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OklahomaHomeschool.com links provided by Cindy Downes. Thanks, Cindy. (August, 2010)
Recommended resource for these studies: The Checklist by Cindy Downes.
History & Social Studies-Based Units:
- Ancient Rome Unit Study with Printable Timeline and Printable Timeline Pieces (PDF documents.)
- Archaeology and the Bible Unit Study (Some modestly-priced resources are recommended.)
- Ben Franklin Unit (Some modestly-priced resources are recommended.)
- Civil War Unit Resources and Civil War Lesson Plan
- Explorers Unit (Some modestly-priced resources are recommended.)
- Government Unit Study Ideas (Moderately-priced resources suggested.)
- Immigration Unit Includes Immigration Timeline, Ellis Island History, Statue of Liberty Facts and more!
- Oklahoma History Online (Purchase Required)
- Pilgrim / Thanksgiving Unit (based on The Checklist)
- Presidents/Elections Unit (Fun online activities and games with this one.)
- Revolutionary War Unit (Coming Soon!)
- World War I Unit (based on The Checklist) Major events, people, book list, research links and activities.
Science-Based Units:
- Animal Unit (based on The Checklist)
- Archaeology and the Bible (Moderately-priced resources suggested.)
- Astronomy Unit: Early Elementary (Some modestly-priced resources are recommended.)
- Botany Unit (Many free internet resources in this one, in addition to a few books recommended.)
- Dinosaur Unit (Fun internet resources and book recommendations.)
- Geology Unit. Includes lesson plans for a Dinosaur Unit from Answers in Genesis. (Grades 4 - 8)
- Insects/Bugs Unit (Video links, internet Activities, in addition to recommended reading, etc.)
- Ocean Unit (based on The Checklist)
- Physical Science Unit(How to Create a Unit Study Around Apologia Science)
- Simple Machines Unit Study (For primary grades.)
- Science and Scientists Unit: An Introduction to Science for Elementary Students
- Weather Unit (Coming Soon!)
Cait provided the link to nutrition resources (added March 8, 2010). Thanks, Cait.
Lynn provided links to the following units (added March 8, 2010). Thanks, Lynn.
- Blueberries for Sal
- Carry on Mr. Bowditch
- Christmas
- Christmas Around the World
- Colonial Times
- Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
- Gingerbread Cowboy
- Going West
- Inside a Hurricane
- Inside the Earth
- Little House on the Prairie
- Madeline
- Magic School Bus Hops Home
- One Lighthouse, One Moon
- Raising Yoder's Barn
- Space
- St. George and the Dragon
- The Magic Tree House series: Dinosaurs Before Dark
- The Magic Tree House series: The Knight at Dawn
- The Magic Tree House series: Mummies in the Morning
- The Magic Tree House series: Night of the Ninja
- The Magic Tree House series: Pirates Past Noon
A
- Acadia National Park, Main: Animals of Acadia
- Acadia National Park, Main: Carriage Road Explorers
- Acadia National Park, Main: Carroll Homestead
- Acadia National Park, Main: Island Life
- Main - Acadia National Park: Fire and Ice: Acadia's Geologic Story (No lesson plans included, but a beautiful slide presentation about the diverse geological forces that shaped the coast of Main - pdf)
- Acorns for the Squirrels
- Adjectives
- Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day
- Aesop's Fables
- Africa
- Africa - Ancient Africa Unit
- Africa: 'Come With Me To Africa' (Grades 2-3)
- Alamo: Adventures of the Alamo (Grade 5)
- Alaska
- Alaska (Grade 3)
- Alaska (Grade 4)
- American Civil War
- American Flag
- American Heroes (Grade 2)
- American Heritage
- American History Unit, The Colonies
- American Revolution
- American Revolution, What Was The (Grades K-3)
