Instead of reading the book, Charlie Brown & company have a nice little video that covers this topic nicely, and will likely be remembered far longer then a few pages …
Category: Social Studies
Steam Locomotives – How do they work?
The book‘s explanation of a steam locomotive reads like something I’d read to my 3 year old nephew, not a 3rd grader. “The steam presses on pipes inside the locomotive. …
Gold Rush of 1849
Instead of devoting a lot of time to this, as the book does, I just mentioned as the ending of the Mexican-American war. We talked about how this is where …
Mexico’s Independence, Texas Sovereignty, and More War
None of these things were explained in the Heritage Series 3 book. The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 got scarcely 3 sentences before the text moved on & spent 3 pages …
More about the War of 1812
The textbook says that British Sailors were hiding on American ships, and that the Americans got upset when the Brits started searching our ships. Then it glosses over the whole …
War of 1812
The Heritage Studies 3 book contains very little of the War of 1812, and much of what they spend time on is inaccurate. So I went online. I found an …
American Frontier Life
We finished Chapter 3 of the Heritage Studies 3 book. I can’t post the test I made for this, because I wound up using one of BJU’s maps in the …
Sacagawea & the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Resources: An interesting site with info about Native American Life – http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-stories/sacagawea.htm PBS MontanaKids.com
Post Revolution Napoleonic France
After the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte took over in France. Here are some resources we used. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOki3qAZe4g] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gC00avITj0] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dywr9qzEzkQ] Biography channel has the full episode online …
Lafayette & the French Revolution
“I go to defend Liberty as a friend. The happiness of America is intimately tied to the happiness of all mankind. One day she will become the safe haven of …