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American Revolution Unit Study and Lapbook 1775 – 1783

Please note: As with all of my units, there is no way we can cover every topic or theme and because there is a wealth of information free on this subject including minibooks, we just tried to cover some of the major issues. Too, as with all of my units, we revisit them frequently so we can add to them.

Other units here on my site to go with this one.

Find out how the Iroquois influenced the Founding Fathers:
Click here to read about the Iroquois Confederacy
Click here to go the Iroquois Lapbook

Poem/Song: The Rich Lady Over the Sea

There was a rich lady lived over the sea,
And she was an island queen,
Her daughter lived off in the new country,
With an ocean of water between.
The old lady’s pockets were filled with gold,
Yet never contented was she,
So she ordered her daughter to pay her a tax,
Of thruppence a pound on the tea.
And then she called out to the island queen,
Oh mother, dear mother, called she,
Your tea you may have when ’tis steeped enough,
But never a tax from me!
Listen to the music and read it in it’s entirety here.

Who is the Rich lady over the sea (no doubt it is England) and the colonist are viewed as her children.

Lord Cornwallis and George Washington

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.

After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, peace and prosperity came to the Thirteen Colonies.

The ports of Boston, New York and Charleston were booming! The colonials were proud to be subjects but had been left alone for years to manage their own affairs.

Each colony was independent and elected its own governor.

Now at peace with France, the British government intended to keep the growing colonies under strict control.

Colonies:

New England Colonies

Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island

Middle Colonies

Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania

Southern Colonies

Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia

“Taxation without Representation”

Adopting the policy that the colonies should pay an increased proportion of the costs associated with keeping them in the Empire, Britain imposed a series of direct taxes followed by other laws intended to demonstrate British authority, all of which proved extremely unpopular in America. Because the colonies lacked elected representation in the governing British Parliament, many colonists considered the laws to be illegitimate and a violation of their rights as Englishmen.

Background prior to the American Revolution

The American colonies fought for England whenever England and France were at war. The Seven Years’ War of 1756 – 1763 was a world wide struggle between those two countries. In America it was called the French and Indian War,

The Virginian George Washington gained valuable military experience in this war along with being noticed by both the colonist and Britain.

At the battle of of Jumonville or l’affaire Jumonville, a battle between the French and English for the control of the Ohio Valley, ended in a British victory lead by George Washington.

More American Revolution War Activities

George Washington said “I ordered my company to fire” and before Washington could stop the killing and accept the surrender of the French, ten of them were dead, including their commander.

This conflict made Washington famous along with his gaining military experience.

As wrote by Paul Johnson in his book A History of the American People he said “Horace Walpole, in his History of the Reign of George II, was more accurate: “The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire”.

What were some of England’s reasons for taxation and war?

England increased control over its colonies and the steps they took to do it:

•  England desired to remain a world power
•  England imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to raise  necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War

What were some of the colonist reasons for being dissatisfied?

• Colonies had no representation in Parliament
• Some colonists resented power of colonial governors
• England wanted strict control over colonial legislatures
• Colonies opposed taxes

What was significant about the Proclamation of 1763?

•  The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the western movement of settlers
• They had a sense of adventure and a spirit to want to move beyond the Appalachian mountains.

Who were the colonist?

From Activity for Kids

“Tinkers, Tailors, and Candlestick Makers

The English thought of the colonies as 13 wayward children disobeying their mother country.

For decades, the colonists had been happy to be the children of England, but now they felt they were grown up and ready to do things their own way. They had proved, by settling in the wild new land and building thriving communities,that they could do things on their own.  In their struggles, they had developed a habit of independence. “

American Revolution Lapbook

As we were finishing this unit and I was almost completed with helping my sons with the layout of the minibooks, the boys decided to make this layout similar to the way we laid out the file folders for the War Between the States Unit.

Basically, we took two file folders and added them together to make a bigger lapbook (portrait). Adding two file folders together is not complicated and Homeschool Helper Online has a picture and instructions here on this link as to how we did it.

Some of the Covers you will notice have been set up to fit landscape on the outside of the file folder.

Here is a picture of how they fit and how I originally created the unit for the lapbooks to go in.

LANDSCAPE LAYOUT

Picture is of a file folder open with an extender page added and turned landscape. I have pictured where the minibooks are placed so they fit.

