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Blessed to Be a Blessing

Table of Contents

  Introduction vii.
  Topics Included in this Study ix.
  A Tour Through A Christian Cottage Unit Study xii.
  How To Balance Unit Study Activities with Science and History Textbooks xiv.
  Optional Supplemental Textbooks for "God Bless America" xv.
  How To Schedule Unit Studies Into Your School Week xvi.
  Christian Cottage Schools Lesson Plan xvii.
  Agriculture  
  Main Points to Study 1.
  Vocabulary 2.
  Resources 3.
  Calendars 7.
  Day One: Soil Studies 9.
  Day Two: Planting with Patience 11.
  Day Three: Consumable Crops 14.
  Day Four: Parts of Plants 19.
  Day Five: Writing/Recording Day 21.
  Day Six: Dissecting a Flower 23.
  Day Seven: Fabulous Fungus 25.
  Days Eight & Nine: "Farming For Fun" game 28.
  Day Ten: Write a Farm Diary 43.
  Our Constitution  
  Main Points to Study 45.
  Vocabulary 46.
  Resources 47.
  Calendars 49.
  Day One: We, The People 53.
  Day Two: The Legislative Branch 55.
  Article 1 57.
  Day Three: The Executive Branch "Hail To The Chief" 61.
  Article 2 62.
  Day Four: The Judicial Branch 65.
  Article 3 67.
  Day Five: Article Four-Full Faith and Credit 69.
  Article 4 70.
  Day Six: The Rest of the Story-Articles V, VI and VII. 71.
  Day Seven: The First Amendment 75.
  Day Eight: The Second through Fourth Amendments 77.
  Day Nine: Taking The Fifth-Our Constitutional Protections in Court (Amendments Five Through Eight) 80.
  Day Ten: Writing Day: The Rights of the People: Amendments 9-10 83.
  Day Eleven: The Oops Factor-Amendments 11 and 12 84.
  Day Twelve: Free At Last! Amendments 13, 14 and 15 87.
  Days Thirteen: Income Tax and Senatorial Elections 91.
  Day Fourteen: The Roaring Twenties 94.
  Day Fifteen: From Term Limits to Teenaged Voters-The Post War Amendments 22-27 99.
  Day Sixteen: Read through the Play 103.
  Day Seventeen: Block and Run through the Play 104.
  Backdrops & Character Drawings 105.
  Script, "The Bill of Rights, A Play In One Act" 121.
  Day Eighteen: Sound Effects 132.
  Days Nineteen & Twenty: Taping and Performance 132.
  Veterinary Science  
  Main Points to Study 133.
  Vocabulary 134.
  Literature 135.
  Calendars 139.
  Day One: Careers with Animals 141.
  Day Two: Rodent Romp! 143.
  Rodent Skeleton 144.
  Human Skeleton 146.
  Day Three: Equine Evaluations! 149.
  Horse Skeleton 150.
  Sick Horse 152.
  Day Four: Design Your Own Veterinary Clinic 154.
  Sample Veterinary Record 156.
  Day Five: Animal Anecdotes 159.
  Day Six: Beautiful Breeds 160.
  Day Seven: Perils of Parasites and Pens 161.
  Day Eight: Fun with Feeds 163.
  Day Nine: Pet Shop Visit 164.
  Day Ten: Pets on Parade 165.
  Activity: Fetal Pig Dissection 167.
  Westward Ho!  
  Main Points to Study 173.
  Vocabulary 174.
  Resources and Literature 175.
  Calendars 177.
  Trails and Territories Map 181.
  Days One & Two: Be Strong and Courageous 185
  Day Three: State History Day! 186.
  Day Four: Orienteering 187.
  Day Five: Our God is an Awesome God! 190.
  Day Six: Transportation and Communication 192.
  Day Seven: Jedediah Smith, Mountain Man 194.
  Day Eight: The War of 1812 196.
  Day nine: The Westward Frontier 198.
  Day Ten: Spiritual Journeys 199.
  Day Eleven: Remember the Alamo! 201.
  Day Twelve: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman 202.
  Day Thirteen: Go West, Young Man, Go West! 203.
  Day Fourteen: West Coast or Bust 205.
  Day Fifteen: Tales of the Trail 207.
  Day Sixteen: Play the Game, "Westward Home!" 209.
  The Game "Westward Home" 213.
  Game Cards 215.
  Day Seventeen: Plan a Journey West 253.
  Day Eighteen: Statehood Puzzle 257.
  Day Nineteen: Git' Along Little Doggie 261.
  Day Twenty: Tales of the Trail #2 263.
  The Civil War  
  Main Points to Study 265.
  Vocabulary 266.
  Resources and Literature 267.
  Calendars 269.
