Social Studies Curriculum Meeting

Dayspring Home Educators had a Humanities Curriculum "show and tell" parent meeting this week.  Here's all the great curriculum examples of their social studies curriculum/resources -- including a great list of series for elementary students:

Social Studies

History Curriculum

Trisms: 

·         Reading Through the Ages book list by the era (any age)
http://stores.shoptrisms.com/-strse-22/Reading-Through-the-Ages/Detail.bok (available in ebook)

·         Also have history programs for Middle-High school
http://trisms.com/  

Classical Conversations (in-person local coops)  (K-12)
http://www.classicalconversations.com/

Tapestry of Grace – full curriculum for multiple ages (K-12)
http://www.tapestryofgrace.com

Connect the Thoughts (Current Wars; Free weekly journal) (K-12)
http://www.connectthethoughts.net/

Winter Promise (literature based curriculum:  PreK-12)
http://www.winterpromise.com/

Sonlight (literature based curriculum:  PreK-12)
http://www.sonlight.com/

 

Resources on CD (timeline, maps) (PreK-12)

·         Hold That Thought (CD’s – maps, timeline)
http://www.holdthatthought.com/

·         Uncle Josh’s Outline Maps from Geography Matters
http://www.geomatters.com/products/details.asp?ID=27

·         Historical Timeline Figures by Liberty Wiggers
http://www.geomatters.com/faq/details.asp?PID=172

History spines:

o   The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

o   The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History

o   DK (Dorling Kindersley) – History of the World

Resources for finding books:

o   World History Reading List:  http://www.abookintime.com/worldhistoryreadinglist.html

o   American History Reading List:  http://www.abookintime.com/americanhistoryreadinglist.html

o   Reading Through the Ages book list by the era (any age)
http://stores.shoptrisms.com/-strse-22/Reading-Through-the-Ages/Detail.bok (available in ebook or paper copy)

Preschool-elementary level book examples

o   The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago by Felicity Brooks, Helen Edom

o   Story of the World (Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer)

o   NC Freaks of History (NC curriculum, workshops, field trips)

§  http://www.ncfreaksofhistory.com/

o   Rats and Bulls and Flying Machines (Core Knowledge)
http://books.coreknowledge.org/home.php?cat=300

o   Around the World in 100 Years by Jean Fritz
(Jean Fritz wrote some great history books:  http://www.biblio.com/jean-fritz~105730~author )

o   Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere-Dreher

o   Take it to Your Seat Centers (Geography, etc.) by Evan-Moor
http://www.evan-moor.com/centers

Series of great history books

o   Series:  Chester Comix  (graphic novels)
http://www.chestercomix.com/

o   Series: American Kids in …. Colonial Days, etc.  (list: http://www.homeschoolfcgs.com/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/929335)

o   Series: Rookie Biography (many available – Amazon/library)

o   Series: Ingri D’Aulaire (list:  http://www.squidoo.com/ingridaulaire)

§  Benjamin Franklin by D’Aulaire

o   Series: Famous Men… Renaissance and Reformation, Medieval (great short biographies of people with study materials if you want them)
http://www.greenleafpress.com/

o   Series:  Timeline Graphic Novels (eg.Queen NZinga) (several reading levels and many topics)
http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/en/timeline_home.htm

o   Series:  If You…  Sailed on the Mayflower…  (Scholastic) (many topics)
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/search?N=0&isBrowse=Y&Nr=AND%28Collection_ID:WK%29&Ntk=Series_Name&Ntt=If%20You...

o   Series:  Graphic Library from Capstone Press (www.capstonepress.com)

§  American Graphic:  http://www.capstonepub.com/product/9781429654777

§  Graphic Histories: http://www.capstonepub.com/product/9780736865531

§  And several other series

o   Series:  Horrible Histories (from the UK but available in the US)

§  Original website:  http://horrible-histories.co.uk/

§  US order site:  http://www.horriblebooks.com/

§  Some available at Amazon

o   Series:  You wouldn’t want to be…  an American Colonist
Series titles at:  http://www.mymcpl.org/cfapps/juvser/title.cfm?id=1844