Covers and Decorating Pieces for the Unit

Covers for file folders turned Portrait

Silhouettes are a type of shadow picture and became very popular during the life time of George Washington

Covers for file folders turned Landscape

                                                 

     

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Other Fun American Revolution Unit Study Resources

Links/Downloads/Free Lapbooks to go with this:

George Washington’s Rules of Civility – Download this copy and use for copy work.

So much to choose from that is free! (isn’t that nice)

Since there are so many other nice free lapbooks and notebooking pages, we wanted to be sure you saw them.

Sometimes we want to pick and choose so we listed some links here so you can choose some from “here and there” to make your own unit or you can use ours entirely. Your choice.

This picture is of Betsy Stout’s lapbook over at Notebooking Nook. She did a beautiful job.

Click here to go there Free American Revolution Lapbook

(Picture copyright Betsy Stout – Notebooking Nook)

Another Free American Revolution Lapbook – Lee also has a very nice free lapbook with a WHOPPING 47 page download as well as some nice notebooking pages. Again, another beautiful job!

• Free Boston Tea Party Lapbook on Homeschool Helper.
• Free Constitution Lapbook on Homeschool Helper.
• Free George Washington Lapbook on Homeschool Helper.

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These rain forest animals of the Amazon makes for fun animal studies. Also, be sure you read and grab the activities on my page Rain Forest Amazon and Rainforest Activities for Kids.

After all, isn’t this what fascinates us the most about the Amazon Rain Forest? We want to know all about the animals that live there. Enjoy these photos.

Note:This lapbook can be done in conjunction with the Rain Forest Lapbook or it can be a stand alone unit on just the Amazon Rain Forest Animals

More Rain Forest Animals Resources

(Note: It is not always easy to gather up photos and try to put them in one spot when it comes to preparing a unit, but that is exactly what we tried to do here. We have been collecting, asking permission for months and otherwise sorting photos to put them in one spot for our children and yours too. Of course this by no means even touches the fringes of all the biodiversity in the animal and plants contained in the Amazon Rain Forest, but we wanted to include as many as we could find. Again, please do not post these pictures on your site as our agreement states from these different copyright holders that it would be maintained here. If we failed to give copyright attribution, please let us know as that was not our intention in this undertaking. )

RED HOWLER MONKEY

They live in the in the canopy. They are very social and live in groups of 5 to 40 led by a dominant male. It has been said they make the loudest sound in the forest. Their diet includes fruit, flowers,leaves, small birds, reptiles and mammals.

Image Credit: ©Alessandro Catenazzi

ORANGE JULIA BUTTERFLY

The orange julia butterfly lives in the canopy and in openings along forest roads where passion flowers and vines occur.They feed on nectar.

Image Credit: ©John White

JAGUAR

Jaguars are carnivores and their diet can include capybaras, fish, snakes and birds and other small mammals.

Of all the cats they are the most water loving cat where they can fish as well. Also they have been known to eat tortoises and turtles because they can crack their shell with their powerful jaws. Jaguars are mostly solitary. The jaguar hunts at night and can climb trees. Baby jaguars are called kittens. They stay with their mothers for one or two years.  People sometimes confuse jaguars with leopards. How can you tell the difference? The large spots on the jaguar’s fur have smaller spots inside them. Jaguars are endangered (means they are at risk of dying out). People kill jaguars because they kill and eat farm animals. People also kill jaguars for their fur. Areas of the rain forest have been cleared for farming, so jaguars don’t have as much land as they need. However, people are working to protect the jaguar and the rain forests

Some other interesting facts about the jaguar:

• It has excellent hearing. It can pick up an animal’s movements before it sees the animal.
• It uses its retractable claws to grab animals and catch fish.
• It has a special lining at the back of it’s eyes. The lining reflects light and helps the jaguar to see in dim light.
• It eats more than 85 species of animals. It can even eat deer and monkeys.

EMERALD TREE BOA

They wait in the trees of the canopy while their tail is hanging around the tree to catch prey.

The boas feed on birds and other small mammals where they constrict and swallow their prey

RED LION TAMARIN

They live in the dense thicket of the canopy and are squirrel-size monkeys. They are omnivores meaning they eat a vareity of plant and animal food.Tamarins live in an extended family and usually spend the hottest part of the day in dense foliage.

RED & GREEN MACAW

Macaws are members of the parrot family and they nest in the hollow of the trees. Although the macaw has such bright colors it is often hard to see it against the natural colors of the rain forest. Most macaws feed on fruit of the trees, nuts, seeds and berries. The macaw can crack the hard shelled Brazilian nuts with their strong beak.

