History - 100 Milestone Documents

100 Milestone Documents:

 

Lee Resolution (1776)

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Articles of Confederation (1777)

Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)

Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Virginia Plan (1787)

Northwest Ordinance (1787)

Constitution of the United States (1787)

Federalist Papers, No. 10 & No. 51 (1787-1788)

President George Washington's First Inaugural Speech (1789)

Federal Judiciary Act (1789)

Bill of Rights (1791)

Patent for Cotton Gin (1794)

President George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)

Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803)

Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Treaty of Ghent (1814)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Missouri Compromise (1820)

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

Compromise of 1850 (1850)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter (1861)

Homestead Act (1862)

Pacific Railway Act (1862)

Morrill Act (1862)

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

War Department General Order 143: Creation of the U.S. Colored Troops (1863)

Gettysburg Address (1863)

Wade-Davis Bill (1864)

President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)

Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (1865)

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)

Check for the Purchase of Alaska (1868)

Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)

14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)

15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)

Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park (1872)

Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Pendleton Act (1883)

Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

Dawes Act (1887)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

De Lôme Letter (1898)

Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States (1898)

Platt Amendment (1903)

Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905)

16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (1913)

17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (1916)

Zimmermann Telegram (1917)

Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany (1917)

President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918)

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)

Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)

Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)

National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)

National Labor Relations Act (1935)

Social Security Act (1935)

President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the New Deal (1936)

President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)

Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941)

Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942)

General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day (1944)

Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944)

Manhattan Project Notebook (1945)

Surrender of Germany (1945)

United Nations Charter (1945)

Surrender of Japan (1945)

Truman Doctrine (1947)

Marshall Plan (1948)

Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)

Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)

Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)

Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)

President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)

Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps. (1961)

Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)

Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)

Test Ban Treaty (1963)

Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)

Social Security Act Amendments (1965)

Voting Rights Act (1965)

 

Totbooking

 

This is a reletively new concept: Totbooking

Totbooks are very similar to lapbooks but they focus on play/learning value and a smaller size.

I am really excited about it. One of my children is three years old right now and I got so excited about it I started to create our own Ten Apples Up On Top reproducible tot-book. It is not done yet so I need to get into my files and finish those.

Here is some more information on them. The totbook concept is so new, there is not much info on them out there! The majority of totbooks are geared toward boys. Hopefully, people will start creating these to share and there will be more that appeal to girls.

 

http://lapbooksbycarisa.homestead.com/TotBooks.html

 

http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-twist-on-tot-book.html

 

http://aquietsimplelearninglife.com/?p=351&cpage=1

 

 

Science Teacher's Helper

 

Science Teacher's Helper is an add-on for Microsoft Word, (Shareware aka free-ware) it was designed with a single purpose in mind - to save you time when editing math, chemistry and physics in documents. You can easily add 1200 functions, graphs and charts of physical, chemical and math into your MS WORD document.



Science Teacher's Helper offers the user a wide rage of option in creating professional graphics while being fundamentally simply. With Science Teacher?s Helper there is no longer a need to search the internet for hours in search of graphics which may not completely relate to your text. Science Teacher?s Helper is 100% compatible with MS Word saving time while making a professional and functional document.



In addition, you can add In common use Symbol and Phonetic Symbol into your Ms Word document. You can adjust picture or text by the software.



Science Teacher?s Helper is a fundamental tool for the aspiring science teacher, student or researcher. This program will allow the user to make a professional and functional document with ease of point and click usage.

FREEware - Science Teacher's Helper

 

 

 

4-H great opportunities for learning

 

Did you know that 4H is a great way to experience God's world, grow and learn? This is not just for farm kids! There is a lot to 4H that you may not be aware of.

My sister and I were in various 4H clubs as kids and we had very good experiences. I just participated in the horses part, but my sister did cooking and horses and stuff. A lot of my character development came from the challenges I had in 4H!

From the website:

4-H helps young people learn and grow through a process that builds competence, confidence, connection, compassion, and character.  By participating in 4-H, young people prepare themselves for economic and social success as adults while making positive contributions to their communities.

4-H programming is based on the theory and practice of positive youth development.  In short, it based on a belief that positive outcomes for young people don’t happen by chance.  Instead, it is up to parents, schools, youth organizations, and the entire community to help them learn and grow.

Positive youth development occurs best in settings that provide opportunities for mastery, independence, generosity, and belonging. That's why 4-H goes to great lengths to ensure that all 4-H experiences include these essential elements.

OREGON STATE 4-H  

National Website for 4-H

 

 

Supplements to writing assignments

 

 

 

 

 

Supplements to writing assignments

 

22 pages

http://www.tapestryofgrace.com/Miscellaneous/Pictures-PDFs/WritingSupplements.pdf

 

 

Wordly Wise - vocabulary

 

Did you know that there is a wonderful free resource available to the home educator by EPS? There are great online activities and lists of words and such for us all to use! My daughter was delighted to find the online games as she really enjoys the Wordly Wise program!

Wordly Wise - downloads and lists

Wordly Wise - educator and student materials

 

Lapbook: Phonics "Consonant Blends"

 

Nice lapbook suitable for totbook or lapbook.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/9673844/My-Consonant-Blends-Lapbook-Homeschool

 

 

 

Teaching using a BOOK AS A SPINE

Maybe you have heard of teaching using a book as a spine? 

