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  • History
    • ANCIENT HISTORY
    • AMERICAN HISTORY
      • Colonial American History Unit Study
      • Ame Rev teacher 9 week Unit Study
      • Constitution and the Bill of Rights Unit Study
      • The First 5 Presidents
      • Little House on the Prairie Unit Study
        • Little House on the Prairie Product Review
      • Gold Rush: Sutter's Fort
      • 1900's in American History
      • Slavery in America
      • Civil War unit
      • Westward Expansion Pioneers
      • Immigration Unit Study
      • The Great Depression & The Dust Bowl
      • Martin Luther King Jr Lessons
    • WORLD HISTORY
      • French Revolution
      • Industrial Revolution Unit Study
      • Victorian Era Unit Study
      • World War 1
        • World War 1 Weekly Study Guide
      • Veteran's Day end World War 1
      • World War II Unit Study The Holocaust
      • Cold War
      • Missions: George Mueller Unit Study
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    • Literature Unit Study: Heidi
    • Literature Unit Study: Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure
    • Literature: Robin Hood
    • Literature study Fables
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      • Geography: Sudan Unit Study
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      • Art Lessons, Projects and Hands On Activities for Modern History Unit 1 Napoleon
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Free Home School Curriculum Lessons
Era of IMMIGRATION 

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Web based activities:
Become a historian
Why did people immigrate to the United States in the late 1800's? The reasons these new immigrants made the journey to America differed little from those of their predecessors. Escaping religious, racial, and political persecution, or seeking relief from a lack of economic opportunity or famine still pushed many immigrants out of their homelands. Many were pulled here by contract labor agreements offered by recruiting agents, known as padrones to Italian and Greek laborers. Hungarians, Poles, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Italians flocked to the coal mines or steel mills, Greeks preferred the textile mills, Russian and Polish Jews worked the needle trades or pushcart markets of New York. Railroad companies advertised the availability of free or cheap farmland overseas in pamphlets distributed in many languages, bringing a handful of agricultural workers to western farmlands. But the vast majority of immigrants crowded into the growing cities, searching for their chance to make a better life for themselves.

References: 
   Kraut, Alan, The Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921 (1982); Handlin, Oscar, The Uprooted (1951).
"Immigration in the early 1900s," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000).

TEACHING RESOURCES

STUDENT RESOURCES

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Free History Educational Materials
More than just Free Outlines, PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Maps, and More for World History. These lessons are designed to get your kids EXCITED about how history impacts their lives today. Primary sources, history trivia, multi media and hands on crafts and activities take history from a dry text book to a living part of their lives. 
Most of these lessons were gathered and used successfully in a group setting (home school co-op) with kids ages 8 - 13. Additional older middle school and high school resources were used with students as part of their independent study program. 
Every attempt has been made to create a learning environment that is COMMON CORE FREE!* This means that these resources (created by talented teachers from 2000 to 2010) will no longer be used in public school settings. These free home school lessons are now considered greater treasures to impart knowledge that might otherwise be lost in a maze of federal mandates and testing requirements. 

more about the common core history standards as written by David Coleman. Haven't heard of him/them - check out this article. 

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DID YOU KNOW...
Common Core (CCSI) is 
Unconstitutional it violates

the 10th Amendment and violates three federal statues. 1

AMERICAN HISTORY

Early American History Unit Studies
Colonial Times
American Revolution
Slavery in America
Early American Native Nations / Native Americans
Consitution and Bill of Rights
1st Five Presidents
Westward Expansion | Pioneers | Pony Express
Civil War
Technological Revolution and American Innovation
World War 1 (from an American Perspective)
World War 2 (From an American Perspective)

FREE AUDIOs and READING for American History Readings
  • American History Stories Volume 1 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick:  pdf   audio downloads
  • American History Stories Volume 2 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick:  pdf   audio downloads
  • American History Stories Volume 3 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick:  pdf   
  • American History Stories Volume 4 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick:  pdf   
  • America's Story for America's Children Vol 1-5 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick:  pdf

American History Stories Vol 1-4 by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick provides a narrative account of various people and events throughout American History.  Audio recordings only exist for Volumes 1 & 2 of this series.  
Volume 1:  Norsemen to the end of the French & Indian War  pdf    audio
Volume 2:  American Revolution & Patriotic Songs  pdf    audio
Volume 3:  The First President through the Fugitive Slave Law  pdf
Volume 4:  Abraham Lincoln through The War Between the States  pdf 
  • This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall e-reader
  • Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by E. Eggleston
  • The Beginner's Guide to American History by D.H. Montgomery:  pdf
  • The Leading Facts of American History by D.H. Montgomery:  pdf
  • A First Book in American History by C.A. Beard and W. C. Bagley :  pdf
  • A Visual History of the United States by H. Faulkner:  pdf
  • - See more at: http://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/2011/06/supplementing-cc-on-shoestring.html#sthash.idhsVOWm.dpuf

