U is for United States
This is going to be a catch all for a bunch of random things I thought were cool to do for US history, in no particular rhyme or order other than it occurred to me:
Civil War era paper dolls from Paper Thin Personas
How the Panama Canal was built with All Things Beautiful
Make a covered wagon with Our Little Homeschool in the Hills
learn about the Battle of Bull Run
Kansas-Nebraska problems pre-Civil War with These Temporary Tents
learn about the Underground Railroad
write a letter to Abraham Lincoln
learn about early colonial life with Living Life Intentionally
learn about Davy Crockett with Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
learn about the Revolutionary War with Living Life Intentionally
there are many more ideas to be found in my American History tag and on my US history pinterest board
V is for Vikings
Vikings Unit- make a boat
make a Viking brooch with Angelicsalliwags
write Viking Runes, and think it looks a lot like chicken scratch Angelicscalliwags (I think I’m going to be misspelling this for a while…… I have to double check each time I type it)
play a Viking Game with Sustainable Living
make Viking runestones with Homeschool Days
Vikings unit study with Learning Curve
W is for World War 1 and World War 2
I’ll have some posts on WW1 starting next week
study World War 1 with Buntmond (site is translated from German)
a map of Europe before World War 1, the kids and I have been using this map a lot this week
videos about World War 1, each one is about 5-10 minutes, perfect length
hands on activities for World War 1
“visit” a concentration camp with So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler
World War 1 worksheets, not hands on but can be a jumping point for something else
Act out scenarios from WW1 and WW2 with Junior General (love this site)
Read about FDR and Churchill with Read to Know
Read about post WW2 Germany in this historical fiction book
Learn about Molly, the American Girl doll in WW2 from the Unlikely Homeschool
X is for Xerxes
ummm, yes I might have slightly covered this with Darius being a Persian as well, but there’s only so many X words………
X is for Xerxes over at Catholic Toolbox
Persian Invasion! Oh no!
Xerxes and the Persian wars are interactive
watch One Night with the King
learn about it from the Jewish perspective in the book of Esther with Bible Fun for Kids
Y is for Yellow? Or something that starts with Y………
Honestly I drew a blank. Jeff listed off 5 different things, but many of them felt like repeats of earlier letters in a different variation
Z is for Zoroastrianism
World religions are why half of history happened people acted and moved because that’s what their faith told them to do. The other half is geography……….. So teach your kids about other religions. Here’s what I found, and if you have anything on any religions please include a link in the comments.
Celebrate Chanukah with 52 New Experiences
Learn about Raksha Bandhan with The Educator’s Spin On It
Learn about the Diwali Festival with The Educator’s Spin On It
Learn about Diwali sweets and how to make Diyas with The Educator’s Spin On It
Learn about Sanskrati
Read about Buddha
Read about Jewish Holidays: Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays
Learn about all the Jewish holidays and traditions
Make a Purim noisemaker, then print off some masks for it and then make some Hamantashen (I find Purim interesting and save a lot of ideas about it)
Watch the Golden Words of Islam (warning I found the little kids vocalizations annoying at the beginning)
Learn the facts of Islam, this site also has links to most of the world’s other major religions
Another great site about Islam with a sample of a prayer
Hee hee, I found a site explaining Zoroastrianism, probably more useful than referring you to “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” which has a rather hilarious scene between two religions.
Information on Jehovah’s Witnesses, honestly I did not find a lot about them that was appropriate for kids
learn about the Book of Mormon, another one that I wasn’t able to find too much about, which is odd because usually I’m tripping over ideas as I’m looking for ideas on lessons for my Sunday School class
Monday, January 7- A-E Athens…….
Tuesday, January 8- F-J Founding Fathers……..
Wednesday, January 9- K-O Kings……
Thursday, January 10- P-T Pantheon………
Friday, January 11- U-Z US history…………
Now make sure to check out My landing page with all of the days Others in this series:
- A Waldorf Mama from Triple T Mum
- After School Activities from The Educators Spin On It
- Hands-on History from Adventures in Mommydom
- Home Daycare or Family Child Card from My Buddies and I
- Homeschooling from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom
- How to Home Preschool from In Lieu of Preschool
- Math Activities from Blog Me Mom
- Montessori from Living Montessori Now
- Science Activities & Play from Science Sparks
- Teaching Math from Montessori Tidbits
- Thrifty Teaching Tools from Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers
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