Make your Early Societies to 1500 CE social studies unit come alive in your Grade 4 Ontario classroom! Read this blog post about creating an early societies artifact museum.
Archaeology is a great way to incorporate Science and History together at the same time. There are so many types of historical artifacts you can learn about that can tie into your history studies. You can learn about archaeologists as scientists and historians, or you can do a unit study on archaeology digs. I love the freedom that homeschooing gives us that we can learn about any subject that interests our children!
This Long Ago and Today Unit scaffolds learning for students. It helps them compare artifacts as well as their lives to those who lived long ago.
Need ideas for a hands-on, literature-based Middle Ages unit study? This post has got you covered with projects, literature lists and resources.
This blog post was updated November 2019 Join my Newsletter Here This week, we read one of my FAVORITE Thanksgiving books, Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. I LOVED how this anchor retell chart came out!!! We talked about each part one at a time and the kids went back to their desks to draw the ... Read More about Thanksgiving Fun
On special request, this Native American Unit Study is for the more advance readers or approximately grades 4-6. I hope you and your children find this Unit Study to be useful and enjoyable. As always please screen these resources for yourself before showing them to your children. Follow this link to the accompanying Notebooking Pages before you begin your adventure. First off start by reading up on Native American History. There is a lot here so pick and choose what you are most interested in or do it all. (scroll down to the American-Indian heading) The titles in brown are Intermediate and the titles in read are Advanced. Take a Virtual Field Trip to a Longhouse. Native American History Video Part 1 Native American History Video Part 2 Native American History Video Part 3 Native American History Video Part 4 Watch these videos and learn everything there is to know about the dreamcatcher! The Dreamcatcher Part 1 The Dreamcatcher Part 2 The Dreamcatcher Part 3 The Dreamcatcher Part 4 The Dreamcatcher Part 5 The Dreamcatcher Part 7 Now make your own dreamcatcher. Learn about Native Americans contributions to Science. Learn the science behind constructing a canoe and build your own. Native American Virtual Field Trip (even includes a pdf worksheet to go along with your adventure) Math Lesson: Take your time to go through this amazing resource for Native American Geometry. Make your own Tepee craft. Or make a Tepee Diorama If you are really adventurous make an outdoor Tepee that you actually fit in. Listen to American Indian Fairy Tales and learn their culture. Book of IndiansAuthor: Holling C. Holling Unit Study at HomeschoolShare Here are some more resources from HomeschoolShare. Native American Coloring Pages (most geared for older children and including educational value.) Here are some more The Homeschool Mom has ton of stuff to pick through so pick and choose. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Totem Poles. Make sure you explore this site! There is a ton to see and learn here. Craft Activity: Soap Totem Pole Use these free totem pole designs to create a soap totem pole. Decide how many soap bars high you will want your totem pole. Next, draw your design in pen on your soap bars. Make sure they aren't too detailed. After you have your design then you will want to gather some carving tools (tooth picks, butter knife, a finger nail kit) Follow your design and carve into the soap with your carving tools. After your design is carved you can paint it with finger nail polish or leave it plain. Lastly use tooth picks to stack the bars of soap into a totem pole. You may need more then one tooth pick to secure each layer. Or you can cheat and do this easy Paper Totem Pole Craft. ONLINE AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUMS Learn about different kinds of Native American Headdresses. Now make your own Native American Headdress (not the cheesy construction paper feather kind) Indian Heroes and the Great Chieftains (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Indian Boyhood (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) The Soul of the Indian (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Blackfeet Indian Stories (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Red Indian Fairy Book (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Take A Virtual Tour: A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian ExhibitionsCreation’s JourneyandAll Roads Are Good Watch this video of a Native American Pow Wow Use the picture dictionary below to make your own American Indian Fairy Tale. First you need a paper grocery sack or for a mini-version a paper lunch sack. Then crumple up the paper sack. The more the better! For the best results use charcoal (or substitute with black crayon) and write your Native American Picture Story on your crumpled sack. Thank you for visiting Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Upper Elementary Native American Unit Study.
This Long Ago and Today Unit scaffolds learning for students. It helps them compare artifacts as well as their lives to those who lived long ago.