I am surprised at how easy this is and love it. Teaching this way can open up your homeschool to develop a real love of learning and save you plenty of money at the same time. 

Unfortunately, there is not really any information on "how" to use a book as a spine. I did find this link here below. Hopefully it will shed some light. It is a little like mind mapping (an abstract way of doing an outline) and inspires creativity... even if you are not the creative type.

Teaching Using A Spine

Music resources

 

Explore a large collection of articles on music topics about music history, composers, musicians, musical styles, and more.

Music Reference Articles

Free music theory workbooks

Fundamentals workbooks

Music quizzes

Music Tech Teacher

Music resources

MusicEd

Music Theory worksheets

More worksheets

 

 

Simply Homeschool - large link library

 

Simply Homeschool

Well, I cannot say it better than to quote her because her site is massive and a wonderful resource. Be sure to favorite place it! She says, "Simply Homeschool has one goal in mind: To provide for individuals of all ages, the most comprehensive source of Homeschooling links and other Educational links, available on the internet today... So we invite you to come on in and take a look at all that we offer, start with a look at our Links page first, that's where the heart and soul of this site is. There you will find all types of educational sites listed in 27 different catagories, a list that is constantly being updated and modified, so keep coming back to get the latest and greatest! "

http://www.simplyhomeschool.com/LINKS.html

 

 

Field guide to Homeschoolers

 

Excellent list of many very good articles to encourage you, convict you and get you going!

http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/06/09/field-guide-homeschoolers/

Help for learning difficulties

 

Learning Aids
Learning problems can be corrected with in-home learning systems. Free Quick Assessment to find out where learning problems occur.
 

Resource Room

 

Learning Abled Kids

 

Resources listed at A to Z

 

Homeschool Central

 

L D Online

 

Tactile Object lesson plan

 

ADD and ADHD homeschooling

 

Vision problems and ADHD

 

Uniquely Gifted

 

How To Homeschool special needs

 

National Center Learning Disabilities - educator page

 

 

Lapbook downloads

 

A Journey Through Learning

A lesser known lapbook company, AJTL has a free download page for everyone to enjoy and therefore people will share the link and, in turn, promote their website! Good trick! Anyway, here ya' go. Have fun!

 

http://www.ajourneythroughlearning.net/freedownload.html

Language Arts

Literature/Reading Guides and Units:
Novel Study Guides Novel Study Guides for the Classroom Teacher
Reading Units by Gay Miller. Awesome resource. Book Units
Garden Of Praise Reading Units. Many popular 2nd and 3rd grade reading level titles. Literature Based Reading Lessons
Glencoe Literature Guides. Lots of popular titles. Glencoe Literature: Literature Library
Literature Activity Guides by Nancy Polette. These are samples, but are in depth enough to test if your child understood the story. Literature Guides
SCORE Cyberguides. California Schools. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

Free Books:
Classical Education Library Classical Education Library
Kids 4 Classics. Read Free Classical Literature Online at Kids4Classics
Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog - Overview - Project Gutenberg
Online Library of Liberty. You could spend a lot of time on this site. Online Library of Liberty - Groups
Google Books.Tons of books to read for free. Google Book Search
The Baldwin Project. Lots of free Classic books to print or read online.The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project...Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children
Planet ebook Free section. Lots of Classic literature available to print or read online. Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature You're Free to Share


Spelling/Vocab.:
ZB Spelling Connections Spelling Connections - Practice Pages
Splashes from the River Free Spelling Course
Webster’s Spelling http://www.donpotter.net/PDF/Webster...ook%201824.pdf
(online) Spelling City Online Spelling Program*-*SpellingCity.com
Merriam-Webster. Daily Buzz Word. Merriam-Webster's Word Central

Handwriting:
ZB Online Zaner-Bloser FontsOnline 0.6.4
Writing Wizard Make Handwriting Worksheets - ESL Writing Wizard
Custom Tracer Pages Custom Tracer Pages
Nice Writing Paper printables Patterned Paper Index Page@2Learn.ca

Grammar and creative Writing:
Harvey's Grammar Elementary Grammar and Composition - Google Book Search
Young Novelist Workbooks. There is a workbook for elementary, middle and high school. Designed to go with national novel writing month, but can be used any time. Young Novelist Workbooks | NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
English Banana Elementary Workbook. For individual pages go to: englishbanana.com - Print Your Own: Big Grammar Book > Free Worksheets for English, EFL and ESL Lessons For complete download go to: English Banana.com's Big Grammar Book - Reviews and free English Banana.com's Big Grammar Book downloads at Download.com
Scott Foresman Scott Foresman Reading: Teacher Resources
Kiss Grammar The KISS Grammar Site -- Main Page
Daily Grammar Daily Grammar Lessons Archive - Comprehensive archive of grammar lessons

The Workbox system for organizing your homeschool

 

This concept is new to me. A friend was talking to me about it and I was both intrigued and confused at the same time. I suppose I needed to see it or investigate it more. With four children, I need organization.

Here is a bit from a gal who wrote about it on her blog. It helps me to visualize it and therefore, makes it more attainable for me. The start up costs seem high (in my opinion) to buy the containers and such, but as you will see- there is no arguing, no mess, no more losing the projects or workbook, and so on. That is the trade off: spend the bucks, less stress.

Workbox System

Workbox System photo

Maybe that will inspire someone!

 

Edited to add more links of how this works and photos:

Link 1, Link 2, Link 3