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Homeschool History Copywork William B. Travis Quote

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Today, I have the first activity to go with our Texas theme which is homeschool history copywork, a William B. Travis quote.

Copywork is a valuable skill way beyond the elementary years and I have continued copywork for my boys all the way through middle and high school.

Even at the middle and high school years, it’s still important to model writing that stirs the emotions. So copywork is not just for struggling writers.

Homeschool History Quote by William B. Travis for studying Texas or The Alamo Unit Study @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The value of copywork goes beyond just copying the words, but it is memory work, learning history through sayings from people of the past and comprehending important events from the past.

In other words, if I can tie in memory work, history and language arts to a topic, it makes our unit study more complete and appealing.

For an older kid, copywork shouldn’t take the place of a well-researched essay, but it can be a segue to it. For my boys, copywork can be a brainstorming session and every good writer wants an abundance of brainstorming ideas.

As long as you don’t make copywork babyish, teens normally end up still enjoying it.

Using a cursive font for older kids is another way to have them practice and read cursive.

Today, Tiny read The Travis Letter – “Victory or Death” and then did some easy copywork.

Grab this first activity for our newest homeschool history unit study – The Alamo below.

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Also, grab Homeschool History The Alamo – 17 Free Resources.

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World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook

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We finished our World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and now have the completed lapbook showing where we put all of the minibooks.

Like most all of my lapbooks, you can let your student write as much as he wants or as little. Because we do lapbooks as enrichment, I never fuss too much over what Tiny writes versus what he uses premade.

World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook

Even if he writes a little, this hands-on tool is better for reviewing than a worksheet. Also, in this unit study he got to hold a primary source, which was his grandfather’s ration card.

Anytime I can make a personal connection to history for my boys it makes a unit study meaningful.

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Too, there are so many subtopics to cover in this unit study that we just could not cover them all. I hope you like this study as much as we have.

Because we do our unit study and lapbooks too as we plod along, I never have lapbooks in one giant download.

I also do it this way so that you can grab just the parts you need instead of downloading minibooks you may not need.

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World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II Homeschool History Free Unit Study and Lapbook
World War II lapbook and homeschool history unit study.

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Homeschool History The Alamo – 17 Free Resources

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Homeschool History The Alamo - 17 Free Resources @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Can you guess what Tiny wants to cover next? In Texas, it seems that the study of the Texas Revolution can be anywhere from a 4thgrade to 7th grade study, but I will be tweaking it a bit to include older kids.

So today, I rounded up just a few resources. I have homeschool history – The Alamo – 17 free resources.

As we go through this unit study, I will be adding more resources but wanted to gather up these useful links and websites  in one place, which I had marked or saved.

Remember The Alamo – Free Resources

Remembering through Education – 7th grade free 4o page pdf teacher’s guide.
Remembering through Education – 4th grade free 37 page pdf teacher’s guide.
Remember the Alamo – 4th to 7th grade free lesson plans and links.
Making Cents of Independence – Helpful background information and lessons. Free 14 pdf.
A civic lessons from 1836. Excerpts are from a geography textbook published in 1836.They show the view of government held by early Americans. Compare views then and now.

Alamo – Infographic. Great way to see a visual of it all in one place.
Texas history coloring sheets – Click on Santa Anna and Sam Houston. The picture makes a great lapbook cover.
How 50 Texas Cities Got Their Names – Great read.
The Texas Revolution – Colorful and helpful background information with vocabulary and teaching ideas 6 page pdf.
Curriculum Guide for Teaching Texas History – Yikes. One huge massive download of 449 pages including several events about Texas history.

The Texas Revolution: Exactly Who Were the Texans? Background information and lesson plans written by a middle school teacher. Free 17 page pdf.
Remember the Alamo – Timeline, teacher’s guide and famous people of The Alamo. PBS website.
Social Studies for Kids – The Battle of the Alamo.
The Alamo and Goliad – Free 22 page pdf colorful  chapter with background information and ideas.
Texas History Stories – Don’t want to miss this one either. Free 31 page pdf. activity book, which includes crossword puzzles, word scramble and fill in the blank (with answers, thank you)

YouTube – Story time with Mr. Beat – Texas Revolution
Infographic with lots of information about the Lone Star State and the history of the state along with some odd laws and state symbols. Embedded and shared per Visually.

