Grade 4:  weeks 13-18

*This year, 4th graders will be compiling a state notebook about the U.S. state
 they live in.  (Many states require 4th graders to do a state study.)  NOW is the time
 to be on the lookout for pictures and info which can easily be found on brochure
 tables at rest areas, national/state parks, tourist areas, online, etc.)

History Weekly Lessons: 

Week 13:
*We will begin studying the differences between the Northern and Southern states, and precursors to the American Civil War.  Some differences to discuss are:
Northern states: more industrial, with factories, fewer farms, smaller farms, not much need for a lot of hired workers or slaves
Southern states: not many factories, very large farms needing a lot of workers- which made slavery appealing to many Southerners  

*Person to look up in encyclopedia or internet:  Eli Whitney
                 -What important machine did he invent?
                 -What effect did his invention have on the South regarding its famous crop?

                Freedom Train Chps (1-5:  "Little Girl" through "Not Worth a Sixpence")

Week 14: 
*Look up in encyclopedia or internet:  Missouri Compromise
                -Define compromise.
                -What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

               Freedom Train Chps (6-10:  "Bound for..." through "Why Not Every Man")

Week 15: 
*On a U.S. map, color the slave states gray and the free states blue. (Look in your Meet Abraham Lincoln book on p. 3 for a map.)

             Freedom Train Chps (11-15:  "Ship of Zion" through "The Most of a Man")

Week 16:  Freedom Train Chps (16-20:  "Dept. of the South" through end)

Week 17: Meet Abraham Lincoln (Chps 1-5)

Week 18:  Meet Abraham Lincoln (Chps 6-10)
                               

Week 14-  Encyclopedia Brown: ( Chps 6-10)

Week 15-  American Tall Tales
                -Stormalong
                -Mose
                -Febold Feboldson

                The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: (Chps 1-2)        

Week 16-  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: (Chps 5-7)

Week 17-  Five Little Peppers and How They Grew:  (Chps 1-5)

Week 18-  Five Little Peppers and How They Grew:  (Chps 6-10)

The Burgess Bird Book:  Read one chapter per week
    (Coming next year:  Jack's Insects by Edmond Selous!)

Nature Walk/outing:  Try to do two outings per week. 
     On at least one of the outings, have your student  focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects, birds, flowers, etc)  Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about that group in the Handbook of Nature Study and share an interesting fact concerning it with your student at some point during the outing. 

    Have your student record observations in the nature notebook, perhaps including one of the appropriate verses found in the Handbook.

Week 13:

Week 14:

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Week 18: