Read-Alouds: The Slave Dancer by Fox, Moccasin Trail by McGraw, Little House in the Big Woods, On the Banks of Plum Creek

Read-Alouds: William Carey: Obliged to Go, The Great Turkey Walk by Karr, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Little Town on the Prairie

We ek	AHYS II (independent readers)	Opt. 1 Read-Aloud The New Nation /Liberty for All? By Joy Hakim	Opt. 2 Read Aloud This Country of Ours, Story of the World 3	US Geography World Geography	Tapestry of Grace 3 Extensions
13	22-Big Arguments Begin Sectionalism and Slavery! 22-Slavery, Sectionalism, Missouri Compromise of 1820	27 History's Paradox 30 The King and His People 31 Abolitionists Want to End Slavery 32 Frederick Douglass	SOTW 36 SOTW 38b	States in the Union when Adams left presidency	TOG Wk 12
14	11c -Cherokee and the Trail of Tears 25 -Andrew Jackson 26-Ideas about Progress	20 Old Hickory 24 Making Words 25 A Time to Weep 26 The Second Seminole War	SOTW 38a TCOO - Ch 73, 75 READER: The Story of the Trail of Tears (COF)	Color the path of the Trail of Tears	TOG Wk 13 President Deck
15	Non-TQ: William Carey (1761-1834) in India. Hinduism.		SOTW 11, 19	India	TOG Wk 11
16	(Review Martin Van Buren’s presidency) 18-Mountain Men 19- Santa Fe Trail	2- Mountain Men 3 Riding the Trail to Santa Fe 5 Pioneers: Taking the Trail West	READER: Sing Down the Moon	Santa Fe Trail READERS: •If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon •The Story of the Santa Fe Trail (COF)	TOG 15, 16 President Deck
17	Horses/Obedience Thematic Unit		KONOS Volume 1, The Character Journal, Frontier American Activity Book pp 38-47
18	Horses/Obedience Thematic Unit
19	16-Davy Crockett 27-Headin West! 27-Mexican War & Battle of the Alamo 27-Texas Heroes Sam Houston, Stephen Austin Zachary Taylor	6 Getting There 9 A Hero of His Times 10 Texas: Tempting and Beautiful	SOTW 35, 40 TCOO - Ch 76	•Mexico •Locate major battles of Mexican War	TOG Wk 17
20	28-Oregon Trail	The Secret Valley - Bulla	TCOO -Ch 77 SOTW 42	Color the Oregon Trail	TOG Wk 16, 18
21	27-Battles for California 27-California Heroes John & Jessie Frémont 27-California Pioneers 27-Brigham Young heads to Utah	11 Fighting Over a Border 12 There's Gold in Them Hills 7 -Latter-Day Saints	TCOO - Ch. 81 READER: By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman	Boundaries of Mexico, Texas and California before and after the war.	TOG Wk 18
22	29-Gold Fever! 30-Clipper Ships and High Seas Adventure! 31-Whaling Days 32-Back to the West...by Pony Express!	13 Clipper Ships and Pony Express 15 Arithmetic at Sea 16 Thar She Blows!	SOTW 42 READER: Pony Express By Steven Kroll or Conrad Stein	Route of Pony Express	TOG Wk 18
23	8-Industrial Revolution #1 (Non-TQ) Florence Nightingale & Crimean War	18 Cities and Progress 25 Life in the Mills 26 Working Women and Children	SOTW 31a READER: The Drummer Boy's Battle (Trailblazer Books) OR READER: Lyddie by Patterson - Child labor	Italy	TOG Wk 20
24	Industrial Revolution/Simple Machines		Teacher-Created Materials//BJU Simple Machines
25	Industrial Revolution/Simple Machines		Teacher-Created Materials//BJU Simple Machines

Read-Alouds: Hudson Taylor: Deep in the Heart of China, Across Five Aprils by Hunt, Caddie Woodlawn by Brink and The Perilous Road by Steele

