American History Epic Family Adventure: Colonial To Constitution (Part One)

Course Summary

Bring history to life with this Epic Adventure family course! A unit study at heart, this course provides opportunities to dive into every subject, from math, music, and language to literature, art, and science. This is Part One of a two-part series.

Course Description

🇺🇸 This two-part Epic Family Adventure will bring history to life! Prepare to immerse yourself and your family in the Colonial and Early American world as you engage throughout the week in class and additional activities. One 55-minute class will be held once a week. This Epic Family Adventure includes two parts: Part One - "Opening Day Celebration" to "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death" (Weeks 1-12) Part Two - "The Shot Heard Around The World" to "Family Celebration" (Weeks 13-24) --- This is a family class. Cost information is as follows:: 1) One person in the family must purchase this class. 2) Additional participating family members (ages 4-18) must each purchase the add-on class: https://classes.wonderwelllearning.com/courses/american-history-epic-adventure-family-class-addon 3) Parents may participate in the class for free. 4) Part Two of this class will be available for purchase a few weeks before class begins. --- Each class, with the exception of the first class, will include: - Weekly Review of family activities - Key Points Presentation - Fascinating Facts - Project or Activity and recommended family activities for the week - Show and Tell WEEKLY REVIEW This class requires additional time for activities outside of class. Each family will choose a research project to work on together throughout the week, along with additional activities. A recommended list of activities will be shared each week in class. The list will include math, language, art, music, science, and literature activities for a wide range of ages. Families will have the opportunity to share their weekly adventures in class during the Weekly Review. KEY POINTS PRESENTATION AND FASCINATING FACTS A visual presentation will be presented in weekly classes to introduce students to the key points and interesting facts of the weekly topic. WEEKLY FAMILY ACTIVITIES Each class will include a hands-on project or activity. To get the most out of this course, doing additional activities throughout the week is encouraged. This might be doing a recommended science experiment, making a Colonial dish for dinner, creating an art project, learning new vocabulary words, learning a dance or song, creating something with Legos or Playdoh, writing a poem or story, create costumes, going on a family field trip, etc. Additional activity ideas will be provided in class. SHOW AND TELL A few minutes will be allotted at the end of each class for students to showcase the project made in class. RESEARCH PROJECT Families will select a topic on which to research. 5-minute family presentations will be shared on the final day of class. COURSE SCHEDULE - Week One: Opening Day Celebration - Introduction of class and families - Weeks 2-23: Themed Classes - Week 24: Family Celebration - Presentation of family research projects and Show and Tell One of the beautiful things about this course is the opportunity to associate with other like-minded families, learn from and inspire one another, and make new friends. NOTE: This is not an all-inclusive history course. We will cover the basics of this historical period, immersed in family adventures, with the hope that it will ignite a love for learning and a love for history in each child. 🇺🇸 This course will be what each family makes of it. Are you ready to create family memories that will last a lifetime?

Content Considerations

War, battles, death

Syllabus

NOTE: Some weeks list multiple projects. Select the project each week that is most suited to your child(ren). ----- PART ONE ----- WEEK 1 Opening Day Celebration Project: Hero's Journey Project: Tricorn Hat WEEK 2 The Lost Colony Project: Pocahontas and John Smith Puppets; Native American Sign Language WEEK 3 Plymouth Rock Project: Air Dry Clay or Salt Dough Village WEEK 4 The Colonies Project: Paper Quilt; Model Ship WEEK 5 Abigail Adams Project: Portrait of Abigail or John Adams; Design ball gown WEEK 6 Harvest Home Project: Colonial Memory Game; Puppet Play of Colonial Life WEEK 7 Benjamin Franklin Project: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin; Paper doll scene or puppet show from Franklin's life WEEK 8 A Common Common Project: Build model of Colonial village; Shoebox diorama of Colonial craftsman at work WEEK 9 Colonial Christmas Project: Pomander Ball; Corn Husk Doll; Cranberry or Popcorn String WEEK 10 George Washington Project: Portrait of George Washington; Cartoon storyboard of Washington's life; Illustrate or build fort or model of Mount Vernon WEEK 11 Sons of Liberty Project: Design pop-up scene or build model showing tea going over the boat WEEK 12 Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death Project: Make matching patriots and quotes game; Illustrate and provide details about a favorite patriot

Supplies

Supply list will be provided prior to class.