Image credit:Dr.Lloyd Glenn Ingles©California Academy of Sciences

SOUTH AMERICAN COATI OR RING TAILED COATI

They live on both the ground and in the trees. They are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and other smaller animals and birds eggs too. Coatis typically sleep in the trees. They search for animal prey by turning over rocks on the ground or ripping open logs with their claws.

Image Credit: © 2009 Maik Dobiey

SLOTH

The sloth is the world’s slowest mammal. It moves so slow that the greenish tint on it’s coat is algae. There are two toed and three toed sloths and they are identified by looking at their front feet. Nearly all sloths spend their lives hanging from the trees. At night they eat shoots, leaves and fruit from the trees.

SQUIRREL MONKEY

Squirrel Monkeys are noisy and energetic. They spend most of their time in the trees scrambling around for food like insects, seeds and occasional fruit bat. They have often been called small nervous primates. Squirrel monkeys have great skill in moving around in the trees and often feed early in the morning. Squirrel monkeys live in packs so if a predator attacks they can kill the intruder.Their main predator is the eagle that can swoop down and pick the monkeys up.

Image Credit:Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles © California Academy of Sciences

HARPY EAGLE

The harpy eagle is considered one of the largest eagles in the world. It is fast and agile and powerful as it pursues it’s prey. They hunt in and below the rain forest canopy instead of soaring over the top of the rain forest. The eagle feeds mostly on animals that live in the trees like sloths, monkeys and some reptiles and birds. Their curved talons are larger than a grizzly bears claws. Even though they are not the largest bird of prey they are the most heaviest. Harpies like to live up way high in the kapok tree and build nests 90 to 140 feet in the air.

Image Credit:birdphotos.com

RED BELLIED PIRANHA

These fish have the reputation of being one of the most feared fresh water fish. Their short jaws are very powerful and lined with razor sharp teeth.As their name suggests they have a reddish tinge on their bellies.They mostly eat other fish, but not all piranhas eat flesh. There are many species that are vegetarians eating the nuts that fall in the water by using their teeth to crack the nut.

Image Credit:©Joseph Doughtery, M.D.

KINKAJOU also called HONEY BEARS

Kinkajous spend most of their time in the trees. Most interesting is that they are able to turn their feet backwards to run either direction along trees. Their prehensile tail which is used for gripping like an arm helps in balancing. They eat insects like termites and fruit. They are called honey bears because they raid bees nests and lick the honey with their long tongues

Image credit: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles©California Academy of Sciences

SCARLET IBIS

Like flamingos the brilliant red comes from carotene found in the crustaceans, which are shrimps, crab, crayfish, which it feeds on.

They have curved, slender bills that they use to probe into shallow water, mud or grass when they are looking for food. They are scavengers that help destroy insects and keep pests away from crops. Both parents help feed the chicks and take turns guarding the nest until the chicks are large enough to defend themselves.

GIANT ANT EATER

Endentate animals? What are they? Animals that have few or no teeth.  Ant eaters are teethless animals, but their tongue makes up for any food that they need to swallow each day. So what is on the menu? About 35,000 ants and termites each day. It uses it sharp claws to tear into a mound, flicking its’ tongue about 160 times a minute to avoid as many ant stings as possible. It won’t destroy a nest instead it prefers to come back and dine some more later.

Image Credit: © Dr. Joseph Doughtery, M.D. ecology.org

IGUANA

Green or common iguanas are among the largest lizards in the Americas. Primarly herbivores, iguanas are most active during the day. They generally live near water and are excellent swimmers and have razor sharp teeth and strong tails. They can detach their tail and grow another if they need to.

Image Credit:© Christiano Nogueira

TOUCAN

South America is the home of the toco toucan. It is one of the most recognizable and popular birds. Even though their bill may look strong and perhaps used a weapon it is not. It is more for show and in passing food back and forth between male and female. Their bill is actually hollow and fragile. Toucans eat fruit, insects, eggs and sometimes young birds.   Toucans nests in holes in trees. Even though they have bright colors, their colors actually help camouflage them in the beautiful colors of the rain forest.

AMAZON TREE BOA

As their name implies, this species is very adapted for life in the trees. They eat, drink and live in the trees. They exhibit an infinite variety of colors and patterns. Some of the basic colors are black, brown, to orange, gray and red. They are nocturnal animals. Their eyes have an “eye shine”. Hanging in a S shape on a vine to mimic a vine is how they catch their prey.

