Back to American History 1 Home American History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week 10 This is our daily schedule page for week ten of our American history curriculum. Materials and books are listed here in more detail. See below the schedule for notes.
History Pockets supplies: Hardtack (see Cooking) * flour, baking powder, salt Map notes: Ptolomy's Map Print out this map created by Ptolomy for your child's notebook. Use it to show how people thought the world was much smaller than it really is. Compare the map to a modern map or globe. What's missing from Ptolomy's map? Notebooking notes: A ship to cut, paste and put together (flat for notebooking)- This will help with ship vocabulary and is also fun to try and figure out how the pieces go. Look up ships online or in a book as a reference if you wish. Teacher's guide PDF which includes (all activities below are totally optional based on if you have the time and interest): Santa Maria see-inside view (with ship vocabulary labels), Hardtack and 1500's bean soup recipes, Easy sew sailor's cap project, 15th century game Nine-men's Morris, A very nice map of Columbus' voyage, Ship illustrations and coloring page(s), Make a quadrant activity (and learn how to read latitude), Do the cut & paste notebook activity page / worksheet showing the transfer of materials from the Old World to the New World. This is called the "Columbian Exchange".
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