Notes: I recommend you choose between Homeschool in the Wood’s Time Travelers History Study or History Pockets, NOT both! (But hey, you can do both if you wanna!) Yet another option is the FREE Homeschool Share Civil War lapbook or FREE lapbook items over at Dynamic 2 Moms (or combine your favorite freebie components). The answers to many of the lapbook components for the Dynamic 2 Moms site are provided on this page. I’ve included these 3-4 options so you can choose what will fit your budget both time and money-wise. TT is designed for grades 3-8. HP is for grades 4-6. I think TT is a bit more intense work-wise than HP but a lot more beautifully illustrated. There is also a greater variety of assignments and projects contained within the TT study.  The free lapbook materials would entail the least amount of work. * An asterisk in this week's schedule indicates the item is from Homeschool in the Wood’s Civil War Time Travelers History Study. You can find more detailed instructions and printables on the Time Travelers CD. History pocket items like map work and timeline activities are scheduled only in the History Pockets line of the schedule, not in the map and timeline areas. Book Info: Abraham Lincoln’s World: reading level: 7th grade and up Abraham Lincoln’s World also covers a lot of world history in addition to American history. I think it’s helpful sometimes for older students to grasp what else was going on during a specific time frame. If you want your focus to be purely what was going on in the U.S., you’ll want to skip this book. Also, the fact that the book jumps around from one thing to the next may be overwhelming to some students (especially younger students). Check it out the table of contents at Rainbow Resource to get an idea of what all is covered. I scheduled in pages from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas using a free PDF file from antislavery.org. This book contains violence and things that may be disturbing to younger readers. I recommend it only for high schoolers or a mature middle schooler. Preview! Another option would be to read the longer book: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent. You can get it for free on Google Books. There are 41 chapters so your student would need to read approx. 8 chapters a week for the next five weeks. Shades of Gray reading level: Grade 5.5 Dk Biography Abraham Lincoln reading level: Ages 10 and up The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit is a very easy picture book. Each story can be read in just a matter of minutes. I scheduled it in because it’s a quick introduction to the Uncle Remus Tales with beautiful illustrations that will help you ease into the school year. If you want to check out some of the original stories for free you can visit UncleRemus.com. Your students might have a hard time with the “dialect” of the original stories. There is also a free book you can download in pdf format from Google Books. There is also a listing of an old radio show Sleepy Joe with lots of recorded Uncle Remus stories you can listen to online for free. Video Notes: You may want to preview the PBS Civil War series or be on hand to skip portions. It may contain graphic and/or disturbing images, ideas, etc. and may not be appropriate for younger students. Supplies: Supplies needed for Time Travelers this week: Timeline - 10 pages of colored card stock for your timeline, tape, glue, colored pencils Safe house lantern – hammer, flexible wire, empty soup can, towel, 2 rubber bands, 1 small and 1 large nail, tea light candle Factfile cards project – three 6x9 manila envelopes, packing tape, double sided sticky tape You will also needs lots of paper to print things like the timeline figures out onto, scissors, a hole punch and other common household items like a ruler and paper clip for scoring paper, etc. Time Traveler's recipe shopping list: (Ingredients for online recipes may be different, please consult the url's if you are using them.) Hopping John: bacon, 1 lb. black-eyed peas, rice, salt, pepper Down Home Chicken: 1 chicken, 1 onion, celery, parsley, thyme, salt, pepper, flour, milk, butter, eggs, salt Supplies needed for other activities: Make a Civil War drum – coffee can (2 lb. or larger), ¼ yard of heavy acetate cloth (from local hardware or craft store), rubber bands, paper cup, paintbrush, paints and markers, 2 chopsticks (to drum with - You can also use unsharpened pencils, etc.) Wooden doll paper doll - card stock