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Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

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I have the Trail of Tears for kids free lapbook and unit study. Also, grab more ideas on my lapbook ideas and on my best homeschool unit studies pages.

In one of the saddest episodes of history, men, women, and children were taken from their land, herded into makeshift forts with minimal facilities and food, then forced to march a thousand miles.

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

Between the years of 1684 and 1835, over 30 treaties chipped away at the Cherokee Indians’ original 135,000 square miles of land.

In the spring of 1837 and continuing through the fall of 1838, the Cherokee Indians were rounded up and corralled into stockades.

This began the Trail of Tears, a 1,200-mile journey to unfamiliar territory.

The Trail of Tears for Kids

Taking our time to complete this lapbook about the Cherokee and The Trail of Tears was just the pizazz we needed to get back into our groove after moving.

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

We read about Sequoyah and his contribution to the Cherokee language and how his people viewed him.  Like most of my minibooks, you can use the information we added or use your own research.

Cherokee culture continued to flourish with the invention of the Cherokee alphabet by Sequoyah in 1821

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

I try to provide some information always on the minibooks to help in case you have made more lesson plans than you have time at the moment.  It happens to all of us so I like minibooks that are easy to put together.

The Trail of Tears for Kids Words to Know

Next, look at some of these words and events to know.

  • Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1830 the Congress of the United States passed the “Indian Removal Act. The white communities turned on their Indian neighbors and the U.S. Government decided it was time for the Cherokees to leave behind their farms, their land and their homes.
  • “Nunna daul Tsuny”.The route they traversed and the journey itself became known as “The Trail of Tears” or, as a direct translation from Cherokee, “The Trail Where They Cried”
  • President Andrew Jackson. Led the country from 1828 to 1837, the Trail of Tears (1837 to 1839) was the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast He signs the Indian Removal Act which leads to Trail of Tears.
  • Davy Crockett. The famous Tennessee Congressman who protested the Indian Removal Act.
  • Gen. Winfield Scott. The general who led the forced Cherokee removal.
  • Oklahoma. The Indian Territory as it was called then that the Cherokees were forced to move to.

Then we did an easy Did You Know minibook. Tiny wanted to take a bunny trail off this unit study to talk about Davy Crockett because he was against the Indian Removal Act.

The Trail of Tears Free Minibooks

Normally, we would venture away from our topic, but this time we stuck to it because we had such a long stretch of time in finishing it.

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

 

This next minibook was one I wanted Tiny to do so he could think about the injustices in the world today and to read about the Bible’s view on it.

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

The terrible injustice done to all the civilized tribes at that time should touch any heart young and old and this gives your child a chance to voice his opinion on it.

Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

Then I made a few pieces to decorate the front of the lapbook. 

Tiny used part of it and the other part of his lapbook, he chose a picture of a Cherokee chief to color.

There are some beautiful free pictures to color that are not babyish found on First People and that is where we got this picture.

Front of Trail of Tears Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook
Free The Trail Of Tears For Kids Fun Unit Study Ideas And Lapbook

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How to Get the Free Trail of Tears Lapbook

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Kids Free Glass Blowing Lapbook on The History Of Glass Blowing

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Today, I have a free glass blowing lapbook about the history of glass blowing. Also, you’ll love more ideas on my pages Glass Blowing, Lapbook Ideas, and Best Homeschool Unit Studies.

Although glass wasn’t discovered during the Renaissance period, it did make a rebirth in that time period.

Around 1500 BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt the first glass vessels were made by shaping hot glass around solid cores of earth and dung.

Kids Free Glass Blowing Lapbook on The History Of Glass Blowing

After the glass cooled the plug was removed and it left a hollow form.

During the Roman era, new formulas were invented and perfected.

Glass was so precious Emperor Nero paid $500.00 for one goblet.

Glass blowing techniques were all but lost during the Middle Ages in Europe.

The History of Glass Blowing

However, around the 13th century, Venice became the center of glassblowing.

Having learned the secret of glass blowing through their trade with the Middle East, Venetian artisans revived the technique.

Because the furnaces represented a fire danger in Venice, whose buildings were mostly wooden, they were moved to the island of Murano.

It wasn’t long before the glass makers were the leading citizens of the island.

The artisans were granted the right to wear swords and enjoy immunity from prosecution by the Venetian state.

In the following centuries exports began, and the island became famous for glass beads and mirrors.

Kids Free Glass Blowing Lapbook on The History Of Glass Blowing

Today, even though the art of glass blowing has been shared all over the world.

Murano is still called the Glass Island.

Hands-on Glass and Glass Blowing Kids Activities

Next, add some of these fun hands-on glass and glass blowing kids activities.

And add some fun videos.