Li Songsong uses dramatic textural repetition to create portraiture and landscapes in his large-scale oil paintings. The Chinese artist often centers visual narratives around historical events of the 20th century, working from found photographs and news images. In some instances, the story becomes more personal, as in “Civil Rather Than Military”, which depicts Songsong’s grandfather. In a statement about the work provided by Pace Gallery, Songsong shared: I started this painting a month after my grandfather passed away. More
This Long Ago and Today Unit scaffolds learning for students. It helps them compare artifacts as well as their lives to those who lived long ago.
This Long Ago and Today Unit scaffolds learning for students. It helps them compare artifacts as well as their lives to those who lived long ago.
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Delve into the chaotic and exciting world of the Norse Myths and the adventures of the Vikings. This unit study guides you through the tales of Norse mythology with lesson plans, tutorials and beautiful photographs and examples to guide you as you create alongside your children. This guide is easily tailored to ages 8-11, but was created with the 4th grader in mind. Read and recreate the Norse Myths in verse, art and performance Build an enormous Yggdrassil, World tree and model the God's and creatures of the Norse Pantheon Create Viking artifacts Learn the geography of the world of the Vikings Learn about runes and create your own stones and carrying pouch Make a Viking Tunic and embroidery it with cross stitch Practice celtic and norse knots and more!!!
School DT Projects: Model Roman Catapult: A while ago, I started making projects for teaching in school which were manageable, fun and educational. The first project we made was this model Roman catapult. Since making it, a number of teachers and students have asked for instructions for h…
Moving right along with my tour of our Continent Bags... next up, Africa! Here's what's inside: Book, maps, and cards. Recipes and three part cards. Music and artwork. The CD to the left is Putumayo's World Playground, and the CD on the right is a collection of songs by Uganda native, Geoffrey Oryema. It's a beautiful CD with a lot of depth. The artwork is from Google images. Animals, three part cards, and memory game. The game is something simple I whipped up by putting matching sets of safari stickers on note cards. Various Egypt items. All of the figurines, with the exception of the Ankh, come from this Toob, as did the information strip to the far left. The pyramid is my husband's (no idea where he got it from). I'm excited about the Hieroglyphic sheets (found on Google images) - I think James is going to love using the translator to read them. Three part cards and pictures. Money, stamps, and stamper. Miscellaneous souvenirs. The djembe and the bracelet were found at a local fair trade store, the necklace is made of paper beads by women in Uganda. The little thumb piano is from here and the pencil box is something I bought at Pier One almost 20 years ago! Flags from Ghana, Madagascar, and Egypt. I hope you've enjoyed this photo tour of our Africa Continent Bag! You may also enjoy these other posts from my Continent Bag Series: Our Continent Bags Our Continent Bags - Storage Our Continent Bags - North America Our Continent Bags - Asia Our Continent Bags - Antarctica Our Continent Bags - Europe Our Continent Bags - South America Our Continent Bags - Australia Also check out my Continent Bags photo album on the Counting Coconuts Facebook page. I'm linking this post up to The Preschool Corner and Montessori Monday. ~Thank you for your comments!~
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On special request, this Native American Unit Study is for the more advance readers or approximately grades 4-6. I hope you and your children find this Unit Study to be useful and enjoyable. As always please screen these resources for yourself before showing them to your children. Follow this link to the accompanying Notebooking Pages before you begin your adventure. First off start by reading up on Native American History. There is a lot here so pick and choose what you are most interested in or do it all. (scroll down to the American-Indian heading) The titles in brown are Intermediate and the titles in read are Advanced. Take a Virtual Field Trip to a Longhouse. Native American History Video Part 1 Native American History Video Part 2 Native American History Video Part 3 Native American History Video Part 4 Watch these videos and learn everything there is to know about the dreamcatcher! The Dreamcatcher Part 1 The Dreamcatcher Part 2 The Dreamcatcher Part 3 The Dreamcatcher Part 4 The Dreamcatcher Part 5 The Dreamcatcher Part 7 Now make your own dreamcatcher. Learn about Native Americans contributions to Science. Learn the science behind constructing a canoe and build your own. Native American Virtual Field Trip (even includes a pdf worksheet to go along with your adventure) Math Lesson: Take your time to go through this amazing resource for Native American Geometry. Make your own Tepee craft. Or make a Tepee Diorama If you are really adventurous make an outdoor Tepee that you actually fit in. Listen to American Indian Fairy Tales and learn their culture. Book of IndiansAuthor: Holling C. Holling Unit Study at HomeschoolShare Here are some more resources from HomeschoolShare. Native American Coloring Pages (most geared for older children and including educational value.) Here are some more The Homeschool Mom has ton of stuff to pick through so pick and choose. