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Unit 4

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Week 28

Week 29

Week 30

Week 31

Week 32

Week 33

Week 34

Week 35

Week 36

Additional helpful related resources

Unit 4:  The 70s, 80s, and 90s—and a look ahead

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General Resources:  (spines used more than four weeks) that are used in this unit appear in this chart. 

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History			Idiot's Guide to 20th Century History
Literature	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Enrichment	djk;la	djk;la
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   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.	OR  AND continue or start foreign language study.

In additions to short chapters from the above books, below are listed resources that are used for three weeks or less.

Week 28:   Overview:  Late 20th Century Art & Culture

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
History:  In Depth	djk;la
Literature		(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 2 of 3 for both)
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview	djk;la	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)
Enrichment	djk;la	djk;la djk;la

Week 29:  Feminism & Abortion/The Family Dissolves

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
History:  In Depth
Literature		(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 3 of 3 for both)	djk;la
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview	djk;la	(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)
Enrichment	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la

Week 30:  The Nixon Years

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	(Week 1 of 4)
History:  In Depth	Richard M. Nixon (Check your library before purchasing.)	Richard Nixon  Richard M. Nixon   (Two different books...check your library before purchasing either.)	Richard Nixon  Richard M. Nixon   (Two different books...check your library before purchasing either.)	djk;la
Literature		(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)	djk;la
Fine Arts	The 70's: Punks, Glam Rockers, & New Romantics	The 70's: Punks, Glam Rockers, & New Romantics	The 70's: Punks, Glam Rockers, & New Romantics	The 70's: Punks, Glam Rockers, & New Romantics
Worldview	djk;la	djk;la djk;la	djk;la	(Week 1 of 2)
Enrichment	Modern Olympic Games (Check your library first.)	Modern Olympic Games (Check your library first.)	Modern Olympic Games (Check your library first.)

Week 31:  Carter's Malaise & Ford's Integrity

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview				(Week 2 of 4)
History:  In Depth	Gerald R. Ford James Earl Carter	Gerald R. Ford James Earl Carter	Gerald R. Ford James Earl Carter	Gerald R. Ford James Earl Carter
Literature		(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	(Week 2 of 2)
Enrichment		djk;la

Week 32:  Reagan's Revolution

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	(Week 3 of 4)
History:  In Depth	Ronald W. Reagan (Check your library first.) The Fall of the Berlin Wall	Ronald W. Reagan (Check your library first.) The Fall of the Berlin Wall	Ronald W. Reagan (Check your library first.) The Fall of the Berlin Wall	djk;la
Literature		(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)
Fine Arts	djk;la	The 80's and 90's: Power Dressing to Sportswear (Check your library before purchasing.)	The 80's and 90's: Power Dressing to Sportswear (Check your library before purchasing.)	The 80's and 90's: Power Dressing to Sportswear (Check your library before purchasing.)
Worldview	djk;la	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2 for both)
Enrichment	djk;la	Check your library before making this purchase.	Check your library before making this purchase.

Week 33:  George Bush, Senior

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	The Persian Gulf War	The Persian Gulf War	The Persian Gulf War	The Persian Gulf War
History:  In Depth	George Bush: The Forty-First President (Check your library first.)	George Bush: The Forty-First President (Check your library first.)	George Bush: The Forty-First President (Check your library first.)	George Bush: The Forty-First President (Check your library first.)
Literature		(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)	Because we will just be reading selections, you may want to check your library or our online links first.
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview		(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2 for biographies)
Enrichment				(See our notes in the Resource Section before viewing.)

Week 34:  Clinton's Opportunity

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	(Week 4 of 4)
History:  In Depth	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Literature	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2 for both)
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	(Week 1 of 2)
Enrichment	Internet and E-Mail (Check your library first.)	Internet and E-Mail (Check your library first.)	Internet (Check your library first.)

Week 35:  George W. Bush and the Early 21st Century

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
History:  In Depth
Literature	(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 2 of 2)	(Week 1 of 2 for both)	(Week 1 of 2)
Fine Arts	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Worldview				(Week 2 of 2)
Enrichment	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la

Week 36:  Current Events & Conclusions after the Second Millennium

	Lower Grammar	Upper Grammar	Dialectic	Rhetoric
History:  Overview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
History:  In Depth	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Literature	djk;la			(Week 2 of 2)
Fine Arts
Worldview	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la
Optional Extra	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la	djk;la

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Additional Helpful 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!

Here's a relatively new 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 Fimo^TM for most projects suggested in Tapestry.  If you buy your Model Magic from this link (click to place in your cart right away whenever you're ready to purchase) Tapestry will benefit from a small commission.  Thanks in advance!

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