Year Three Scope and Sequence
Curriculum Options
Integrated System
Integrated Subject Sets
Individual Subjects
Individual Studies
Week Titles
Unit 1
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
Week 8: South America in Transition
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
Unit 2
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignment
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
Week 13: Victorian England
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
Unit 3
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
Unit 4
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
Week 32: Captains of Industry
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
Supporting Links
History
General
- This classic, beloved game is now available to play for free! Play Oregon Trail online!
- Another great game, also available and free to play! Play Amazon Trail online!
- BBC Primary History
- Battle of Trafalgar
- All ages will love this site on US Government. This site transcends unit boundaries.
- Several books assigned for literature, and some not assigned but interesting to Rhetoric level students (like works of Voltaire and Darwin) are found here.
- The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon is now online: read from the screen or print to your heart’s content.
- Eyewitness History is GREAT! It has first-hand accounts, graphics, and a wonderful user-friendly interface. Bookmark today and use it all four years! I recommend that you start by clicking on “index” and then scroll through, noting upcoming topics in your Year-Plan! Enjoy!
Timelines:
- Timeline Book Instructions
- Timeline Maker
- Interactive Technology Timeline from PBS.
- Great animated timeline of the 1800’s!
Presidents:
- Do you want pictures only? Click here for a picture gallery.
- Another excellent site for studying the Presidents: POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
- Coloring pages of every president for your Lower Grammar kids
- Site for inaugural addresses of the presidents
States:
- Use this site as you are making your deck of state cards. 50states.com
- This site shows the dates that each state entered the Union.
- Flashcards of the 50 States: Outline of State, flag, bird, small map showing where the state is located in the region. The back has info about the state.
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Archiving Early America: The Alien and Sedition Acts
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- Lord Horatio Nelson
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- A comprehensive site linking more than you’ll ever need on the French Revolution.
- History of the White House
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- PBS on Napoleon: parents, screen first, please!
- Horatio Nelson
- Alexander I of Russia
- Short biography about Francis I of Austria
- William Pitt the Younger
- Maurice de Talleyrand
- Arthur Wellesley
- The Continental System
- The Third Coalition
- Napoleon’s Coronation
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Eli Whitney
- Robert Fulton
- Samuel Slater
- Francis Cabot Lowell
- James Hargreaves: click here
- Richard Arkwright
- Samuel Crompton
- Edmund Cartwright
- James Watt
- Thomas Newcomen
- Abraham Darby
- Richard Trevithick
- Robert Owen: Click here
- Henry Cort
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Facts about Thomas Jefferson
- From Enchanted Learning: Thomas Jefferson. Use this week and next.
- Quotations of Thomas Jefferson on Religion and Liberty
- Meriwether Lewis
- William Clark
- Sacagawea
- Aaron Burr
- Twelfth Amendment
- Marbury vs. Madison
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- From Enchanted Learning: Thomas Jefferson.
- Monticello
- The United States Constitution
- John Marshall
- Judicial Branch
- Short biography of Aaron Burr
- Civil Law (Continental Europe and Louisiana)
- Precedent Law
- Writ of mandamus
- Judicial review
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- James Madison
- Dolley Madison
- Key Events & Causes of the War of 1812: click here and here.
- War of 1812: timeline of events that lead to the war.
- Treaty of Ghent
- Story of the Star Spangled Banner
- Star Spangled Banner (complete version)
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Simon Bolivar
- The Congress of Viena: click here.
- The History of South America
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
- The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Robert E. Lee’s Childhood
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- John Quincy Adams
- Election of 1824
- Inaugural Address by John Quincy Adams
- Tariff of Abominations
- The Erie Canal: A Journey Through History
- For the dialectic Accountability Question 9, click here and here.
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Biography of Andrew Jackson
- Elections of 1828 and 1832
- Indian Removal Act of 1830
- Facts for Kids: Cherokee Tribe
- Chart showing lots of good information about Native Americans. Excellent!
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- Jackson’s Second Inaugural Address
- Sam Houston
- Santa Anna
- James Bowie
- William Travis
- The Battle of the Alamo
- Paris and the Revolution of 1830
Week 13: Victorian England
- Victorian Era
- Prince Albert
- Lord Melbourne
- Leopold I
- George IV
- William IV
- Charles X
- Louis Philippe
- Victorian England: great for grammar students
- The impact of inventions on everyday life: The washing machine
- Lighting of the Victorian Home
- Heating, Lighting, and Hygiene in the Victorian Era
- Cooking in the Victorian Era
- The Victorians: great site for your mini-unit report.
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Australian Flora and Fauna
- Victorian England
- Victorian England: great for grammar students
- New Zealand
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- James K. Polk
- Manifest Destiny
- Prelude to the Mexican American War
- Mexican American War
- Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Prentiss(Whitman)
- Telegraph
- Samuel Morse: inventor of the electric telegraph and Morse Code.
- The History of the Photograph: Excellent links here
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
- Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
- Florence Nightingale
- Millard Fillmore
- Li Hongzhang
- Hudson Taylor
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- Crimean War
- Great PDF worksheets and activities about Florence Nightingale for grammar years.