Kids Free Glass Blowing Lapbook on The History Of Glass Blowing

Then add some more lapbooks to your learning day.

More Lapbook Ideas

Next, add some of these books and resources to your glass blowing unit study.

Glass Blowing and Dale Chihuly Resources for Kids

Add some of these resources and books to your unit study about glass blowing.

Minibooks Included in The History of Glass Blowing

Finally, look at the free minibooks included in this glass blowing lapbook.

  • Renaissance to Modern Front Outside Cover
  • Glass Island – Where Is It and Why Is It Called Glass Island
  • How Is Glass Used Everyday
  • How is Glass Colored
  • What is Glass
  • How is Glass Formed
  • When was Glass Discovered
  • Craft of the Renaissance
  • The Ancient Art of Glass Blowing
  • Lightning the Power to Make Glass
  • Hot Words a.k.a Vocabulary Words About Glass Blowing
  • Stained Glass
  • Glass Is As . . (Simile Book)
  • 2 Glass Blowing Notebooking Pages
  • 1 Coloring Page which can be used as a front cover or glue on back of your file folder lapbook

How to Get the Free Glass Blowing Lapbook

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Free Carnivorous Plants Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

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Today, I have a free carnivorous plants lapbook and fun unit study ideas. Also, I have my page Carnivorous Plants.

Besides, carnivorous plants are a fascinating topic for every age.

For example, like all green plants they make their food by photosynthesis.

In addition, they are sometimes called insectivorous plants.

Free Carnivorous Plants Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

Carnivorous plants are plants which derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.

And as mentioned they still generate some of their energy from photosynthesis.

6 Types of Traps

Next look at some of the types of traps which can be found in insectivorous plants.

  • Lobsterpot trap
  • Snap trap
  • Bladder trap
  • Flypaper trap
  • Pitfall trap
Free Carnivorous Plants Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

Also, look at the types of plants.

Types of Carnivorous Plants

Next, look at some of the names and facts about the types of plants.

Carnivorous plants are plants that can absorb certain nutrients from animals they trap. 

All plants need nitrogen to live. They can live in areas where there is poor soil and where nitrogen is not easily absorbed.

So, the plants do not eat the insects for food but digest the captured insects as a source of nitrogen.

Some common carnivorous plants are

  • venus flytrap,
  • bladderworts,
  • pitcher plant
  • and sundew.

Vocabulary Words

  • nitrogen – A nutrient needed in order to make molecules so that a plant can thrive and reproduce. This is normally taken from the soil but if the soil is poor in nitrogen, it gets it from the insect.
  • nutrients – A nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow, or a substance used in an organism’s metabolism which must be taken in from its environment.
  • angiosperm – Plants that make their seeds from pollinated flowers.
  • insectivorous – Another term used to describe carnivorous plants.
  • photosynthesis – The process by which plants produce food. By using light, leaves put together carbon dioxide and water to make sugar and oxygen.

More Activities and Resources about Plants

Also, look at more resources for learning about plants.

In addition, look at these books and resources for a fun unit study.

11 Carnivorous Plants Resources

Add some of these books and resources for a carnivorous plants unit study for multiple ages.

More Best Homeschool Unit Studies

Minibooks for the Lapbook

Moreover, look at these minibooks which come in the free download.

  • 2 color covers
  • Where can you find carnivorous plants in the US?
  • The sower and the seed
  • Types of trap
  • Venus flytrap
  • Pitcher plant
  • Bladder wort
  • Sundew
  • Vocabulary words
  • What is a carnivorous plant
Free Carnivorous Plants Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

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Free Peregrine Falcon Lapbook And Fun Unit Study Ideas

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I have a free Peregrine Falcon lapbook. Too, look at my Peregrine Falcons Unit Study and my lapbook ideas,

The Peregrine Falcon was almost extinct in the 1960s.

The Peregrine Falcon is an endangered species but can dwell in cities.

Additionally, the falcon is a common bird of prey which also includes eagles and hawks.

Free Peregrine Falcon Lapbook And Fun Unit Study Ideas

A bird of prey is a hunting bird.

And the Peregrine Falcon is the most common falcon.

However, there are more species of falcons.

There are the:

  • American Krestel
  • Merlin
  • Prairie Falcon
  • Collared Forest Falcon

Too, look at some of these facts about falcons.

More Peregrine Falcons Facts

  • The adults have blue-gray wings with dark brown backs.
  • And they are 16 to 19 inches long,
  • Their name comes from the Latin word peregrinus, which means “one from abroad” or “to wander.”
  • Females are slightly larger than the males.
  • Beaks are slate blue.
  • Flight speed can be more than 60 mph.
  • They have long pointed wings.
  • Juveniles are marked with vertical streaks instead of horizontal bars on the breast.
  • When falcons catch birds in a fast dive in the air it’s called a stoop.
  • Besides dwelling in cities, they can nest and perch on cliffs and other tall structures.
Free Peregrine Falcon Lapbook And Fun Unit Study Ideas

Next, add some of these vocabulary words to your unit study.

