Arts & Activities

General

  • Use this site for great pictures when making lapbooks.  Contributed by Sue.

  • Recommended by Carol, this art history project book can be used in all four year-plans, as it goes through the 1980's.  There are 80 projects in this book entitled Great Studio Projects in Art History, and is written by William Reid.  ISBN 0825138523

  • Here's real help with Feast Nights: food timeline and recipes galore!  Enjoy!

  • Barb shared a great alternative to salt dough maps: 

Cookie Dough Recipe:
2 c. smooth peanut butter
2 1/2 c. powdered milk
2 1/2 c. powdered sugar
2 c. white corn syrup
Mix all ingredients together and put small portions on waxed paper. Makes about 25 small
maps. 

Use these symbols:
blue icing - lakes and oceans
green sprinkles - plains
clear sprinkles - deserts
chocolate chips - mountains
red candy strips - rivers
M&Ms - capitals
 

Here's a product that we just discovered: Crayola's Model Magic!  This great, lightweight, soft modeling substance comes in four colors, or you can just buy buckets of white.  It air-dries quickly, and after it's dry, it can be sanded, painted, or decorated.  Kinesthetic learners can use this in place of clay to make models of all sorts, as well as jewelry, diorama furniture, puppets--the list is endless!  Model magic can replace FimoTM for most projects suggested in Tapestry

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Unit 1

Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile

Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia

*Recipes/Seder information under week 9

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law

Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

*Seder/Recipes:

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Unit 2

Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism

  • Great information on carving stone--many types--and sources for buying stone in case you decide to try to carve a seal or sculpture this week.  Definitely Dialectic and up.  Great if you're the mom leading this week's craft!

  • Various forms of Pachisi, and ideas for making game boards and playing according to traditional rules in India.

  • Portable Pachisi craft from Crayola
  • OUTSTANDING interactive site about the Indus Valley.  Many photos, great text, super for all ages.  Highly recommended!  Forget the texts and resource books--just have your kids spend time here!  (Warning: a few bare breasted statues.)  Find information about the "bead pot" mentioned in Year 1 Redesigned at this link.

  • Artifacts in the Michael C. Carlos Museum from the Far East.

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism

Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas

  • Make a gourd birdhouse.  Parental supervision needed.

  • One set of instructions on making a gourd rattle or musical instrument called a Shekere

  • Lure construction.  This page consists primarily of learning objectives for lure construction and ice fishing, but you can mine it for information about making your own lures.

  • Artifacts in the Michael C. Carlos Museum from the Ancient Americas.

  • Lessons plans about Ancient Mayan art

  • Make your name glyph using a Mayan syllabary. Also has info on numbers and background of their language.

  • Great coloring pages for Aztec culture.  This link contributed by Robin.

  • Book suggestion by a user:  Mexico! 40 Activities to Experience Mexico Past and Present by Susan Milord.  This is a great book: you'll use it this year and next.  ISBN: 1885593228

Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures

Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

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Unit 3

Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

  • No links.

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported

Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity

Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home

  • Temple Rebuilt for Grammar levels.

  • Learn more about the Jewish holiday established in the book of Esther: Purim.  A recipe for Hamentaschen and some helpful links.  Dialectic and up.

  • Wow!  Click here to download/print an entire coloring book/play of the book of Esther for Purim celebrations!

  • Another Purim site: BRIGHT with lots of fun ideas, recipes, crafts, etc.

  • Make a Shalach Manos basket for Purim.

Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta

Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War

Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

  • Finish all hands-on projects this week.

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Unit 4

Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome

Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars

Week 31: From Republic to Empire

  • Celtic knotwork.  Great instructions here, but don't follow links on their website without adult supervision.

  • Constructing a Celtic knot.  This site contributed by Martha.

  • Celtic cross-stitch...midway down is a link to generate your own pattern!

  • History and symbolism of the Celtic cross...there are several nice pictures that will help you in your hands-on projects this week.

Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement

Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church

Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils

  • Review Units 3 and 4.

  • Complete all hands-on projects this week for your Unit Celebration.

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