Image Credit:©2006 Thomas Eimermacher

BLUE FRONTED AMAZON PARROT

Blue fronted Amazon Parrots are the best talkers.

In the Amazon they will flock with other parrots. Its feathers are primarily green and ith as a bright blue. They will also have bright yellow markings on the crown, cheeks and ears and their wings will often be red or a combination of red and yellow.  Each bird will have unique shading and patterns. Its diet is primarily seeds, fruits and nuts.

Image Credit: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles©California Academy of Sciences

BLUE HEADED PARROT

The blue-headed parrot is a medium size parrot. It is named for its medium-blue head and neck.

Its habitat is forest and semi-open country, including cultivated areas. It is largely restricted to humid or semi-humid regions, but locally extends into drier habitats, at least along rivers. The blue-headed Parrot lays three to five white eggs in a tree cavity.

Blue-headed Parrots are noisy birds and make light, high-pitched squeaking sweenk calls. They roost communally in palm and other trees, and large numbers can be seen at the roost sites at dawn and dusk.

Image Credit:Wikimedia

RHINOCEROS BEETLE

Colossal creature? It has been said that the rhinoceros beetle can carry about to 850 times it’s weight. AMAZING!! Who would have thought that a bug could be strong?

The rhinoceros beetle gets its name from the horns on its head. Scientists believe that the beetle has become so strong to be able to forage through heavy litter on the jungle floor and dig its way to safety. Using its horns it can dig its way out of a sticky situation by burying itself underground, escaping danger.Rhino beetles help recycling plant material back into the ecosystem. The adult rhino does not eat much, but the larvae do. The larvae eat a huge amount of rotting wood and thus help the jungle floor.

RUFOUS MOTMOT

Motmots are medium-sized birds, inhabiting dense forests.  These birds have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails, which they move back and forth in a wag-display that commonly draws attention to an otherwise hidden bird. Motmots eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also take fruit.  The eggs hatch after about 20 days, and the young leave the nest after another 30 days. Both parents care for the young.
Image Credit: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles ©California Academy of Sciences

ARMY ANT

The most fierce and dangerous ant is the “army ant”. These ants can eat a wide variety of food due to their amazing digestive system which can dissolve any living creature. Army Ants use two front teeth and claws which they use in to inject a venom which works as an acid and will dissolve all types of flesh. A favorite tasty treat among this species are wasps and Leaf Cutter Ants. This ant lives mostly underground or in the trees. There is a reason they are called  “army” and it is because they “tread down” any creature in their path.

Image Credit:© Joseph Doughtery, M.D./ecology.org

CLEAR WING BUTTERFLY

As the name indicates their wings are transparent.  This helps them to appear and disappear throughout the dense tropical foliage.

There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America.

Image Credit:© Joseph Doughtery, M.D./ecology.org

PYGMY OWL

The Pygmy Owl is a small owl which averages 6 inches in size.  This owl has talons which are very large for its small body size.

This owl is crepuscular (most active at twilight, dawn or dusk).  The Pygmy Owl hunts small birds, insects, lizards and small mammals.

The Pygmy Owl can be spotted at times by looking for groups of small birds mobbing it while the owl perches in a tree.  There have been sightings of up to 40 small birds mobbing one owl.

Image Credit: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles ©California Academy of Sciences

XENOPS

(Prounced: ZEN-ops). This five inch bird makes its nests in a hole in an old tree. Xenops eat insects that live inside the branches and ants are a favorite food.

Image Credit: Wikimedia Dario Sanches

Lapbook

Layout tips for lapbook:  To use ALL of the animal mini books (36 in all) you will need to use a LEGAL size folder with TWO extensions. On the file folder it will make four columns with three rows. So one column on the left and right flaps and two columns in the middle of the file folder. So 12 in all to fit WITHOUT any extensions. Also, 12 minibooks fits on EACH extension (6 on front and 6 on back).  Here is the breakdown in a nutshell to help you plan.

First option is a Legal Size Folder NO extensions – Choose 12 minibooks; Layout out folder as follows: 4 columns and 3 rows on the folder.

Second option is legal Size Folder with ONE extension – Choose 24 minibooks; Layout folder as follows: 4 columns and 3 rows on the folder; PLUS choose 12 more for the extension; Two columns, three rows front and back on the extension.