- Florence Nightingale
- Franklin Pierce
- John Brown
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- Jeffersonian View of the Civil War: Read with caution and the willingness to learn others’ viewpoints. Not a scholarly piece per se, but it does make excellent fodder for debate.
- Tax museum and the financing of the Civil War.
- The Dred Scott
- Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857
- James Buchanan
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln’s Inauguration Speech
- Abraham Lincoln
- From Spartacus Educational: Abraham Lincoln
- Detailed information on the battles of the Civil War. Click each picture for specific battles.
- The Battle of the Ironclads.
- Short site for all ages on Camp Life.
- Civil War timeline
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- PBS web site which encompasses the entire American history of slavery. Good for D and R levels.
- Biography of Clara’s life. Text is Dialectic level up.
- Another biography of Clara Barton.
- Read this first-hand account of abolitionist Levi Coffin, aid to over 3,000 slaves on the Underground Railroad.
- Learn and hear Civil War songs! All ages.
- Detailed information on the battles of the Civil War. Click each picture for specific battles.
- Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Good picture. Text is dialectic and up.
- Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, or click here for the inaugural addresses of all of the presidents.
- Christianity Today has an excellent article written by Mark Noll entitled “The Puzzling Faith of Abraham Lincoln”.
- Online quiz for Lower Grammar students about Lincoln’s life.
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Railroad timeline
- Reconstruction: outline and summary of events.
- Abraham Lincoln
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- An Eyewitness Account by the Lakota Chief Red Horse recorded in pictographs and text at the Cheyenne River Reservation, 1881. Click on the various episodes on the left to see great images!
- Plains Indians and horses: Scroll down and find some nice pictures. Text is Dialectic up, and a little hard to read.
- HUGE gorgeous site with all kinds of links to follow up. Westward Expansion is only ONE part of this site on the Gilded Age
- Andrew Johnson
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Very short bio with good picture of Bismarck.
- This link is from The Henry Ford museum site. Use this link again in Year 4.
- Ulysses S. Grant
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Biography of Henry Stanley
- Otto Von Bismarck
- History of the Suez Canal
- The Great Chicago Fire
- Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Panama Canal
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Biography of William Gladstone
- David Livingstone
- Louis Pasteur
- Biography of George Eastman
- The History of Alexander Graham Bell
- Biography of Thomas Edison
- Issac Singer
- Alfred Nobel
- Christopher Sholes
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Detailed History of Lord Palmerston
- William Gladstone
- Biography of Benjamin Disraeli
- Lord Salisbury
- Quick Biography of Nicholas I
- Alexander II
- Alexander III
- Charles Boycott
- Africa Studies
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Imperialism
- Helpful, basic site on Imperialism.
- Biography of Rutherford Hayes
- Biography of James Garfield
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Biography of Chester Arthur
- James Africanus Horton
- Edward Wilmot Blyden
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Online handbook of the Statue of Liberty
- Statue of Liberty to Assemble
- Joseph Pulitzer
- Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
- Ellis Island
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- Biography of Benjamin Harrison
- Andrew Carnegie
- John Davison Rockefeller
- John Pierpont Morgan
- Biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- Biography of Thomas Watson
- Mary Elizabeth Lease
- Biography of William Jennings Bryan
- Andrew Carnegie
- George M. Pullman
- Sam McClure and McClure’s Magazine.
- Ida Tarbell
- Lincoln Steffens
- William Jennings Bryan: Cross of Gold (speech text and audio)
- Political Cartoons of 1896
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- Otto van Bismarck
- Wilhelm II
- Theodore Roosevelt
- A biography of Sanford B. Dole
- Queen Liliuokalani
- Life history of Helen Keller
- Marie Curie
- Pierre Curie
- Anne Sullivan
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
Geography
We suggest that you use a good world history atlas so that your students can have practice at the skill of using maps and legends. Click the link below for our recommendation. The next choice is to use the supporting links that you find here. Please only let your student look at the teacher map in Map Aids as a last resort.
General
Online Maps, Map Vendors, and More!
- Euratlas
- National Geographic: modern maps (source; printable) for every country in the world.
- Excellent link for all units! Click here for the Historic Atlas Resource.
- Great historical map site.
- Interactive Historic Atlas.
- Creator has done a superb job making this site, which will be lots of help in all four year-plans.
- MegaMaps: print up maps from the size of a single page to 7 feet across!
States:
- Use this site as you are making your deck of state cards: 50states.com
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- A helpful site for geography terms.
- The Key to Understanding Maps
- Map showing dates that each state entered the union
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Germany and Italy before Napoleon.
- From USGS: Map projections
- From National Geographic: introduction to latitude and longitude
- National Geographic Map Skills: PreK-6th grade.
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Labeled map of the British Isles.
- Another good map of the United Kingdom
- Identify the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa here.
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Map showing the Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Country, holdings of Spain, Illinois Territory, Michigan Territory, Indiana Territory, and the Mississippi Territory
- Another map of the Louisiana Purchase, showing the modern U.S. states
- Path of Lewis and Clark with rivers.
