IfIOnly Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) Would love your hits to help plan co-op activities for grades 3-6. Thank you!! Edited January 1 by IfIOnly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 cave painting on brown paper grocery bags Build a ziggurat out of legos (complete with toilet papered minifig mummy) apple or chicken mummy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeineandbooks Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Seconding the cave painting and the chicken mummy from the activity guide - the mummy took a good six weeks (we started it at co op and then families continued changing the salt and finishing it off at home) but was the highlight of the year. The archaeology dig and Hammurabi monuments (we used free giant tubes from a curtain and blind store) from the activity guide. DIY: Minoan Crete - similarities between the archaeology (palace at Knossos, bull jumping frescoes, horn-like decorative structures) and the Labyrinth story. Egypt/Mesopotamia: we built a functional, life-size shaduf in the backyard and used it to transport water from one place to another. Rome: we made a blanket fort in a hallway to be a catacomb, climbed inside and made symbols to represent ourselves like the early Christians. We made a model section of Hadrian's Wall. We painted an imitation Greek vase, a fresco from Tutankhamun's tomb and a Chinese terracotta warrior using kits. We raised silkworms. It's a super fun year and grades 3-6 are just perfect for it! You didn't ask for book recommendations, but major hits here included Ludmila Zemin's Gilgamesh trilogy, D'Aulaires Greek Myths and, surprising me because it's aimed at older kids, Genevieve Foster's wonderful Augustus Caesar's World. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Oh, the You Choose: Historical Adventures books were big hits here. They are Choose Your Own Adventure books but with a historical twist. Ancient Greece Ancient Egypt Ancient Rome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Some favorites here: What is Archaeology: box of odd items from a single room in my home: a game piece, a cable needle, etc. Work in groups to create a profile for a community or person and figure out what they used the things for. Cuneiform cookies (salt dough) Nile river sheet pan/History Pocket printable Double crown/unification Game hen mummies Make a Roman road: shoebox lid Nolo/Volo or Chariot Race (Ellen McHenry) Create your own coins Making paper (China) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Favorites here from the AG were the cave painting, cuneiform cookies (gingerbread), chx mummy (cornish game hen) and sarcophagus (Stride Rite box) Roman road, and Roman baths. We did something for Greece, but I don’t remember what it was. There was a fabulous Egyptian art exhibit here once when we did Ancients and that was great. We had all the relevant Lego sets and that was huge for Ds (and Dh😉) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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