American Girl Curriculum - Girls of American History Units 1-12 - Two Year Set - Teacher License
As a teacher, it can be difficult to find the right curriculum to balance the needs of your students, meet the requirements set before you and still be interesting and engaging for both boys and girls.
Follow twelve young girls on a journey through time. Watch as our country, government and culture change and how that affects life in the different time periods and how these girls discovered more about themselves and the world they live in.
This curriculum uses twelve historical girls from the American Girl® collection. Those girls are Kaya, Felicity, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Kit, Molly, Caroline, Marie-Grace, Rebecca and Julie.
This is a multi-sensory curriculum, integrating hearing, seeing, writing, saying, doing. This is a curriculum for both boys and girls. Don’t let the “Girls” part of the title fool you. Crafts include; pottery, leather work, weaving, drawing, cooking and much more. Field trips and education vacation suggestions are also included. Includes twelve units that are six weeks in length each.
All units now include spelling and vocabulary, State/Country study, Character analysis worksheets, then and now comparison worksheet, news article prep, book summary, chapter summary with drawing, and digging deeper project suggestions.
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The Gold Rush, Wagon Trains, The War of 1812, orphan trains, the Industrial Revolution, The Great Depression and the struggle through and recovery from wars. You will find all of this and so much more in the two year set of Girls of American History.
Making history engaging for students is possibly one of the most difficult tasks for teachers. How do we overcome that? Two key things are critical for accomplishing this task. First, it must be relatable in someway, and secondly, it needs to offer learning opportunities for multiple learning styles. Girls of American History uses the popular American Girl book series. This instantly makes history relatable, as the main characters are school age children, families and strong male characters.
Girls of American History uses multisensory learning, which follows a pattern of Do It, Write It, Say It, Read It, See It. Multisensory learning is great for every kind of learner - because each learner gets to experience learning the way they are most comfortable - but they also have the opportunity to learn through other senses. Studies and research have shown that learning material through multiple senses helps children to retain information better.
The experiences practiced in multisensory learning allow each student to participate in ways that help them understand and retain best. Boys and girls learn together and help each other with projects such as as making Native American accesories, growing a garden, having discussions about the story, historical information, geography, as well as positive character traits such as bravery, selflessness, etc.
Schooling multiple ages together, in a co-op setting for example, is very manageable. And, with the continuity of the same subject matter for literature and history, as well as crafts and field trip experiences, opportunities for discussion are plentiful and help build a love of learning.
Make history come alive with highly educational and facinating field trips identified state by state. This set includes twelve, six week unit studies using the American Girl® Kaya®, Felicity®, Josefina®, Kirsten®, Addy®, Samantha®, Kit®, Molly®, Caroline®, Rebecca®, Marie Grace and Cecile® and Julie® series books. This curriculum is great for doing school in a large class setting, or a smaller co-op environment. Enjoy class parties with end of the unit celebrations that bring everything for the unit together at the end.
There are two options for the required readers for this unit. American Girl orignally printed these stories in a six book set. These stories have been reformatted into a three book set called "Beforever". Either book set will work for this curriculum. *(Felicity, Kirsten, Molly and Marie-Grace/Cecile are only available in the six book set)
Follow twelve young girls on a journey through time. Watch as our country, government and culture change and how that affects life in the different time periods and how these girls discovered more about themselves and the world they live in.
The time periods covered in this set include;
1764 - Nez Perce Indians
1774 - American Revolution
1812 - The War of 1812
1824 - Southwestern USA and the early 19th century
1853 - New Orleans, Yellow Fever Epidemic, Orphan Trains
1854 - Pioneer Times and Immigration, Oregon Trail
1864 - Civil War
1904 - Turn of the 20th Century
1914 - Jewish Immigrant, Rise of movie making
1934 - The Great Depression
1944 - World War II
1974 - Vietnam War
Craft and field trip ideas from the time periods are included in the unit to help enhance the study. Some examples of *crafts include; teepee craft, weaving, marble making, loom knitting, cross stitch, model cars, leather work, canoe craft, drawings and more.
**Crafts are not included in the purchase of the curriculum, but resources and instruction as to what crafts to purchase are included. Some units do include free craft templates. Teacher License allows permission for the purchaser to teach to as many groups and classes as they like. There is no expiration. Teacher may not make copies for parents, other teachers or the school/co-op. The file remains the property of the purchaser only.