  Day One: Cause and Crises of the Civil War 273.
  Civil War States Map 274.
  Day Two: The Confederate Nation 275.
  Days Three-Five: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Pictorial Essay 277.
  Famous Speeches by Abraham Lincoln 283.
  Lincoln's Life in Pictures 285.
  Day Six: Supreme Court Parallels: Dred Scott / Roe v. Wade 297.
  Day Seven: Soldiers and Their Weapons 299.
  Day Eight: The Civil War Soldier 301.
  Day Nine: The Battle of Gettysburg 303.
  Map of Gettysburg 304.
  Day Ten: Power of the Pen 306.
  Letter from a Union Soldier 307.
  Days Eleven-Twenty: Produce the Play "Brother Against Brother" 308.
  Costumes 310.
  Script, "Brother Against Brother" 311.
  Industrial Revolution  
  Main Points to Study 335.
  Vocabulary 336.
  Resources 337.
  Calendars 341.
  Day One: Machine Mania 345.
  Day Two: Lifting with Levers 347.
  Day Three: Investigating Wheels and Axles 349.
  Day Four: Getting Into Gears 350.
  Day Five: Inventor Research 351.
  Day Six: The Awesome Automobile 352.
  Day Seven: Kinetic and Potential Energy 356.
  Day Eight: Action-Reaction 357.
  Day Nine: Invention Antics 359.
  Day Ten: Families In Crisis 360.
  Day Eleven: What'll They Think of Next? 361.
  Day Twelve: Assembly Line Production 362.
  Day Thirteen: Plan a Prototype 364.
  Day Fourteen: Make a Patentable Product 365.
  Day Fifteen: Design and Advertisement 367.
  Day Sixteen: Child Labor 368.
  Day Seventeen: The Ideal Industrialist 370.
  Day Eighteen: Baby Big Business 373.
  Day Nineteen: Black Tuesday 375.
  Day Twenty: Be In Business 378.
  A World at War
  Main Points to Study 381.
  Vocabulary 382.
  Resources 384.
  Calendars 387.
  Welcome to our unit, "World At War" 391.
  Day One: World War One 393.
  Day Two: WWI-Changing of the Western World 394.
  Europe Map 395.
  Day Three: Timelines and Monarchies 397.
  Day Four: Doughboy Day 398.
  Day Five: The War to End All Wars 400.
  Day Six: The Plague of Anti-Semitism 401.
  Day Seven: The German Blitzkrieg 403.
  Day Eight: The Resistance 404.
  Day Nine: Fight in Flight 405.
  Day Ten: Holocaust Heroism 406.
  Day Eleven: Pearl Harbor Attack 407.
  Days Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen: Perils in the Pacific 408.
  Day Fifteen: Heroes of the Day 409.
  Day Sixteen: Clashes in Korea 410.
  Days Seventeen and Eighteen: Vietnam vs. Desert Storm 412.
  Day Nineteen: Jungle Warfare 416.
  Day Twenty: Write an Article as a War Correspondent 418.
  Uniform Samples 419.
  Maps of Europe 421.
  Map of the Far East 427.
  Timeline Cards 429.
  WWI Planes 453.
  Airships 459.
  WWII Planes 461.
  WWII Ships 469.
  WWII Tanks 471.
  Korean War and Vietnam War Planes 473.
  Vietnam War Vehicles 481.
  Vietnam War Helicopters & Planes 483.
  Space Adventures
  Main Points to Study 485.
  Vocabulary 486.
  Resources 487.
  Calendars 489.
  Day One: Airplanes 491.
  Airplane Diagram 492.
  Day Two: Astronaut Careers 495.
  Day Three: Space Travel Timeline 497.
  Day Four: Gravity Is Great! 499.
  Day Five: Isaac Newton & Science Fiction 501.
  Day Six: Seeing Through Satellites 502.
  Day Seven: Moving in Outer Space 504.
  Day Eight: Rockets 506.
  Day Nine: More Rockets! 507.
  Day Ten: Planet Proportions 509.
  Activity: Launch Model Rockets 510.
  Christianity 2000
  Main Points to Study 511.
  Vocabulary 512.
  Resources 513.
  Calendars 515.
  Day One: Signs of the Times 517.
  Day Two: Trust 521.
  Day Three: Sky Signs 523.
  Day Four: Survival Studies 527.
  Day Five: Left Behind 531.
  Poem: "'Twas the Night Before Jesus Came" 534.
  Day Six: The Persecuted Church 535.
  Day Seven: The Mark 537.
  Day Eight: PreTrib/MidTrib/PostTrib? 540.
  Day Nine: Volcanoes and Earthquakes 543.
  Day Ten: Share Your Faith 547.
  Bible Tract N/A
  Optional Additional Activities 553.

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