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Why do we float in the Great Salt Lake?

August 22, 2018 By Ticia 2 Comments

why do people float in salt water 4th

One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to mix subjects together. In this case, we mixed some science lessons with some geography lessons. As part of our Utah unit study, we learned all about the Great Salt Lake, and that, of course, led us to a Great Salt Lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: geography, science Tagged With: 4th grade, earth science, Utah

Colorado Unit Study

July 23, 2018 By Ticia Leave a Comment

Colorado Unit study for elementary

Growing up every year as a kid we would go to Colorado to visit family. I learned just enough about Colorado to know a few terms, Pike’s Peak, Pikers, Red Rocks, and of course Denver Broncos. My Dad was a big football fan, and so that’s what I knew about Colorado going into our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: geography, reading and writing Tagged With: 50 states study, book list

New Mexico unit study

June 14, 2018 By Ticia 2 Comments

There’s an interesting thing about the Southwest United States, there are a lot of overlap because of the Spanish/Mexican influence. However, you can also see some very distinct differences between each state. Texas certainly learned that when we attempted to convince New Mexico … [Read more...]

Filed Under: geography, reading and writing Tagged With: 50 states study, book list, New Mexico, North America

Who else was in the American Revolution?

May 25, 2018 By Ticia 3 Comments

Nathaniel Greene mini book

Nathaniel Greene lesson A few years ago when listening to the History of Rome podcast he mentioned all of early Roman history has been simplified down to, "Who started this military or cultural idea? Romulus. Who started this religious idea? Other Roman whose name I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: geography, history Tagged With: American Revolution, middle school, New York, primary grades, printable, Rhode Island, United States history, US history

Texas Geography Unit

April 25, 2018 By Ticia 4 Comments

holding up map for Texas geography unit

This past year we’ve been studying Texas history. Here’s the thing, I’m a firm believer in understanding geography to understand history. The geography of a state or country effects how things happen. Why am I telling you this? So you’ll understand why the very first unit of our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: geography, history, Texas Tagged With: middle school, printable, Texas history

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