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Week 1

High School

• Read about Native American religious beliefs at http://are.as.wvu.edu/ruvolo.htm.
• Read about ancient Hebrew explorers in America at http://hope-of-israel.org/hebinusa.htm.

Day 2

• Learn the creation story of the Navajo people, at http://www.canyondechelly.net/story_teller.html.
• Learn the creation story of the Iroquois people, at http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheCreationStory-Iroquois.html.

Day 5

• You may enjoy looking at Viking long houses, for instance, such as the one at https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AAer:St%C3%B6ng_Viking_Longhouse.jpg.

• Learn about Viking longhouses and make a lapbook to show what you’ve learned at http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/middle-ages-to-reform/vikings-lapbook/.

Week 2

High School

• Read the journal of Christopher Columbus online at http://mith.umd.edu/eada/html/display.php?docs=columbus_journal.xml.
• A longer, optional version is available at http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/columbus/Columbus-Journal.pdf.

Day 5

• Did people in Columbus’ time believe that the earth was flat? Is this what Christianity taught? Read https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/who-invented-the-flat-earth/ and write 3-5 paragraphs explaining what you learn.

Week 3

High School

• Learn more about the Roanoke colony at http://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org.

Week 4

High School

• Read A Description of New England, by Captain John Smith (1616), available online at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/4/.

Day 2

• Visit http://www.historicjamestowne.org.

Week 5

High School

• Read Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24950/24950-h/24950-h.htm.

Day 1

• Learn about Revelation 12 and the identity of the Woman and the Dragon, the seven heads and ten horns, and the Woman in the wilderness:
  • http://www.alittleperspective.com/revelation-12-the-identity-of-the-woman-2/
  • http://www.alittleperspective.com/revelation-12-seven-heads-and-ten-horns-2/
  • http://www.alittleperspective.com/revelation-12-the-woman-in-the-wilderness-2/
  • http://www.alittleperspective.com/revelation-12-the-woman-in-the-wilderness-part-two/

Day 2

• Read the “Mayflower Compact” together at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact.

Day 4

• What is the difference between a Puritan (non-separatist) and a Pilgrim (separatist)? What is a Congregationalist? Here are some websites that might help you:
  • http://www.millsgen.com/gen/hist/prots.htm
  • http://www.britannica.com/topic/Separatists
  • http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site15/ted/puritans.htm

Day 5

• Learn more about the first Thanksgiving and how it was inspired by the biblical holiday of the Feast of Tabernacles, at http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2013/8/19/did-sukkot-help-shape-thanksgiving.

Week 6

High School

• Fox’s Book of Martyrs, Chapter XVIII, “The Rise, Progress, Persecutions, and Sufferings of the Quakers” at http://www.giveshare.org/library/foxes/ch18.html.
• Learn about Seventh Day Baptists in America at http://www.giveshare.org/churchhistory/sdb/sdbhist5.html.

Day 2

• Learn more about King Philip’s War at http://historicmarlborough.org/King_Phillips_War.html.

Day 3

• You can see the wampum belt given to William Penn at http://www.wampumbear.com/W_William%20Penn%20Belt%201682.html.

Day 4

• Play some of these games and activities online:
  • http://www.purposegames.com/game/13-colonies-game
  • http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/
  • http://www.landofthebrave.info/13-colonies.htm
  • http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/games.html
  • http://www.congressforkids.net/games/thirteencolonies/2_thirteencolonies.htm

Week 7

High School

• Watch a full-length movie online to learn how the constellations tell the story of creation and salvation, and how the stars aligned to announce the birth of our Messiah.
• Students could do what the presenter did in the movie and, using computer software, trace back to the date when the stars aligned the way they did.
• Discuss how the constellations have been distorted to mean different things today (astrology), when they were actually put there as a beautiful story for us all to read, to know more about our Creator.

https://youtu.be/oGUlWa2r-bk

Day 1

• Enjoy this short video on navigation in the Age of Exploration:

https://youtu.be/X3Egmp94aZw

• Learn more about the 18^th-century tobacco economy:

https://youtu.be/d1UUBG4iZ-g

• Enjoy the entire Anna’s Adventures video series. “Join your host, Anna, as she explores Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center with museum interpreters and staff to learn more about life in 17^th and 18^th century Virginia.”
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdzBgB_06ByTNbH68yAZiWdlnvi_-7nap

Day 2

• Learn about raising silkworms at http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/raising-silkworms-zmaz79mjzraw.aspx.

Day 3

• Read about Native American and buckskin clothing:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_clothing.php
  • http://www.braintan.com/articles/history/history.html
• What are some ways the Indians hunted buffalo? http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/889
• Trace the travels of Joliet and Marquette on a map, such as the one available at http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/uslocal/gulf/missriver/marq-jol.htm.

Day 4

• Learn about how colonists would have dyed fabric for clothing.

https://youtu.be/FfGeLtbsVvo

• Make your own dye at http://pioneerthinking.com/crafts/natural-dyes.

Week 8

High School

• Read the epic poem “Evangeline,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, at http://www.bartleby.com/42/791.html.
• Optional: Read The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper, available at your local library or free online at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/940.

Day 1

• Learn more about the fur trade and what was involved.
  • http://www.pcmaf.org/wordpress/about/local-information/fur-trade/

• You may enjoy looking at maps and resources at http://www.militaryheritage.com/7yrsmaps.htm.

Day 2

• Learn more about George Washington’s “Rules of Civility” at http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html.
• Take a walk through the Virginia Natural Bridge. How do you think the bridge was formed?

