America the Beautiful Bundle 9781609991654

America the Beautiful Bundle, 2nd Edition

It comes complete with the Curriculum Package, the Literature Package, the Student Workbook and the Lesson Review.

By Charlene Notgrass, Publisher: Notgrass History

ISBN-13: 781609991654

In Notgrass America the Beautiful Course, there isn’t a teacher guide. That’s because there is an activities list at the end of each lesson in the book. This list makes it very homeschool-friendly! You and your student will be on the same page all the time—pardon the pun!

Features of America the Beautful, 2ED.

• There are 30 units in the course.
• Each unit has five lessons.
• Each lesson includes a list of activity choices with references to the individual components.
• The Answer Key has the answers.
• Selecting homeschooling curriculum for teaching American history is easy with these excellent choices.
• American the Beautiful is a Christian-based course for one year of study.
• Additional books are required for the literature portion of the course.
• To give your child a richer perspective on the various time periods studied, ten extra works of literature are assigned. The student is usually assigned 1-2 chapters per day. The first five books go with Part 1, and the next five books go with Part 2.
• The Bundle includes the Literature Package.

The America the Beautiful Bundle includes one of each item:

• America the Beautiful Curriculum Package 9781609991395 includes:
  • America the Beautiful Part 1: America from 1000 to 1877 Download Part 1 Sample Pages Opens in a new window at the publisher’s website.
  • America the Beautiful Part 2: America from the late 1800s to the present Download Part 2 Sample Pages
  • We the People consists of resource documents from American history used in this course. See We the People Sample Pages
  • Maps of America the Beautiful A collection of 30 maps drawn especially to accompany this curriculum. Your child will often refer to a map while reading a lesson in America the Beautiful and do activities on the map at the end of the lesson. Download Sample Maps
  • Timeline of America the Beautiful
    This is an illustrated timeline of American history from AD 1000 to the present designed specifically to include facts learned in the lessons. Some facts are already printed on the timeline. After each lesson, your child will add an event mentioned in the lesson to the timeline. See Sample Timeline Pages
  • America the Beautiful Answer Key Includes Answers for the Timeline, Student Workbook, Lesson Review and vocabulary assignments from the main text. See Sample.
• Literature Package contains:
  • Growing Up Dakota by Charles Eastman ISBN-13: 9781609991623 An autobiographical account of the boyhood of Ohiyesa, also known as Charles Eastman, a member of the Dakota nation. Used in Units 2-5
  • Amos Fortune Free Man by Elizabeth Yates ISBN-13: 9780140341584 Ttells the story of an American slave. Born the son of an African king, slave traders captures him when he was 15. Amos Fortune dreamed of freedom as he worked as a slave for 45 years. When he was age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true. Used in Units 6-7
  • Brady by Jean Fritz ISBN-13: 9780698119376 Brady must make his decision about the slavery controversy when he discovers an Underground Railroad station near his family’s farm. Used in Units 9-10
  • Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen ISBN-13: 9780140383195 DES Used in Units 12-13
  • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt ISBN-13 9780425182789 “Presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton—a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War. Used in Units 14-15
  • Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder ISBN-13: 9780060581862 The story “begins as the harsh winter is over and Laura looks forward to the long summer days–especially now that she has a new gentleman caller, Almanzo Wilder.” Used in Units 16-18
  • All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor ISBN-13: 9780440400592 The story of a family with five daughters who lives in New York City at the turn of the last century. Used in Units 19-20
  • Blue Willow by Doris Gates ISBN-13: 9780140309249 “A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.” Used in Units 21-22
  • Homer Price by Robert McCloskey ISBN-13: 9780142404157 Homer Price takes place in small-town America. Used in Unit 23
  • Katy’s Box by Mary Evelyn Notgrass ISBN-13: 9781609991159
    “It’s time for a new adventure! Katy Porter is nervous and excited about beginning her first year of homeschooling. The day before school starts, Katy asks her dad if she can keep the empty box he is about to throw away. Katy puts keepsakes from her past inside the box, such as an old necklace and a rock she brought back from the ocean. Katy tucks the box safely under her bed, but the box is not full. Will the coming year bring good times with her family and fun new treasures to add to her box? Or will homeschooling be just a big stack of boring hard work?” Katy’s Box is a story of learning and of learning what matters.” From the publisher’s website Used in Units 29-30
• Student Workbook ISBN-13: 9781609991432 Has one daily handwork sheet for each lesson, literature review questions, and weekly unit tests. Gr. 5-6
• Lesson Review ISBN-13: 9781609991401 Has five short review questions for each lesson, literature review questions, and weekly unit tests. Gr. 7-8

This one-year course covers American History, Geography, and Literature for ages 10-14.