TruthQuest History American History for Young Students I (Exploration-1800)

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1 A J T L Grades 1 and up TruthQuest History American History for Young Students I (Exploration-1800) Binder-Builder A Journey Through Learning

2 Please check our website at: While there, sign up for our newsletters and receive a FREE lapbook! You ll also receive great discount codes, special offers, and find out what s new and what s to come! Join us on Facebook! This binder-builder is especially made to go along with TrustQuest History It was created with her blessing! See TruthQuest History s entire series at Authors: Nancy Fileccia and Paula Winget Copyright 2010 Published by A Journey Through Learning, L.L.C. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Permission is granted to print for one family use only. Purchase of this lapbook does not entitle reproduction of any part of this lapbook for any entire school, district, system. Such use is strictly prohibited. Printed in the United States of America Clip art is from Art Explosion 800,000 and with permission

3 Special thank you to Michelle Miller for permission to use her wonderful book TruthQuest History: American History for Young Students I. Also for her valuable input and editing of the original manuscript. TruthQuest History is published by TruthQuest History P.O. Box 2128 Traverse City, MI USA Acknowledgments Printed in the United States of America Check out all of the wonderful products by TruthQuest History at Dear Fellow Learners, I am very grateful to Nancy and Paula for creating this fun companion to TruthQuest History: American History for Young Students I. Many of you have long had such an item on your TQH wish list. Please enjoy fully! But do also remember, please, that the Lord is the Master of our homeschools, not TruthQuest History nor these fun materials. He knows what best fits your children: their unique learning abilities, interests, and future missions! And He has called you to implement His will for your children, so you can walk in that confidence. You thus have full authority to tweak or omit any pages for your students benefit. Our assurance is not in doing it all, but in being His appointed servants. Yes, the Lord loves the conscientious heart which characterizes parents. However, we must be certain this quality does not become a hindrance by having the children do overmuch just for the sake of our love of completion and frugality. So, please harness these great tools for your precious family. Enjoy the activities which promote your children s learning experience, and pass over those which better fit other families. How can you know? By keeping the overall learning goal first and foremost! And that is to give your children an expanding love and deepening respect for our Creator God (the Great Initiator of history), and keeping the love of history alive in their hearts so they are life-long learners. With that filter, you can confidently decide which elements of these terrific resources are truly beneficial for your unique family. Thankfully, they are all at your fingertips! God bless your Quest for Truth! Michelle Miller TruthQuest History

4 What you need to get started Materials Needed *A printed copy of the TruthQuest History Binder-Builder by A Journey Through Learning *A Printed copy of TruthQuest History book (American History for Young Students I) *40 pieces of 8.5 x 11 colored cardstock *1 inch 3-ring binder with clear sleeve on the front *Scissors *Glue (We recommend Zip Dry Glue) *Hole puncher *Brads *Stapler *Crayons and/or colored pencils *7 tabs- Label your tabs: American Revolution, Important Figures, Special Topics, General Fiction, American Art, Timeline, Notebooking**These two packages sold separately. Terminology used throughout Binder-Builder Hamburger Fold- Fold horizontally Hotdog Fold- Fold vertically Folds- Sometimes labeled with a small line to show where the fold is. Dotted Lines- These are the cutting lines. Cover Labels- Some of the booklets will have a cover label that will need to be glued to the top to cover a blank space.

5 What is a Binder-Builder? A Binder-Builder is a new name for an old concept! It is simply taking a 3-ring binder and colored cardstock and turning it into a wonderful showcase of your child s learning year! How Do I Use it With TruthQuest History? The TruthQuest History guide is broken up into 51 units. By using the Binder- Builders along with this wonderful program, you will be able to bring and gather so much of what your child is learning and store it into one fun-packed binder! No more lost papers. You will still follow TruthQuest History s relaxed, enjoyable learning style. This product is meant to be fun, NOT stressful. So use it to enhance your learning experience. Feel free to tailor the booklets to your child. Some days you can simply draw instead of write. Or find the information on the internet and glue it onto the booklet. The choice is YOURS! Each unit has two or more fun booklets to complete. So, gather the kids on the couch, and let the learning begin! How Do I Set Up My Binder-Builder? Gather your pieces of cardstock and 3-hole punch them. Next, in the lower righthand corner number your cardstock from Place in 3-ring binder. Add your 7 labeled tabs behind the cardstock. (If you are using Timeline Package and/or Notebooking Package, you will place them here.) You will store all of your worksheets behind these tabs. The front of the first page will have your cover sheet glued to it. Then, your first detail sheet will be glued to the back of that page. The booklets for your first unit will then be glued to the front of your second page. This lay-out allows you to view anything for the unit you are studying at the same time! You will follow this process throughout the entire binder-builder. Located at the top right corner of each page, you will find the unit topic and the pages where it can be found in your TrustQuest History book. Each page will also have all directions for the construction of the mini-booklet, pages to read, and what your student will record in the mini-booklet after reading to show what is learned. A small key is also here to show you where to glue each mini-booklet onto the card stock.

