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Supplies:

Activities are aimed specifically at elementary age

Activities for middle school age and up

Activities for high school age

Activities for all age ranges

(I will continue to update as we work through these chapters and I find more resources to incorporate, as well as add pictures. Starting with this book, we also added vocabulary work to each chapter. At some point, I will go back and add vocabulary to the earlier chapters and books as well.)

Options for each chapter:

  • Read chapter
  • Answer review questions from activity book either written or orally (I usually write the questions in the notebook, leaving space between each for them to write the answers. It takes a little extra time to write the questions myself, but it helps me keep up to date with what they are learning and to know what to ask about.)
  • Vocabulary (I got this Free Vocabulary Resource Pack from Homeschool Giveaways to have a place to write the words and it has a few different page options to choose what you like/think will work best for your child.)
  • Map work from activity book
  • Coloring page from activity book
  • Pick a craft project from activity book
  • Timeline Entry or Timeline Cards (We stapled the printable timeline inside the back cover of the notebook and add pages as we need them by taping them to the last one. It will end up accordion-like.)
  • Chapter Lap book pages (Credit- I found and downloaded the lapbook pages from a blog that is no longer online-Run of the Mill Family. I did not create these pieces and am not taking credit for them, but I still wanted to share them as a great resource.)
  • Chapter Test

Ch.21 Fighting Over North America

  • Watch The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26**
  • Watch 18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20**

Ch.22 Revolution!

  • Vocabulary- discontent, inhabitants, ordinance, representative, repeal, wharf, remonstrated, supplicated, ragged, manifest
  • Watch Liberty’s Kids (There are 40 episodes at about 23 minutes each, but this is a great resource for younger kids)
  • American Revolution Lap book that can be completed as you go along
  • Read “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (P.135-137 Activity Book; If you do not have the Activity Book, the poem can be read here)
  • Watch Schoolhouse Rock- No More Kings**
https://youtu.be/cAZ8QJgFHOg
  • Watch Schoolhouse Rock – Fireworks**
  • Watch Schoolhouse Rock!: America – The Shot Heard ‘Round the World**
https://youtu.be/rZMmPWTwTHc
  • Watch Causes of The American Revolution – Review Rap Song**
  • Watch Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7**
  • Watch Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28**
  • Watch Declaration of Independence Song (What Hurts the Most Parody)**
  • Listen to a Reading of the Declaration of Independence**

Ch.23 The New Country

  • Vocabulary- constitution, anarchy, veto, federal, delegates, legislative, executive branch, judicial branch, ratify, amendments, Bill of Rights, inauguration
  • Read about George Washington (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch Biography of George Washington for Kids: Meet the American President**
  • Read about Benjamin Franklin (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch Great Minds: Benjamin Franklin: Founding Nerd**
  • Watch Alexander Hamilton – Author of The Federalist Papers & First Secretary of Treasury | Mini Bio | BIO**
  • Read about James Madison (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch James Madison | 60-Second Presidents | PBS**
  • Watch The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8**
  • Watch The Making of the American Constitution – Judy Walton**
  • Watch Schoolhouse Rock- The Preamble**
https://youtu.be/mKPmobWNJaU
  • Read about the Constitution (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9**

Ch.24 Sailing South

  • Vocabulary- expedition, transit, botany, convict, hulk, squatter
  • Read about Captain James Cook
  • Watch The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27**
  • Watch The Animated History of Australia**
  • Lap book piece (P.25)
  • Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research***

Ch.25 Revolution Gone Sour

  • Watch The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21**

Ch.26 Catherine the Great

  • Watch Catherine the Great – Not Quite Empress Yet – Extra History – #2**
  • Watch Catherine the Great – Empress Catherine at Last – Extra History – #3**
  • Watch Catherine the Great – Reforms, Rebellion, and Greatness – Extra History – #4**
  • Watch Catherine the Great – Potemkin, Catherine’s General, Advisor, and Lover – Extra History – #5**
  • Watch Catherine the Great – Succession – Extra History – #6**
  • Watch Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19**

Ch.27 A Changing World

  • Watch The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24**
  • Watch The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214**
  • Read about Eli Whitney (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch Eli Whitney – Inventor of the Cotton Gin | Mini Bio | BIO**
  • Watch The Cotton Gin**
  • Watch The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21**

Ch.28 China and the Rest of the World

  • Vocabulary- harmonious, contrived, yurt, kowtow, opium
  • Read about the Opium Wars (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch First Opium War – Trade Deficits and the Macartney Embassy – Extra History – #1**
  • Lap book piece (P.30)

Ch.29 The Rise of Bonaparte

  • Vocabulary- dictator, oligarchy, infatuated, gratification, vanity, catechism, drafted
  • Read about Napoleon Bonaparte (There is a link to a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
  • Watch Napoléon Bonaparte – Animated History**
  • Watch Napoleon – French Military Leader & Emperor | Mini Bio | BIO**
  • Watch 18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20**
  • Watch Napoleon Bonaparte: Crash Course European History #22**
  • Lap book piece (P.31)
  • Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research***

Ch.30 Freedom in the Caribbean

  • Vocabulary- rebellion, malaria
  • Read about Haiti
  • Watch Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30**
  • Lap book piece (P.32)
  • Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research***
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***I always try to get books from the library whenever possible, then check Thrift Books for a used copy. If not available from either of those, then I go to Amazon. I include the links directly to Amazon for quick reference.
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