Legal Size Folder with TWO extensions – Use ALL 36 minibooks; Layout folder as follows:4 columns and 3 rows on the folder; PLUS 12 for EACH extension both with two columns and three rows front and back.

Pictures of Possible Layout

Rain Forest Animals of the Amazon Minibooks

This next book is the inside page of the  animal mini books above. Print as many as you need or as animal books you choose to do. Then glue inside each animal mini book.

More Animals of the Amazon Activities

About Animal Cell

cell membrane- semi permeable membrane; also known as the plasma membrane; the outer limit for the cell.
cytoplasm– is a gel-like substance that fills the cell and in which the organelles are suspended
smooth & rough ER (endoplasmic reticulum)– transports proteins to other parts of the cell; rougher ER is dotted with ribosomes; smooth ER has no ribosomes
mitochondrion- converts nutrients to energy
lysosome– destroys old organelles and dangerous substances
nucleus– control center of the cell and where DNA is contained.
nucleolus– small round body inside the nucleus where ribosome synthesis occurs
vacuole– membrane bound sac; storage chambers where nutrients, water, and waste products are temporarily kept
Golgi body– series of stacked membrane sacs that stores proteins and lipids (fats) and that are changed to suit the need of the cell
centrosome – produces microtubules; in animal cells the centrosome is actually a pair of organelles called centriole
ribosome – makes new protein

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I have a fun Ancient Greece homeschool unit study and lapbook. Also, look at my pages Best Homeschool Unit Studies and Lapbook Ideas.

About 2,400 years ago ancient buildings in Greece were shining marble temples dedicated to the gods of Mount Olympus. Myths were part of the every day of Greeks. We know about these stories because they have been passed down to us.  Also there is much Greek art that has survived to our day.

But why study Ancient Greece?

Greece has often been called the “birthplace” of Western civilization” because many of their thoughts about science, man, and politics are studied today and respected.

The first period is called the Mycenaean civilization and was from 1600 B.C. to close to 1100 B.C. The second period started about 800 B.C. and this was when their art, written language and architecture were revived.

Ancient Greece Homeschool Unit Study

Greeks – Masters of the Seas

In the 5th B.C.E., Greek Colonies stretched from the Iberian Peninsula to the Black Sea.

There are two geographic facts to explain why they were so spread out. 1)Their land is very mountainous and rocky with most of the fertile or farmland in only a few valleys and along the sea coast. 2) Nearly all of Greece was no more than one or two day’s travel from the sea. The sea became Greece’s source of power and greatness.

Books to use:

Seven Wonder of the Ancient World – why put this here?

Because this list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was created by the Greek, we felt it important to place them here. Also, it’s not surprising that the list included mostly Greek structures. {5 of the 7 wonders are credited to the Greeks.}

Temple of Artemis   

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Ancient Greece Lapbook

Herodotus and Thucydides

During the fifth century B.C.,  Herodotus and Thucydides, invented what we call today historical writing. Herodotus’ account of Greece’s wars with Persia earned him the nickname the Father of History. Thucydides wrote a more serious, and more factual, record of the later wars between Athens and Sparta.

Latitude and Longitude

The Greeks did not invent maps but they did come up with ideas to make maps more useful. Claudius Ptolemy, the last of the great Greek mapmakers, compiled an eight-volume Geography around A.D. 150.

Latitude: This measures distance north or south of the equator.

Longitude: This measures distance east or west of the prime meridian. The prime meridian is an imaginary line that runs from pole to pole and passes through Greenwich, England.

Daily Life in Ancient Greece

Ancient Greeks saw themselves as part of a household. The household included  immediate family members, but also distant relatives and slaves all living under the same roof. The head of the household was the oldest male.

Vocabulary Words

• polis – The Greek word for city. Many words we have today come from this word. {police and politics}
• democracy – The people of Athens invented this type of government which is political rule by the people.
• city-states – Independent states ruled from one central city.
• Acropolis – A fortress on a hill in Athens with strong stone walls enclosing temples.
• Mount Olympus – The highest mountain in Greece. The Greeks believe the gods and goddesses lived forever on top of the mountain and looked down on them.

Lapbook Layout

 Ancient Greece Covers/Pieces to Decorate Lapbook or Notebook Page

Also, we love, love the hands-on ideas and unit study by Home School in the Woods. You can study Ancient Greece so many times and come away with many different angles. So be sure to check out their hands-on ideas too.

