You guys are in luck! I don't have my notecards ready for the school year yet. So no notecards to study this week.
Write in your miracle journal everyday this week. What can you do to help you remember and create a habit? Do your best, anyone that comes to class with 6 entries (one for each day, not 6 all on one day) will earn some vanbucks. I will not be giving $$ for this every week so now is your chance :)
Study/Learn:
- Read Chapter 1 in The 7 Miracles that Saved America
- Read Pages 32-37 in DK Encyclopedia
- Watch "The Hand of the Lord" and "The Miracle that was John Howland" and "Pilgrims and Native Americans" at www.thepilgrimhypothesis.com (you will need to give them your email and register for a free account to watch these videos).
Know/Understand:
The first step for this week will be brainstorming project ideas, selecting a project and coming up with a baby step list of all you will need to do to complete the project.
I have created this handy list of all the ideas that came to me as I studied American History this summer -- you do not have to choose one of these ideas and more than one of you could choose the same idea. Ideally I would like this to be an individual project, but if you have an idea you're dying to implement with a sibling or friend then contact me for approval. Talk this project over with your parents, they will need to help potentially with resources or other aid so they need to be on board as well.
IDEAS LIST:
- Research the history of quilting and historical patterns and sew a quilt
- Learn about the fashion of the era and create a period costume. Be prepared to explain why/why not aspects of your period costume are authentic.
- Create a piece of art from an event you have researched or in the style of a famous early American artist that you have researched.
- Learn the music of the era and be able to sing/perform it on an instrument.
- Learn about the history of medicine in America, what can you create as you learn about their healing techniques during this time?
- Write and perform a play
- Learn the skills of a tinsmith or a blacksmith or a weaver, etc -- what trades existed in early America and can you create something like they would have.
- Embroidery -- what did they embroider, who did it and why. Create your own embroidered project or clothing.
- Learn about the advent of cameras in this time period. Create a photojournalism project after studying Civil War photos or come up with a creative way to display what you learned.
- Learn to knit or crochet or other yarn arts. Create a project and learn what early Americans would have used their skills to create.
- Learn how to make homemade candy without a thermometer. Learn about the popular candies made during this time period and duplicate them.
- Learn the skill of whittling and carve toys or useful items from wood. What was whittling used to create during this era?
- Choose an era and study the fashion, understand what lines, patterns and colors would have been popular. Create fashion sketches that demonstrate what you know.
- Learn all about native american art/food/history (we won't have a chance to cover this in depth so if this interests you then this would be a good project). What can you create from what you learn?
- Try recipes from the era and compile and create a cookbook of early American foods.
- Write and illustrate a picture book about a story from history (bonus points if it's a miracle story ;)
- Write and create a stop motion video about a miracle story from history or an important event.
- Topics that could inspire a project: Seafaring/explorers, Native Americans, life in Colonial America, battles of Revolutionary war or Civil war, Lewis and Clark, early naturalists, writers, muscians and artists, inventions that changed the nation, womens suffrage, pioneers, the gold rush, slavery, famous people and their contributions.
This week I want you to choose your project and spend time planning out what supplies you will need, what steps you need to take to complete the project and any help you might need to accomplish the project. Get your mom's ok on the project before coming to class because you may need her help with buying supplies and such.
I want each of you to share your project idea in class so be prepared!
This year we will be making a timeline each week of history class. You can make one large timeline or you can chunk it up by week. My only requirements are that your timeline include:
- All the important dates you are asked to put on the timeline
- A visual to go with each date
- A description to go with each date and visual.
- The timeline must be pretty.
Yes, pretty is in the eye of the beholder but I can promise you, pen and pencil lines in your commonplace book will not qualify as pretty. There must be color and effort made. Here are some examples of what I consider to be a pretty timeline (notice, they are not all a long numbered line, you don't have to use a long numbered line) Also, I recognize that some of these are elementary examples, obviously they are just a starting point for inspiration at your skill level:
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