American
History Curriculum
Daily Schedule Week 29
This is our daily schedule page for week 29 of our American history curriculum.
Materials and books are listed here in more detail.
See below the schedule for notes.
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| Week 29 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
| Workbooks | The Story of the U.S.A Book 2: Chapter 11 America Reaches from Coast to Coast (T-1) (M-1) | American Adventures True Stories From America’s Past 1770-1870: 1849 (8) The Gold Rush Days | The Story of the U.S.A Book 2: Chapter 12 Gold in California | American Adventures Choose Activities | American Adventures Choose Activities |
| Reader | See Science | . | . | . | . |
| Optional | . | This Country of Ours | . | This Country of Ours | . |
History Reading
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Gold Rush Dogs - Choose a story Children of the Gold Rush Chapters 1-2 |
Gold Rush Dogs - Choose a story Children of the Gold Rush Chapters 3-4 | Gold Rush Dogs - Choose a story
Chapters 5-6 | Gold Rush Dogs - Choose a story
Chapter 7 |
Gold Rush Dogs - Choose a story
Chapter 8 End! |
| Map/Globe | . | . | . | . | |
History Pockets
| History Pockets Moving West: (T-3) Pocket 8 The Gold Rush | . | Panning for gold science experiment | . | Gold Fever acrostic |
| Notebooking |
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| Science | The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive | Bee
science unit (to go with Pioneer Sampler) –97 page guide with worksheets,
diagrams, geography, science, etc. Excellent! | |||
| Cooking | .. | . | . | .Sourdough Recipe or any other type of homemade bread | . |
| Crafts | Easy Make & Learn Projects: Colonial America: Look-Inside Log Cabin | . | Easy
Make & Learn Projects: Colonial America: Spinning Wheel model |
. | Dog origami (for the Gold Rush dogs book) |
| Timeline Entries | Zachary Taylor led the army (Taylor was born in 1784 and died in 1850) 1845-1849 President Polk
(made it so the U.S. stretched from coast to coast) | . | 3. 1826-1897 John Sutter 1848 Gold is found at Sutter’s Mill by James Marshall | .. | |
| Extras | 1. Rio Grande River Continue with a Pioneer Sampler | Bees Video | Old Settler’s Song | Daily Pioneer Life Video | |
Reading notes: The Children of the Gold Rush study guide has social studies activities, writing ideas, math, a sourdough recipe and more.
Extras notes: Projects from A Pioneer Sampler (these can be spread out over several weeks) include crafts, science, math, cooking and more: Sap Experiment *sugar, 2 plastic cups, marker (science), pioneer measuring (math), grow a potato plant (science), honey-butter *honey and butter, make your own butter *whipping cream, jar (cooking), make your own cream cheese *cheesecloth, plain yogurt, string, salt, optional dried herbs (cooking), finger spinning *cotton, like from the top of a pill bottle, dye project *onion, alum, washing soda, cotton cloth, punched tin picture *aluminum pie plate, nail, hammer, pioneer water carrier, balance scale *2 small yogurt containers, nail, string, coat hanger, pennies (math), homemade ink *walnut shells, vinegar, salt, candle (for lampblack) Rollers/levers/ramps (science), drying apples *apples (cooking), shadow shapes and puppets *flashlight, white cloth, wooden frame, cardboard, Popsicle sticks (or skewers), lamp, stenciling *cardboard, utility knife (PARENT), paint , jumping jack *cardboard, nail, brass paper fasteners, string
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