Minibooks

Ancient Greece Notebooking Pages

 

Ancient Greece Prek Unit Study

Prek K Unit containing 20 printables.

Some of the Ancient Greece resources we used and like:

• Eyewitness Ancient Greece: Step into the World of Ancient Greece―from Greek Gods, Myths, and Festivals
• Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid’s Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Greece
• History Pockets: Ancient Greece
• Hands-on History: Ancient Civilizations Activities – Teacher Resource

{We got both resources second hand and were actually pleased with them}

More Ancient Greece Hands-on Activities

25 Page Download from the British Museum gives a lot of nice background information on Ancient Greece.

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If you’re looking for an apple lapbook and apple unit study, you’ll love the ideas here.

Whether you’re looking for Johnny Appleseed ideas, fun crafts about apples or ideas about Isaac Newton and his apple, you’ll find them here.

Lest our homeschool journey be finished without a unit study on apples, I have included a free apple lapbook

Because there are a kazillion apple lapbooks for Pre and K, this lapbook is geared toward a slightly older child.

You also have the ability to include your junior high and high school children right along with your younger ones. I have added some unit study suggestions for subjects

About Apples

Apples are one of our favorite snacks in our house.

They grow all summer and fall until they are ripe and juicy and ready for picking.

The apple tree is part of the rose family (Rosaceae).

Colors in apples range from various shades of green to yellow and red.

They can be tart or sweet. Washington ranks first as the state that grows the most bushels, followed by New York, Michigan, California, and other states.

 Cultivation

The apple tree grows best in Temperate Zones.

The Romans enjoyed apples and, in their numerous conquests, they spread various kinds of apples throughout England and other parts of Europe. Through a lot of experimenting, cultivators have improved the quality of apples by breeding.

Harvesting

The apple season starts in July or August in the Northern Hemisphere.  Apples should be harvested in dry weather.

They should be picked carefully so that the new shoots and leaves are not damaged. When an apple is really ripe, turning the fruit slightly will break it loose from the branch easily.

Apples can stand temperatures that are a few degrees below the freezing point, depending on their level of ripeness and their sugar content.

Storage

An interesting feature of apples is that they breathe. They absorb oxygen from the air and exhale carbon dioxide, as well as water.

The warmer the environment, the sooner they dehydrate and shrivel. Through breathing, they also absorb odors from their environment.

Therefore, it is best to store them by themselves at a temperature of about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

What type of tree is the apple tree?

Deciduous

Apple trees are deciduous trees. Deciduous trees have green leaves and lose their leaves in fall and then grow them back in spring.

Conifer

Conifer trees have leaves that are green needles and most, but not all, keep them all year long. An example of this tree is the pine.

Johnny Appleseed – American Pioneer

Johnny Appleseed was a real person named John Chapman.

He was born September 26, 1774, in Massachusetts. He planted apple orchards in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

And he was an American pioneer nurseryman. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.

More facts about John Chapman:

• John’s father was a Minuteman and fought in the Revolutionary War.
• Because he loved nature, he spent a lot time in the woods reading.
• Little is known of his childhood and early life. His half-sister later recalled that, as a child, he loved nature, observed birds, plants, and flowers, and enjoyed natural scenery.
• Always humane to animals, John acquired skill in ministering to wounded or distressed beasts at an early age; he often bandaged their wounds and injuries. He derived great pleasure in caring for God’s creatures.
• Whether he carried a skunk around in his arms or doctored a sick dog with evil-tasting herb medicines, he was always the friend of small animals.

Notebooking Pages for John Chapman and the Life Cycle of an Apple

There are 4 pages in all. Two of the pages are notebooking pages and two sheets are on the apple life cycle. Two of the pages are intended for a little older child to write about John Chapman.

The apple life cycle pages are the same, except for one thing.

One page has the words if you have a child that doesn’t want to write and the other one provides a place for them to write in each word for each step, then color.

Apple Art

Next, add some apple art to this apple fall unit study. Study about the follow pieces and artists.

Apples and Oranges  {Paul Cézanne}

Apple Tree  {Gustav Klimt}

Portrait of young man with apple or Portrait of Maria della Rovere – {Raphael}

Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree {Lucas Cranach the Elder}

Who said it was an apple? Though the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis is not identified, popular Christian tradition has held that it was an apple that Eve coaxed Adam to share with her. This may have been the result of Renaissance painters. Read more here.
Read Genesis 2:9 and 2:17.

