Today, our American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp that we started more than a month ago I continue with some free notebooking pages. Also, look at Free American History Lapbook The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp.
I had my first son move back to the states, a graduation party for Mr. Awesome 2015 and a trip back to the states. And I still thought I was going to keep on homeschooling Tiny? Insane!
I tout all the time about not being super mom and to slow down for life changing moments in homeschooling, but I still tried to go on as normal. What is normal anyway?
I’m back to reality and am ready to kick off our school year soon.
Because our unit study is a focus on key events from modern American history, I prepared two notebooking pages that Tiny will be using this next week to go along with the minibooks he has already done.
ABOUT WYATT EARP
Though we had read about the life of Wyatt Earp in our history magazine, I guess it really wasn’t until we honed in on the year he was born, which was 1829 and when he died, which was 1929 that I realized what amazing events he must have witnessed.
The frontier was still wild and untamed while he was a boy.
Conflicts between the US Army and Native Americans were going on until the end of the 1800s.
He was a teenager when the American Civil War started and probably knew first hand the tragedy of all the lives lost.
Then the beginning of the 1900s ushered in the opening of the Panama Canal and the US going to war again, but now, it was a much more global war – World War I.
Wonder what he thought as the US forged ahead into the modern world?
Tiny will be doing some research on his own since the events I have on the notebooking pages are significant key events and there is plenty of information both in our encyclopedia and online for him to read.
I am not looking for him to write a research paper with the pages, but I am looking for him to imagine, wonder and step back into time to see events possibly through the eyes of Wyatt Earp.
Both notebooking pages have 4 key historical events on them.
Have your child research the event, write in the date and then add a few facts about that key event.
On the right margin of each page is a box where they can write about life during the 1800s and life during the 1900s, which will help them to focus about something that draws them in about this time in history.
I am finding this unit study to be quite helpful to help Tiny learn about sweeping events in modern American history and still learn about a person in history that captures his attention. Win-win.
MORE ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT WYATT EARP AND THE COWBOYS
- Free American History Lapbook The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
- Learning American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp – Hands-on Activities
- Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, The Cowboys Minibooks – American History
- Free Printable History Board Game – American History Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
- Free Notebooking Pages
- Learning American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp Part 2
- Gunfight at O.K. Corral – American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp
HOW TO GET THE FREE WYATT EARP LAPBOOK, NOTEBOOKING PAGES & BOARD GAME
Update: The lapbook is now complete. Download all the freebies below.
- Art cards by Frederic Remington about Wyatt Earp
- Cover pages for the outside of notebooking pages 1800s and 1900s. Look here how to fold ordinary worksheets to interactive minibooks.
- 8 Features of the SW United States
- The 4 Southwestern states
- American History during the Life of Wyatt Earp 1800s notebooking page
- American History during the Life of Wyatt Earp 1900s notebooking pages
- Who was Wyatt Earp
- Who were the Cowboys
- Who Was Doc Holliday
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Tombstone, Arizona – About Tombstone – Ed Schieffelin
- Printable Game with Game Pieces – The Most Famous Shoot Out – Gunfight at O.K. Corral
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Looks like a good unit.
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We are really learning so much :o) and thanks for hosting.
Love this unit
We are loving it too and so glad you’re here Linda!