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Totem Poles. Make sure you explore this site! There is a ton to see and learn here. Craft Activity: Soap Totem Pole Use these free totem pole designs to create a soap totem pole. Decide how many soap bars high you will want your totem pole. Next, draw your design in pen on your soap bars. Make sure they aren't too detailed. After you have your design then you will want to gather some carving tools (tooth picks, butter knife, a finger nail kit) Follow your design and carve into the soap with your carving tools. After your design is carved you can paint it with finger nail polish or leave it plain. Lastly use tooth picks to stack the bars of soap into a totem pole. You may need more then one tooth pick to secure each layer. Or you can cheat and do this easy Paper Totem Pole Craft. ONLINE AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUMS Learn about different kinds of Native American Headdresses. Now make your own Native American Headdress (not the cheesy construction paper feather kind) Indian Heroes and the Great Chieftains (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Indian Boyhood (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) The Soul of the Indian (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Blackfeet Indian Stories (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Red Indian Fairy Book (Baldwin Project Free Online Book) Take A Virtual Tour: A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian ExhibitionsCreation’s JourneyandAll Roads Are Good Watch this video of a Native American Pow Wow Use the picture dictionary below to make your own American Indian Fairy Tale. First you need a paper grocery sack or for a mini-version a paper lunch sack. Then crumple up the paper sack. The more the better! For the best results use charcoal (or substitute with black crayon) and write your Native American Picture Story on your crumpled sack. Thank you for visiting Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy's Upper Elementary Native American Unit Study.
Follow along as we use ancient art & modern materials to have some fun, adinkra style! This graphic style translates perfectly to a printmaking lesson.
The Helm of Darkness was the main weapon of Hades. The Helm could render the wearer invisible. It is also known as The Helm of Hades or the Cap of Invisibility. Hades has been known to lend the Helm to other gods such as Hermes during the Giant War, and once to a demigod (Perseus) when he killed Medusa. The Helm of Darkness was created after the Cyclops were freed during the Titanomachy. They were so grateful for being set free, they created weapons to aid the gods in the war. For Hades, they cr
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5th Grade This year in social studies our focus in the United States history and geography: Making a New Nation. Our first unit of study is the first Americans. Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River. 1. Describe how geography and climate influenced the way various nations lived and adjusted to the natural environment, including locations of villages, the distinct structures that they built, and how they obtained food, clothing, tools, and utensils. 2. Describe their varied customs and folklore traditions. 3. Explain their varied economies and systems of government. This past week, we finished our focus on the Pacific Northwest. They are known for their totem poles. At the end of this region, we created our own totem poles. The students were given a handout about totem poles that contained information about what each color symbolized, as well as what the animals represented. They were asked to create their own totem poles and pick animals and colors that related to themselves. Once their totem pole was done, they had to do a writing piece to go along with it. For each animal they chose, they needed to discuss what the animals represented, how it related to themselves, and why they chose the color they did. Below are students working on their totem poles, as well as using our classroom iPads, to type up their writing!
Located in Río Pinturas in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, this cave contains an exceptional assembly of cave art, made somewhere between 13,000
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The Rosetta Stone is a very famous historical artifact, almost everyone has heard of it and most people know it has something to do with language. It is a black basalt slab that provided scholars with their first key to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. Prior to this point Egyptian hieroglyphics were considered to be a
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Know some hungry paleontologists? Let them dig into these artifacts. Food-safe plastic insects for making the imprints are available at createforless.com.
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