Kidworks History

Slavery, Civil War, Immigrants & Inventors
2012 – 2013
Full Year Course
Grades 1-3 recommended Thursday

Course Tutor:
Melissa Wilson
LMA3J@COMCAST.NET

Course Description:
Kidworks History is a hands-on course designed to introduce young children to American History through applied activities and historical fiction. This course will spark your students’ curiosity and enthusiasm for history as they learn the subject in story fashion while participating in engaging materials.

This history course is a three-year rotational study of American history from Columbus’s discovery of America to the turn of the 19th century. The first year covers early explorers, American Indians, and the establishment of the American colonies. In the second year, students learn about the American Revolution followed by a study of the Westward Expansion across the continent. Finally, the third year examines the Civil War and the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution.

Classroom instruction includes geography and timeline skills as well as interactive activities such as crafts, games, music, cooking, or dramatic reenactments. Homework assignments incorporate skills in reading comprehension and writing. Parents will learn history with their children as they read together the selection of biographies and award-winning historical fiction.

Course Prerequisites: None

Course Fees:
$7 supply fee payable to Teenworks

Required Textbooks: (Available through the Teenworks Resource Center)

  • Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator (Childhood of Famous Americans); Augusta Stevenson
  • Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman; Monica Culling
  • If You Lived At The Time Of The Civil War; Kay Moore
  • From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War; Deborah Hopkinson
  • Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story; Deborah Hopkinson
  • If You Lived 100 Years Ago; Ann McGovern
  • The Long Way to a New Land; Joan Sandin
  • Thomas Edison: Young Inventor (Childhood of Famous Americans); Sue Guthridge
  • Listen Up!; Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine; Monica Kulling
  • Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race; Monica Kulling