- Blank map of the United States with labeling.
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- There are no objectives this week.
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- From Enchanted Learning: South America
- From Enchanted Learning: Flags of South America
- Plants of South America
- From Enchanted Learning: South American Animals
- South America Map Puzzle
- Map of South America
- Map of Napoleonic Europe. This Map includes Napoleon’s conquests and battles.
- San Diego Zoo’s page for South American Animals
- Caribbean Islands
- Europe 1800
Week 8: South America in Transition
- From Enchanted Learning: South America
- From Enchanted Learning: Flags of South America
- From Enchanted Learning: South American Animals
- South America Map Puzzle
- Blank outline maps of South America
- Map of Napoleonic Europe. This Map includes Napoleon’s conquests and battles.
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna
- Map of Napoleonic Europe. This Map includes Napoleon’s conquests and battles.
- South American Independence
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Map of Erie Canal
- Map of Texas Rivers
- Map of Texas
- Texas Climate
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Picture of The Great Smoky Mountains.
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
Week 13: Victorian England
- Interactive map: The War of 1812.
- Use this map or this one to find locations of various Native American tribes.
- Blank outline map of the US (pdf file)
- The climate of the British Isles.
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Nice map of Australia.
- Map of New Zealand
- The major climate regions of Australia.
- The climate regions of the British Isles.
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- Map of Mexican Territory
- The Mormon Trail
- The climate of California.
- Major Rivers: Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- The Gold Rush map
- The Continents and Oceans of the world.
- Atlantic Ocean
- Cape Horn, South America
- Strait of Magellan
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Coloma, CA Where Sutter’s Mill was located
- Platte River
- Humboldt River
- San Francisco Bay
- Great Salt Lake
- Forty Mile Desert (now called Lahontan Valley)
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Blank outline map of China
- The same site at Enchanted Learning offers more information about China. Excellent!
- All the outline maps, geographical information, and map labels you’ll need for a study of China.
- Map of China
- Map of Japan
- Outline map of Japan
- Pictures of China, Japan and India
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- No links for this week.
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No Links Available
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- WOW! Wonderful, clear maps of Civil War battles, state by state. GREAT resource for kids (Upper Grammar and up).
- Union and Confederate Boundaries: Free states and slave states in each area.
- Abraham Lincoln: The places he worked and lived can be found here.
- A blank map of the United States.
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- No links for this week.
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- No links for this week.
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- Iroquois Tribes
- Boarders and five military districts during Radical Reconstruction
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Toward the Unification of Germany
- Another helpful map showing the unification of Germany
- Several maps, showing the progression of the states from 1812 to 1990
- A blank map of Germany, ready for printing and labeling.
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Location of the Suez Canal
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- West Africa Geography and Information
- Blank outline map of Africa
- Map of Africa’s Bodies of Water.
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Fun site: The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire.
- Map and information about Eastern Africa
- Map and information about Central Africa
- The scramble for Africa
- Map of Africa, Imperial boundaries, 1914
- European Colonies in Africa and Asia
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- European Colonies in Africa and Asia
- European Colonies in Asia
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Great interactive map that shows the way immigrants moved across America.
- US Territorial Maps 1775-1920
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- No Links Available
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- No Links Available
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- Blank outline of North America
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- Review geography terms
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
Worldview
General
- Great site on Kierkegaard!
- Another massive site: teacher’s use initially. You’ll use it to find sites for your children. If they want to read the originals, they are here!
- Worldwide Missions: Year 3 encourages you and your children to pray for Hindus and Buddhists. Site contains statistics that give a clear picture of prayer. Use of this site removes the need to purchase Operation World.
- The Ism Book: an online book for basic definitions that will help you in your worldview studies.
- YWAM: missionary puzzles and coloring pages
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Biography and more links about William Carey
- From Probe Ministries: Hinduism
- India religious population
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Biography and more links about William Carey
- Immanuel Kant
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Adoniram Judson
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Adoniram Judson Story: YouTube video
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Adoniram Judson
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Adoniram Judson Story: YouTube video
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Adoniram Judson
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Adoniram Judson Story: YouTube video
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Charles Grandison Finney and the Revival
- James Mill biography
- Leaders of the First Great Awakening
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Charles Grandison Finney and the Revival
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
Week 13: Victorian England
- Muller in brief.
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Muller in brief.
- Charles Darwin
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Latter-day Saints
- Parent use only: from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints websites: History of the Church. Use this link to understand Mormon’s teachings and then present what you’ve found to your children.
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- The Mormon Pioneer Trail: click on History & Culture on the left side of the page
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- No Links Available
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Christian History on Hudson Taylor
- Another brief biography of Hudson Taylor.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- No links for this week.
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No links for this week.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Biography on William Booth.
- Another brief biography on William Booth
- Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- J. S. Mill’s treatise On the Subjection of Women (abridged). Required reading for this week’s Pageant of Philosophy.
- Christian History: Christianity among slaves and black freedmen.
- Christmas carols and the Civil War (on Christian History site. May move.)
