Activities we will do this year.

History Story of the World Book 3                                                                       Chapters 24-42

Chapter 24- Sailing South                                                                                                                

Craft Activity: Planting Well                                                                               

Craft Activity: Message Sticks

Chapter 25- Revolution Gone Sour

                Government Project: Two Declarations of Independence

                Craft Project: Tricolor Revolution Ribbon

Chapter 26- Catherine the Great

                Game: Be the next Czar

                Art Project:  Circle the Cows

Chapter 27- A Changing World

                Craft Project: The Cotton Gin

                Science Project: Steam Experiment

                Writing Project (if time): Writing a Patent

Chapter 28- China and the Rest of the World

                Activity Project: Eight Regulations

                Art Project: Make a Vase from the Chi’en-lung Period

Chapter 29- The Rise of Bonaparte

                Game Project: Conquer the World!  (2^nd grade) (all if time)

                Activity Project: The Rosetta Stone (3^rd-8^th)

                Cooking Project: Eat like a British Sailor (all)

Chapter 30- Freedom in the Caribbean

                Craft Project: Palm Tree Haitian Stamp

                Activity Project: Malaria Remedies (just discuss)

Chapter 31- A Kind of Rebellion

                Cooking Project: Factory Work

Chapter 32- The Opened West

                Activity Project: Jefferson’s Secret Code

Chapter 33- The End of Napoleon

                Craft Activity: St. Helena salt map

                Music Project: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture (just discuss and listen to)

Chapter 34- Freedom for South America

                Cooking Project: Peruvian Rice Pudding

                Game Project: Battle for South America! (if time)

Chapter 35- Mexican Independence

                Craft Project: Mexican Flowers (Mon.)

                Craft Activity: Independence Day Pinata

                Cooking Project: Mexican Hot Chocolate (kids will sample)

Chapter 36- The Slave Trade Ends

                Craft Project: Slave Ship Cutaway (just share an example)

                Game Project: Who am I?

                Craft Project: Early American Quilting and the Anti-Slavery Movement

Chapter 37- Troubled Africa

                Craft Project: Zulu Beadwork Code

Chapter 38- American Tragedies

                Craft Project: Cherokee Forest Pouch

                Activity Project: Indian Sign Language (if time)

Chapter 39- China Adrift

                Cooking Project: Poppy Seed Muffins

                Game Project: Shore Bombardment (if time)

Chapter 40- Mexico and Her Neighbor

                Game Project: Texas History Crossword Puzzle

                Cooking Project: Gingerbread Alamo Façade

                Activity Project: Play Texas Ranger (share idea with PE)

Chapter 41- New Zealand and Her Rulers

                Activity Project: The Treaty of Waitangi (only as a demonstration)

                Activity Project: Introducing Yourself in Maori- Pepeha

Chapter 42- The World of Forty-Nine

                Activity Project: Gold Strike! (also see if we can get someone from Mahaffie to come speak)

                Craft Project: Sutter’s Mill Waterwheel