Christopher Colombus Lapbook and Notebook Study
Discover what it was like in the Jamestown Settlement with these fun projects and free printables in this jamestown for kids unit for kids of all ages.
In this post, we have a shortcut to the History of South America! We have South America facts, books, printables, lessons, activities and more!
It's important for our children to know the Bill of Rights. Whether or not you're studying American History in your homeschool this year, this 14-page printable pack will be a wonderful addition to a well-rounded student! It includes folder games, fill-in-the-blank sheets, and more!
Lap books are very popular among homeschoolers. We've really enjoyed BookShark's American History lap books. Find out what sets them apart from others.
Looking for an engaging homeschool history curriculum? Check out our America the Beautiful Notgrass History Review.
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
My blogging friend Rodna over at Training Children up for Christ asks me if I had a lapbook study on Christopher Columbus. It was said a bit tongue in cheek as she didn’t really expect the answer to be yes. (We were talking about the Little House lapbook series that I had done.) Well, it just so happened that I had made one up a couple of years ago (or so), but I had never got around to preparing it for posting on my blog like I had done with the Little House lapbooks and other lapbooks. (There are several…
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
Look for ideas for the Age of Exploration? Then you need to read this post with over 30 ideas for the age of Exploration.
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10 Westward Expansion Hands-on Homeschool History Activities
If you haven’t been introduced to our Montessori wall map and quiet book yet, you can read all about it here. This post is for the continent of South America! Every continent (and the oceans) will …
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
World Cultures Interactive Notebook I am in love with my curriculum and how it is flowing. I am using interactive notebook activities as my instruction so the students are directly involved in the learning also. They aren't just sitting and getting, but actively learning with me. I am making these interactive notebook activities as we go, so keep checking back to see how it is going!! All activities can be purchased from my TpT store HERE! Pages 1-4: Table of Contents The table of content pages and the journal covers are freebies you can get HERE! pages 1-4 is for the table of contents. This may be too many pages or not enough (I won't know until we get there...) but I would rather have too many than not enough!! Page 5: Five Themes of Geography The 5 Themes of Geography activity can be purchased HERE! Our first lesson of the year was to introduce the 5 themes of geography. This is a staple concept that the students need to be familiar with since we will be referring back to it at each new continent and country we visit. The students wrote down the definitions of each theme behind the strips that went in the pocket and behind the flap book they researched examples of each for the U.S.A. Pages 6-7: Types of Maps You can purchase this activity and poster set HERE! These two pages are dedicated to learning the different types of maps. Students became familiar with each different type of map and sorted the maps into the correct pockets. These activity was a big hit with the kids and they still remember and can name the different types 4 weeks later! The students need to learn about these and be familiar with them because as we travel around the world, we will be looking at different types of maps. This gives them something to refer back to as the year progresses. Pages 8-9: Parts of a Map Get this activity HERE! Students create the world to introduce them to parts of a map, including the continents, oceans, longitude and latitude lines and the hemispheres. In the set is also a modified version that doesn't include ribbon and has a simplified parts of map terms. These are important concepts for obvious reasons as we bop to each continent in WORLD cultures class! Pages 10-11: Landforms You can purchase this activity HERE! The students learn or review the different types of land forms. This is important because as we travel the world and discuss the different themes of geography, land forms is something we discuss. Pages 12-13: Culture You can get this HERE! Culture is something very important we discuss all year long in world CULTURES. The students learn about these 5 basic culture terms and different culture traits in this interactive notebook. Here we are just defining each one since it is the first time most of the students are hearing these terms or thinking of them in a new way (like music being apart of a group of peoples culture!) Pages 14-15: My Culture Traits Get this activity HERE! Put their culture skills to the test with this activity. Students apply what they just learned about culture to themselves in this engaging interactive notebook activity. Pages 16-17: Types of Governments Get this activity and poster set HERE! During this activity students learn about the culture trait: Government. Students will be exposed to unlimited and limited types of governments and learn about what each kind is. Students need to be familiar with these concepts because as we travel to each country, we will discuss their type of government. Students will be able to refer back to these pages as we land in each new country. Pages 18-19: Freedom Week Get this full lesson plans with 2 interactive notebook activities, 1 poster and a quiz HERE! Students learn about the preamble during our "Freedom Week". It was nice to do this right after we learned about the different types of government because we could discuss how the constitution limits our government. Students put the preamble in their own words and in their own pictures. Pages 20-21: Economy Systems Get this interactive activity HERE! The last topic the students are introduced to in a general way before we go to our first continent is the different economic systems. At each continent we will talk about the way their economy is ran. Pages 22-23: North America 5 Themes of Geography Get this HERE! Here the kids go back to the 5 themes of geography, but are now applying them to the USA and Canada. (Mexico is next