- Information on Christian revivals in the camps of both Northern and Southern soldiers.
- Biography of William Booth
- Photos of Civil War Clergy.
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Composite page on Moody, with helpful resources and links. Older students or Teachers.
- A close friend of Moody was Horatio Spafford, writer of the beloved hymn It Is Well With My Soul. Spafford’s faith carried him through the great Chicago fire, and the tragic losses of his son and four daughters. Read his story: click here.
- Christian History: Dwight L. Moody
- Biography of William Booth
- Karl Marx’s Theory of Economics
- Religious Revival in Civil War Armies
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- No links for this week.
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (selections). Required reading for this week’s Pageant of Philosophy.
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Encyclopedia Britannica on David Livingstone
- Christian Biography Resources on David Livingstone
- Missionary Biography of David Livingstone
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Excerpts from Vatican I (.pdf)
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Friedrich Nietzsche
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Wonderzone: a great Christian site where kids can learn about missionaries through online stories. “Danger in Calabar” follows Mary Slessor through the jungles as she teaches tribesmen about God. You must sign up for an account to enter the site.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche Biography
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody: Story and a great short video about his life.
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody Story and a great short video about his life
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody Story and a great short video about his life
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
- William James: American Philosopher
- William James biography
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon
- William James: American Philosopher
- William James biography
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon
Literature
General
- Massive site: initially teacher’s use in gathering background information. If student wants to read the originals, they are here!
- FreeBooknotes.com presents Cliff’s Notes-like help for many works.
- Several books assigned, and some not assigned but interesting to Rhetoric level students (like works of Voltaire and Darwin) are found here.
- Wordsmyth: look up words, make your own glossaries. Type in a list of vocabulary words and push send. You will get professional style glossary pages.
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Teaching Guide for Rapunzel
- Text of Pride and Prejudice
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Spark Notes for Pride and Prejudice
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Spark Notes for Pride and Prejudice
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- William Blake and poetry
- William Wordsworth and poetry
- James Macpherson and poetry
- Robert Burns and poetry
- Sir Walter Scott and poetry
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- Lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner
- William Wordsworth and poetry
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge and poetry
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Johnny Appleseed
- Full version of Swiss Family Robinson
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Lord George Gordon Byron and poetry
- Percy Bysshe Shelley and poetry
- John Keats and poetry
- See many translations of Silent Night; many of them have an audio that you can listen to as well.
- Johnny Appleseed: story and crossword puzzle
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Full text of Goethe’s Faust
- Study Guide for Goethe’s Faust
- Another Study Guide for Faust
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Translations of Silent Night
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Short biography of Chateaubriand
- Short biography of Pushkin and his literature
- Irving and his literature
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- John James Audubon biography. Don’t miss the printables and games at the end of the biography.
- Biography of Frederic Chopin
- Listen to music by Chopin
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Examine Island of the Blue Dolphins through a literary lens
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
- Life of Scott O’ Dell
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Biography of Frederic Chopin
- Listen to music by Chopin.
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
Week 13: Victorian England
- Spark Notes: Les Miserables
- Full text of David Copperfield
- Spark Notes: David Copperfield
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- A free dramatic audio version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
- Study guide for A Christmas Carol
- Spark Notes: Les Miserables
- Spark Notes: David Copperfield
- Charles Dickens
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Full text of Oliver Twist
- Spark Notes: Oliver Twist
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- Full text of The Princess and the Goblin
- The Princess and the Goblin discussion questions
- Spark Notes: The Scarlet Letter
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- Full text of The Scarlet Letter
- Spark Notes: The Scarlet Letter
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- Spark Notes: Billy Budd
- Watch Beijing Opera on YouTube.
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Emily Dickinson poetry
- Watch a scene from Beijing Opera!
- Gustave Flaubert and his poetry
- Walt Whitman and his works
- Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- Spark Notes for Tom Sawyer
- Full text of Great Expectations
- Spark Notes for Great Expectations
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No links for this week.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- No Links Available
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- No links for this week.
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Billy Budd: Spark Notes
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems
- Alice in Wonderland: an Interactive Adventure. This is a site with games and activities linked to Alice in Wonderland. Great for younger students!
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- A biography of Robert Browning
- Biography of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- The Lady of Shalott
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Biography of Tolstoy
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- A Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Spark Notes for A Heart of Darkness
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Audio of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Jerry Pinkney
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Spark Notes for The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Spark Notes for The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Spark Notes for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- Biography of Henrik Ibsen
- Spark Notes for A Doll’s House
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Spark Notes for The Importance of Being Earnest
Writing
General
- Here’s a great site to bookmark for all your graphic organizing needs and questions. What is a Graphic Organizer?
- Quia can be used as you are teaching or reviewing the parts of speech. You’ll find matching, concentration, flash cards, and a word search.
- Or, click here for another grammar game.
- Make online crossword puzzles here or here. These are great for reviewing vocabulary!
- Daily Grammar. Excellent site!
- At the right is a picture one of our users sent in of the sentence pocket suggested in Marcia’s introductory notes. Click on the picture to see all the details up very close!