• What is consumption? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/tuberculosis-called-consumption/

Day 3

• Learn how a printing press works:

• Make your own prints at http://artcuratorforkids.com/making-art-with-kids-block-printing/.
• Who were the Plains of Abraham named after? See http://www.britannica.com/place/Plains-of-Abraham.

Day 4

• Read about a war dance: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-dances3.html#War Dance
• Watch this video showing a traditional Native American war dance.

• Make a tomahawk! http://timetravellerkids.co.uk/news/make-tomahawk/

Day 5

• Learn about an acrostic poem at http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem/.

State History Resources:

• https://www.statehistory.net
• http://howtohomeschoolforfree.com/state-history-homeschool-for-free
• http://elementalblogging.com/us-state-study-homeschoolers-revisited

Week 9

High School

• Learn about the Great Awakening:
  • http://www.great-awakening.com
• Learn how to use primary sources:
  • http://teachinghistory.org/best-practices/using-primary-sources/19079

Day 1

• Watch how the Colonists would have made tools from iron:

• Watch how fabric for clothing would have been made using flax:

• Browse through this page for more information on the Stamp Act and to see some images of the stamps:
  • https://www.landofthebrave.info/stamp-act.htm
• What is a Liberty Pole?
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_pole
• Here is a fun role-playing activity about the American Revolution, along with discussion questions at the bottom of the page:
  • http://youngteacherlove.com/role-playing-with-american-revolution/

Day 2

• Have a look at a statue of a Minuteman:
  • https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/index.htm
• Watch a Liberty’s Kids episode about the Green Mountain Boys:

https://youtu.be/zDB82V_DTxM

Day 3

• What does it mean to “throw up earthworks”?
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification#Nomenclature
• Learn about the weapons used for battle, including a bayonet:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/weapons_and_battle_tactics.php
• Learn more about Sargent William Jasper, the man who picked up the fallen flag at Fort Moultrie:

Day 4

• Read about the origin of the rhyme “Yankee Doodle” and what it means:
  • http://mentalfloss.com/article/65651/why-did-yankee-doodle-call-feather-macaroni
• Make a Yankee Doodle hat.
  • http://www.education.com/activity/article/yankee-doodle-hat/

Day 5

• Read about the poet Longfellow:
  • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow
• Research some of the poems Longfellow wrote, and select your favorite one. Try to learn it and recite it for your family.
  • http://www.write-out-loud.com/how-to-read-poetry-aloud.html

Week 10

High School

• Learn more about women’s roles during the Revolutionary War at http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume7/nov08/women_revarmy.cfm.
• Read Common Sense by Thomas Paine, available online.
  • http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Wisehouse-Classics-Thomas-ebook/dp/B0183DY0BA (Kindle edition)
  • http://www.calhum.org/files/uploads/program_related/TD-Thomas-Paine-Common-Sense.pdf

Day 1

• Visit the Liberty Bell:

• Read the Declaration of Independence at https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript.
• Watch this Liberty Kids video about Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”:

https://youtu.be/awlBeITstkE

• You may wish to see this famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware River:
  • http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11417
  • http://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/history/
• Watch this short video about how lead bullets were made:

Day 2

• Read about snuff boxes:
  • https://www.britannica.com/art/snuffbox
• See what a snuffbox with Franklin on it looked like:
  • https://izi.travel/en/cbef-4-franklin-artifacts/en
• What does it mean to “run the gauntlet”?
  • http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-does-it-mean-to-throw-down-the-gauntlet

Day 3

• Visit Israel Putnam’s Wolf Den:

• What is a drummer boy? (Note: This video portrays drummer boys of the Civil War.)

• Hear what the different drum calls of war sounded like:
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRL_V1ChvPh3eXHteoz32gLf6Jhv9qkjZ

Day 4

• Take an inside look at a pioneer village:
  • https://vimeo.com/51181842
• Enjoy these pioneer coloring pages:
  • http://www.raisingourkids.com/coloring-pages/patriotic/american-history/027-daniel-boone.html
  • http://homeschooling.about.com/library/pioneercolor3.pdf

Day 5

You may wish to choose only one or two of these activities.

• • Try out this fun craft for making your own old document:
    • https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
    • Can you memorize the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence?
  • Find a picture of Benjamin Franklin online and print it. Do this fun craft making a fan with Franklin on it, or use any paper of your choice:
    • http://quickkidscrafts.com/7-springtime-crafts-for-kids-using-popsicle-sticks/
  • Play “Capture the Flag”!
    • http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4670-your-guide-to-capture-the-flag
    • Make it even more fun by making a special award for the winner, like a trophy, medal, or ribbon.
  • Make an American flag by using fabric scraps, incorporating the 13 colonies. Check out this website for ideas:
    • http://antiqueplazamesa.com/2013/07/01/free-people-month-an-american-flag-diy/
  • Younger children: Color this page about the original American flag:
    • http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/asset/file/firstflag_color.pdf

Week 11

Day 1

• Learn about the history of money and the beginning of paper money:
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/history-money.html
  • https://www.bankaroo.com/8-fun-facts-about-money-to-amaze-your-kids-with/

Day 2

• What is a gibbet (pronounced jib-et)? What was its warning?
  • http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/gibbet.htm
• Learn about a sword knot and what it is used for:

Day 3

• Learn more about the Treaty of Paris.
  • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-signed
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris
• Take a beautiful virtual tour of Mt. Vernon House.
  • http://www.mountvernon.org/site/virtual-tour/
• Download and color the map of “The Results of the War for Independence” (from The Story of the Thirteen Colonies, p. 215).