unit, "Latin America"). Using a long piece of paper students create a political map of the countries of North America that flips up to reveal information. The construction paper also folds out to show a giant map of the USA and Canada that the kids use to locate all the different geographic characteristics. Pages 24-25: North America Culture Get the whole unit HERE! Students create Culture Books over the USA and Canada and apply the terms and traits they learned about earlier to each country. Students research and explore both cultures, while recording their findings. Pages 26-27: North America Government/Economy Get this HERE! Students discover the way both countries run their government (referring back to the previous activity over types of government) and compare and contrast their economies using the Venn d\Diagram. The Venn Diagram flaps up, so students can tie the whole unit together by comparing the USA and Canada to each other across all concepts. Pages 28-29: Latin America 5 Themes of Geography Get this unit HERE!! Students discover the geography of Latin America (Mexico, Central America, and South America) through self-discovery. Students will research the land and label on the map the countries, major bodies of water, urban centers and landforms. Students will record the 5 Themes of Geography over countries in Latin America in the flipbooks. Get this HERE!! Now, I know this isn't technically apart of my interactive notebook, but it is apart of what you get in the Latin America Unit! I am in LOVE with this activity!! Students will self discover where everything is using an Atlas and their chromebook! Perfect mini-project AND a great way to hone in their Atlas skills!! Page 30-31 Latin America Cultural Diffusion GET THIS HERE Students can explore the roots of Latin America's culture with these activities. Also includes 6 pages of slides to use as a teaching tool. Page 32-33 Latin America Culture Get this HERE! Students will review the Culture traits and terms with this reference sheet then they will go and discover the culture of a country in Latin America of their own choosing or one that was assigned. Pages 34-35 Latin America Government Get this HERE!!! In this FREEBIE, make learning about the types of governments in Latin America more engaging! Page 36 Ways We Modify Our Environment GET THIS HERE!! Students can discover how humans modify their environment with this interactive notebook set. It includes posters and an assessment!! Be on the look out for the bundled set for more savings!!
This Australia Lapbook contains lots of fun and interesting elements as well as hands-on activity for children to learn about this unique country.
Handy Ancient Incans printable reader to color & learn about Inca civilization who occupied the Andes Mountains 1200 and 1535 A.D.
This U.S. geography homeschool curriculum for grades 4-6 from Beautiful Feet Books is a gentle yet powerful way to make learning fun.
Learn About the 7 Continents! Exploring the 7 Continents has never been more exciting! It’s a Small World Continent Study is filled with over 35 activities to help your students gain a greater understanding of the seven continents. This 130+ page unit is filled with great resources, posters, printables, activities, and projects that will open […]
Free Early American History Curriculum - Columbus Through The Civil War - Welcome to the first post in the Free American History Curriculum ! If you've ...
These U.S. State Study Notebooking pages will help your kids learn the facts and stories behind our 50 states.
Virginia history begins with studies of the Jamestown Colony, and this post is filled with ideas for teaching about Colonial Times across the curriculum. Check it out on Virginia is for Teachers.
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Learn about the science of beaches, plus get fun math, language, and geography practice, in this printable beach unit study!
Learn about countries for kids with Around the WOrld Country Coloring Pages! These coloring sheets are easy way to explore 19 countries!
This free set of 50 states printable activities is fantastic for geography fun and more. Get creative ideas for enjoying with your kids!
Inside: Nazca Lines craft for kids learning about Peruvian culture and history. It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, 2017! At the end of this post, find our Multicultural Kid Blogs HHM giveaway for some fun prizes. Today I’m sharing an exploratory Nazca lines craft. The project gives hands-on feel for these marvels of Peru, and how they were
Choose one of the fifty states from the United States of America and jump into to a wonderful research project with our State Lapbook.
We have had so much fun traveling in our homeschool using geography based unit studies. In the past, we have traveled America’s National Parks and traveled to many different countries all over the world so it just seemed fitting that next we should also travel the fifty states too. An Engaging Way To Making Learning...
US President Unit Study with Free Printable All United States of America Presidents included! Includes BOTH color and black and white worksheets. UPDATE: Joseph Biden has been added. ALSO: Now includes two versions of digital slides. These are great for distance learning or just to save on printing. Worksheets for each president has space for: […]
Utah Worksheets for Kids Next state for our homeschool social studies unit...
Studying different explorers can be exciting, because its like traveling back in time and all over the world.
Free Printable History Timeline for your homeschool 146 PDF pages. Cover choices for girls and boys. Free download
Welcome to Notebooking Across the USA, a series of unit studies covering each state in the U.S. in order of admission to the union. You can find the landing page for this series with links to each states unit study as they are published, along with tips, suggestions, and recommended resources for this series here: Notebooking Across the USA. These unit studies are written with homeschool [...]
The students in this classroom enjoyed learning about pioneer games.
Kids will love learning about the USA for Kids with these free printable United States of America for Kids Books to color, read, and learn!
Our Landforms Interactive Notebook is a great tool to study and learn about the world around us and learning about landforms and bodies of water.
