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What are some highlights from this unit? Slide down riverbanks and scramble up grassy bluffs in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Caddie Woodlawn, classic stories of childhood in the 1800's Midwest (author spotlights on Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Carol Ryrie Brink, pen-name, humor, satire, metaphor, exposition, point of view, protagonist, antagonist, irony, conflict, elements of literature, characterization, themes, motifs, symbols, colloquialism, analogy, and simile) • Write the whitewashing scene from Tom Sawyer as a play and make a white-washed fence trivet • Midwestern settlers and travelers, transportation, steamboats, pioneer life, and Manifest Destiny • Explore forest biomes (temperate, taiga, and tropical rainforests; characteristics and features, benefits, communities, Forest Biomes Project, food webs, forest layers, soils, root systems, coniferous and deciduous trees, wildlife, forest cultures, species diversity and survival, pollution, conservation, types, parts, and functions of trees, leaf types and venation, veins experiment, forestry careers, make leaf prints, and plant a tree) • Study tree life cycles with a fold-out tree project that includes matching and sequence games • Vocabulary and Spelling (tree and forest words, Scandinavian words) • Language and Grammar Skills (punctuation, compound adjectives, possessive nouns functioning as adjectives, complements, indirect objects, proper adjectives, parts of speech, phone book skills, library skills, Dewey Decimal System) • Build an edible log cabin and carve a dug-out canoe • Experiment with pioneer colors in a fabric dying activity • Grab your hat and gloves and take a winter stroll through a forest on a chilly evening as you understand, appreciate, and memorize "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost • Paint a wispy pine branch design • Write a persuasive paragraph about homeschooling, a short story from your family's life, a personal reaction paragraph, and a research report on a Scandinavian Country • Visit Missouri, the Show-Me State - its history, geography, economy, government, and culture – and make Down-Home Ozark Pudding • Sample foods of the St. Louis World's Fair and Exposition of 1904 • Listen to American folk songs and river chanteys • Let Jesus, the Living Water, refresh your heart and soul and provide New Life in Him • Melt crayons in an autumn leaves project, create thumbprint tree art and a leaf rubbings collage, and use tree products in a Giving Tree Ball • Study the geography, culture, history, government, and economy of Iowa, and make Cheesy Triple-Corn Casserole • Learn about the life, work, themes, and style of Iowan, Grant Wood, painter of American Gothic • Enter the Land of the Midnight Sun as you explore the geography, history, culture, government, and economy of the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland (and Greenland) • Write your name in Runic letters, listen to Scandinavian sagas and legends, and host a Scandinavian smorgasbord • Scandinavian artists, arts, and crafts, make Swedish star ornaments and a clay Viking medallion ornament with a folk art or Nordic design • Celebrate Saint Lucia Day traditions and festivities – making Lucia Buns, crowns, star caps, and star wands • Carve and mold an ice sculpture, design and build a themed LEGO mini-village, and have fun with Norwegian rosemaling on wood • Create a newly formed model island of clay with geographically appropriate wildlife • Meet Scandinavian composers, Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, and Edvard Grieg and listen to their works • Write a narrative to go with Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite • Enjoy Scandinavian cooking projects - Norwegian lefse, Danish Kringle, and Finnish pancakes • Follow the Good Shepherd and be amazed as Lazarus comes forth from the grave – called by Jesus from death into life! • Take a trip to America's Dairyland, Wisconsin, in a study of the history, culture, government, economy, and geography from the Door County Peninsula to the Western Uplands – and enjoy a steaming bowl of Wisconsin Cheese Soup • Climb a tree with Zaccheus, and watch as Jesus heals Bartimaeus of blindness • Step carefully across the stones at Lake Itasca, where the Mississippi River begins in Minnesota – Land of 10,000 Lakes. Canoe in the Boundary Waters region and study the geography, history, economy, culture, and government of the North Star State. Then, have fun with ice painting and warm up with a generous helping of cheesy chicken wild rice casserole • Watch as plots form against Jesus while He continues His ministry of love, blesses the Children, and teaches about true righteousness and putting God before everything else in our life • Learn about the life and presidency of John Tyler • Make a patchwork poster project and a Quilt Square Cake • Rejoice with the Israelites as they welcome Jesus, their King, into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday • Create a Snowy Woodland Scene with screen splatter painting!
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