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American History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week One

This is our daily schedule page for week one of our American history curriculum.

I have taken activities from the topics list and scheduled them in for a five day week. Please remember that this is just a suggested guide and not "iron clad"! If you find you are overwhelmed, just take out some of the extras you don't have time for or aren't interested in.

Materials and books are listed here in more detail.

See notes below the schedule for additional comments.

History Pocket Supplies: Headdress *optional supplies: beads or sequins

Map Notes: Indian Regions Map 1 - This is a very nice 2 page printable with an Indian regions map as well as reading material and a compass activity. *OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1 (We did both!)
Use the Teacher's Guide for maps on pages 4 and 12 to label the following mentioned in the Wayne Drop storybook (science): Orlando, Turkey Lake, Lake Kissimmee, Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, Coloosahatchee River, St. Lucie River, Palm Beach Canal, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Myers, San Carlos Bay, Alligator Alley, Miami, Tamaimi Trail, Shark River Slough, Florida Bay and Florida Keys (Answers are provided -You can either hand out the copy with the answers and color in parts, or hand out the blank copy and have it labeled depending on time constraints/interest).
You may also want to point out where Cape Canaveral is (and let your child know that is where NASA is located), Disney World and any other cities or places of interest (use an atlas).

Timeline notes: Seminole Wars 1835-1858 (Emphasize as you put this into the timeline that this was the period of time that Night Bird's family was hiding and then moved to Oklahoma. Paste a picture of the book cover in).

Science notes: Use The Journey of Wayne Drop to the Everglades (Interactive Storybook) OR (maybe even in addition to) Download the PDF version of the story above (learn not only about the water cycle but also about Florida's lakes, rivers, animals and more). The PDF is nice because at the end of the story it shows satellite image maps with areas mentioned marked AND there is a fun game at the end to play. Teacher's Guide for Wayne Drop book: Use whichever lessons interest you (watershed, water cycle, food chains and food webs, bird "adaptations" (or rather how God created them to be), native and exotic species in the everglades and much more. There are hands-on activities, vocabulary, some writing, experiments, links to multimedia and more. Website notes: My son was curious as to how hominy was originally made and the hominy article explains the process (I read parts of it out loud to him). We do NOT recommend this as a project due to the use of lye.