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Many people have been looking for an alternative to Core 1. Preferably some U.S. History before beginning World History. Below you will find one homeschool moms homemade solution to this problem. This curriculum was created for use with 1-3 graders.

Thank you Carol for sharing all your efforts with us!! Carol O'Donnell is still tweaking this program as she uses it and will be submitting updates to the website from time to time. If you have any suggestions, comments, or questions please contact Carol. Thanks!


Resources:

History:      

  • In God We Trust

  • American Pioneers and Patriots 

  • Liberty!

  • Across American:  The Story of Lewis and Clark

  • A More Perfect Union:  The Story of Our Constitution 

  • Red, White, and Blue:  Story of the American Flag 

  • Red, White, Blue, and Uncle Who? 

  • First Book of America

  • Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz

Read Alouds:

            Colonial:

  • Our Strange New Land:  My America Book

  • Starving Time:  My America Book

  • Season of Promise:  My America Book

  • Who’s That Standing on Plymouth Rock by Jean Fritz

  • Three Young Pilgrims 

            Revolutionary War:

  • Five Smooth Stones:  My America Book

  • We Are Patriots:  My America Book

  • When Freedom Comes:  My America Book

  • The Fourth of July Story

  • George Washington and the General’s Dog

            Expansion:

  • Josefina Story Quilt 

  • Seaman’s Adventures with Lewis & Clark

  • Little House Books 

  • The Birchbark House 

  • Riding Freedom

            Civil War:

  • Abe Lincoln:  Log Cabin to White House Landmark Book

  • Journey to Freedom

  •  Robert Henry Hendershot

            Progress:

  • The Wright Brothers Landmark Book  

  • The Story of Thomas Alva Edison Landmark Book  

           Other Read Alouds:

  •  Borrowers 

  •  Pollyanna   

  •  Pippi Longstocking   

  •  Little Brown Jay: A Tale from India    

  •  Bear Called Paddington 

  •  Butterfly House

  •  Stuart Little 

  •  Blue Fairy Book 

  •  American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne

  •  Heroes of History for Young Readers – YWAM Publishing

    • George Washington

    • George Washington Carver

    • Merriweither Lewis

Extras:

  • American Family Paper Dolls 

  • StickerUSA Activity Book w/CD

  • Tunes that Teach American History 

  • American Tall Tales Audio CD 

  • History Pockets – Life in Plymouth Colony 

  • Literature Pockets – Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

  • Celebrate America CD


The Schedule:

New Beginnings (1000-1600)

Week 1

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

In God We Trust

 

Leif Ericson

 

Stephen Langton

 

Christopher Columbus

 

Brendan the Navigator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Stuart Little

*

*

*

*

 

 

Week 2

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

Brendan the Navigator

A Story of Pioneer Children from Spain – Intro. & Chapter 1

 

Chapter 2

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Stuart Little

*

*

*

*

 

Literature Pocket – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

The Little Red Hen – Pocket 1

 

Additional Resources for this period:

            Columbus by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

            Before Columbus:  The Leif Erickson Expedition Landmark Biography

 

The Colonial Period (1607-1765)

Week 3

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

The Valiant Virginians

 

 

 

 

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

A Story of Pioneers in Virginia – Intro. & Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Activity

 

History Pockets

Unit 1

 

*

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Our Strange New Land:  My America Book

*

*

*

 

 

Starving Time:  My America Book

 

 

 

*

 

 

Week 4

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

The Mayflower Pilgrims

 

 

 

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

 

A Story of Pioneers in Plymouth – Intro. & Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

History Pockets

Unit 2

 

*

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Starving Time:  My America Book

*

*

 

 

 

Season of Promise:  My America Book

 

 

*

*

 

 

Week 5

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

Chapter 3

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

 

 

John Winthrop

 

Roger Williams

 

History Pockets

Unit 3

 

*

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Three Little Pilgrims

*

*

 

 

 

Who’s that Stepping on Plymouth Rock

 

 

*

*

 

 

Week 6

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

In God We Trust

 

 

James Oglethorpe

The Calverts and the Land of Refuge

John Eliot, Missionary to Native Americans

 

History Pockets

Unit 4

*

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

A Bear Called Paddington

*

*

*

*

 

 

Week 7

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

In God We Trust

 

 

Father Jacques Marquette

 

 

 

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

 

A Story of Dutch Pioneers – Intro. & Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

History Pockets

Unit 5

*

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

A Bear Called Paddington

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

A Story of Traveling by Canoe – Intro. & Chapter 1

 

Chapter 2

 

History Pockets

Unit 6

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Butterfly House

*

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowers

 

*

*

*

 

 

Week 9

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

 

 

William Penn

 

Eusebio Francisco Kina

 

American Pioneers and Patriots

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

 

 

History Pockets

Unit 7

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Borrowers

*

*

*

*

 

Week 10

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

 

Father Junipero Serra

Eleazer Wheelock and Dartmouth College

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

History Pockets

Unit 8

 

*

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Borrowers

*

*

*

 

 

 

Blue Fairy Book

 

 

 

*

 

  Additional resources for this period:

            Pocahontas by  Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

 

The Birth of a Nation (1765-1783)

Week 11

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

Liberty!

 

Chapter 1-2

 

Chapter 3-4

 

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

 

 

John Witherspoon

 

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Flag”

 

Read Alouds

Five Smooth Stones:  My America Book

*

*

*

 

 

Literature Pocket – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

The Three Little Pigs – Pocket 2

 

 

Week 12

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

Liberty!

 

Chapter 9-10

 

Chapter 11-12

 

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

 

Samuel Adams

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

 

“The Eagle”

 

Read Alouds

We are Patriots:  My America Book

*

*

*

 

 

Literature Pocket – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Pocket 3

 

Week 13

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

Liberty!