Day 4

• • Learn fun and interesting facts about pirates at http://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/pirates.
  • Check out these fun pirate crafts and activities: https://www.pinterest.com/dustyh57/kids-crafts-pirates.

Day 5

• Learn about the food that fueled the American Revolution:
  • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-food-that-fueled-the-american-revolution-25701053/
• Watch how Fire Cakes (or Ash Cakes) were made:

Week 12

High School

• Read the Articles of Confederation, available at either of these websites:
  • https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.17802600/?st=gallery
  • https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=3&page=transcript
• Read the Constitution, available at either of these websites:
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/90898138/
  • https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=9&page=transcript

Day 1

• What does the phrase “That man has an ax to grind” mean? Watch a video to see how ax grinding would have been done:

• How did the British come to rule everything?
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
• Learn the origins of 10 common saying and what they mean:
  • http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-common-sayings-with-historical-origins
• Read more about the madness that plagued King George III:
  • http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/04/04/the-complicated-madness-of-king-george-iii/
  • What is arsenic? http://www.ducksters.com/science/chemistry/arsenic.php

Day 2

• • View a map of the Northwest Territory at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory#/media/File:United_States_1789-08-1790.png.
  • Read more about the Articles of Confederation at http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/articles_of_confederation.php.
  • Read about the branches of government at https://kids.usa.gov/three-branches-of-government/index.shtml.
  • Learn how the voting process works in the United States:

Day 3

• Listen to the “President’s March” song. In 1798, lyrics were added to the “President’s March,” and it became America’s first national anthem.

• Read a little about what it meant to be “powdered and liveried servants.”
  • https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/footmen-male-servants-in-the-regency-era/

Day 4

• See what an actual minuet would have looked like at a ball:

• Give it a try yourself:

Day 5

• Corn has played an important role in Native American history. Read about a method they used to grow corn, called “The Three Sisters.”
  • http://www.nativetech.org/cornhusk/threesisters.html
• Learn more about Eli Whitney and his Cotton Gin:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney

Week 13

Day 1

• Learn about how and when the White House was first built:
  • https://www.whitehousehistory.org/teacher-resources/building-the-white-house
• Building the White House (from the White House Historical Association)
• What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
  • http://www.ushistory.org/us/19e.asp
• What does it mean to “wear mourning”?
• Begin to memorize the names of the United States Presidents in order.
  • See printable list and fun song here:
    • http://www.livinglaughingandloving.com/2013/02/presidents-list-free-printable.html

Day 2

• Get more ideas on simple living at http://www.thenonconformingprofessional.com/simple-living-ideas.html.
• View a map of the Barbary Wars at http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/3165.
• Learn more about the Marine’s Hymn:
  • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/to-the-shores-of-tripoli
  • http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hrom/New-Employees/About-the-Marine-Corps/Hymn/

• Optional: Learn more about pirates:
  • Learn about the history of pirates, as well as how to eat and talk like a pirate:
    • http://www.knowledgehouse.info/njfk/pirates.html
  • More pirate resources, including a lap book:
    • http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/creation-to-ancients/pirates/
• Download and color the map of “The Results of the War for Independence” (from The Story of the Thirteen Colonies, p. 215).
• Learn more about Lewis and Clark.
  • http://smallworldathome.blogspot.ca/2008/09/on-trail-with-lewis-and-clark.html
  • http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/exploring-to-revolution/lewis-and-clark/

Day 3

• Learn more about the first steamboat, take a tour of the largest steamboat ever built:

• Make a simple steamboat:

Day 5

• In 1785, artist Jean-Antoine Houdon made a plaster cast of George Washington.
  • Learn more:
    • http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/jean-antoine-houdon/
  • Watch this short video on the art of plaster casting:

• • Make your own sidewalk chalk:
    • http://www.homeschool.com/blog/index.php/2016/06/how-to-make-homemade-sidewalk-chalk/
  • Make a fossil:
    • http://www.homeschool-activities.com/make-a-fossil.html#.WHughBsrKUl
  • Make a hand art keepsake:
    • http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/04/mothers-day-gift-3d-keepsake-hand-art.html
• What is a sloop, a brig, and a schooner? Make a cardboard model of each type of ship:
  • • http://www.ikatbag.com/2010/01/narnia-and-north.html

Week 14

High School

• Learn about the Black Hawk and Seminole Wars:
  • http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-012/?action=more_essay
  • http://www.seminolewars.us/history.html

Day 1

• Read the poem Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46547.
• Learn more about Uncle Sam at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uncle-Sam.
• What is an artillery battery? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_battery.
• Learn more about the “Star-Spangled Banner” at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970.
• Learn more about the fife and drum:
  • http://drummajor.net/Fife/1FifesHistory.htm
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer_(military)

Day 2

• Learn about 8 ways the Erie Canal changed America:
  • http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-ways-the-erie-canal-changed-america
• Learn about railroads:
  • https://diyhomeschooler.com/2013/07/25/the-steam-locomotive-a-mini-unit/
  • http://www.theoldschoolhouse.com/trains-iron-workhorses-in-the-age-of-steam/
• What is a man-of-war? See http://www.thepirateking.com/ships/manofwar.htm.