SAT Preparation:
- SAT online question of the day
- Go to this site to answer almost any question you may have about taking the SAT, PSAT, and more!
- Test Preparation site. Looks great!
- SAT Prep Plan: Take a practice test, which generates a free test report, then create your own SAT study plan. All for FREE!
- SAT Vocabulary Words
- 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions
Writing College Admissions Essays
- 5 Ways College Application Essays and High School Essays Are Different
- College Admissions Essay Prompts
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Level 1: Patriotic coloring pages of the Presidents
- Levels 1-3: The School House Rock song called “A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing”
- Levels 9-12: More advanced explanation of “Steps in the Writing Process”.
- Levels 10-12: Review the parts of speech.
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Levels 3-5: Your student may enjoy practicing combining words into sentences with this fun online activity.
- Levels 4-5: Want to use level-appropriate sentences from the Bible for dictation? Click here.
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Level 2: Learn Parts of speech with Grammar.com
- Level 3: Review the parts of speech with this online game.
- Level 3: Learn parts of speech with grammar songs.
- Levels 3-8: Steps in the Writing Process
- Levels 4-8: Links to lessons about writing paragraphs
- Level 12: Writing an analytical essay
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Level 1: Thomas Jefferson coloring page
- Many levels: graphic organizers for prewriting
- Levels 10, 11: Taking Notes from Lectures
- Levels 10, 11: How to Take Book Notes
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- Level 11: Informal Outlines
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- Level 9: Taking Notes from Lectures
- Level 9: How to Take Book Notes
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Level 9: Informal Outlines
- Level 10: Writing an analytical essay
- Levels 11-12: Helpful tips for a personal response to literature
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Levels 4-8: Informal Outlines
- Level 10: How to Start/Create Your Own Website
- Level 11: Writing an analytical essay
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Level 10: How to Start/Create Your Own Website
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Level 1: John Quincy Adams coloring page
- Level 3: Steps in the Writing Process
- Levels 4 and 5: Dictionary Activities
- Levels 4 and 5: Using a Thesaurus
- Level 6: Venn diagram
- Level 6: Compare and Contrast papers: click here.
- Level 9: Writing a Research Paper
- Levels 10 and 11: Writing Papers of Literary Analysis
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Level 2: Steps in the Writing Process
- Levels 4-5: Writing Reports and Accompanying Rubrics
- Level 6: Various types of 5 W’s charts (scroll down just a bit)
- Level 6: Get your describing wheel here.
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- Level 2: Paragraphs
- Level 6: Narrative Writing
- Level 8: Persuasive Writing
Week 13: Victorian England
- Level 1: Need more practice on capitalization or punctuation? Click here for more worksheets.
- Level 9: A few notes on writing your first draft.
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Level 1: Good site for dictation.
- Level 2: Make a display board.
- Level 5: Write a compare and contrast essay
- Level 9: How to write a research paper.
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- No Links Available
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- Level 1: A practice page for name capitalization. You can use these same sentences for dictation also.
- Level 3: Venn diagram
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- Level 1: A capitalization worksheet for days and months. You can use these same sentences for dictation also.
- Level 3: Write a Compare/Contrast essay.
- Level 9: Write an Analytical Essay.
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- Level 1: Practice capitalizing days of the week with this worksheet. You can use these same sentences for dictation also.
- Level 3: Write a Compare/Contrast essay.
- Level 7: Write an Informative essay.
- Level 9: Write a Descriptive essay.
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Level 8: How to Write an Analytical Essay
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- Level 5: How to Write a Book Report
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No Links Available
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- No Links Available
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- Levels 10-12: Online Debating Tutorial
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Level 8: Create your own Venn diagram.
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- No Links Available
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- No Links Available
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Level 2: Sample Aesop’s fables to print/show students before beginning their fables
- Great site: all the Aesop’s Fables you’ll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We’ve not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
- Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop’s fables.
- Level 10: Essay of argumentation… this is a helpful website.
- Level 11: Review business communiques
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- .Level 8: Start using the online SAT question of the day.
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- No Links Available
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- No Links Available
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Levels 3, 6, 8, and 10: For further helps on teaching your poetry unit, click here.
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- No Links Available
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- Levels 7, 9: Public speaking website
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- No links for this week.
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- No links for this week.
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- No links for this week.
Government
General
- Massive site: teacher’s use, probably, initially, although you’ll use it to find sites for your children. If they want to read the originals, here they are!
- All ages will love this site on US Government. This site transcends unit boundaries. It’s GREAT!
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man – 1789
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- The History Guide: The Code Napoleon
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- FAQs about the Code Napoleon. You can also follow a link here about the Code Napoleon.
- Read excerpts from the Code here.
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- No links for this week.
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville
Week 8: South America in Transition
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Democracy in America, by Alexis De Tocqueville
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
Week 13: Victorian England
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Australian government
- Definition of commonwealth
- Tocequeville
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- No links for this week.
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- 15-chapter online biography of Karl Marx. Mature Rhetoric students only.
