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"Girls of American History can serve as your core curriculum for history and geography, and might offer most of the activity needed for language arts depending upon the needs of your child. It also incorporates lessons on character development...
Despite the fact that these are studies with stories about girls, boys can also participate fully. In fact, many activities such as building your own teepee might be even more appealing to some boys than to girls. The studies are multisensory as children listen to read alouds, read independently, discuss what they have read, create lapbooks, make crafts, participate in field trips, play games, watch DVDS, make food, and write about what they have learned...
Each study should take about six weeks, although some might take longer. You need to purchase each character’s series of books for the corresponding study. You will also need to borrow or purchase other books, especially craft and cook books. Lists of optional resources are provided on the publisher’s website..."See full review here |
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"If you are a parent, chances are you have some American Girl paraphernalia floating around your house or accumulating on your child’s wish list. Perhaps you’ve even splurged for a doll or a trip to an American Girl Store. When we work with our children, we know that what they remember most is what they love. Children learn best when they are moving and doing, going and seeing. Justine Gamble has taken the best of hands-on learning experiences and combined them with the beloved book series in her new curriculum, Girls of American History."See full review here |
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"Author, Justine Gamble, has used the popular series of books to create literature guides and unit studies for each character. We accessed the first guide in her series that focuses on the character of Kaya – the Nez Perce and the Pacific Northwest. The guide is set up with a weekly reading/activity schedule, insight to the history of the era, as well as crafts, activity, field trips, and resource suggestions." "We will be revisiting the literature guide when we begin studying American History more in depth. I found it to be a great resource for activities surrounding the American Girls® stories and even better – all the planning is already done! You’ll just need to gather a few recommended craft and lapbooking supplies before embarking on the unit."See full review here |
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"She has created units that support a multi-sensory approach where children are: reading, hearing, seeing, writing, and doing to maximize their learning efforts! There are eight units altogether, which cover various aspects of American History, like Indian life, the American Revolution, Pioneer Times, and the Great Depression." "If you have an appreciation for hands-on curriculum, you’ll want to check out Girls of American History. Justine has done the hard part – putting the bits and pieces together for a great learning experience! All you have to do is put her great resources to work!"See full review here |
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"The document included lots of information such as books to read, instructions and pictures for crafts, and ideas for art and lapbooks to do. It also gave several ideas of field tips and how to have a Mexican Fiesta night to celebrate the end of the study. One thing that was particularly helpful was the weekly plans and schedule. It tells you exactly what to read and do for each of the 6 weeks of the study!
On the website you’ll be given access to the resource page which is packed full of great links! There was so much more that we we didn’t have time for. I did choose some activities which required me to go out and purchase supplies for, but I could have just done some of the lapbook activities which would have been free."See full review here |
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"Girls of American History creator Justine Gamble, believes that for everything a child studies, they should read it, write it, see it, hear it, and do it. Therefore, each unit includes: -Reading with the books, -Arts and crafts activities, -Suggested field trips, -Lapbook activities, -a Resource page full of additional ideas and activities
The girls loved listening to the stories of Kaya and drawing pictures about what we had read. They also enjoyed the crafts. They each made a canoe (though the unit calls for it to be made of leather, we did it with construction paper) and also a vest (with an old pillow case because we had a difficult time finding brown paper bags). The best part of the whole unit, according to the girls, were the field trips we took...
The ladies who reviewed these units have said they are worth every penny!"See full review here |
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