    A Short History of the United States by Edward Channing is a fairly complete American history book from 1000 to 1900 .  Download a free e-book or the audio recordings from Librivox.  (NOTE:  Though the audio recordings are listed as "Chapters" on Librivox, there are actually several chapters on each recording, so you will have recordings for the entire book if you download the 26 "Chapters" from Librivox. The recordings range from 7 minutes to 38 minutes in length.)  As a side note, Channing's A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American history and received the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History.  - See more at: http://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/2011/06/supplementing-cc-on-shoestring.html#sthash.idhsVOWm.dpuf

    coming 2014/2015 school year - Ancients

    This site is designed by a home schooling mom of many as an effort to gather great resources gleaned from other home educators. The recommended and affiliate links products I use in my own school setting. Google ads are chosen at random based on your own browsing and are used to support the hosting of this site. 
    Yes, I am one of those moms who LOVES creating lesson plans for homeschool. A Veteran homeschool mom of many. I have home schooled more than a dozen children with every learning style and a variety of learning needs. Tutoring in American History, Science, and Art and Design. These resources are my personal lessons with wisdom gleaned from a variety of sources including classroom teachers, home school co-ops and other active homeschooling moms. Special needs home schooling. My kids have been considered 'lower than grade level' learners. These high school lesson plans  have been packaged in a way that meets the learning needs of my children and those I tutor. Please feel free to use them in your home and home school co-op. I ask that you respect my time and energy and do not resell any of the lessons in part of whole.
    • Home
    • History
      • ANCIENT HISTORY
      • AMERICAN HISTORY
        • Colonial American History Unit Study
        • Ame Rev teacher 9 week Unit Study
        • Constitution and the Bill of Rights Unit Study
        • The First 5 Presidents
        • Little House on the Prairie Unit Study
          • Little House on the Prairie Product Review
        • Gold Rush: Sutter's Fort
        • 1900's in American History
        • Slavery in America
        • Civil War unit
        • Westward Expansion Pioneers
        • Immigration Unit Study
        • The Great Depression & The Dust Bowl
        • Martin Luther King Jr Lessons
      • WORLD HISTORY
        • French Revolution
        • Industrial Revolution Unit Study
        • Victorian Era Unit Study
        • World War 1
          • World War 1 Weekly Study Guide
        • Veteran's Day end World War 1
        • World War II Unit Study The Holocaust
        • Cold War
        • Missions: George Mueller Unit Study
    • Literature
      • Literature Unit Study: Heidi
      • Literature Unit Study: Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure
      • Literature: Robin Hood
      • Literature study Fables
    • Geography
      • Intro to World Geography
        • Intro to World Geography Day 3
      • Geography: Africa Unit Study
        • Egypt - Geography Unit Study
        • Geography: Sudan Unit Study
        • East Africa Unit Study: Kenya Unit Study
        • African Unit Study Science
      • Geography: Haiti Unit Study
        • Art Lessons, Projects and Hands On Activities for Modern History Unit 1 Napoleon
      • Geography: India Unit Study
      • Geography: China unit study
      • Geography: FRANCE Unit Study
      • Israel Geography
    • Science
      • Meteorology Unit Study
        • Meteorology Unit Study Part 1: Atmostphere
          • Assignments Part 1: Atmostphere
        • Meteorology Unit Study: Part 2 Weather
          • Assignments Part 2: Weather
        • Meteorology Unit Study: Part 3 : Climate Biomes
      • Earth Science Water The Hydrosphere
      • EARTH SCIENCE Geology
      • Astronomy
        • Science Astronomy Weekly Lessons
      • Anatomy HUMAN BODY
        • BIOLOGY Nutrition
        • Biology Nutrition Part 2
        • BIOLOGY: Genetics Unit Study
      • CHEMISTRY Middle School Science
      • Atoms and Matter
      • ecology
    • HIGH SCHOOL
      • High School Core Courses
        • Government Constitution and the Bill of Rights Unit Study
        • World War II Unit Study resources
          • World War 2 History Assignment Page
          • World War II Middle School Unit Study
      • High School electives
        • Culinary Arts
        • Nutrition High School
        • Biology Nutrition High School
        • Home Ec High School
        • Psychology High School
    • List of FREE Unit Studies
      • Our Favorite Unit Study Reviews
    • Common Core Talking Points
    • Terms of Use
    • Career Exploration
    • Reflections