Day 3

• How are the roads, railroads, and other pieces of infrastructure paid for in the United States? What is the National Debt? Why do people (or countries) go into debt, and what are some challenges they face? What does the Bible say about debt?
  • http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/railroad/grants.html
  • What the Bible says about debt: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Being-In-Debt
  • The current U.S. national debt: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Day 4

• Learn how to make a musket ball.

https://youtu.be/aB2NTlbCeXA

• High School (with parents’ permission and supervision):
  • https://wayako13.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/how-to-make-a-musket-ball-a-journey-from-the-frying-pan-to-the-firing-range/
• Learn about lighthouses:
  • The first lighthouse, “The Great Lighthouse at Alexandria” (one of the seven wonders of the world) at http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm.
  • Lighthouse keepers were often given traveling library boxes, such as these: http://www.michiganlights.com/lhlibrary.htm

Day 5

• Learn about Niagara Falls:
  • http://www.earthcam.com/canada/niagarafalls/?cam=niagarafalls_str

• Learn about the woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel:
  • http://www.historybyzim.com/2012/02/annie-edson-taylor/
• Learn about patents and inventions:
  • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/uspatent.htm
  • http://mentalfloss.com/article/51814/first-10-us-patents
• Is there anything you’ve thought about inventing? Why not try it?
  • https://www.verywell.com/how-to-be-an-inventor-1449247

Week 15

High School

• Read two of Daniel Webster’s most famous speeches:
  • The Plymouth Oration (December 22, 1820) at https://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/plymouth-oration.html.
  • The Second Reply to Hayne (January 26-27, 1830) https://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/hayne-speech.html.

Day 1

• Learn more about the Oregon Trail:
  • http://oregontrail101.com
• Practice reading from Noah Webster’s 1824 American Spelling Book, used in HomeschoolingTorah’s Year 2 phonics program:
  • How to Use Webster’s Spelling Book
• Learn about the first photographs, known as daguerrotypes:

• See the 20 first photographs ever taken.
  • https://petapixel.com/2015/05/23/20-first-photos-from-the-history-of-photography/
• Learn about Samuel Morse, the invention of the telegraph, and Morse code:

• • http://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code
  • http://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse2.html

Day 2

• Learn about the Mexican War and the Alamo:

• High School:
  • Consider watching the movie Amazing Grace with your parents. Discuss together the issues of slavery that existed in the 19^th
    • http://www.amazinggracemovie.com

Day 3

• Learn more about what education in American was like during this time period.
  • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/america1830.htm
• Learn more about life in the 1830s (clothing, books, travel, Sunday schools, and more).
  • http://www.connerprairie.org/education-research/indiana-history/clothing-in-the-1800s-1
  • https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/books-that-shaped-america/1800-to-1850.html
  • https://prezi.com/xzkdnxpkj_hl/travel-of-the-1830s/
  • http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/how-fast-could-you-travel-across-the-us-in-the-1800s
  • http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/2008/august/when-did-sunday-schools-start.html

Day 4

• Make a pinhole camera, and take a family portrait if possible. Use the resources available online.
  • http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/pinhole-camera-science-project
  • http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/

Day 5

• Make a telegraph, and send a message using Morse code, using resources available online.
  • http://www.w1tp.com/perbuild.htm

Week 16

High School

• Read this firsthand account of the underground railroad:
  • https://www.nationalcenter.org/UndergroundRailroad.html
• Read more about Charles Darwin and racism:
  • https://answersingenesis.org/charles-darwin/racism/did-darwin-promote-racism/
  • http://www.icr.org/article/evolution-modern-racism/
  • http://www.icr.org/article/ascent-racism/
  • http://www.icr.org/article/origin-races/

Day 1

• Learn more about the difficult journey to California from the East Coast:
  • http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Pioneer/pages/classrooms/FourthGrade/4thGradeGold/pages/Sea.html
  • http://www.calgoldrush.com/graphics/bysea.html
• Learn more about the Gold Rush:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
• Visit this website to see photos, videos, and educational resources about Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks:
  • https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/index.htm
  • http://www.livescience.com/39461-sequoias-redwood-trees.html
  • http://www.visitsequoia.com/redwoods-and-sequoias.aspx

Day 2

• • Learn more about Compromise of 1850:
    • http://www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850
    • http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp
  • Learn more about the underground railroad:
    • http://pathways.thinkport.org/about/about1.cfm
    • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/

Day 3

• According to this website, what were Abraham Lincoln’s favorite books?
  • http://www.famoushomeschoolers.net/bio_lincoln.html
• Learn more about Fort Sumter:
  • http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html
  • http://www.ushistory.org/us/33a.asp
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter

Day 4

• Research more about the life of Abraham Lincoln and put together a presentation for your family about his life. Some websites that can help you get started are:
  • https://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/homeschool-lesson-plans/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln/
  • http://mrnussbaum.com/abraham_lincoln/
  • http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/abraham-lincoln/

Day 5

• We highly recommend the PBS series, The Civil War, by Ken Burns.
  • http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/
  • This video series can often be found through local libraries or on Netflix or Amazon.

Week 17

High School

• Learn more about the Sioux Uprising of 1862:
  • http://www.d.umn.edu/~bart0412/project.htm
  • Learn more about “greenbacks”:
    • http://www.thegoldstandardnow.org/the-civil-war-and-greenbacks
    • http://www.xat.org/xat/usury.html

Day 1

• While reading this week, you may wish to refer to the following maps:
  • http://www.civilwar.org/maps/
  • http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/
  • http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/war/maps/#/detail/the-confederate-states-of-america
  • http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/civilwar/
  • http://www.westpoint.edu/history/SitePages/American%20Civil%20War.aspx
• Learn more about the Battle of Shiloh. How many men died at this one battle?
  • http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html
• Learn more about Civil War medicine and surgery:
  • http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/uncover-history/behind-lens/surgery-civil-war/
  • http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-medicine/civil-war-medicine.html
  • https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/cwsurgeon/cwsurgeon/index
• Learn more about the ironclad ships, the Merrimac and the Monitor:
  • http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/ironclad-warship.html

https://youtu.be/vmnnqJm_4Pc

Day 2

• Read the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” by John Greeleaf Whittier:
  • https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45483
• Learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
  • http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/emancipation-150/10-facts.html
• Learn about the 54^th Massachusetts Volunteers:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/the-54th-massachusetts-infantry

