Study PA History Using the Literature Approach
The Pennslyvania Keystones state history course meets all legal requirements for teaching Pennsylvania state history. [Features…]
Pennsylvania Keystones
By Susan Kemmerer
Grades 3 to 7th
Pennsylvania Keystones
By Susan Kemmerer
Grades 3 to 7th
Pennsylvania Keystones
By Susan Kemmerer
Grades 3 to 7th
Pennsylvania Keystones
By Susan Kemmerer
Grades 3 to 7th
Pennsylvania Keystones Set
Price $35.99
Pennsylvania Keystones Set
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The Pennsylvania Keystones Set includes one Student Text, one Teacher Key, and one Activity Pack.
Features of PA Keystones by Susan Kemmerer
- Introduce your student(s) to great, godly men from Pennsylvania’s history.
- God’s providence is evident throughout the history of this grand story.
- True stories will encourage your student in his/her Christian faith and challenge him in his walk with God.
- Your student(s) will study maps, timelines, nature, and creative writing,
- Creating a keepsake notebook will introduce your student(s) to the government, geography, industry, and agriculture, flora and fauna of Pennsylvania.
- Flexible enough to use with one or more students.
- Use as a full year history/literature course or a weekly supplement to your current studies.
- You will also need certain required books besides this set.
- The extra books (purchase separately or borrow from your local library) include the following.
- The Sign of the Beaver
- The Cabin Faced West
- Skippack School
- Henner’s Lydia
- Christmas Surprise (Out of print)
- Spy for the Night Rider (Out of print, but available for download.)
- The Light in the Forest (Check your local library or bookstore.)
- Indian Drums and Broken Arrow (Out of print, try interlibrary loan)
Grades 3 to 7th
Price $35.99
Student Text
Price $11.99
Pennsylvania Keystones Student Text
ISBN-13: 9780975854327
The Pennsylvania Keystones Student Text can be read aloud to your children or alone by the student.
- Each unit is based on the biographical sketch of a historical figure.
- For each story, there is a comprehension page and activity to enhance learning.
- The four units are
- Native Pennsylvanians (5 lessons)
- William Penn (15 lessons)
- John Heckewelder (7 lessons)
- Benjamin West (8 lessons)
Grades 3-7th
Price $11.99
Student Activity Pack
Pennsylvania Keystones Student Activity Pack
ISBN-13: 9780975854334
The PA Keystones Student Activity Pack has some great hands-on activities.
- Your student will do map studies, timelines, nature studies, and creative writing activities.
- Scissors, glue, crayons or colored pencils, and a Bible are required for the activities.
- It is printed on loose-leaf 3-hole-punched paper for easy placement in the student’s keepsake notebook.
- The pack is reproducible for family use.
- If you plan to use this in a homeschool co-op or small classroom, each family needs to purchase a Student Activity Pack.
- Buy an additional copy for each child if you don’t care to make “lotsa” copies!
Grades 3-7th
Price $16.99
Teacher’s Manual and Answer Key
Pennsylvania Keystones
Pennsylvania Keystones Teacher’s Manual and Answer Key
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The Teacher’s Manual and Answer Key is for the Pennsylvania Keystones state history study.
- It has the lesson plans, book list, and answer key for the Student Activity Pack.
Grades 3-7th
Price $7.99
Skippack School
Price $15.99
Skippack School
ISBN-13: 9780836191240
Skippack School tells a treasured tale about a boy and the praying pioneer schoolmaster, Christopher Dock, the first in America to write a book on pedagogy.
Price $15.99
Henner’s Lydia
Price $15.99
Henner’s Lydia
ISBN-13: 9780836190939
Henner’s Lydia is the story of a young Amish girl who lives on a farm near Lancaster. Lydia must finish her first “piece,” a small hooked mat, before she can go to market with her father.
Price $15.99
Sign of the Beaver
Price $7.99
The Sign of the Beaver
ISBN-13: 9780547577111
Left alone to guard their newly built cabin, young Matt meets a new friend and learns new ways to survive in the forest. The Sign of the Beaver is used in several different courses.
Paperback
Price $7.99
Cabin Faced West
Price $7.99
Cabin Faced West
ISBN-13: 9780698119369
The Cabin Faced West is the story of a frontier girl in Pennsylvania. It is used in weeks 10 and 11 of the Pennsylvania Keystones course.
Price $7.99
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
by Marguerite Henry
Price $14.95
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
ISBN-13: 9780970561800
This lovely book has been republished at last by Bradford Press. I love using Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin for Pennsylvania history when my children are in second grade! Makes a great extra book for Pennsylvania Keystones!
Price $14.95
Out of Print Titles for Pennsylvania History Study
Perhaps you can use the information below to find the books at your local library or a used bookstore.
The Christmas Surprise
The Christmas Surprise
OUT OF PRINT
The Christmas Surprise
ISBN-13: 9780836134995
From the publisher:
“When Indians burn her home, kill her parents, and take her young brother captive, Kate Stewart has no one to turn to but Uncle Josh, a circuit rider in the back country of Pennsylvania. Her uncle takes Kate to the Moravian town of Bethlehem, where he thinks she will be safe during the fall of 1755.”
“While staying in Bethlehem, Kate tries to understand the Moravians’ love of peace and their friendship for all people, friends and enemies alike. But her hatred of Indians grows as she watches the endless stream of frightened refugees come to the town for shelter from Delaware and Shawnee raids in the French and Indian War.”
“Word reaches Bethlehem that the Indians plan to attack the town on Christmas Eve. Kate wonders at the peace-loving Moravians, who calmly go about their work and continue their plans for the Christmas surprise for the children. During that fateful Christmas Eve Kate discovers that true strength lies in peace with all people and in trusting God.”
OUT OF PRINT
Spy for the Night Riders
Spy for the Night Riders
ISBN-13: 9781556612374
OUT OF PRINT
Unavailable at this time. You may be purchase print book or Ebook at the authors’ website.
Indian Drums and Broken Arrow
ISBN-10:1891635018
During the Revolutionary War, Jeff Lockwood sets out to find out if his father defected to the redcoats. Suspense, conflict, and espionage.
Out of Print Out of Stock
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