Unit Study

Time Travel to the Colonies: Hands-On History Fun for Kids!

What is wampum? Why are there thirteen stripes on our flag? Whose life did Pocahontas beg her father to save?

Design and make a model colony, and plot locations on a coordinate graph. Make a bilbo catcher and a snow snake. Add suffixes to words. Learn about colonists who helped establish settlements in America. Correctly use punctuation at the end of sentences, and arrange words in alphabetical order. Read directions and follow a recipe to make pound cake. Construct a timeline of the years when the colonies were founded.

Student workbook pages are designed to reinforce the daily concepts and are included within the unit.

Includes:

  • Documentation of skills taught within the unit study
  • Detailed lesson plans
  • Step-by-step instructions for teaching your child
  • Activities for different learning styles
  • Enrichment activities to challenge advanced learners
  • Handwriting guidelines
  • Worksheets for practice with each lesson
  • Reading practice pages
  • Literature List
  • Materials List
  • Templates for resources:
    • Calendar
    • Bingo Game Boards
    • Sight Word Flashcards
    • Telling Time Flashcards
    • Hundred Chart
    • Spelling Squares
    • Graph Paper