American History Curriculum Week 11

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American History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week 11

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

Materials and books are listed here in more detail.

See below the schedule for notes.

Week 11	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Workbook The Story of the U.S.A Book 1	Chapter 4 The Story of Slavery (M-1)	.	Chapter 5 The Search for New Lands	.	Chapter 6: The Spaniards Take Over Mexico
Reader	The Corn Grows Ripe Chapters 1-3 Put cover of book into timeline (1950's.).	The Corn Grows Ripe Chapters 4-6	The Corn Grows Ripe Chapters 7-9	The Corn Grows Ripe Chapters 10-12	The Corn Grows Ripe Chapters 13-15
History Reading	Exploration & Conquest p.1-19 (M-2) Secret of the Andes Chapters 1-2 Put cover of book into timeline (1950's?).	Lost Temple of the Aztecs p.1-24 (first half) Put cover of book into timeline (1519-1521). Secret of the Andes Chapters 3-4	Lost Temple of the Aztecs p.24-46 (End of book!) Secret of the Andes Chapters 5-6	Exploration & Conquest p.20-31 Secret of the Andes Chapters 7-8	Exploration & Conquest p.32-42 Secret of the Andes Chapters 9-10
Map/Globe	1.1.Europe, Spain, Portugal, Ghana, Mali, Songhay 2.Central America, Mexico, Peru, South America, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Mississippi River	.	.	.	.
History Pockets -Explorers of North America	p.29 Make the pocket & cut out the fast facts for Hernado Cortes	p.30 Info sheet p.31 Map of Cortes's Route	p.32-33 Design a sea chest and writing activity	p.36 A peaceful story about Cortes (or use the page for copy work or dictation)	.
Notebooking	.	Aztec Numbers (codices) worksheet	Aztec Medallion	Aztec did you know cards	Explorer Mini-Report form
Science	"Hang in There" Suspension Bridge Activity	.	.	.	.
Cooking	..	.	..	..	.
Crafts	.	.	Aztec Puppets	.	.
Timeline Entries	See notes	..	..	.	..
Extras	Secrets of Lost Empires. Vol. 5 Inca (Video) Lama sounds (online) Page 1 of Llama sounds Page 2 of recorded llama sounds	Aztec Food Game Ice mummies. Frozen in Heaven (Video) or Ancient Inca (Video)	The Conquistadors and the Aztecs (Video)	Ancient Maya (Video) Pan-pipe music (online)	Reading Maya Hieroglyphics

Science notes: If you watch the Secrets of Lost Empires DVD, you may want to do this fun activity: "Hang in There" (after viewing the segment where they build a bridge from twisted grass). Build a suspension bridge out of newspaper strips and experiment with ways to make it stronger.

Craft notes: Cut out the Aztec puppets. When you are done playing with them, put them in a pocket in your history notebook!

Timeline notes: 1.Ponce de Leon landed in Florida in 1513, Balboa saw the Pacific Ocean in 1513, Magellan's crew sailed around the world 1519-1522 2. Cortes conquered Mexico 1521 Montezuma (leader of the Aztecs), Pizzarro attacked the Incas in Peru 1532

Extras notes: Listen to some panpipe music when you get to the part where the minstrel is visiting Cusi and Chuto. I recommend the site linked above that has free streaming music and is a pleasant introduction to panpipes.

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