a touch more digging, I imagine more can be found. http://www.nwta.com/ http://www.rwfia.org/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetted4 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 We're actually studying the same time period, so I kept digging a bit longer and found this web site. http://havefunwithhistory.com/index.html You can select from a number of time periods including the Amer Revolution. There are a number of short videos (http://havefunwithhistory.com/movies/index.html) as well as links to a few games/activities (http://havefunwithhistory.com/activities/index.html) - at least a couple of the games seem connected w the Amer Revolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetted4 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I am glad you got me digging :patriot: Here's a web site put together by an Oklahoma HS group that lists a number of links to activities/info/games/books related to the Amer Revolution: http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/RevolutionwarUnit.html OK, I'm done this time :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 My DS7 is a Revolutionary War fanatic. We are taking a full eight weeks on the Revolutionary War, and are using Liberty's Kids (on YouTube), Evan Moor's History Pockets: The American Revolution (http://www.amazon.com/History-Pockets-Evan-Moor-Educational-Publishers/dp/1596732601) and The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (http://www.amazon.com/American-Revolution-Kids-History-Activities/dp/1556524560/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362285046&sr=1-1&keywords=the+american+revolution+for+kids+21+activities). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdanigirl Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Not sure what age your dc are. My ds will be doing the following. Map work: Pin pointing locations of various battles and color coded according to which side was victorious. Attach information about each battle. (date, name of battle, location, and casualties, generals involved, etc) <----- This part is to help him work on his research skills. Writing: Short bios of important people. Maybe one longer on on a person of his choice. Also, ds will probably make a scrapbook of the historical flags of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 We really enjoyed the game Made For Trade. :) For homemade ideas, we rewrote the Declaration of Independence, wrote a response from King George, gave the kids money and taxed everything that would have been taxed and made them buy it to do schoolwork, eat lunch, etc., we made stick figures of Paul Revere and Israel Bissell and as we read both books, we moved the stick figures down a giant map, we watched battles on animatedhistory.com, and became British and defended Benedict Arnold. Oh, and we mimicked the famous painting of Washington crossing the Deleware and as I shook the baby bathtub, er, boat, we got to see how untrue it really was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 we aren't there yet, so this thread is going to be helpful to me...but one thing I am thinking about doing is The History Pockets from evan Moor and also watching Liberty Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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