Day 3

• Learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg:
  • http://mrnussbaum.com/gettysburg-in-depth/
  • http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
  • http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
• Learn more about life in a Civil War camp:
  • http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/winter-2013/life-of-the-civil-war-soldier-camp.html
• Learn about Clara Barton:
  • http://telegraph.civilwar.org/education/curriculum/Gifted%20and%20Talented/CWPT%20Gifted%20Curriculum%20-%20Clara%20Barton.pdf

Day 4

• Research more about the life of Robert E. Lee and put together a presentation for your family about his life. Some websites that can help you get started are:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/biography/world_leaders/robert_e_lee.php
  • http://www.historynet.com/robert-e-lee
  • http://www.biography.com/people/robert-e-lee-9377163
  • http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/robert-e-lee.html

Day 5

• Choose one or more of the following sites to take a virtual field trip of several Civil War battlefields. Note: If you live near an actual battlefield site, take the time to visit it in person!
  • http://www.civilwarvirtualtours.com/
  • http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/fieldtrips/
  • https://www.battlefields.org/

Week 18

Day 1

• Learn about Sherman’s “March to the Sea”:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/shermans-march
  • http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/fall-2014/scorched-earth.html
  • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sherman.htm
• Learn more about Sheridan’s horse Rienzi:
  • http://www.civilwar.si.edu/cavalry_winchester.html

Day 2

• • Learn more about the surrender at Appomattox:
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/robert_e_lee_surrenders.php
    • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
    • http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html
    • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm
  • Learn more about the assassination of President Lincoln:
    • https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html
    • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lincoln.htm
  • Learn more about Memorial Day:
    • http://www.usmemorialday.org/?page_id=2
    • http://www.usmemorialday.org/?page_id=35

Day 4

• Make images of Civil War uniforms for your notebook:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/military_uniforms.php

Day 5

• • Review the Civil War:
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/facts_about_the_civil_war.php
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/civilwartimeline.php
    • http://www.civilwar.org/education/quizzes/
    • https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwar/quiz/

Week 19

Day 1

• • Go online for fun review games, you may wish to bookmark the following websites:
    • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
    • http://www.ducksters.com/games/united_states_capitals_map_game.php
    • http://mrsjonesroom.com/themes/usa.html

Day 2

• • Learn more about the transatlantic telegraph cable:
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
    • http://www.wired.co.uk/article/transatlantic-cables
    • http://atlantic-cable.com (detailed information)
  • Learn more about the purchase of Alaska:
    • http://www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/alaska-purchase.htm
    • See beautiful scenery from Alaska:

• • Learn about the Pony Express:

https://youtu.be/y1R-GeEd95c

• • • http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/pony_express.php
    • http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/ponyexpress.html
  • Learn about the transcontinental railroad:

Day 3

• • See amazing photographs of the Chicago Fire of 1871:
    • http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2015/Joseph-Kirkland-Chicago-Fire-Photos/
  • Which cities in the United States have the largest population today?
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
  • Learn more about the Liberty Bell:
    • http://funandfactswithkids.blogspot.com/2010/07/liberty-bell-with-kids.html

Day 4

• • Print and color a map of the United States from 1860, available online.
    • http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/us1860.pdf
      • Differentiate between states and territories in your colors.
      • Mark the approximate location of the Missouri River. See https://empoweryourknowledgeandhappytrivia.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/rivers-of-the-united-states.jpg.
      • Mark the approximate location of the 4 major transcontinental railroad lines. See http://www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/transcontinental-railroad.htm. .
    • Optional: Watch this 5-part video series on the transcontinental railroad. Make a notebooking page to illustrate what you have learned.

  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTDhARL1VkN5bOel3y3N-VgYnawNmkARP

Day 5

• • Use these resources to make notebooking pages about the Trail of Tears:
    • http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/2014/08/09/trail-of-tears-unit-study-and-lapbook/
    • http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/2014/08/30/trail-of-tears-notebooking-pages/
    • http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/2015/07/16/trail-of-tears-notebooking-page/
    • https://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/homeschool-lesson-plans/native-americans/
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/trail_of_tears.php
    • http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/trailoftears.html
    • https://kidskonnect.com/history/trail-tears/
    • http://wkar.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/akh10.socst.ush.exp.trail/trail-of-tears/

Week 20

Day 1

• Learn more about the Brooklyn Bridge:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/brooklyn-bridge
• Enjoy learning about postage stamps:
  • http://stamps.org/Stamp-History
  • https://postalmuseum.si.edu/research/topical-reference-pages/the-complete-collection-of-us-stamps.html
  • http://www.ducksters.com/hobbies/stampcollecting.php
  • http://www.timeforkids.com/files/TFK_USPS_0.pdf
• Learn about the history of cotton:
  • https://www.cotton.org/pubs/cottoncounts/story/
  • http://www.cottonsjourney.com/storyofcotton/page2.asp
  • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/why-was-cotton-king/
  • http://www.organiccotton.org/oc/Cotton-general/World-market/History-of-cotton.php

Day 2

• Learn more about the Statue of Liberty.
  • http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/statue-history
  • http://www.history.com/topics/statue-of-liberty
  • http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/31/the-true-story-of-the-statue-of-liberty/
  • http://parade.com/311395/viannguyen/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-statue-of-liberty-she-was-almost-gold/

• See Grant’s Tomb.
  • http://www.grantstomb.org/history.html (see navigation buttons at the bottom of the page)

Day 3

• • Learn more about women’s suffrage:
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/womens_suffrage.php
    • http://www.historyforkids.net/womens-suffrage.html
  • Learn about the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1893:
    • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/landrush.htm
    • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-oklahoma-land-rush-begins
  • Learn more about trial by jury.
    • http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume10/apr12/teachstrategy.cfm
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/serving_on_a_jury.php

Day 5

• • What influences did Ancient Rome have on the United States? Can you see any Ancient Roman influences in the city or state where you live?