Themed Apple Language Arts

I have some free vintage clip art from this old book A is for Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway. 

All the letters of the alphabet, except I, are in color and just precious. It is a rhyme about apple pie.

PreK to K Apple Pie ABCS

As a fun side note about this book, it was interesting to read from this site, Surf Net Kids, that the original “A Apple Pie” rhyme is very old and reference is made to it as early as 1671.

In those years, the letters I and J were not differentiated. 

The letter J, as we know it, was simply the curved initial form of the letter I used before a vowel.

So guess what? I just had to make a set of printables for your PreK sweeties using all of that precious clip art. It has been a while since I created anything for the little sweeties. I made a rhyme for the letter *Ii* too. This download is a 26 page download. One page per letter.

More Apple Language Arts Ideas

1. Apple Acrostic. Define an acrostic: A simple definition is a poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first letter in each line  spell out a name, phrase, or message. Here is one of ours.

• Apples
• Perfectly
• Pleasing
• Luscious
• Edibles

2. Make words with the letters “Apple Pie” for younger learners, such as pal, lie, pie, leap, etc.
3. Work on words that end with “- ap or /a/”.  cap, pap, lap, map, slap, strap, trap, wrap, and nap.
4. Make a Spelling/Science/Vocabulary Words List:

Some sample words might include branch, deciduous, conifer, autumn, cultivation, harvesting, and grafting.

Science of Apples

The topic of apples, as a whole, is science and nature-related.

Younger kids can

• make a graph about the different types of apples,
• do painting by using apple halves,
• use their thumbs to dip in paint and make red thumb prints for apples on a tree,
• use a measuring tape to measure each apple,
• cut an apple in halves or fourths to teach about fractions,
• identify and label the parts of an apple,
• cook a recipe with apples,
• or make applesauce.

For older children, study about the life of Sir Isaac Newton.

The topic of apples was certainly not a subject that was too easy for him.

He pondered why apples fell down when they fell. The quiet time he had as a boy or spent in learning helped him to reflect on his thinking.

About Sir Isaac Newton and His Apple

• Born: December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire England.
• Died: March 20, 1727, Kensington, Middlesex England.
• He was known to be a genius and one of the smartest scientists who ever lived.
• He was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, alchemist, theologian, and philosopher.
• Isaac Newton is considered the founder of modern physics and made huge contributions to science as he gave very simple explanations of forces and motion.”We would like to thank the person who made this trip possible….Sir Isaac Newton.” – A  message radioed by the Apollo Crew to mission control.

Sir Isaac Newton Apple Ideas

The Fascinating Force of Gravity

Sir Isaac Newton explained that if a man threw an object, like an apple, from the top of a high mountain, the object would simply fall downward to the ground. But if the object was thrown forward, it would follow a curved path in falling to the ground.

A Universal Law

Newton’s equations said that all objects, small or large, exert a pull on one another, the strength of that pull being dependent on how massive the objects are and on the distance between them.

Newton’s Laws of Motion

1st Law of Motion – An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in force will remain in force, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
2nd Law of Motion – Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass.
FORCE = MASS x ACCELERATION.
3rd Law of Motion – For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Words to Know:

• nertia – {ihn-ER-shuh} – Inertia is the property of matter that tends to resist any change in motion. The word inertia comes from the Latin word iners, which means “idle” or “lazy.” This means the more mass an object has, the more difficult it is to change its motion.
• force – A force is a push or pull. Unbalanced forces cause a change in motion.
• friction – Friction is a force that acts in a direction opposite to the motion of the object that is moving.
• gravity – Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between all objects in the universe.

Topics to investigate further for middle school kids.

• What is force?
• Identify different types of friction. {sliding, rolling and fluid}
• Compare weight and mass.{Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object. Mass is constant but weight can change.}

Free Sir Isaac Newton Notebooking Pages

These free notebooking pages for writing about Sir Isaac Newton can be used for any age.

Sections include spaces to write about Newton’s childhood, his education and his achievements.

There are also spaces for writing about and drawing pictures of his laws of motion.

Then, you’ll love this apple lapbook and free fall printables.

Free Fall Printables

Also included in the free download are are easy writing prompt pages to encourage kids to write about the signs of autumn and how leaves contribute to the recycling process!

Other Apple Resources and Crafts

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