Yes, if you don’t know a piece of trivia [such as dates], you can just look it up. So, why should we bother to learn [memorize] dates or other history facts? Are you really going to look it up? Suppose you are watching a TV show or reading a book. There will likely be
Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner” during the War of 1812. So, our focus for this week is a flag study, the pledge, the national anthem and other symbols of patriotism. We grabbed a few books from the library. My older children are familiar with the national anthem, but
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Resources for Discussing Lewis & Clark and Louisana Purchase Draw Write Now, Vol 5 has instructions on drawing the US map, sectioned into early colonies, Louisiana purchase and western territories. Drawing the map helped my girls see how the United States doubled in size, only 27 years after it began. We also identified
History (Cycle 3 Week 16) Resources we used about Immigration: Draw*Write*Now, step by step instructions for drawing Statue of Liberty American Girl series, Kirstin books A Picnic in October, by Eve Bunting The Keeping Quilt, by Patricia Polacco “The Great American Melting Pot,” School House Rocks song Possible Assignments: Draw Statue of Liberty and
Geography Resources we used: Paddle to the Sea, by Holling C. Holling Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls, by Emily McCully The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, by Cheryl Harness (J386.48 HAR) How the States Got their Shapes, a TV series we found on Netflix youTube. We were re-reading this book today. It is FULL