Vocabulary Words – Peregrine Falcon

  • endangered species – an animal or plant at risk of becoming extinct
  • raptor – a bird of prey; a bird that obtains food through the use of force
  • prey – an animal hunted by another for food
  • talon – the claw of a bird of prey
  • scientific name – Falco peregrinus
  • eyrie (pronounced I Ree) – the nest of a bird of prey usually on a high cliff or other tower
  • ornithologist – a biologist who studies birds
  • tiercel – the name for the male
  • clutch – set of eggs
  • Anatum – Latin for “eater or killer of ducks”. The common name in North America for the Peregrine Falcon used to be Duck Hawk.
  • ecosystem – all living and nonliving things in an area that interacts
  • raptor – From a Latin origin meaning “to grasp or seize”.
  • falconry – An ancient sport of using a trained raptor to hunt.
  • thermal – An ascending current of air caused by heat.

Also, look at some of the history of falconry.

Free Peregrine Falcon Lapbook And Fun Unit Study Ideas

History of Falconry

The use of falcons for hunting was developed around 2,000 B.C. in central Asia.

And by the twelfth century A.D., falconry was widely practiced throughout Europe.

Pictorial records and wall hangings show falconers with birds on their wrists in Arabia and Persia.

Falconry is an art.

It requires long hours, constant devotion, finesse, subtlety and skill. The falconer must train a bird of prey to fly free, hunt for a human being and then accept a return to captivity.

Free Peregrine Falcon Lapbook And Fun Unit Study Ideas

More Bird Resources and Activities

Also, study birds with these other activities and resources.

And you’ll love these books.

Bird Of Prey and Peregrine Falcon Resources

Add these books and resources to your unit study about bird of prey or peregrine falcons.

More Best Homeschool Unit Studies

Peregrine Falcons Free Minibooks

Moreover, here are the minibooks included in the download. I find that they are jumping off points for subtopics I covered in the unit study.

  • 2 Birds of Prey Cover pages for the outside of the lapbook
  • Hawks and Falcons Birds of Prey
  • Did You Know . .
  • Anatomy of Peregrine Falcon
  • Falconry – An Ancient Sport
  • Mating and Nesting
  • Prey of Falcon
  • Types of Falcon
  • Natures Finest Flying Machine
  • Vocabulary Words Pocket/Illustration
  • Where Do Falcons Live

How to Get the Free Peregrine Falcon 20 Page Lapbook

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Free Lapbook Maya and Fun Hands-on Meso-America Unit Study Ideas

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This free lapbook maya is a fun way to cover topics about Meso-America. Also, look at my Meso-America page for more ideas.

The Maya are one of the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

They originated in the Yucatan and settled in what is today southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize, and western Honduras.

Free Lapbook Maya and Fun Hands-on Meso-America Unit Study Ideas

Too, the Maya developed astronomy, calendar systems and hieroglyphic writing.

In addition, Mayans were skilled farmers, weavers, and potters.

Facts about the Maya Civilization

  • Mayans built pyramids. They were used as burial places and for an observatory.
  • The building at Chichén Itza is an observatory much like a telescope.
  • The Mayan were polytheistic or had many gods.
  • When studying about the Mayans, investigate the rainforest, pyramids/temples, and sacrifices.
  • Other Mesoamerican cultures are Olmec, Toltec, Zapotec, Aztec, and Inca.
  • The Maya, Aztec, and Inca all flourished in Central and South America.
  • Also, the Mayans used a 365-day calendar and developed the concept of zero.

Too, add some geography to this unit study and lapbook.

Free Lapbook Maya and Fun Hands-on Meso-America Unit Study Ideas

For example, locate some of these key geographical features below.

Geographical Features Studying Meso-America

  • Locate South America and Central America
  • Locate Mexico
  • Amazon River
  • Andes Mountain
  • Where is Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire?
  • The Incas built cities like Machu Picchu and Cuzco, locate them.

Also, add some books about Meso-America to your unit study.

5 Resources for Learning about Meso-America, the Aztec, Inca, and Maya

Add some of these books to your unit study about Meso-America.

More Lapbook Maya Resources

Additionally, here are some ideas to add to your unit study or to craft for your Mayan lapbook.

How to Get the Free Lapbook Maya and Free Notebooking Pages

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That means when you sign up to follow me, you get access to my subscribers library and this freebie.

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