• • • http://www.danxner.com/extramaterials/art003/Final_Project/Influences.htm
    • https://scholar.vt.edu/access/content/user/tmcasey/Portfolio%20Resources/Greek%20and%20Roman%20Architectural%20Influences%20in%20America.pdf

Week 21

Day 2

• • Learn more about the Rough Riders. Who was their leader?
    • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/roughriders.htm
    • https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/tr-rr-spanamwar.htm
    • http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/site/c.elKSIdOWIiJ8H/b.8344381/k.93E5/The_Soldier.htm

Day 3

• • What are some of the United States’ territories?
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_territory 

https://youtu.be/LD8oXF9V-Ms

Week 22

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Seeds of Change. (For the rest of the school year, we recommend that you watch this video series about the 20^th century. However, we suggest watching this with your parents and discussing what you see.)

• High School:
  • Read and discuss with your parents this article on women’s suffrage, written in 1884:
    • http://www.bible-researcher.com/women/suffrage.html

Day 2

• How did America become a shelter for Jews?
  • http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-immigration-to-america-three-waves/
  • https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html
  • http://americanjewisharchives.org/education/timeline.php

Day 3

• Learn more about the Panama Canal
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/panama_canal.php

https://youtu.be/Pv0upmpPw3c

• During the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, industry greatly increased, some encouraged by good and wise men, but other kinds of industry were started by greedy men known as “robber barons.” Learn more about robber barons.
  • https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-gilded-age-1870-1900-20/the-second-industrial-revolution-144/robber-barons-and-the-captains-of-industry-771-2148/

Day 4

• See http://heartofwisdom.com/scrapbook/tutorial-step-by-step-simple-lapbook for instructions on making a lapbook.

Day 5

• Research online to learn more about the assembly line:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/henry-ford/videos/history-of-the-holidays-the-story-of-labor-day?m=528e394da93ae
  • https://www.lelandwest.com/classic-car-history.cfm

• Try simulating an assembly line in your home, using the resources online.
  • https://mrsgannon.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/assembly-line-simulation-a-history-lab
    • Note: the links at the bottom don’t work, but you should get a pretty good idea of how you could make this work at home.
  • https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/lindsey-petlak/assembly-line-simulations/
  • http://www.pbs.org/parents/adventures-in-learning/2015/09/lessons-assembly-line/

Week 23

High School

• Read An American History, pp. 497-536.
• Read Broad Stripes, Bright Stars, pp. 231-240, “The Last Fight.”
• Read Visual History of the United States, pp. 150-153, chapters 65-66.
• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Shell Shock.

Day 1

• Color the MapTrek maps of “World War I,” pp. 204-205 (e-book, pp. 68 and 70), using an online map as a guide:
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/ww1-alliances-map/
• Study the causes of World War I with the following worksheets (available for free but website registration is required):
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/the-beginning-of-ww1/
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/causes-of-wwi/
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/causes-world-war-1-revision/
• Learn more about trench warfare:
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/a-ww1-soldiers-equipment/
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/weapons-types-used-in-world-war-i/
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/trench-warfare-in-world-war-i/ (elementary)
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/trenches-in-the-first-world-war-middle/ (middle ages)
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/trenches-in-the-first-world-war-higher/ (high school)
  • https://schoolhistory.co.uk/modern/world-war-1/cost-world-war/ (high school)

Day 2

• Learn more about the sinking of the Lusitania:
  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania
  • http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/lusitania.html
  • http://www.rmslusitania.info/

• Make a military recruitment poster:
  • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/
  • http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wwipos/background.html
  • http://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/first-world-war-recruitment-posters
• Play the online history game, “City of Immigrants,” to learn more about what it would be like to be a Jewish immigrant from Russia in the early 1900s.
  • http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-4

Day 3

• Learn more about the epidemic of influenza in 1918:
  • https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
  • https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/ (note optional documents and photos link at the bottom)
• Make a timeline of World War I for your notebook with ideas given online.
  • http://www.layers-of-learning.com/world-war-i-timeline/

Day 4

• • Periscopes were used in trench warfare during World War I. Use the instructions online to make your own periscope:
    • https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/periscope.html
    • https://www.savvyhomemade.com/making-a-periscope-for-kids/

Week 24

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Boom to Bust.

Day 1

• Here is a website that can help:
  • http://www.pennypinchinmom.com/teaching-children-debit-credit
• Listen to the first radio broadcast of the election results of 1920:

Day 2

• Learn more about Charles Lindbergh and Spirit of St. Louis:
  • http://www.charleslindbergh.com/plane

Day 3

• Hear what jazz music by Duke Ellington sounds like:

• Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial:

• Learn about Billy Sunday:
  • https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/evangelical-history/2016/08/03/what-was-it-like-to-hear-billy-sunday-preach/
  • http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/evangelistsandapologists/billy-sunday.html

Day 4

• Use the fun online resources to teach children about finances and balancing a checkbook:
  • http://justsomethingimade.com/2009/07/making-a-pretend-checkbook

Day 5

• Make a homemade radio that really works:
  • http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/40/catch-some-radio-waves

Week 25

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Stormy Weather.

