Colonial America Unit Study | Homeschool History | Charlotte Mason Living Books
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Unlike our typical history units, this Colonial America History Block was fairy short in comparison lasting 1-2 weeks. I gathered together resources we already had from the last time we did this unit a few years ago. We didn't purchase any new material for this unit, but there ended up being a couple additions we didn't have the first time. We also omitted a few resources for the sake of time, and even then, we didn't get through everything we had.
One book we ended up not doing at all this time around was The World of Captain John Smith. I thought this would be the perfect book for my 13-year-old son as assigned reading as I liked it so much the first time around. But alas, he didn't get into it as much as I hoped and instead he read the Life and Times of Myles Standish.
For our lesson plans, I basically wrote a list of the materials I hoped we'd get through. I didn't schedule time or days for this, but did restrict the length of the unit to just one week and in reality it took almost two weeks. We worked daily on the our main lesson block reading and doing projects for about 2 hours each day on average.
Our main project for this unit was the weaving project that both my 8-year-old daughter and 13-year-old completed, though it took them until the end of all the history units to finish it. Following this unit, we did a unit on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the American Revolutionary War.
Check out the blog post that accompanies this video for the complete list of our projects and activities for this unit. You can find more details, links to books and products, pictures and more!
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I’m so jealous whenever you show the professor noggins cards, they look like such a great and fun resource - wish we had them in the uk!
Oh what a bummer they aren't there.
The colonial music cd is on Spotify! That was a nice find.
Another beautiful unit study! Thanks for sharing!
I’m so, so happy you’re back! You have such a wonderful channel.
So happy to see you're back❤ I love your videos!!!!
I'm so happy to see you're back! I'd love to see new unit studies now that you're making new videos!
I’m thankful you’re back! I absolutely LOVE your content. I use so many of your suggested resources for our unit studies. I appreciate all that you share. :)
We made the Betty Lamps from the Colonial Kids book from walnuts we had eaten, and beeswax and wicks we already had. They didn't last long but it was fun. We floated them in a bowl of water until they burnt out or tipped over. That was in 2018. I learned about the book from an earlier video of yours that I watched when I was first figuring out how we wanted to school, after many years of our kids being in public school.
You are amazing! Thank you for sharing.
I really struggle with the "you wouldn't want to be a colonist" book. I don't have a copy of it so it is hard for me to list detailed specifics but from the flip through here, and the instagram post, and remembering looking at it briefly before I know that I would be upset if my child was exposed to this book. I know that power of humor to reach young learners, but I find the "funny" spin on colonization of Indigenous people distasteful. The language around "friendly looking" plays into the idea that regular or other Indigenous people were "wild" or unkept. There cover art for this book was redone around 2013 and I think the previous cover (this listing www.amazon.com/You-Wouldnt-Want-American-Colonist/dp/053112357X ) does a lot to convene the mindset behind the book and why it is problematic
That is awful cover
Perfect timing! Classical Conversations is doing their American History cycle this year. 😊
I'm curious, when presenting studies for Colonial America do you also present historical narratives from native American indigenous peoples and enslaved peoples? What curriculum do you use? Any book reccs? Thank you!!
Love the content of your channel! So inspiring and informative
Do you put this unit studies in your main lesson book or do something else
Yep! We used a main lesson book for our work.
So timely; we currently reading about colonial America. Great resources as always.
Those are some great suggestions! I really like the loom kit!
Look up Mountain Fifes and Drums, a California local Colonial American living history fife and drum corp comprised of kids your sons age.
This is great because we are doing American History this year!💗
ASA! This looks amazing! So happy you are back.
You should definitely make corn chowder if is going to cool off where you live when you are going to do this unit. So yummy. It makes a great lunch.
i love u hanna! ur videos are fantastic! May Allah give u more barakah in ur home n life . ameen
Hello! Your videos are very interesting!! I have a question... Do you have a curriculum? I mean, what to teach according the age? What subjects?
She does waldorf i guess inspired