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    This document provides a weekly lesson plan for a homeschool family focused on American history from the 1850s to the early 1900s. The plan includes 3 days of content with focuses on American history, presidential history, and U.S. geography. Reading materials cover the Transcontinental Railroad, Reconstruction, reform, and westward expansion. Suggested activities include map work, discussions, writing prompts, and hands-on learning related to the historical topics.

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    This document provides a weekly lesson plan for a homeschool family focused on American history from the 1850s to the early 1900s. The plan includes 3 days of content with focuses on American history, presidential history, and U.S. geography. Reading materials cover the Transcontinental Railroad, Reconstruction, reform, and westward expansion. Suggested activities include map work, discussions, writing prompts, and hands-on learning related to the historical topics.

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    This document provides a weekly lesson plan for a homeschool family focused on American history from the 1850s to the early 1900s. The plan includes 3 days of content with focuses on American history, presidential history, and U.S. geography. Reading materials cover the Transcontinental Railroad, Reconstruction, reform, and westward expansion. Suggested activities include map work, discussions, writing prompts, and hands-on learning related to the historical topics.

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    WEEK:8DATE:

    Classtime(3DaysaWeek)

    UNIT:1850stoEarly1900s
    DAY2 PresidentialFocus BibleParable:TheVultures (Luke12:27) AChildsFirstBookofAmerican History(Optional)(K6): DAY3 U.S.GeographyFocus
    COMPLETE: COOLHISTORYQUESTIONS HANDSONMAPS

    WeeklyTopicTranscontinentalRailroad,MovingOutWest HISTORYREADINGS
    ModernAmericaandthe WorldCompanion TextbookCh.8. BibleReading(All) UsborneHistoryUILE 2000/2002/Newer(K8th) StoryoftheWorld Vol.4(Optional4th8th)
    HistoryofUS[Vol.510] th th (Optional5 12 )

    DAY1 AmericanHistoryFocus
    (K7)Readparentalchoice selectionsfromtheCompanion (712)ReadentireCompanion

    BibleParable:TheVultures (Matt.24:28) None Ch.8(BecomingModern) Sect.Rails,Zones,andBulbs


    ReconstructionandReform(7) Meanwhile,OutWest RidingtheRail

    TheBonesofMenCh.36andThe GoldenSpikeCh37andWizardof ElectricityCh.44

    ReconstructionandReform(7) RailsAcrosstheCountry TakingtheTrain ReconstructionandReform(7) FencingtheHomestead ReapingaHarvest

    MysteryofHistoryVol.IV OptionalUpperMiddleand HighSchoolHistory Readings

    N/A PowerBasicAmerican Government:Lesson6The PhilosophyandPrinciples

    BibleReading: BooksofIandII Samuel,IandIIKingsandIandII Chronicles

    HistoryofUSSourcebook: HomesteadAct52

    LITERATUREREADINGS
    K2Options: TheyreOff..PonyExpress APictureBookofThomas AlvaEdison ThomasEdison:ABrilliant Inventor K2
    HeroesforYoungReadersSeries None

    Grades3+Options: ThomasEdison:ABrilliantInventor LittleHousep.83176 FromTelegraphtoLight st BoundforOregon(1 half) st TheGreatWheel(1 half)

    Grades5+Options: AnneofGreenGables (1/3rd) ShadesofGray(1sthalf) TheGreatWheel(1sthalf) LittleHousep.83176

    7/8HighSchool Options: SeeAnnotated Booklists

    MISSIONARYREADINGSMOVIES
    Grades37Options:
    TrailblazerSeries None

    Grades57Options:
    HeroesSeries ThomasEdison:Inspiration. LauraIngalls:AStorybookLife

    TheGreatLocomotiveChase(Disney1956) TheYearling(1946) ThisisAmerica,CharlieBrown:TheBuildingof theTranscontinentalRailroad(1989)

    WRITINGIDEAS FAMILYREADALOUD(SeeRhetoricessaywritinginAdv.CoolHistory)
    OldSam:DakotaTrotter p153 YoungWriter:Helpyour studentwriteabriefsummaryordo copyworkfromanyreading. Grammar:Youjusthadafamous inventoroverfordinner.Write aboutyourconversation.

    Logic:Explainhowtherailroads unitedourcountryaftertheCivil War.

    OPTIONALREADINGIDEASANDOTHERRESOURCES
    AChildsStoryofAmerica(K4) Ch.23(TheWealthofPeace) WeeSing p3637IveBeenWorkin HISTORYPOCKETS:MovingWestGr.46 JIMWEISSAUDIO:GoneWest:Bold AdventuresofAmericanExplorersand Pioneers TheStoryofThomasAlvaEdison, Inventor3+ HearthatTrainWhistleBlow! FrontierLiving:AnIllustratedGuidetoPioneerLife inAmerica5+ TheJourneyofSeanSullivan3+ YouWouldntWantPonyExpress,American Pioneer,RailroadK5 HowtheRailroadChangedtheWorld

    HANDSONACTIVITIES
    VERITASCARDS Yellow16,21 CLASSICALCONVERSATIONCARDS Maroon121,166,167 HandsOnMap TranscontinentalRailroad

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    FamilyDiscussionGuide Week8TimelineFigures Week8ColoringPage Week8Crafts

    2013 BiblioPlan for Families

    Lesson Plans for Weeks 1-16

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