- Spark Notes: The Communist Manifesto
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No links for this week.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- No links for this week
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- The Thirteenth Amendment
- The Civil Rights Act of 1866
- President Johnson’s Veto message of the Civil Rights Act
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- No links for this week.
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- No links for this week.
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- No links for this week.
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- No links for this week.
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
Week 32: Captains of Industry
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- No links for this week.
Arts & Activities
General
- Excellent architecture sight: www.greatbuildings.com
- This art history project book can be used in all four year-plans, as it goes through the 1980’s. There are 80 projects in this book entitled Great Studio Projects in Art History, and is written by William Reid. ISBN 0825138523
- Here’s real help with Feast Nights: food timeline and recipes galore! Enjoy!
- Classics for Kids: a great website for composers and their music.
- A user shared: “Home Depot Kids’ Workshops are a blast! They give the child a complete project kit which includes everything they need for materials to build something. Plus they give them a work apron and pins for completing the project. They were so proud of themselves.”
- Puzzlemaker: put in a list of words and it will generate word searches, crosswords, codes, etc.
- Brainpop Free educational movies. You can watch two free per day. Aimed at grades 3-8, but fun for all!
- Cookie Dough Recipe: A great alternative to salt dough maps.
- 2 c. smooth peanut butter
- 2 1/2 c. powdered milk
- 2 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 2 c. white corn syrup
- Blue icing – lakes and oceans
- Green sprinkles – plains
- Clear sprinkles – deserts
- Chocolate chips – mountains
- Red candy strips – rivers
- M&Ms – capitals
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- How to make a quill pen
- Information for your display board: John Adams and George III.
- Patriotic Coloring Pages: Coloring pages for all of the presidents.
- Neoclassicism
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Flora and fauna of France
- Build a Model of The Arc de Triomphe
- Information for your display board: Horatio Nelson
- Arc de Triomphe
- Beethoven’s Biography
- Listen to Beethoven’s works
- Francisco Goya
- Napoleon
- Napoleon in His Study
- “Napoleon crossing the Alps”
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Make a pneumatic wheel using an extensive set of Legos. Scroll to the bottom of the page for pdf files to download.
- Make a battery
- Information for your display board: Francis Cabot Lowell and Robert Fulton
- Steamboat Coloring page
- Instructions for making a cardboard loom
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- To find pictures for your Lewis & Clark collage, click here and then go to “natural history.”
- Baroque violin music
- Make your own compass.
- Food Network has lots of great recipes for soups and stews.
- For your display board: Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson coloring page
- Monticello
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- Practice counting money here.
- For your poster: Branches of Government
- For your display board: John Marshall
- Read about characteristics of Romantic music here.
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- Lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner
- Songs of the War of 1812
- American flag etiquette
- Dining etiquette to learn if you are a hostess or host
- Make an American flag out of construction paper
- Sew Your Own American Flag
- For your poster: History of the American Flag
- Learn to play chess
- For your display board: James Madison
- Gioacchino Rossini
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Make a clay flower pot
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- How to Make a Clay Pot
- Another method for making a clay pot
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Lyrics and music to “The Erie Canal”.
- Diagrams of boats used on the Erie Canal. Great for children who wish to make models of barges or the canal itself.
- Chronology and bibliography of the Canal.
- Make a Pine Cone Bird Feeder.
- Audubon’s Birds of America
- Braille translator and alphabet
- Lewis and Clark
- Biography of Johann Strauss, Sr.
- Biography of Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Listen to music by Chopin.
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Make Native American Moccasins.
- Recipes: Corn Pone and Corn Fritter
- For your mini-poster: Sequoyah’s alphabet
- Examples of dioramas
- From EnchantedLearning: Make a Totem Pole (using a cardboard tube)
- Native American Recipes
- Biography of Felix Mendelssohn. Follow links at bottom to read a more extensive biography, a list of his works, midi files, and more!
- Chopin: music and biography
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- From EnchantedLearning.com: Texas Flag Printout
- Texas State Flag
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett
- Scroll to the bottom of this page to learn how to make a faux fur coon skin cap.
- For your poster: History of the Bowie Knife
- Read about, and listen to, the music of Hector Berlioz.
Week 13: Victorian England
- Make a Pomander Ball: click here and here.
- Make a fruit and spice pomander ball. Smells wonderful!
- Set up a High Tea
- Augustus Pugin
- Etiquette in Victorian England
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Make a boomerang!
- How to make a wood boomerang, for older students! Click on view all steps below the Step 1 picture and it is easier to follow.
- Draw the Australian flag: picture and printable flag to color.
- Australian Animals
- Frederic Chopin
- Pictures of the Great Barrier Reef
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Make corn recipes for your family.
- Robert Schumann
- Clara Schumann
- Enchanted Learning: Make a Rainstick or a Native American Rattle.
- Make sock puppets.
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- Lots of wonderful Mexican crafts found on this site.
- Franz Liszt
- Mexican Recipes
- Make a Pinata.
- Make a Papel Picado: click here and here.
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- Build a simple model telegraph!