Day 1

• • Learn more about mortgages and borrowing money with interest (usury):
    • http://www.ducksters.com/money/mortgages.php
    • http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/mortgages/mortgage-loan-payoff-calculator.aspx (to see how much money is actually paid on a mortgage, because of interest)
    • http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/usury-and-moneylending-in-judaism/
  • What were Hoovervilles? What were hobos?
    • http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/hoovervilles.php
  • Who was FDR? What was the New Deal? What was a Fireside Chat?
    • (the first Fireside Chat by FDR)

• • • (high school)

• • • (high school)

Day 2

• What is communism? What is capitalism?
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/communism.php
  • http://www.ducksters.com/money/capitalism.php
  • http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/279679/jewish/Capitalist-or-Communist.htm
  • https://www.gotquestions.org/communism-Bible.html

Day 4

• Research online to find out what sorts of food were popular during the Depression? Try making some of Depression-era recipes this week. Why is it wise to learn how to be self-sufficient?
  • http://mentalfloss.com/article/85597/8-curious-recipes-depression-era
  • http://thesurvivalmom.com/could-you-stomach-these-great-depression-meals/
  • http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2015/01/17/depression-recipes-simple-meal-ideas-hard-times/
  • http://modernsurvivalonline.com/26-depression-era-recipes-you-can-use-for-survival/

Day 5

• Read a library book about the Great Depression, or choose a learning activity from the online resources.
• Make a notebooking page showing what you have learned about the Great Depression.
  • http://sallieborrink.com/category/ten-days-of-learning-from-the-great-depression/
  • http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/2015/07/16/great-depression-notebooking-page/
• Gather around your living room as a family and pretend you are in the 1930s, getting ready for your favorite radio program to come on. Visit this website to download and listen to an old-time radio program of your choice:
  • http://www.otr.net/

Week 26

High School

• Read pp. 158-161, chapters 68-69, from Visual History of the United States.
• Read pp. 166-169, chapters 71-72, from Visual History of the United States.
• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Over the Edge.

Day 5

• Go online to hear an original performance of the song “God Bless America”:

• Go online to learn more about tank warfare:
  • http://www.historyforkids.net/world-war-2-tanks.html
  • http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ta/Tank_history

https://youtu.be/S0cuflrKRW0

(45-minute video on German tanks)

Week 27

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Civilians at War.

https://youtu.be/BMWYblZ8gwQ

Day 1

• Parents: Consider reading this before beginning this week’s lessons:
  • http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/preliminary-considerations.pdf
• Learn more about Pearl Harbor:

• For the reason behind using this memory verse, see https://robertbsloan.com/2013/03/11/but-if-not-the-miracle-of-dunkirk/
• See maps of campaigns against Germany and Japan in chapter 73, from Visual History of the United States.

Day 2

• What does the Bible say about luck?
  • Read https://www.gotquestions.org/luck.html.

Day 3

• Learn more about the Battle of the Bulge:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_the_bulge.php
• Learn more about the atomic bombs used in World War II:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ww2_atomic_bomb.php
• Was it wrong to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

Day 4

• Do the “Where in the World War: Mapping the Geography of D-Day” Project available at http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-teachers/lesson-plans/pdfs/where-in-the-world-war.pdf.
• Do you know how to use a paper map for survival skills?
  • https://jmcrempsblog.com/2013/09/13/wilderness-survival-skills-training-how-to-use-a-compass-2/
  • http://survival-mastery.com/skills/bushcraft/map-reading.html

Day 5

• Begin working on a World War II Scrapbook project. Continue working on it next week as well. Resources are available online.
  • http://www.lakeviewspartans.org/webpages/sskarp/us_history_-_block_2.cfm?subpage=891274

Week 28

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Homefront.

Day 1

• • Learn about rationing:
    • http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/take-a-closer-look/ration-books.html
    • https://youtu.be/ehsnbXjnQcs
  • How was rubber used in the war effort?
    • http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/rubber.pdf

Day 2

• • Wartime Production:
    • http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm
    • http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/ww2-by-the-numbers/wartime-production.html
  • How to Make a Bar Chart:
  • Graph Paper for Making Bar Charts
  • https://www.printablepaper.net/category/graph

Day 3

• Learn about victory gardens in World War II:
  • http://www.sarahsundin.com/victory-gardens-in-world-war-ii/
  • https://sidewalksprouts.wordpress.com/history/wwii/
  • https://apronsandcammies.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/victory-garden-guide.pdf
  • http://www.gardens.si.edu/come-learn/docs/Grow%20Your%20Own%20Victory%20Garden.pdf (modern)
• Learn about farming in the 1940s:
  • http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_01.html (See links on the left side of the page.)

Day 4

• Learn about the role of women in World War II:
  • https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/partners/exhibitentrance.html (Click on the images to enter each section or click “Next Page” to continue with the exhibition in order.)
  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/american-women-in-world-war-ii
  • https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-7/apush-us-wwii/a/american-women-and-world-war-ii

• Learn about Japanese-American internment:
  • https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation
  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

Week 29

High School

• (Optional) Read The Masters of Deceit, by J. Edgar Hoover, at https://archive.org/details/MastersOfDeceit.
• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Best Years.

