Week Ten of American History

American History Year One Curriculum
Daily Schedule Week Ten

This is our daily schedule page for week ten of our American history curriculum.

Materials and books are listed here in more detail.

See below the schedule for notes.

Week Ten	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Workbook: The Story of the U.S.A Book 1 Chapter 3 Columbus Comes to America	p.13 Vocabulary p.14 - 16 Read	p.16-17 Answer the questions (say OR write)	p.17 True / False Questions	p.17 Circle the Right Answer	p.18 Fill in the Blanks, Discuss
Reader	Use this day to start Pedro's Journal if your child will need "extra" time.	Pedro's Journal p.1-17 (End of September 18th Journal Entry)	Pedro's Journal p.18 - 33 (Stop at the Oct. 11 Entry)	Pedro's Journal p.33 - 60 (Stop at the Dec. 27 Entry)	Pedro's Journal p.60 - 81 + Author's Note End of book! Optional: Take a Quiz at Book Adventure.com and win points toward prizes!
History Reading (Choose one of the selections.)	Columbus p.1-12 Put cover of book into timeline (1492 A.D.). 1492 The Year of the New World p.9-17 (We have book notes for this book.) 2.The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus	Columbus p.13-28 1492 p. 18-29 3. How Columbus Fared Forth on the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond	Columbus p.30 -38 1492 p. 30-45 4. How Columbus Returned Home in Triumph	Columbus p.40 - 48 1492 p.46-69 5.How America Was Named	Columbus p.50-56 End of book! 1492 p. 70-91 (End of book!)
Map/Globe	Genoa, Italy Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Portugal China India There are also multiple map entries in the 1492 study guide., if you read this optional book. Ptolomy's Map (See Topic 9 for notes)	Madeira, Portugal Iceland Norway Greenland Europe Africa Asia Spain Granada, Spain Canary Islands Sargasso Sea (mentioned on p.28 of Columbus) Teacher's Guide PDF Map of Voyages	.San Salvador Cuba Haiti (Hispaniola)	.	.
History Pockets Pocket 2 Columbus	p. 11 Make the pocket and read the "fast facts".	p.13 Map	p.15 Compass	p.17 Writing Assignment "Working on Columbus's Ships"	p.19 Hardtack Recipe
Notebooking	.	Draw Write Now: p.54-55 Sailing to America: Replace Text with sentences from the D’ Aulaire book	The Columbian Exchange Rhyme Then do this worksheet: Which Way Did it Go?	Cut & Paste Ship or Ship Coloring Page (Color while mom reads out loud)	.
Science	.	.	Make a Real Compass Activity	Make a Quadrant Activity	.
Cooking	..	.	.1500's Bean Soup (Maybe for dinner?)	..	History Pockets Hardtack or Hardtack Recipe
Crafts	Columbus Egg Carton Boats and Map Activity	Easy Sew Sailor’s Cap	.	.	.
Timeline Entries	Columbus “discovered” America 1492	..	..	.	..
Extras	Wee Sing: Anchors A-weigh	Children’s Treasury of Virtues: Sail On! Sail On! (Poem)	15^th century game Nine-men’s Morris	.	Video: Where Do You Think You are Going Christopher Columbus? or Columbus

History Pockets supplies: Hardtack (see Cooking) * flour, baking powder, salt

Map notes: Ptolomy's Map Print out this map created by Ptolomy for your child's notebook. Use it to show how people thought the world was much smaller than it really is. Compare the map to a modern map or globe. What's missing from Ptolomy's map?

Notebooking notes:

A ship to cut, paste and put together (flat for notebooking)- This will help with ship vocabulary and is also fun to try and figure out how the pieces go. Look up ships online or in a book as a reference if you wish.

Teacher's guide PDF which includes (all activities below are totally optional based on if you have the time and interest): Santa Maria see-inside view (with ship vocabulary labels), Hardtack and 1500's bean soup recipes, Easy sew sailor's cap project, 15th century game Nine-men's Morris, A very nice map of Columbus' voyage, Ship illustrations and coloring page(s), Make a quadrant activity (and learn how to read latitude),

Do the cut & paste notebook activity page / worksheet showing the transfer of materials from the Old World to the New World. This is called the "Columbian Exchange".

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