Tapestry of Grace
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Unit 1
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Unit 1: Casting Off The Moorings
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Uniquely, we found that when preparing our Year 4 book list, many of our choice titles (and in many cases, the only titles we could find) are only available in expensive library bindings. We strongly suggest you take your top choices to your librarian as soon as possible and ask her if your library would consider buying them. Most children's departments are woefully inadequate in their stock of good 20th Century history books. Perhaps you can use this fact as grounds for your request! It is for this reason that we've said so many times in the charts below "check your library before ordering this book." We are aware of the costs, but our commitment to listing primarily books that are in print compels us to choose as we do.
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General Resources: (spines used more than four weeks) that are used in this unit appear in this chart.
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |  |
 
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| History: In Depth | jfkasl;f |
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 This
is our favorite reference atlas. It also comes in paperback,
but you must special order: Hammond Atlas of the 20th Century
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| Fine Arts | 
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| Worldview |
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| Writing | Write One: Student Handbook OR
Write Away: A Handbook for Young Writers...
OR Write on Track: A Handbook for Young...
AND Easy Grammar: Daily Guided Teaching and Review (pink book) click here to go to the Easy Grammar site and scroll down. |
OR All Write Handbook AND Easy Grammar (purple book) click here to go to the Easy Grammar site and scroll down. |
 OR
AND Easy Grammar Plus (red book) click here
to go to the Easy Grammar site and scroll down. AND
ideally, begin a foreign language.
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OR
AND continue or start foreign language study |
| Enrichment |
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In addition to short chapters from the above books, below are listed resources that are used for FOUR weeks or less.
Week 1: Review Previous Themes & The World In 1900
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
 
Theodore Roosevelt (Check your library before making this purchase.) (Week 1 of 2) |
| jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth |   
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Theodore Roosevelt (Check your library before making this purchase.) |
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| Literature |
 AND/OR
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(Week 1 of 2 for Sounder) |
 (Week
1 of 2)
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| Enrichment |  |
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f |  (Week 1 of 2) |
 OR
(Week 1 of 2 for either) |
 (Week
2 of 2)
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Week 2: Teddy Roosevelt’s Adventure
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview | Theodore Roosevelt (Check your library before making this purchase.) (Week 2 of 2) | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth |
The Panama Canal
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The Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt (Check your library before making this purchase.) |
Check at your library before purchasing the following title: Theodore Roosevelt |
Check at your library before purchasing the following title: Theodore Roosevelt |
| Literature |
 AND
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 (Week
2 of 2 for Sounder) OR
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(Week 2 of 2) |
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| Enrichment | jfkasl;f |  (This
is another possibility for literature at this level if you don't
care for either of the two above choices.) |
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f |
(Week 2 of 2) |
OR
(Week 2 of 2 for either) |
(Week
2 of 2)
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Week 3: War in Europe
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
Going to War in World War I (Week 1 of 4) |
 (Week
1 of 4)
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Causes and Consequences of World War I (Week 1 of 3) |
jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth |
Check your library before purchasing presidents titles. |
 
(Week 1 of 4) Check your library before purchasing presidents titles. |
 
(Week 1 of 3) World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 1 of 4) Check your library before purchasing any of these titles. |
Causes and Consequences of World War I (Week 1 of 3 for both) Check your library before
purchasing the above titles. OR replace both of the above with this one title. (Week 1 of 3) |
| Literature |
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 (Week
1 of 2)
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| Enrichment | jfkasl;f | (Week 1 of 3)
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World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 1 of
4)
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f |
 (Week 1 of 2)
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(Week
1 of 2)
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(Week
1 of 2)
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Week 4: America in the War
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview | Going to War in World War I (Week 2 of 4) |
(Week 2 of 4) |
Causes and Consequences of World War I (Week 2 of 3) | jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth |
jfkasl;f |
(Week 2 of 4) |
(Week 2 of 3) World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 2 of 4) |
Causes and Consequences of World War I
(Week 2 of 3) Check your library before
purchasing the above titles. OR, replace both of the above with this one title. (Week 2 of 3) |
| Literature |
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In Flanders Field |
 (Week
1 of 3) OR
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(Week 2 of 2)
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| Enrichment | jfkasl;f |
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World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 2 of 3) |
| Worldview | jfkasl;f | (Week
2 of 2)
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(Week
2 of 2) |
(Week
2 of 2) |
Week 5: Russia Revolts
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
Going to War in World War I (Week 3 of 4) |
(Week 3 of 4)
(Check your library before purchasing this title.) |
The Russian Revolution
(Check your library before purchasing this title.) |
The Russian Revolution
(Check your library before purchasing this title.) |
| History: In Depth | jfkasl;f |
(Week 3 of 4) |
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| Literature |
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 (Week
1 of 2)
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(Week 2 of 3) OR |
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| Enrichment |
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AND POSSIBLE VIDEOS:
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
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Week 6: The End of War?
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
Going to War in World War I (Week 4 of 4) |
(Week 4 of 4) |
Causes and Consequences of World War I (Week 3 of 3) |
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| History: In Depth | jfkasl;f
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(Week 4 of 4)
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(Week 3 of 3) World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 3 of 4) We realize these titles are expensive! Ask your library to purchase them! |
(Week 3 of 3) |
| Literature |
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(Week 2 of 2) |
(Week 3 of 3) OR |
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| Enrichment |
 (Any
Charlie Chaplin film will be fun!) |
(Any
Charlie Chaplin film will be fun!)
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(Any
Charlie Chaplin film will be fun!)
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World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 3 of 3)
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f |
 (Week
1 of 2) |
(Week
1 of 2) |
(Week
1 of 2) |
Week 7: Peace and Prosperity
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
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jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth |
  