We ek	AHYS II (independent readers)	Opt. 1 Read-Aloud Liberty for All?/War, Terrible War	Opt. 2 Read Aloud This Country of Ours, Story of the World 3	US Geography World Geography	Tapestry of Grace 3 Extensions
26	33-Battles are Brewing! 33-Daniel Webster 34-Underground Railroad and Abolition & President Buchanan	24 A Woman Named Truth 33 Webster Defends the Union 36 Fleeing to Freedom	TCOO Ch. 78 If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad	Japan	TOG Wk 19
27	Non-TQ Extra: Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China. Opium Wars.		SOTW 28, 39 READER: Freedom Train	China	TOG Wk 19
28	34-Underground Railroad and Abolition & President Buchanan	9 Slavery 36 Fleeing to Freedom 37 Over the River and Underground 4 Harriet, AKA Moses	READER: Freedom Train	Route of Underground Railroad	TOG Wk 21
29	37-Election of 1860--Abraham Lincoln Becomes President	1 Americans Fighting Americans 5 Abraham Lincoln 7 Mr. President Lincoln	TCOO - Ch 82 READER: Meet Abraham Lincoln	Color Free and Slave States in 1860
30	38-The Confederate States of America 38c-Jefferson Davis	8 President Jefferson Davis 13 The Confederate Generals 14 President Davis's Problems 15 Choosing Sides	TCOO - Ch. 84 READER: Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Beatty	Confederate States of America	TOG Wk 20
31	Electricity/Resourcefulness Unit		TOPS # 32/BJU 4/The Character Journal
32	Electricity/Resourcefulness Unit		TOPS # 32/BJU 4/The Character Journal
33	39-Civil War 40-Key Events of 1861 40a-Battle of Fort Sumter 40b-First Battle of Bull Run 47a-African-American soldiers	2 The War Begins 3 Harriet and Uncle Tom 11 Lincoln's Problems 12 The Union Generals	TCOO - Ch. 83 READER:Behind Rebel Lines by Reit	Locate battle sites of: •Battle of Fort Sumter •First Battle of Bull Run	TOG Wk 22
34	41-Key Events of 1862 45b-Ironclad Ships 46-Stonewall Jackson 47l-Civil War animals	16 The Soldiers 17 Willie and Tad 18 General McClellan's Campaign 19 War at Sea	TCOO Ch. 85 READER:Behind Rebel Lines by Reit	Locate battle sites of: •Shiloh •Andrew’s Raid •Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign •Fredricksburg	TOG Wk 22
35	42-Key Events of 1863 42a-Emancipation Proclamation 42d-Gettysburg Address	20 Emancipation Means Freedom 23 Awesome Fighting 24 Lee the Fox 25 Speeches at Gettysburg	TCOO - Ch. 86-88 READER: Story of the Gettysburg Address If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War	Locate battle sites of: •Gettysburg •Vicksburg •Ft. Wagner •Chattanooga	TOG Wk 22
36	43-Events of 1864 47c-Civil War art and photography 47d-Civil War nurses and medics	26 More Battles--Will It Ever End? 27 The Second Inaugural 28 Closing In on the End	TCOO Ch. 90 READER: Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War Nurse OR The Story of Clara Barton of the Red Cross	Locate battle sites of: •Wilderness & Spotsylvania •Petersburg •Sheridan vx. Early •Sherman’s "March to the Sea"	TOG Wk 23
37	44- Events of 1865 44a-Lee surrenders 44b-Assassination of President Lincoln	29 Mr. McLean's Parlor 30 A Play at Ford's Theatre	TCOO Ch. 91	States in the Union in 1865	TOG Wk 23

Week	TruthQuest AHYS II (independent readers)	Opt. 1 Read-Aloud The New Nation by Hakim	Opt. 2 Read Aloud This Country of Ours, Story of the World 3	US Geography World Geography	Tapestry of Grace 3 Geography
1	(Review George Washington’s Presidency) 1-Avocados. Yes! Avocados! 2- New CapitalWashington, D.C.	1 The Father of Our Country 2 About Being President 4 A Capital City	TCOO Ch 64 READER: bio of George Washington	Major world mountain ranges, rivers and deserts	TOG Wk 1,2 President Deck
2	(Review John Adam’s Presidency) Non-TQ: French Revolution	6 The Adams Family Moves to Washington 7 About President Adams 8-Alien and Sedition Act	TCOO Ch 65 SOTW Ch 25 READER: Paris 1789 by Rachel Wright OR Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! (Messner)	France & Europe	TOG Wk 2 President Deck
3	Non-TQ: Napoleon: The Man and His Career Non-TQ: Rise of the Supreme Court	9 Something Important: Judicial Review	SOTW 29, 33 READER: Sacagawea : Girl of the Shining Mountains by Roop	Napoleon’s Campaigns	TOG Wks 3, 6
4	(Review Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency) 3-Land-a-Rama! Lewis & Clark and the Louisiana Territory	10 Meet Mr. Jefferson 11 Meriwether and William--or Lewis and Clark	SOTW 32a TCOO Ch. 66-68 READER: Sacagawea : Girl of the Shining Mountains by Roop	•Louisiana Purchase •Route of Lewis & Clark	TOG 7 President Deck
5	11-Meet the Indians! 12-Osceola and the Seminole Wars 13-Black Hawk War 14-Sequoyah	12 An Orator in a Red Jacket Speaks 14 Osceola	READER: The Defenders by Ann McGovern	Seminole Indian Territories	TOG Wk 25
6	Light/Human Eye/Attentiveness Unit		KONOS Volume 1, BJU 4, The Character Journal
7	Light/Illusions/Discernment Unit		KONOS Volume 1, BJU 4, The Character Journal
8	6a,b-James Madison’s Presidency & War of 1812 6c-Tecumseh 6-The Star-Spangled Banner and Francis Scott Key	13 The Great Tekamthi, Also Called Tecumseh 15 The Revolutionary War Part II, or the War of 1812	TCOO Ch. 69-70 SOTW 32b READER: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (COF)	•States in the Union during Madison’s presidency •Battles sites of War of 1812	TOG Wk 8 President Deck
9	Non-TQ: Simon Bolivar and South America		SOTW Ch 34 READER: Simon Bolivar by De Varona (SL4)	South America	TOG Wk 9
10	21-James Monroe & Monroe Doctrine and... 15-Johnny Appleseed or 24c- Noah Webster	17 That Good President Monroe	TCOO - Ch. 71	South America	TOG Wk 10 President Deck
11	23-President John Quincy Adams 7-Science and Industry! - Robert Fulton	18 JQA vs. AJ 19 A Day of Celebration and Tears	TCOO - Ch 72 READER: A Head Full of Notions: Robert Fulton by Andy Russell		TOG Wk 12 President Deck
12	7-Science and Industry! - research choice of inventors - Eli Whitney 20- Erie Canal	21 Yankee Ingenuity: Cotton and Muskets 22 Going Places 23 Teakettle Power	SOTW 27 READER: The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness	Erie Canal	TOG Wk 12