 What do you like for History(3rd & 4th grade?) |
| kidchaser5 |
 Feb 19 2006, 09:26 PM
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I have been using 15 books(about 50 pages each, but there are plenty of pictures and the books are small.) that all start out like this "...If You Lived". There are many different subjects like colonial times, with the Sioux Indians, If your name was changed at Ellis Island, If you were at the first Thanksgiving....and so on.
Anyway, my question is do you think this is sufficient for 3rd and 4th grade history? Or should I also be teaching Social Studies that include teaching about communities, maps, learning parts of the earth, learning about needs and wants, and rules and laws? What do you consider necessary for a 3rd, but coming 4th grader? The books I am currently using(the first mentioned) are very informative, but completely history related. Also, I have to pretty much make up my own review questions, which gets pretty tedious because there are sooo many to choose from, I'm not always sure what to ask. Does anyone else use these books? Sorry so many questions, but I'm so glad to have found this place, I'll probably be bugging you with a plethera of questions from now on 
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| krodriguez |
Feb 19 2006, 09:35 PM
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I think what you are doing is great! We will be doing something similar to this next year and my girls would be in 2nd and 3rd grade if in PS. My girls absolutely love American history and I know they are getting more information this way versus a textbook type study. We might do more later but for now, this is sufficient.
As far as community and geography, that can all be incorporated into the studies and I am sure they are getting much more than we think. Unit studies seem to be so much more enjoyable to my girls for history and science. I bet they are actually absorbing more information at this age when I teach them this way. Btw, I love those books you were talking about. We have a few of them and we love them. |
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| Melanie |
Feb 19 2006, 09:38 PM
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We have used some of those books, but only for supplemental reading. I would definitely add maps and some sort of geography if those are the only books you are using for history.
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| krodriguez |
Feb 19 2006, 09:53 PM
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I guess I should ditto Melanie. I do add those things in.....I forgot to mention that.
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| Dr. Pepper |
Feb 20 2006, 01:14 AM
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I use these books for my 2nd grader and we love them. This year he has learned how to spell each of the 52 states, write them in on a blank map, state the capital, and give the abbreviation of each state.
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| krodriguez |
Feb 20 2006, 01:16 AM
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We are learning all the states and capitals too. We are also learning all the presidents. The girls love learning about the presidents and they are really good at them too. I love it!
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| Melanie |
Feb 20 2006, 05:52 AM
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QUOTE(krodriguez @ Feb 20 2006, 01:16 AM)  We are learning all the states and capitals too. We are also learning all the presidents. The girls love learning about the presidents and they are really good at them too. I love it! My kids learned the presidents from an Animaniacs song my husband got from Napster about six years ago.  Dd doesn't know them all off the top of her head yet, but Ds does. They really love that song. My favorite part is the end:The next president to lead the way. . . Well, it just might be yourself one day. Then the press will distort everything you say. . . So jump in your plane and fly away!  We also have a Scholastic book of the presidents. I forget exactly what it's called, but that is our reference book if we need to know something specific about one of them. |
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| Sammi |
Feb 20 2006, 07:15 AM
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QUOTE(Melanie @ Feb 19 2006, 09:38 PM) We have used some of those books, but only for supplemental reading. I would definitely add maps and some sort of geography if those are the only books you are using for history. I agree. 
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| kidchaser5 |
Feb 20 2006, 11:38 AM
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Everyone, I think you are right. I have a Social Studies book that I am going to incorporate into her History. We don't do history every day, so it won't be alot of extra work. It teaches about communities, maps, parts of the earth, needs and wants, rules and laws... There are nine units to this book. Would you say a unit per week would suffice? They are age appropriate, and not too long. I'm going to post about unit studies in another post. Thanks
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