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

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 Two of a two-part series.

Course Description

🇺🇸 This 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 the Part Two class. The Part One class is here: https://classes.wonderwelllearning.com/courses/american-history-epic-adventure-colonial-to-constitution --- 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. --- Each class, with the exception of the first and last 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 - Weeks 13-23: 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, brief descriptions of battle scenes, and death (Example: 6 Red Coats were shot and killed; five more were wounded) are briefly mentioned in some classes. The poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Longfellow is included in Class 13. In it he references battle and death. You may read the poem for free online, if desired.

Syllabus

PART TWO ----- WEEK 13 The Shot Heard Around The World Project: Recite Paul Revere's Ride; Create a souvenir; Create pamphlet of Revolutionary War Heroes; Build a model of a fort WEEK 14 Thomas Jefferson Project: Portrait of Thomas Jefferson; Create model or illustration of Monticello; Paper doll scene of Jefferson's life WEEK 15 Let Freedom Ring Project: Sculpt the Liberty Bell; Collage what 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' means to you WEEK 16 The Spirit of '76 Project: Design a flag; Make model of a musket; Compose a poem about this time in history WEEK 17 Star-Spangled Banner Project: Build model or illustrate present day US Flag WEEK 18 The Un-United States Project: Draw or build a scale; Measure the weight of different objects on a scale WEEK 19 James Madison Project: Portrait of James Madison; Paper doll scene of Madison's life WEEK 20 Miracle At Philadelphia Project: Make Matching Game about delegates; Illustrate a cartoon; Design chair back with rising sun WEEK 21 The Constitution Project: Preamble in sign language; Draw and label three-headed eagle WEEK 22 We The People Project: Paint a bald eagle; Create page or poster about the bald eagle WEEK 23 Protecting Our Freedoms Project: List ways to defend freedom; Make red, white, and blue Ice cream cone art WEEK 24 Family Celebration Project: Research Project Presentations and Show and Tell

Supplies

Supply list will be provided prior to class.