 

Chapter 13-14

 

Chapter 15-16

 

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

 

Paul Revere

Patrick Henry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

When Freedom Comes

*

*

*

 

 

Literature Pocket – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

The Gingerbread Man – Pocket 4

 

 

Week 14

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

Liberty!

 

Chapter 17-18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

John Adams

John Peter Gabriel Nuhlenberg

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

 

“The Great Seal”

 

Read Alouds

Heroes of History for Young Readers

George Washington

 

 

 

 

George Washington and the General’s Dog

 

*

*

*

 

 

Week 15

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

George Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Patriots and Pioneers

 

The Story of a Boy Who Saw George Washington Become President

Intro. & Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Fourth of July Story

*

 

 

 

 

Pippi Longstocking

 

*

*

*

 

Week 16

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Benjamin Rush

 

John Jay

 

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

“The Washington Monument”

“The Liberty Bell”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Pippi Longstocking

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Additional resources for The Birth of a Nation and Creating a New Government

            Benjamin Franklin by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            George Washington by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            The Star Spangled Banner by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

Creating a New Government (1783-1817)

Week 17

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

James Madison

Benjamin Franklin’s Call for Prayer

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“Uncle Sam”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Pippi Longstocking

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 18

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

A More Perfect Union

 

1st half

 

2nd half

 

 

 

 

In God We Trust

 

 

Abigail Adams

John Marshell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Little House Book

*

*

*

*

 

 

Week 19

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Francis Scott Key

 

 

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

“The Star Spangled Banner”

“The White House”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Little House Book

*

*

*

 

 

Literature Pocket – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

Little Red Riding Hood – Pocket 5

 

 

America Grows Up and Spreads Out (1817-1860)

Week 20

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

John Quincy Adams

The Pilgrims of Hawaii

Charles Grandison Finney

 

Noah Webster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Birchbark House

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 21

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Missionaries on the Oregon Trail

 

 

 

American Pioneers and Patriots

 

 

A Story of Pioneers on the Wilderness Trail – Intro. & Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Birchbark House

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 22

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

Chapter 3

Activity

A Story of Pioneers on the Ohio River – Intro. and Chapter 1

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

Chapter 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Birchbark House

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 23

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

A Story of Pioneers Traveling by Covered Wagon – Intro. & Chapter 1

 

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Capitol”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Josefina Story Quilt

*

*

*

 

 

Literature Pockets – Fairy Tales/Folk Tales

 

 

 

Three Billy Goats Gruff – Pocket 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 24

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

Stories about the Santa Fe Trail, The Oregon Trail, and the California Trail – Intro. & Chapter 1

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Statue of Liberty”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

American Tall Tales

Davy Crockett

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

Stormalong

Mose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 25

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

A Story of Pioneers from Norway – Intro. & Chapter 1

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

American Tall Tales

Febold Feboldson

Pecos Bill

John Henry

Paul Bunyan

 

 

Week 26

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

Across America:  The Journey of Lewis and Clark

 

Chapter 1

 

Chapter 2

 

Chapter 3

 

Chapter 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Heroes of History for Young Readers

Merriweither Lewis

 

 

 

 

Seaman’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark

 

*

*

*

 

 

Week 27

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

Across America:  The Journey of Lewis and Clark

 

Chapter 5

 

Chapter 6

 

Chapter 7

 

Chapter 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Riding Freedom

 

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 28

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

Across America:  The Journey of Lewis and Clark

 

Chapter 9

 

Chapter 10

 

Chapter 11

 

Chapter 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Riding Freedom

 

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional resources for this period

            Buffalo Bill by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

A Nation Divided (1830-1865)

Week 29

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Daniel Webster

Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Frederick Douglass

 

Sojourner Truth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Abe Lincoln:  Log Cabin to White House

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 30

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Abraham Lincoln

Robert Edward Lee

Clara Harlowe Barton

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Lincoln Memorial”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

Robert Henry Hendershot

*

*

 

 

 

Journey to Freedom

 

 

*

*

 

  Additional resources for this period

            Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

 

The Age of Progress (1870-1900)

Week 31

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Hiram Revels

 

James Garfield

Frances Elizabeth Willard

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“Mount Rushmore”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Wright Brothers

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 32

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

In God We Trust

 

Francis Ballamy

 

Mary McLeod

Katherine Lee Bates

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Pledge of Allegiance”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Wright Brothers

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 33

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

American Pioneers and Patriots

The Transcontinental Railroad – Intro. and Chapter 1

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

Chapter 3

Activity

 

 

Heroes of History for Young Readers

 

 

 

George Washington Carver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

The Story of Thomas Edison

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Additional resources for this period

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

 

These United States of America

Week 34

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

First Book of America

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

 

 

StickerUSA Activity Book

 

 

 

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The Thomas Jefferson Memorial”

 

Read Alouds

The Story of Thomas Edison

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 35

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

First Book of America

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

 

 

StickerUSA Activity Book

 

 

 

 

 

Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who?

 

 

 

“The National Mall”

 

Read Alouds

 

Pollyanna

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 36

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

First Book of America

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

 

 

StickerUSA Activity Book

 

 

 

 

 

Red, White, and Blue:  The Story of Our Flag

 

 

 

 

*

 

Read Alouds

 

Pollyanna

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 37

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

First Book of America

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

2 pages

 

 

StickerUSA Activity Book

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

Pollyanna

*

*

*

*

 

Literature Pockets – Fairy Tales/Folktales

 

 

 

Too Much Noise – Pocket 7

 

  Additional resources for this period

            A Children’s Book of America by William Bennett

 

Week 38

Date:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History/Geography/World Cultures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Alouds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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