A Patriot's History of the United States Chapter 1

This was a pretty detailed chapter

We read thru a good part of the first few pages when I realized it was too deep for most of the kids

We broke it down and found mini lessons on the topics it discussed what I read in the book.

Trade in the Orient

Trade Routes & New World Exploration  lesson snip

New World Settlements     lesson snip

Slaves, Tobacco and Government     lesson snip 

Colonial Life      lesson snip

Puritans and Pilgrims        lesson snip 

Religious Differences and Freedom    lesson snip 

World Geography

this week was North America.
Quinten  chose Mexico, we watched this little video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXZm_RSTaKQ
Abigail chose Greenland  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjtRQiEluDg
Isaac chose Canada http://www.youtube.com/user/CanadianGeographic#p/u/26/rQKA1ahHgaY

We also used this site. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/

Fishy Friends

this was done with Microsoft Paint.