The Revolution on Our Wall

I'm a little addicted to timelines.

I love them.

I think they help students visual the story of history.

I know they help me.

Our most recent story:  The American Revolution

It takes us from the French and Indian War to the Treaty of Paris. It's an exciting story filled with heroes and battles.

And now it's on our wall.

I used twine strung between small finishing nails and mini clothes pin to make our timeline.

Each card has the name of an integral person or event from the Revolutionary War.

There's room on the back for students to write how the person/event impacted the war. We also shaded the Colonial people and victories blue and the British ones red.

There are 48 cards in the set. They can be used individually as trading cards or put together in a flip book like this...

I punched a single hole in the bottom right hand corner and attached them with a brad. They could also be stapled.

Each card comes in three sizes and the set includes blank cards so you can add any person or event not included.

If these cards would be a help in your classroom or homeschool, you can find them here.

A Civil War set is also available here.

The 7 Continents

I love maps. I do. I have a large one hanging in our school room at home.



We reference it often as we learn about different places and people and customs.

But when learning where things are, like the continents, I've found that having their own in front of them helps.

Especially one they can color.



That was the idea behind "Let's Map: The Continents."

It can help your students as they learn about the seven continents and the five oceans.

It comes in three varieties. One includes labeling both the continents and oceans, one labels just the continents and one is labeled for them and only requires your students to color.

If this would be a help in your classroom, it's available here.

If you'd like more information on our school room table, you can find it here.

Where in the World?

My oldest daughter has been working through a geography course.  The problem is, all the countries fly by us in the book and when the chapter is over we look at each other with very little information gleaned.

In came a little graphic organizer I created for her.  It helped us slow down a minute and focus on each country as they went by.

Here's Cuba:

At the end of her course she will have a nice collection of the countries she has studied throughout the year.  It takes only a few minutes to fill out the information.

I also made two other versions.  The second version (2 pages) mirrors the first, only allowing more space.  

The third version (4 pages) allows the student to write the information in paragraph form.

If these would be helpful for you or your classroom, you can find them here.