Arts & Activities

General

  • Do art critiquing the way the "pros" do! This site includes elements of art, principles of design, an art timeline, art vocabulary, and activities as well. Although Dialectic and Rhetoric students will gain the most benefit, Upper Grammar students could benefit with parental guidance.
  • Use this site for great pictures when making lapbooks. Contributed by Sue.
  • A vast resource for further research on 19th-Century Art. Click on 19th-Century Art.
  • Excellent architecture sight: www.greatbuildings.com
  • 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!
  • Art history time line: there are two pages to this time line--page 1 is BC, page 2 is AD. There are many wonderful links to pictures of art from each period, as well as resources for further study. A gem! All ages can benefit.
  • "This time line site is a bit of a pain to get around, but once you do, you'll glean great time line information on classical music." --from Christina, a Tapestry user.
  • Maggie recommends this website, "The Music Chamber," that lists all of the composers according to time period. "We found it most helpful!"
  • "Don't know if you've heard or participated in the Home Depot Kids' Workshops yet or not. But they are a blast. They give the child a complete project kit which includes everything they need for materials to build something. They have work tables set up with hammers, wood glue, screw drivers and anything else needed. Plus they give them a work apron & pins for completing the project. I took all three this morning with DH & he worked with the older two while I helped (big time) the younger. They were so proud of themselves." --From Susan in Florida
  • Brenda, another user, wrote: I wanted to pass along a great site to everyone...www.puzzlemaker.com   You can put in a list of words, etc, and it will generate puzzles....everything from word searches, to crossword puzzles...codes, etc!!! They also have some really cool mazes which my younger ones love!! I have used it a lot for something fun to go along with what we are studying.....
  • www.brainpop.com Educational site with free educational movies. You can watch two free per day. Good for review or to introduce a topic. The best ones I've seen are in the math section. Aimed at grades 3-8, but fun for all!- -Taken from a posting from our yahoogroups email loop by Barb.

    Peanut Butter Dough for mapwork:
  • Materials: dough recipe, waxed paper, blue icing, green sprinkles, clear sprinkles, small chocolate chips, red candy strips (licorice strings), M&Ms.

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

    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. See the Y2 Gallery page for examples of completed maps.

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Unit 1

Week 1: When John Adams Was President

Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career

Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution

Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court

Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812

Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America

Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere

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Unit 2

Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments

Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy

Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe

Week 13: Victorian England

Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad

Week 15: Manifest Destiny

Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea

Week 17: The Oregon Trail

Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder

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Unit 3

Week 19: Westerners in Asia

Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War

Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites

Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War

Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War

Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War

Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction

Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars

Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany

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Unit 4

Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires

Week 29: The Scramble for Empire

Week 30: Imperialism and Culture

Week 31: Waves of Immigrants

Week 32: Captains of Industry

Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South

Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards

Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women

Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism

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