Day 1

• What was life like in a typical American suburb?

https://youtu.be/Gmka2mydsD0

• • http://www.manythings.org/voa/history/197.html
  • http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/new-vista/automobile/suburbia.html

Day 2

• What is Communism?

https://youtu.be/gFJlivYEdAI

Day 3

• Learn why so many Jewish people attempted to emigrate to Palestine:
  • https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005459

Day 4

• Using online resources, discover what a day was like for a typical American housewife in the 1950s.
  • http://the50shousewife.com/2014/07/a-real-1950s-daily-cleaning-routine/

Day 5

• What was life like for a typical family in an Eastern European Communist country? How was it similar to or different from the life of an American family in the 1950s? You may wish to consult online resources.
  • http://classroom.synonym.com/life-under-communism-romania-15693.html
  • http://www.rev.hu/history_of_45/tanulm_elet/elet_e.htm

Week 30

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Happy Daze.

Day 2

• What is a teenager? When was this term first used widely?
  • http://www.home-school.com/Articles/myth-of-the-teenager.php
  • High-school students: http://www.americanheritage.com/content/rise-and-decline-teenager
• https://homeschoolingtorah.com/the-magic-of-disney/

Day 4

• Have a TV dinner and watch a 1950’s television show. Several classic TV shows are linked in the online resources.
  • http://www.heywoodwakefield.com/15-classic-tv-shows-1950s/
  • https://archive.org/details/leave.it.to.beaver.complete.series

Day 5

• Research the first Russian satellite Sputnik, and make a notebooking page to show what you’ve learned. Include a picture. You may wish to consult online resources.
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/sputnik-impact-on-america.html
  • http://www.history.com/topics/space-race
  • http://science.howstuffworks.com/sputnik.htm

Week 31

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Poisoned Dreams.

Day 1

• Map of missile range of the Cuban Missile Crisis at https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/cuban-missile-crisis-map-of-missile-range.

Day 2

• Learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr:
  • http://www.ducksters.com/biography/martin_luther_king_jr.php
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/march_on_washington.php
  • http://www.ducksters.com/games/word_search/martin_luther_king_jr.php
• High School:
  • Read Martin Luther King’s speech delivered on August 28, 1963:
    • https://www.archives.gov/files/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

Day 3

• Watch the video about President Kennedy, available in the online resources.:

Week 32

High School

• Watch The Century, America’s Time: Unpinned.

• • Download a lesson on Vietnam. Read pp. 5-8 and answer the questions on p. 9.
    • http://civics.sites.unc.edu/files/2012/05/VietnamWar71.pdf

Day 1

• http://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/vietnam_war.php
• https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/vietnam.php

Day 3

• Learn more about the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html

Day 4

• A famous Muslim who refused to fight during the Vietnam War was Mohammad Ali. Using online resources, learn more about him, and make a notebooking page to show what you’ve learned.
  • http://www.ducksters.com/biography/athletes/muhammad_ali.php

Week 33

High School

• The Century, America’s Time: Approaching the Apocalypse

Day 1

• Read more about the Yom Kippur War and the resulting oil embargo. What are the OPEC countries?
  • https://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/yom_kippur_war.php

Day 2

• What was Watergate?
  • https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1900s/watergate_scandal.php

Day 3

• High School: A Biblical view of abortion at https://probe.org/abortion-a-biblical-view/

Day 4

• Learn more about communism. Is it biblical?
  • • https://www.alittleperspective.com/2-corinthians-8-communism-as-an-economic-system-2/

Week 34

High School

• The Century, America’s Time: Starting Over

Day 2

• Why Should Christians Support Israel?

• Understanding Islam:

Day 3

• What are some ways that believers have endured wrongful imprisonment?
  • https://unlockingthebible.org/2019/02/what-corrie-ten-boom-taught-me-about-suffering/

Day 4

• On this day in history, at https://www.onthisday.com/history/dates-by-year.php, search the year your parents were born.

Week 35

High School

• The Century, America’s Time: Starting Over

Day 1

• Watch “Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator”

https://youtu.be/yqb71IAyyX0

Day 2

• Learn about Wall Street Traders in the 1980s

• High School: Watch “Here’s How the Crack Epidemic Brought a City to Its Knees”

Day 3

• Learn about the space shuttle Challenger:

Week 36

High School

• The Century, America’s Time: Then and Now

Day 1

• Look at a map of the U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union). Find East Germany, Russia, Yugoslavia, and the Ukraine. What does the U.S.S.R. stand for?
  • http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-atlas/cold-war-map.htm
  • http://www.globalcitymap.com/russia/soviet-union-map.html
• Learn about the history of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

• High School: Read series on the three frogs:
  • Part 1 https://anneelliott.com/2020/01/three-frogs/
  • Part 2 https://anneelliott.com/2020/01/three-frogs-part-2/
  • Part 3 https://anneelliott.com/2020/01/what-to-do-about-frogs/
  • Part 4 https://anneelliott.com/2020/02/authority-over-frogs/

Day 2

• Watch “One Young Man Spreads Powerful Message at Million Man March”

Day 3

• Watch the song, “America the Beautiful” and look at the lyrics of the full song. What parts do you agree with? Are there any parts you disagree with or that disagree with Scripture? Can you tell why?
• http://www.americathebeautiful.com/lyrics.htm

Day 5

• Have a family time of worship, thanking God for this country and asking His help.
  • What things about America are you thankful for? Sing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.”

• • Review America’s history as you listen to “Ragged Old Flag,” by Johnny Cash.

• • “Thank You, Lord” is a hymn that sounds like a song might have sounded in an American church in the mid-1900s. How can it help us keep the right priorities in life?

• • Who is on the throne? YHVH is! Sing “All Is Well,” by Joshua Aaron.

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