The American Revolution Unit Study and Lap Book
The American Revolution Unit Study and Lap Book
I’ve had this post in my draft folder since January and I am finally getting around to posting… Sometimes I feel like it is harder to round up all my pictures and find the extra time to actually blog about our projects, than it is to do them! 😉
Anyhow, as I’ve mentioned before, this year we have been making Lap Books to go along with each of our six Unit Studies for American History. Our third Unit was based on The American Revolution. While the girls were working on their Josefina Lap Books (that post is still in my drafts folder too), the boys were busy making their own Lap Books with printable mini books from The American Revolution (Time Travelers History Study Series) CD-Rom.
Resources and Books for Unit Three:
You can find links to all the books we used for this unit here, or you can print our complete Unit Three Plans/Booklist here.
My children have been especially enjoying The Childhood of Famous Americans Series. Unfortunately our library doesn’t carry any of them, but I’ve put in some requests and have been slowly building our personal collection with the help of Amazon’s 4-for-3 specials.
Timeline Entries:
I asked the boys to choose 5-10 from the list to add to their History Through the Ages Record of Time timeline book during this unit. You can read more about our Timeline books here: Lap Booking {and Timeline} Questions Answered
A few timeline entries by Captain
A few timeline entries by Rascal
American Revolution Lap Book
We are just loving the Time Travelers CD’s for creating our lap books for each unit. It’s so nice to have all the printables in one spot, all ready to go, and the quality/detail is awesome!
THE FRONT COVER
The boys actually colored the covers to these lap books 4 years ago, when I first purchased the CD-rom for the lap book! At the time I realized it was a little too advanced for them and saved it for later. They were very excited to pull out their old illustrations and finally complete this lap book!!
INSIDE VIEW #1
The red center page/flap addition contains the following three mini books:
Important Documents
Each of the “important documents” is folded accordion style and placed in the “Doc Pocket.”
God’s Hand in Providence
Looks like I need to add the word “many” to Rascal’s Personal Spelling Lists! 🙂
Minuteman “Pop-up”
Paul Revere by Rascal
Paul Revere by Captain
On the Left Flap:
George vs. George
Tea Troubles
1st Continental Congress vs. 2nd Continental Congress
On the Right Flap:
Whig vs. Tory
Liberty Bell “Pop-up”
Monarchy vs. Republic
INSIDE VIEW #2
Bad News in Boston (with Overlay) andSoldiers of the Revolution
INSIDE VIEW #3
The Center of Actual Lap Book Folder contains the Pie Book of “Acts”…
(before they taped them together to create the “Pie” book)
… and Women of the War.
The back of each flap has all the “People to Know.”
Including: Baron von Steuben, Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and James Madison
Inside each frame the boys include some Biography Facts, Contributions to the Revolution, Character Traits, and a Quote. I’ve been amazed to hear them rattle off all sorts of facts about these men. They have been learning SO much!!
The boys finished this unit quite awhile ago and are currently putting the finishing touches on their Unit 4 Lap Book, before our summer break, which begins next week! With a new baby this year, we just weren’t able to complete all six units as I had planned. At least I have my History plans for the fall semester all ready to go! 😉
Young Hunters Day 2012
This year Hubby ended up having to work, so I decided that it couldn’t be too hard to take all the kids on my own. I had sent an email out to a bunch of friends hoping that some of them would be able to make it as well, and said a prayer that it wouldn’t rain. The weather was beautiful and my kids had so much fun this year with so many of their friends!
I realized on the way that I forgot my camera, but my little point and shoot happened to be in my purse and I was able to take some pictures before the battery died. I also should have packed sunblock and a hat for the baby. We were prepared for rain, but not for so much sun! I thought I did a great job at keeping Bud in the shade, but despite my efforts his white little head still ended up pink. (He’s all set for next time… I just found him a “Turtlel-y Cute” bucket hat for summer!)