- American Revolution (a homeschooler's account)
- American Revolution (Grade 4)
- American Revolution (Grade 5)
- American Revolution
- American Revolution Resources
- American Revolutionary War (Grades 5-8)
- American Settlement (Grades 4-6)
- An American Girl - Kirsten
- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Angiosperms (Grades 9-12)
- Animal Science
- Animal Tracks Unit Study
- Animals
- Anne of Green Gables (collection of links)
- Antarctica
- Ants
- Appalachia, West Virginian Appalachian Culture
- Apple Tree
- Apple Unit (Grades 4-6)
- Apple Unit: An Apple a Day
- Apple Unit Resources
- Applehead Dolls
- Apples
- Arachnids
- Archaeology
- Archaeology Unit (Middle School)
- Archery
- Architecture
- Architecture Unit Studies
- Arizona (Grades 3-5)
- Around the World In 80 Days (Geography)
- Art and Artist (IBM's)
- Art: Art Attraction - Researching the Great Masters and Their Works (Grade 6)
- Art: Teaching Visual Art (Grades 2-4)
- Arthurian Legends, Exploring Arthurian Legends (Grades 9-12)
- Arthurian Legends Units
- Arts & Crafts Unit
- Asia
- Asian Cultural Traditions
- Asian Indian Immigration Unit
- Astronauts
- Astronomers and Their Discoveries (Grade 8)
- Astronomy
- Audiovisual Production
- Auto Mechanics
- Aviation
- Aviation Resources from MN DOT
- Aztecs, Incas and Mayas Unit
B
- Babysitting
- Bananaphone
- Barack Obama Lapbook
- Baseball (IBM's)
- Bats
- Bats: Batmania (Grades 1-5)
- Bats: Going Batty (Grades 3-4)
- Bats, Creatures of the Night (Grade 2)
- A Bear Called Paddington
- Bears Mini-Unit (Kindergarten)
- Bears (Grades 2-3)
- Bears! Bears! Bears! (Grade 2)
- Bears, All About Bears
- Beatrix Potter
- Beaver Unit Study
- Bees
- Bees
- Bees
- Beethoven, Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Beginning Readers
- Bible Lessons, Old Testament
- Bicycling
- Big Annie: Mississippi Flatboat Captain
- Billion
- Biology
- Birds
- Birds
- Birds
- Birds (Grades 2-3)
- Birds (Grades 5-6)
- Birds, Endangered North American Birds (Grade 3)
- Birds, Masters of Flight (Grade 2)
- Black History Month Unit Resources
- Blueberries for Sal
- Bluebird Math
- Bluebirds
- Boating
- Body Stewardship
- Books
- Boston Tea Party Lapbook
- Braille Alphabet and Louis Braille Lesson Plan
- Braille: Bits of Braille (Grade 4-6)
- Brazil
- Bread and Jam for Frances
- Building Bridges
- Butterflies
- Butterflies
- Butterflies and Moths
C
- Camping
- Camping Unit (Kindergarten)
- Canada (Grade 4)
- Canada Unit
- Can't You Make Them Behave, King George
- Carry on Mr. Bowditch
- Carry On Mr. Bowditch Literature Unit
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Literature Unit
- Cassatt Artist Study
- Castles (Kindergarten)
- Cats
- Celebrating Carle (Literature Unit Study)
- Cells and Systems
- Charlotte's Web (Grades 3-4)
- Charlotte's Web
- Chemistry
- Chester Raccoon and the Kissing Hand
- Childhood in America (Grades 3-4)
- China
- China, Ancient China
- China, Ancient China Unit
- China, Searching for China Unit
- China (Grade 4)
- China
- Chinese Folk Tales (Grades 3-4)
- Chinese New Year Unit Study
- Chinese New Year Unit
- Chocolate (Grades 1-6)
- Chocolate or Milton Hershey Chocolate
- Christianity:Christian Ethics 10
- Christianity: We Are People of the Cross (Grade 7)
- Christmas
- Christmas
- Christmas Around the World
- Christmas, 24 Days Of Symbols of Christmas
- Christmas, All About Jesus
- Christmas, Good Christian Men Rejoice
- Christmas, Names of Jesus
- Christmas Carols (Good Christian Men Rejoice)
- Christmas Symbols Lapbook
- Christmas Symbols Unit
- Christopher Columbus 5 Day Unit (Kindergarten)
- Christopher Columbus (Grade 3)
- Cinematography
- Cinco de Mayo (Grades 3-4)