- Pony Express. Great site with information, more links, books, and more! All ages.
- T chart (pdf)
- Homemade Kettle Corn
- Chuckwagon Food
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Make Chinese paper lanterns.
- Write Chinese numbers.
- Chinese jade
- From EnchantedLearning.com: The Japanese Flag
- Learn about Chinese Calligraphy
- Online Calligraphy lessons
- Chinese Architecture
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- Information about nursing uniforms and the Florence Nightingale Museum.
- To find out educational requirements for nurses, type your state name and “educational requirements” into your search engine.
- Learn some first aid at American Red Cross or the Mayo Clinic.
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- Historical underground railroad painting: Fugitives Arriving at Levi Coffin’s Indiana Farm
- Find the nearest safe house in relation to your home, on this list of sites, by state. Take a field trip!
- Play hangman on “Events Leading up to the Civil War”.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Civil War clipart! Pictures of uniforms: print them off to make paper dolls, etc. Much, much more!
- Instructions on making a pretzel log cabin.
- Instructions for making your hot air balloon.
- Make a Civil War flag: choose from the North or South.
- Making a periscope.
- Picture of the Merrimack and Monitor.
- Coloring page of Abraham Lincoln.
- Did you know it took two photographers with careful hands to take a photo on the battlefield? Check out the process here, and other interesting tidbits on photos taken during the Civil War.
- Actual photographs by Matthew Brady.
- Biography and photographs of Matthew Brady.
- Learn and hear Civil War songs! All ages.
- Civil War fife music.
- Touring The Hunley is only available on Saturdays and Sundays. This was the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship. View history and recovery efforts!
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- Make your own haversack.
- Make your own top hat: click here and here
- Civil War photographs
- Battles of the Civil War
- Hear and learn songs of the Civil War.
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Civil War Quizzes: click here and here
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Excellent site for Transcontinental & Pacific Rail – check out loads of great pictures & info! See the famous painting “The Last Spike”.
- Lots of historic locomotive pictures!
- Facts about President’s Day
- For your mural: Information on Abraham Lincoln.
- Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
- Reconstruction and its aftermath, including emancipation.
- George Pullman: his cars, his town, and the Pullman Strike.
- P. T. Barnum: Visit the Barnum Museum for a field trip if you live near Bridgeport, CT.
- Make your own wanted posters.
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- Highly recommended Kid’s Cowboy site with many activities.
- VERY wonderful site on Native American games. It’s interactive: try online versions of many games played by tribes throughout the US. Shuttlecock was a Northwestern Indians game: start there!
- Learn to lasso! Try your hand at this harder-than-it-looks-skill.
- The Plains Indians and their dependence on buffalo. This site encompasses art and history. A Native American artist created this tapestry and kids are encouraged to think constructively in order to understand its meaning. Explanations and online matching activity are provided.
- The Nez Perce tribe
- The Shoshone-Bannock tribe.
- The Transcontinental Railroad
- Make a locomotive.
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Edison’s original bulb! Cool pic!
- PBS site on Edison’s Phonograph: listen to original Edison recordings.
- Do you like to sketch your own ideas for inventions? Check out Alexander Graham Bell’s sketches!
- Any amateur inventors out there? Check out these great interactive sites: Invent Now
- Surf through the very addictive site HowStuffWorks.com. Find out how all sorts of toys, computers, and engines work. Be sure to check out telephones and light bulbs!
- Light bulb history.
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Make a tin can Telephone.
- Make a Pinhole camera: a great detailed project.
- George Eastman, the man who made Kodak.
- Alexander Graham Bell
- The Great Chicago Fire
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- African Voices, a Smithsonian website. Parents, please preview or guide your student through this site.
- Explore the Wonders of Africa – kingdoms, architecture, and people groups. Parents, please guide through this PBS site, too.
- Make a Lion Mask out of a paper plate.
- African Animal Paper bag puppets: Lion and Zebra
- Write a letter to a missionary. This is a great site with good resources
- Renoir’s The Ball at the Moulin de la galette
- Impressionist Art
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Make a styrofoam cup drum.
- Hand Dye cloth: Batik style
- Make an African drum out of things around the house
- Make tie-dyed T-shirts.
- Biography and works of Edgar Degas
- Anton Bruckner: An Introduction and sound clips
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Wonderful online handbook of the Statue of Liberty. Click on “contents” on the left sidebar to get started!
- Make a paper Statue of Liberty.
- Languages of South Africa
- Great Monet site. Go to “Click Here For More” to get to a great visual catalogue of his work!
- Biography of Claude Monet
- Biography of Camille Saint-Saens
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Wonderful online handbook of the Statue of Liberty. Click on “contents” on the left sidebar to get started!
- Make a paper Statue of Liberty.
- Monet Gallery: life and works of Monet
- Biography of Claude Monet
- Biography of Camille Saint-Saens
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- Oklahoma land rush
- Rags to Riches: Andrew Carnegie.
- Biography of Andrew Carnegie.
- The History of the game Monopoly.
- Find the origin of your Surname.