As usual the children were able to participate in archery, trap shooting, laser shooting, fishing, pelt identification, and tomahawk throwing, with safety emphasized of course. Every child present could win one of the many raffle prizes and a yummy BBQ lunch was provided as well. Here are a few pictures from this year:
I was amazed that the boys were actually hitting the clay targets as they flew threw the air! While I was watching, Captain hit one out of three and Rascal hit two out of three. (It’s hard to see in the picture, but the clay disk is that little speck right above the middle(ish) cloud.)
At the end of the day there is a raffle. Each child receives a ticket and when their name gets called they get to go into the building to choose their prize. (No parents allowed!) I always love seeing what each child chooses on their own. This year Captain picked out a headlamp, Rascal picked a camping chair, Twinkle Toes picked a new slip in slide, Chiquita picked a (very girly) baseball glove and ball, Snuggles picked a combo prize with a kite, badminton, and a really neat “balloon helicopter,” and Rose was SUPER EXCITED to finally have her VERY OWN sleeping bag, and looked so excited carrying it out of the building! My little camera was dead by this point, but I somehow managed to figure out how to take a picture of them all with their prizes using my cell phone! 🙂
Afterwards we headed to the park for our local Catholic Homeschool Group’s End of the School Year Fiesta. It was a pretty busy day, but filled with fun and friends!
Locks of Love
{pretty, happy, funny, real} Memorial Day 2012
Also quite real was the increase on the scale after a weekend of eating out and celebrating Pentecost (though I did pass on the cake!) and Memorial Day. Hopefully after another day or two of eating healthy and exercising I will be back down to last Friday’s weight, which had been a new post-partum low since December, and not blow it again next weekend!
End of School Year Teacher Appreciation Gifts
Even though my children will be continuing through the summer on a few subjects (Math, Science, and maybe some History/Geography) all of their other classes are coming to an end for the school year, before we move on to Golf Camp, Swimming Lessons, and all sorts of other summertime fun!
Watching the Solar Eclipse {May 20, 2012}
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| Watching the Solar Eclipse |
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| 6:34 pm (Wishing my camera would capture the full “Ring of Fire” and not just the bottom edge) |
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| 6:35 pm – Another attempt… |
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| 6:36 pm – Looks more like an eyeball, instead of an eclipse! |
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| 7 shots taken locally by a friend – This is what we saw through the special glasses. Made me wish I had a better lens and filter for taking pictures of the sun! It was awesome!! |
Baby’s First Food
Bud wanted to try a piece of that cake on Pentecost Sunday so badly that I asked one of the kids to bring me a jar of baby food from the kitchen… It was time to let Bud try some solid foods! He just didn’t want to wait until 6 months, like Rose. I’m hoping to have the chance to start experimenting with making our own baby food, but for now I picked up some Earth’s Best First Fruits and Vegetables.
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| My sweet little Bud! (5 months and 1 week old) |
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| I just can’t get enough of his cute little smiles! |
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| Bud’s 1st Bite of Baby Food – Earth Best First Bananas |
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| 2nd Bite… He did not want to let go of that spoon! |
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| “Mom, may I have another bite of banana, please?” |
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| I’d say they were a hit! Don’t you think? |
Celebrating Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church :: 2012 Edition
The Good Shepherd’s Garden Party :: Week Seven
This week, for The Heavenly Zoo, instead of having a party with all the menu items, I’ve been making my kids a special lunch each day. At first I thought I’d make a batch of cupcakes, decorating six each day for each animal, but then I decided (since I’ve been trying so hard to stick to my diet) that I’d try and come up with some sandwiches instead. I served the special lunches with WATER, since it was the first symbol for the week. The week started out great with reinDEER, LION, and BEEHIVE sandwiches, but since Thursday and Friday were so busy I finished the week with PEACOCK pizza & salad, PELICAN trail mix, and fiery PHOENIX chips and salsa this afternoon.
I hope you all have a very blessed Pentecost Sunday!
{this moment}
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| Bud at 5 Months |
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