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American
History Curriculum Daily Schedule Week 34
This is our daily schedule
page for week 34 of our American history curriculum.
Materials
and books are listed here in more detail.
See
below the schedule for notes.
| Week 34 |
Day 1 |
Day
2 |
Day 3 |
Day 4 |
Day
5 |
| Workbooks |
American
Adventures True Stories From America’s Past 1770-1870:
(14)
The Three Hundred Dollar Baby 1865
-George Washington Carver
(T-6) |
American Adventures: Choose Activities |
American
Adventures: (15) The Men Who Built the Railroad Across America (Transcontinental
Railroad) 1869 |
American Adventures: Choose
Activities |
. |
| Reader |
The
Long Way to a New Land |
The Long Way to a New Land |
The
Long Way to a New Land |
The Long Way Westward |
The
Long Way Westward |
| Optional |
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History Reading
|
Man’s Slave Becomes God’s Scientist: George Washington Carver
(You will
need to read about 27 pages a day to finish this in a week.) |
Man’s Slave Becomes God’s Scientist |
Man’s Slave Becomes God’s Scientist |
Man’s
Slave Becomes God’s Scientist
|
Man’s
Slave Becomes God’s Scientist
|
| Map/Globe |
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History
Pockets
|
History Pockets Moving
West:
Pocket 9 (2nd half)
Benjamin
“Pap” Singleton (T-2) |
Pocket 10: Building the Railroads
(T-4) |
Race across the West pop-up |
Changing
the Face of the Nation: Chinese Laborers |
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| Notebooking |
George
Washington Carver Coloring and Activity Book
Choose
which pages you'd like to complete and schedule them in over the course of the
week. |
| Science |
Peanut
Activity Sheets and Lesson plans
Choose which pages, lessons and activities
you'd like to complete and schedule them in. |
| Cooking |
.. |
. |
. |
.. |
.Choose
a recipe from the Peanut Teacher’s Guide (see science)
or make homemade peanut
butter |
| Crafts |
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| Timeline Entries |
1.
1864-1943 George Washington Carver
2.1870’s Benjamin Singleton
led former slaves to Kansas |
3. 1869 The Long Way to a
New Land book |
4. 1869 Transcontinental Railroad |
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|
.. |
| Extras |
Wee Sing: I’ve
Been Working on the Railroad
Free
printable poster of George Carver |
Wee Sing: John
Henry |
Wee Sing: Drill, Ye Tarriers |
Wee
Sing: Paddy Works on the Railway |
Wee
Sing: The Boll Weevil
George Washington Carver Video
|
Science notes: Peanut Activity Sheets and Lesson plans (There is a
unit for K-2nd as well as one for 3rd-5th graders)
Activity Sheets Part A:
What do you know about peanuts (choose the answers), label the parts of a peanut
diagram, label the parts of a peanut plant, pyramid word puzzle, map of countries
that import peanuts from the United States (geography)
Activity Sheets Part
B: Read the nutrition label and answer the questions, peanut farming story and
vocabulary (label the pictures with the vocabulary words from the story), peanut
guessing sheet (fill in the blanks), making peanut butter sequencing pictures
and sentences (maybe turn this into a cut and paste activity) or illustrate a
written paragraph with the pictures, math equations, peanut crossword puzzle
The
Teacher's Guide has all sorts of additional activities (science, geography, music,
recipes, language arts and more!
Congratulations!
You've reached the end! Please email us at Homeschooler@OurLosBanos.com and let
us know how it went! |