(Check your library before purchasing presidents title.) |
(Check your library before purchasing presidents title.) |
Warren G. Harding
(Check your library before purchasing above title.) World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 4 of 4) |
 (Week
1 of 3)
Warren G. Harding (Check your library before purchasing.) |
| Literature |
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| Enrichment |
 
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World War I (Letters from the Home Front) (Week 4 of 4)
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| Worldview | jfkasl;f | (Week
2 of 2) |
(Week
2 of 2) |
(Week
2 of 2)
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Week 8: Peace and Decadence: The Roaring 20s
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
 (Week
1 of 3) |
jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
| History: In Depth | jfkasl;f | jfkasl;f |
Calvin Coolidge (Check your library before purchasing.) |
(Week 2 of 3)
Calvin Coolidge (Check your library before purchasing.) |
| Literature |
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 OR
(Week 1 of 2 for both) |
 (Week
1 of 2) |
| Enrichment | jfkasl;f |
(Week 1 of 3 for book) |
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (video) |
| Worldview |
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Week 9: CRASH! The Great Depression: Focus on Economics and How It Felt
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Lower Grammar |
Upper Grammar |
Dialectic |
Rhetoric |
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| History: Overview |
(Week 2 of 3)
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 (Week
1 of 4)
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(Week 1 of 4)
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| History: In Depth |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Week 1 of 3) (Check your library for either president's book.) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Week 1 of 3) (Check your library for either president's book.) |
Herbert Hoover (Check your library before buying this book.) |
(Week 3 of 3) |
| Literature |
 AND
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 OR
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(Week 2 of 2 for both) |
(Week 2 of 2) |
| Enrichment |
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The Suitcases
(This is
a special order item, so order it early.)
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The Suitcases
(This is
a special order item, so order it early.)
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| Worldview |
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Additional Helpful Related Products
Knowledgequest has three great products that work very well with Tapestry: see them all by clicking here.
- Blackline Maps of World History (buy in separate packs of paper maps or buy them all on one CD-ROM)
- Easy Timeline Creator (your student can create beautiful time lines on the computer and print in color or black and white)
- Time line figures (for those who prefer a paper-based approach, these are scalable and reproducible)
Our Student Activity Pages are designed to be copied. Many home schoolers invest in a home copier or scanner in order to save trips to the copy store. One of our Tapestry users purchased an all-in-one copier/scanner/fax/printer machine six months ago. She writes: "It has worked perfectly and made school so much easier for me this year. The blue pages copy wonderfully, without any adjustments necessary. Also I have received faxes, used the digital camera slot, made tons of copies, and scanned some pictures. I am still working with scanning text--I haven't figured that out yet completely. My machine also comes with software so pictures can be saved, cropped, printed, or emailed. It has been a breeze to set up and use, and the color - b/w printer yields high quality prints. (It prints well on card stock, too, unlike my old printer.) And when paper gets stuck in there it has a little panel that opens in the back to make it very easy to remove! I can't think of anything else to tell you but if anyone has specific questions, please feel free to ask me! (Can you tell I really have enjoyed this machine?)" She wrote this in reference to an HP machine, but it has gone out of stock. You can find others like it though: click on this link to begin browsing: Top Selling Electronics. When you arrive at Amazon Electronics store, type "copier" into the available search box!
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