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Week 1
Resources	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read-aloud by a parent
Beowulf’s Early American History Adventure	Read week 1.
	Note: We recommend you read the text in Beowulf’s Early American History Adventure on day 1 of the week to introduce the main topic of the week. Do the activities such as the copywork, etc. as you wish throughout the week. Those items are not marked in the schedule, so that you can choose the best time to do them. You may want to save each week’s book rating for the end of the week, so your child can choose which book from this week s/he would like to rate. Although this book is listed as a read-aloud, it may be read silently by children who are comfortable reading to themselves. The text was kept simple for this purpose.
Leif the Lucky	p. 1-13	p. 14-31	p. 32-49	p. 50-54
	Book notes for Leif the Lucky:   p. 1-13 Google Earth: Look at Iceland together, then look at Greenland (to the left). What color is Greenland in Google Earth? Explain that the white color is snow and ice.   Discuss Erik the Red’s temper. What are some potential consequences of having a temper? Bible info for Christians: 26 Bible verses about anger and how to control it Secular ideas about managing anger: 12 ways to help an angry child manage their anger   p. 14-31 Google Earth: Look up Norway. See how to navigate from Norway to Iceland to Greenland.   Erik and his men saw that there were wild grapes in the land they found. Eat some grapes for a snack.
The Discovery of the Americas	p. 3-11		p. 12-16		p. 17-21
	Book notes for The Discovery of the Americas:   The text in this book may be a bit dense/dry and potentially difficult for the youngest students to understand. We recommend you summarize some of the longer pages for little ones while looking over the beautiful illustrations together.   The Discovery of the Americas Activity Book is available to read for free at the Open Library. This is an activity guide that was written to accompany The Discovery of the Americas. It has all kinds of ideas you can use as you read the story!   p. 3-6 Young earth creationists may want to discuss what the book says vs. your beliefs. p. 7 Google Earth: Show your child Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Look at pictures of some of the animals that are extinct in North America p. 19 Video: Look at a Hopewell mound: Great Wonder of the Ancient World – The Great Serpent Mound If you have a trip to Ohio planned someday, you can participate in the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Junior Ranger program online. Bring in your finished activities and get a Little Kids’ Ranger badge! We helped our youngest get his badges at various National Parks when he was too young to do most of the writing, etc. ? p. 20 Google Earth: Look at Marco Polo’s route. Explain how transportation was different in his time (no cars, planes, etc.) and how people had to travel by horse, foot, or ships. Discuss how long journeys took compared to now (months vs. days). Discuss what a person would need to think about with such long travel times. Some ideas to talk about: Obtaining food, bringing clothes, how to stay clean, what to use for entertainment along the way, where and how to sleep, safety, etc.
Readers (or an optional read-aloud to a beginning reader or non-reader)
Fry Bread	Read this week. Have your child help make and/or sample the recipe in the activities section of this schedule. This book is read aloud on YouTube.
Optional Science Books Related to the Weekly Topic(s)
Choose 1 of the following 2 books: Explain that some arctic animals live in Greenland, where Leif Erikson is from, then read either of these books sometime this week.
Book 1: Arctic Tundra	p. 3-9	p. 10-17	p. 18-25	p. 26-35	p. 36-43 (End of book!)
Book 2: Amazing Arctic Animals	Read this week.
A Buffet of Extra Resources and Activities
Activities	See additional activities in the individual book notes above. Art/Crafts: Make a Viking boat paper model Scholastic Teachables:  Cut-Paper Viking Ships: Art Project from Norway – Supplies: pictures of Viking ships from the Internet, paper, watercolor paint, plastic wrap, construction paper (blue or white and brown), black markers or crayons Scholastic Teachables:  Snowshoe Hare craftivity   Recipes: How to Make Navajo Fry Bread   Cook a Viking recipe: Choose a recipe   Science: Scholastic Teachables:  Arctic animals wheel
Printables	Viking lapbook: Although this lapbook is for a different story book, you can use elements of it for the one we are reading.   Leif Erikson coloring page   Printable map: Native American cultural areas You need to sign up for a free account to access this printable. Free downloads are limited.   Scholastic Teachables:  Arctic themed printables (language arts, drawing, science, etc.) Scholastic Teachables:  Norse longship clipart
Videos	See what the Northern lights look like: Night of the Northern Lights (2:22m)   The Vikings – In a nutshell (2:07m)   What’s so special about Viking ships? (4:57m)	How Do Animals Survive in the Arctic? ?‍❄️ – Animals for Kids (3:16m)   How Glaciers Change the World! | Winter Science | SciShow Kids 5:03m	BrainPOP on YouTube: Marco Polo (6:52m)   What is a Fjord? 1:02m	Learn More with Liberty: The Viking Leif Erikson 2:42m
	Vocabulary from the The Vikings – In a nutshell video: You can either discuss these words before watching the video, or you can do so during the video (pausing it to explain what the words mean). Raid: Vikings would attack and steal from villages and other places. Portages: where a ship must be carried over land to get from one body of water to another Pagans: This is what people used to call non-Christians. Assimilated: The Vikings eventually blended in with other people groups and became like them.
Websites	Native Land Digital: Identify and locate Indigenous communities that are still active in your (or a U.S. family member’s) area today using this interactive map. What name(s) do they use for the place(s) where you live?