- Circus Unit
- Cities Unit (six units)
- Citizenship
- Civil War, see also American Civil War
- Civil War
- Civil War Resources
- Civil War Unit (Upper Elementary)
- Civil War, A Divided State
- Civil War, Points of View
- Civil War (Grade 4)
- Civil War (Grade 5)
- Civil War Unit
- Classical Music Lapbook
- Clocks and Time
- Clothing and Textiles
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Grades K-3)
- Coin Collecting
- Colonial America
- Colonial America
- Colonial America (Primary Grades)
- Colonial America, 1600-1776
- Colonial America Thematic Unit (Grades 4-5)
- Colonial Life (Grade 3)
- Colonial Living
- Colonial Times
- Colonies, The Thirteen Colonies (Primary Grades)
- Colonists in the New World (Grade 5)
- Colony, Creating a Colony in the New Land
- Colorado (Grade 3)
- Columbus, The Voyage of Columbus (High School)
- Comets, Meteors and Stars
- Communities
- Community Helpers
- Community History
- Consumer Product Testing (Grade 8)
- Constitution Lapbook
- Constitution, The Birth of the Constitution (Grades 4-8)
- Constitutional Tradition (High School)
- Cows aren't the Only Ones
- Captain James Cook
- Cookie Recipe
- Cookies!
- Cooking
- Conflict Resolution
- Countries of the World Unit
- Costa Rica Unit
- Cowboy Unit
- Creation
- Creation
- Creation (Young Earth Perspective)
- Creation: In the Beginning
- Creatures of the Woodlands
- Criminology
D
- Dance
- Dancing Feathers (Novel) (Grade 5)
- Daniel Boone mini unit
- Dental Unit Study Starter
- Deserts
- Deserts (and Oceans) Unit
- Deserts (a Webquest Unit)
- Desktop Publishing
- Dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs (Creation Sensation site)
- Dinosaurs (Kindergarten)
- Dinosaurs (Primary)
- Disasters
- Disguises (Elementary)
- Dog Heroes
- Dolphins (pdf format)
- Dr. Seuss
- Dragon Boat Festival Unit Study
- Drummer Boy of Shiloh (Literature Unit on the Civil War)
E
- Early Rome and the King of Kings
- Earth Science
- Easter
- Eating Healthy
- Ecosystem Unit
- Ecosystems (Grade 6)
- Educational Games
- Egg Fun
- Egypt Lapbook
- Egypt (Grade 6)
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Into the Tomb
- Egyptian Tombs Unit
- Elections
- Elections and Government
- Electric, It's Electric
- Electrical Safety Unit
- Electricity
- Electricity (Grade 1)
- Electricity and Magnetism Q&A
- Electricity, Static Electricity
- Ellis Island Immigration (Grades 9-10)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Energy Wise
- Engineering and Chemistry (Grade
- England (Grade 4)
- England, Past and Present (Grade 2)
- Erosion Mini-Unit (a homeschooler's account)
- Exploration, The Age of Exploration (Primary Grades)
- Exploration
- Explorers
F
- Fairy Tales, Aesop Fables and Nursery Rhymes
- Fairy Tale Theater, Language Arts (Grades 3-5)
- Fall
- Family Week
- Fancy Nancy
- Farm, Fun at the Farm
- Farm Unit Study
- Farm Unit Study
- Farming
- Farms
- Farms and Farm Animals (Grades 1-3)
- Fashion Design
- Federal Holidays Unit
- Feudalism Mini-Unit
- Fingerplay
- Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
- Fireflies: Twinkling Lights of the Meadow
- Fish and Wildlife Management
- Flags of the World
- Flight
- Flight: Spread Your Wings (Grade 8)
- Friendship - An Exploration Through Literature (Grades K-3)
- Florida (Grade 4)
- Food and Nutrition
- Force and Motion (Grade 3)
- Fragrances
- Frank, Anne Frank
- Franklin, Ben Franklin
- Friendship
- Frog Addition
- Frog Art
- Frog Count
- Frog Eggs
- Frog Geometry
- Frog Math
- Frog Pond
- Frog Pond Tale
- Frog Theme
- Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn Become a frog as you play games, sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs.