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World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank

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I have some World War II homeschool history resources. Also, look at my post World War II Hands-On History – Make Ration Cakes.

One reason we love homeschool unit studies so much is that when life happens, we can always pick up on unit studies where we left off.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I didn’t mean to wait this long to share the rest of the minibooks for our World War II homeschool history unit study, but after moving again, we just put the lapbook and unit study on hold.

World War II Homeschool History

So today, I’m sharing the last three minibooks, which are the Manhattan Project, vocabulary words with a pocket and a few facts about Anne Frank.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 1 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 2 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I created the words flash card style. This means that your child can just memorize the vocabulary and then for self-testing, just fold in half on the dotted line.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 3 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

There is so much to cover in this topic and Tiny has read more on this topic than any he has done before but I know we have to cut it off because he is almost ready to scoot onto our next topic.

More World War II Activities

Because we do our unit study and lapbooks too as we plod along, I never have lapbooks in one giant download.

I also do it this way so that you can grab just the parts you need instead of downloading minibooks you may not need.

World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II lapbook and homeschool history unit study.


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7 Step Free Homeschool Planner – Top 5 Questions Asked Are Answered

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Today, I am taking time to answer the top 5 questions that I get frequently about the 7 Step free Homeschool Planner. Look at my pages Homeschool Planner and 7 Step Curriculum Planner for more forms and ideas.

I always, always appreciate your questions and because I don’t like you having to wait a long time for answers, I am rounding frequently asked questions here.

7 Step Free Homeschool Planner - Top 5 Questions Asked Are Answered @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

7 Step Free Homeschool Planner

And because I have a method to my madness, I hope these answers help you.

ONE/ What if I begin my school in a different month than when your printables begin in July and end in June?

I understand you may begin your school in August, September or even October, however, that is not when you begin to plan.

When setting up my organized system many years ago, it was and still is my goal to help you stay organized.

This means that generally, like most teachers, we should begin our planning months before we start teaching our kids.

However, because you get a full 12 months, it doesn’t matter when you choose to begin your school.

You can still use my forms by just starting on the month when you begin to plan.

By maintaining one month to begin (July) and one month to end the year (June, my system stays uniformed as I create hundreds of free forms across the 7 steps for you.

This would not be possible if I created forms to begin a year with May, June, August, September or even October because there is no way I could give you so many wonderful options.

TWO/ Do you create other sizes like A5, personal or mini pages?

No.

Most of my audience, like me, wants all the room they can possibly get to write down lesson plans.

My planner utilizes as much as I can get on a regular size page and still leaves room for coil binding.

I can see when you have only one child, you may not want all that room and I have a Unit Study Planner that has a unique lesson planning page which would work well for one child, but it is regular paper size.

THREE/ What if I don’t have a fancy printer? Can I still create this?

Absolutely!

I have used three very different printers over the years and the least and most inexpensive one does just as great of a job as my fancy HP one I had albeit the smaller one takes a bit more time.

Right now, I am still using the portable CANON PIXMA iP110 Wireless Mobile Printer I used when we moved overseas.

I still love it and have changed the way I do things.

Before we moved, I had an office in my house.

But when we traveled and stayed in different hotels in different countries, I  got use to plugging up my printer anywhere I was sitting at and have loved the flexibility of moving around.

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FOUR/ I’m having problems with my download.
Some of the numbers or boxes are missing. What causes that?

Most of the time, when your download is not printing correctly, it can be traced back to a problem with reader and browser compatibility.

Too, it may be because you use the default reader for the MAC or for a smart phone.

Adobe is a universal reader and Chrome a universal browser.

It’s always best to print from your tablet or laptop as phones can cause hiccups.

Maybe one day technology will make it all possible with no hiccups.

FIVE/ Do you recommend a binding machine or products for binding the planner?

Though I love all the easy binding machines now offered, the whole foundation of this planner is a DIY project.

This means using things that are easily found or relatively inexpensive, which is coil binding.

It shouldn’t take buying fancy office supplies to do that.

You certainly can invest in cool products, but again, my goal is that this planner can be made by anybody with minimal products to purchase.

Are you ready to begin building your 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner?

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

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