American
History Year One Curriculum
Daily Schedule Week Two
This is our daily schedule
page for week two of our American history
curriculum.
Materials and books are listed here in more detail.
See below the schedule for notes.
| Previous | Next |
| Week 2 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
| The Story of the U.S.A. |
Read p.9 -10 | p. 10 Review questions | p.11 True/false, circle the answer | p.12 Fill in the blank | p.12 Discussion |
| North American Indians |
p.5-6 | p.7-8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Reader | .. | Cobblestone Magazine | Cobblestone Magazine | Cobblestone Magazine | Cobblestone Magazine |
Read Aloud |
The Birchbark House Put cover of book in Timeline 1847 | The Birchbark House | The Birchbark
House | The Birchbark House | The Birchbark House |
| History Pockets | Begin
constructing pocket 8 | p.77,78,
79 | p.81 | p.83 *Wampum wish list |
.. |
| Map/Globe | History Pocket
Map Stamp OR Regional Map | . | Great Lakes memorization, map and questions | .. | .. |
| Notebooking | DWN p.10-11 (Ojibway) | .. | .. | DWN
| .. |
| Science | What is rice lesson | Bear Safety Guide Anatomy of rice | Plant corn, squash or beans if it's the right season and you have space | The rice cycle | .. |
| Cooking | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cook with rice |
| Crafts | Birch bark canoe model or other canoe | Make "rock people" like Omakayas made | . | Long house paper model | .. |
| Extras | Wee Sing: America | .. | .. | .. | Treasury of Virtues: Indian Cinderella story |
*Optional p.28-71 of the Childcraft Indian Book (Choose selections from these pages about the Chippewa (Ojibwa) and Mohawk. )
Book notes: Hiawatha (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) -read the "adapted" book or portions of the poem from online (just Google it).
History Pockets Supplies: Three sisters *supplies: corn, bean and pumpkin seed (or draw these) Wampum wish list *optional supplies: uncooked macaroni, food coloring, rubbing alcohol
Map notes: Great Lakes (You will want to look at the Great Lakes on a globe or map to put this smaller, regional map in context). Label the lakes and the states that touch them (point out the parts of Canada too). Memorize the Great Lakes Mnemonic (Monkeys Have Superior Orange Ears) Continue regions map, fill in as the book is read (label, draw in pictures of regional Indian housing, etc.) *OR do the History Pockets map from pocket 1
Science notes: (If it's the right season and you have the room in your yard or garden, consider growing corn, beans and pumpkin (the 3 sisters) together!
Cooking notes: Make some fried rice (or a rice dish) for dinner! (Look up a recipe on Google or use your favorite.)
Craft notes: Long
House model *supplies: construction paper, glue, scissors Optional: Additional
house (birch bark style) AND people for a "village"... Scroll down on the page
above to the Prehistoric Ohio paper house kits and download. Print out page 4
for the people (discard the bottom half) and p. 9 or 10 for a "birch bark" style
house. We printed ours onto brown construction paper (except for the people).
Birch bark Canoe model *supplies: construction paper, yarn, hole punch, scissors
Optional: Make "rock people" like Omakayas (p.38 Birchbark House) *Supplies:
rocks! You can also maybe glue them together and paint on clothes and faces. Add
google eyes and maybe some yarn hair if you want to get fancy!
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