- Frogs, Endangered
- Frogs: KiwiKids
- Frogs and Toads
- Frogs: Virtual Lessons (Grade 2)
- Frontier Life
G
- Galileo (Grades 9-12)
- Gallinules, American Purple Gallinule
- Gardening
- Garner Rix
- Genealogy
- Geology
- Geology Rocks I (Grade 4)
- Geology Rocks II (Grade 4)
- Geography
- Geography Unit
- George Washington Lapbook
- Gingerbread
- Gingerbread Cowboy
- Go Away Big Green Monster
- Going West
- Global Warming for Children
- Gold Rush Era
- Government
- Grammar
- Graphic Communication
- The Great Depression
- Greece, Ancient Greece
- Greece, Ancient Greece
- Greece, Ancient Greece
- Greece, Ancient Greek Olympics
- Greek Classics for Children
H
- Hawaii
- Hawaii (Grade 4)
- The Heart, an Online Exploration
- Helen Keller (Overview)
- Hill of Fire
- Hispanic Cultures
- History, Ancient History Lessons
- Hobbies
- Holocaust Unit
- Holocaust
- Holocaust and Resistance (Grades 9-12)
- Home, A Clean Home
- Home, Cooking
- Home Life
- Homes Near and Far
- Hoover Dam Learning Packet
- Horses
- Horses
- Hot Chocolate
- Human Anatomy
- Human Body Lapbook
- The Human Body (IBM's)
- The Human Body
- The Human Body
- Hummingbirds
- Humor
- Hurricanes and Tornadoes
I
- Iditarod
- Iditarod
- Imperialism, History of the Age of Imperialism (Grades 7-12)
- Related teacher's guide
- India
- India, Ancient India
- India (Grade 2)
- Indian (Asian) Immigration
- Indians: The Plains Indians (Grade 3)
- Indians: The Texas Indians (Grade 4)
- Industrial Revolution
- Insects
- Insects and Bugs
- Insects and Spiders
- Insects, using Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
- Inside a Hurricane
- Inside the Earth
- Inventions
- Inventions
- Inventions
- Inventions and Inventors
- Ireland, Exploring Ireland (Grades 4-8)
- Ireland, The Emerald Island (Grade 3)
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Italy (Grade 3)
J
- Japan
- Japan
- Japan
- Japan
- Japan (Grades K-3)
- Japan (Grade 2)
- Japan, Eating in Japan (Grades K-1)
- Japan Project
- Jesus, Names of Jesus
- Jewelry Design
- Johnny Appleseed (Grade 3)
- Johnny Tremain
- Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Journalism
- Julius Caesar Today, Shakespeare
- Just Plain Fancy (Amish)
K
- Katy and the Big Snow (Grades K-3)
- Kenya, All About Kenya (Grade 2)
- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
- Kings, Queens, and Castles
- Kings, Queens and Castles
L
- Lake Michigan (Kindergarten)
- Landscape Architecture
- Language
- Leafy Green Lesson Plans
- Leaves (Falling Leaves)
- Lemmings
- Lewis and Clark
- Lewis & Clark
- Lewis & Clark
- Lewis and Clark Information
- Lewis and Clark Lapbook
- Lewis and Clark Webquest
- Life Cycle - From Egg to Chicken (Grade 2)
- Life Cycles (Grade 2)
- Light and Optics Unit 1 (Primary)
- Light and Optics Unit 2 (Primary)
- Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln (Primary)
- Links and Chains Unit (Grade 7)
- Literacy Bags, Take Home Literacy Bags
- Literature Unit: Eric Carle
- Literature Unit: Eric Carle (Grades 2-3)
- Little House in the Big Woods Activities
- Little House on the Prairie
- Little House on the Prairie (Grade 4)
- Living Math
- Lobsters
- Louisiana (Grade 3)
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