- Biography and work of Mary Cassatt
- Anton Dvorak: biography for kids
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- Rags to Riches: Andrew Carnegie.
- Biography of Andrew Carnegie.
- The Life of Paul Cezanne.
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- Life in the late 1800’s
- Virtual Museum of Booker T. Washington
- The history of Sear, Roebuck and Co.
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog
- Look at a vintage catalog from Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- Ellis Island Passenger Search: See if you can trace your ancestry.
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- Helen Keller kids museum
- Sign language for Kids
- Marie Curie
- Gabriel Faure: Biography and works
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
Field Trips
On this page, we hope to post field trip ideas from YOUR state that dovetail with Tapestry subjects as organized in our week-plans. Please submit your ideas via email, and please try to include the following information:
- Your email address (for our sake, in case we have questions, but you can tell us if you’re willing to have your email linked as a contact person for more info about your recommendation).
- The name of the attraction.
- ANY online links to explain, give information, about the attraction.
- A short paragraph explaining why the attraction would serve homeschoolers.
THANKS for your help! We will post states as their submissions come in, and under the weeks as listed below:
**IMAX often has great films that are an excellent addition to your academic studies. Find out what is playing, and where, to schedule this activity for your family.
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington in Columbiana, Alabama
- Adams Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts.
- George Washington’s home: Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York, New York. Some furniture is reportedly from Napoleon.
- Take a ride on the Erie Canal
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Visit the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Connecticut
- The Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts is open all year long, and they have a wonderful program about the Industrial Revolution.
- Steamboat Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Don’t miss this opportunity to see a real steamboat that was recovered from a Kansas City cornfield! It sunk in 1856 in the Missouri River and when the river rerouted itself the boat ended up several feet underground in the middle of a farmer’s field. In 1988 a family and some of their friends recovered the boat and its contents. Items are still being preserved and displayed even though there already rooms full of items! Very neat field trip!!
- Robert Fulton’s Birthplace in Quarryville, Pennsylvania would be a great way to learn about the life of a great American.
- If you are in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, consider visiting Slater Mill. Their website has pre-visit information, discussion questions, and a glossary under For Educators. Have fun!
- Robert Fulton Birthplace
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Visit Jefferson’s home: Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- Visit the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
- Supreme Court in Washington DC. If you can’t go to DC, consider visiting your local or state court.
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- A user recommends the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Maryland where a battle took place during the war of 1812, prior to Key writing the Star-Spangled Banner.
- USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown, MA
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Louisiana State Museum, the site of the Louisiana Purchase Transfer in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- The Arch in St. Louis, Missouri has a wonderful (free) museum that features Lewis and Clark’s entire journey.
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, Maryland.
- James Madison’s home, Montpelier. This field trip promises lots of information for you and your students. Found in Montpelier Station, Virginia.
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Rainforest Adventures in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Visit the Erie Canalway in Waterford, New York.
- Find an Audubon center near you.
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Visit The Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee.
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- The Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, will make a great family outing anytime during this unit. They are open all year long for experiencing an 1830’s New England village. The characters dress in costume and they have many wonderful demonstrations on gardening, musket firing, tin, pottery, blacksmith, carding mill, broom making, etc. They offer at least 2 homeschool days each year, with discounted rates and special programs as well as a calendar of other homeschool days with rates based on number of students.
Week 13: Victorian England
- Cherokee Indian Reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina.
- Andrew Jackson’s home near Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Many little theaters across the country make presentations of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Check your local attractions, or if you are in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, click here for ticket information.
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Frederick Douglass home in Washington, DC.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home in Rocky Ridge: Mansfield, Missouri.
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- No links for this week.
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- National Frontier Trails Museum (Independence, MO): The Oregon Trail
- James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, Tennessee.
- Enjoy a great field trip to Oregon and visit the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center!
- Lots of links on gold, mining, prospecting, etc. Check out the great activities, too, like going panning for gold if you live in the California area!
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- Pan for gold in Jamestown, California.
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Harriet Beecher Stowe home: Cincinnati, Ohio or in Brunswick, Maine.
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. It’s worth some traveling time!
- Jackson Homestead The Underground Railroad
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- A stop in the Underground Railroad: Osawatomie, Kansas. Visit John Brown’s home.
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
- Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
- The Hunley in Charleston, South Carolina. Touring is only available on Saturdays and Sundays. This was the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship, and efforts are now being made to acquire, recover, and preserve this vessel.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton home in Seneca Falls, New York
- Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, Maryland.
- Civil War Adventure Camp near Petersburg, Virginia.
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- Brattonsville Historical District in McConnells, South Carolina.
- National Civil War Chaplains Museum in Lynchburg, VA.
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- No links for this week.
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- No links for this week.
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- No links for this week.
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- No links for this week.
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR.
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- No links for this week.
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Tour Ellis Island
- Statue of Liberty tour
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- The American Village (Montevallo, AL)
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- No links for this week.
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- See the Newport Mansions in Rhode Island.
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- No links for this week.
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- No links for this week.
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- Tuskegee Institute: The George Washington Carver Museum in Alabama.
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