6 Table of Contents 1. Journey! 2. Discover the Discovery! 3. The First Settlement-St. Augustine, Florida 4. A History Mystery 5. On to Jamestown! 6. The Pilgrims 7. Two More Colonies *New Hampshire *New York 8. The Puritans Come Too! 9. More Colonies *Maryland *Connecticut *Rhode Island *Delaware *Maine *Virginia 10. Ideas to Ponder...and Native Americans to Meet! 11. The French Find a River...a Big River...the Mississippi River! 12. Peter Stuyvesant and New Amsterdam 13. Two More Colonies! *New Jersey *North & South Carolina 14. Pirates! 15. King Philip s War 16. Bacon s Rebellion 17. Pennsylvania Becomes a Colony 18. Daily Life in the Colonies 19. Colonial Wars! 20. New Orleans, New Buildings, a New Baby, and More! 21. Georgia: Last of the Thirteen American Colonies 22. The Great Awaking! 23. Growing Struggle with England: Nathaniel Bacon and Peter Zenger 24. Just to Give You an Idea: Slavery and Indentured Servanthood 25. What about Spanish America? 26. Swirling Events...and Attitudes!

7 Table of Contents continued 27. First Flow of Pioneers 28. Indians of the New Frontier 29. French & Indian War 30. Chief Pontiac 31. America and England: Conflict Intensifies 32. Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road! 33. Captain Cook Discovers Hawaii 34. Williamsburg 35. America at a Crossroads: Blood (and Tea) Spill! 36. The King Gets Mad! 37. War of Independence- The Main Event! 38. Events of Events of Events of Events of Events of Events of Events of A Peace Treaty! 46. Figures of the War of Independence 47. War of Independence- Special Topics 48. War of Independence- General Fiction 49. American Art 50. A Bumpy Beginning...and a New Constitution! 51. The First Firsts! 52. America Grows!

8 Cover Sheet for TruthQuest History- American History for Young Students I (Exploration ) Cut out the cover sheet and glue to the first page of your Binder-Builder. Draw a picture of you and your family sitting together reading and learning about history! 1. Journey!

9 Cut out and glue to the back of page 1. You will do this activity at the end of the Discover the Discovery section ThinkWrite 1: Lifting the curtain 2. Discover the Discovery! Draw a map of the world the way Columbus believed it looked.

10 Page 2 2c. Discover the Discovery! Read about Leif Ericson from the books of your choice. Cut out the three pieces and staple together down left hand side with the cover sheet on top. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: Fill out what you have learned. Leif Ericson Where was he from? Where did he explore? Draw a Viking ship.

11 Page 2 2d. Discover the Discovery! Read about Christopher Columbus from the books of your choice. Cut out each piece on this page. Stack together with shortest on top. Staple together. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: Fill out the information on each booklet. Christopher Columbus What year was he born? Where was he from? Life What was he searching for? What did he find? Discoveries

12 Page 2 2. Discover the Discovery! Cut out as one piece. Hotdog fold on the center line. Cut on the two dotted lines to form three lift tabs. Glue onto the front of page 2. Directions: This booklet will be used two different ways depending on the age of your child and the depth you choose to study early explorers. 1. For younger children: Choose 3 new words that you have discovered during your reading and write them on the front of the tabs. Under the tab, write the definition. 2. For older children: Write the names of the early explorers that you studied on the front of the tab. Under the tab, tell about their discoveries. Glue here

13 Cut out and glue to the back of page Discover the Discovery! Pages 2-12 (review) 3. The First Settlement- St. Augustine, Fl. Color the area claimed for the French orange. Color the area claimed for the Spanish green. Color the area claimed for the English blue. Place a star on Florida.

14 Page 3 3. The First Settlement-- St. Augustine, Fl. Read about the settlement in St. Augustine, Fl. from the books of your choice. Cut out each piece on this page and the next 2 pages. Stack with title page on top and tabs in order. Glue onto the front of page 3. Directions: Fill out the information on each booklet. Pedro Menéndez The First Settlement-- St. Augustine, Florida

15 Draw or describe the settlement Life at the Fort

16 Florida Draw the state of Florida.

17 Page 3 3. The First Settlement-- St. Augustine, Fl. Read about the settlement in St. Augustine, Fl. from the books of your choice. Cut out the booklet. Hamburger fold in half. Cut out the cover label and glue to the outside of the closed booklet. Glue onto the front of page 3. Poem: Write a cinquain poem about the settlement at St. Augustine, Fl. Line 1 One word title Line 2 2 describing words about Line 1 Line 3 3 action words about Line 1 Line 4 4 words describing a feeling about Line 1 Hamburger Fold Line 5 1 word ( a synonym) about Line 1 St. Augustine, Florida

18 Cut out and glue to the back of page A History Mystery-- Roanoke s Lost Colony Place a star on England. Name the capital of England: Place a star where the Roanoke colony was located. Trace the route that Sir Walter Raleigh traveled from England to colony.

19 Page 4 4a. A History Mystery-- Roanoke s Lost Colony Read books about the colony of Roanoke. Cut out the booklet as one piece. Hotdog fold in half. Glue onto the front of page 4. Directions: On the front of the tree, write the message that was found on the tree. Inside of the booklet, write or draw about what is believed to have happen to the colony.

20 Page 4 4b. A History Mystery-- Roanoke s Lost Colony Read books about the colony of Roanoke and the first white child born there. Cut out the booklet as one piece. Fold in half. Glue onto the front of page 4. Directions: Inside of the booklet, write the name of the baby, Virginia Dare.