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20th Century History / Freebies / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 22, 2023 · Last modified September 26, 2023
Current World Leaders – Types of Government and Types of Society Packet Newly Updated in September 2023 This packet is currently FREE! This packet has two parts. In the first are three sets of world leaders worksheets (covering a total of 30 world leaders). Each set has two leader-country matching pages (plus answer pages), two fill in the blank charts, and two note-taking pages. There is also a notebook page...
History: Geography Activities / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 11, 2023 · Last modified September 22, 2023
New! Geography of Europe Worksheet Packet Learn the countries, capitals, and flags of Europe! This Geography of Europe Packet includes 25 pages of countries & capitals worksheets as well as a 25-page section on the flags of these European countries. As my kids started learning the countries of Europe, we tackled the country & capitals by geographic locations. The pages included in this packet are organized by region: the Nordic...
History: Age of Exploration / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 26, 2022 · Last modified September 19, 2023
Age of Exploration Packet Update! We are just finishing our unit on the Age of Exploration and I wanted to let you know that I have added a lot of new materials to this packet including new notebook pages, map worksheets and a new lapbook/interactive notebook activity! This time as we started the Age of Exploration Unit, we went over some background about world trade at the time. We talked...
Australia - Geography and Animals / History: Geography Activities / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 15, 2022 · Last modified October 16, 2022
New! 75-page Australia Unit Do your kids know the states and territories of Australia? Perhaps your kids can identify a kangaroo or koala, but can they identify a numbat, bandicoot or quokka? Do they know that some mammals lay eggs? Do they know the terms marsupial or monotreme? This new Australia Unit will help kids become familiar about some basics about Australia. This 75-page Australia Packet includes worksheets, notebook pages...
Freebies / History: American History / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 16, 2022 · Last modified September 19, 2023
Who are these Famous Americans? Do your kids know who Benjamin Banneker, Dred Scott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Clara Barton or Scott Joplin were? (Mine weren’t sure!) You might want to grab this FREE Famous Americans Packet to help your kids learn more! This packet provides several options for learning about these 20+ Americans. They can research and write down what they learned, they can do some fill-in-the-blank worksheets or they...
20th Century History / Freebies / History: Civics, Government and Economics
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified September 22, 2023
FREE Packet: Types of Governments, Types of Society, Current World Leaders Newly Updated in September 2023 In our history class, we have been slowly going over the Types of Government and some of the current world leaders. I’ve done a pretty big update and wanted to share this with you, if you are interested. This is the third time we’ve talked about terms like anarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, junta, parliamentary republic,...
20th Century History / Homeschool Den / WWII
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 31, 2020 · Last modified September 21, 2023
Our 150-page World War II unit covers many of the basic events from the post-WWI era through the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The WWII Packet includes notebook pages, worksheets, timelines, interactive notebook pages and other activities. Here is Table of Contents for this WWII Unit: Timeline of 1920-1930s Events Post WWI Events – Notebook Pages and Teacher (Full Text) pages Rise of Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Inflation, anti-Jewish...
History: Geography Activities / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 15, 2020 · Last modified September 14, 2021
Hands-On Geography Activities appeal to all ages from tots to teens!! We often start off with geography activities, whether that’s at the beginning of the year or when we are starting new history units. Geography activities can be fun & hands-on and provide the framework for understanding history. I thought I would share age-by-age what kinds of geography activities we have done along the way. Way back when my kids...
History: Africa Unit / History: Ancient Egypt / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 22, 2020 · Last modified September 21, 2023
This 75+page Ancient Egypt Packet includes notebook pages, ancient Egypt timeline cards, Egyptian gods & goddesses cards & activities, an Ancient Egypt lapbook – interactive notebook pages, geography materials and more! Students will learn a lot about the 3,000-year history of Egypt… from the early dynasties through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms of ancient Egypt. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about Egyptian mythology, learning how stories...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 1, 2020 · Last modified April 18, 2021
This semester we have been studying World War II history. It’s been such a fascinating unit, I wanted to share with you what we’ve done so far! We have jumped ahead in time to pick up where we left off last spring in modern history. Last year we studied the growth of imperialism & nationalism, WWI (see our 100+ page unit here) , the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression and...
History: American History / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 4, 2020 · Last modified September 19, 2023
Our American Revolution Unit is more than 60+ pages and includes worksheets and notebook pages, a booklet, review cards and new chronology cards. We started the school year with a unit on the Age of Exploration (see more about this unit here) followed by a study of colonial America (see our 13 Colonies Packet here). Then we moved on the the American Revolution! We actually started with a discussion of...
History: American History / History: Slavery and the Civil War
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 18, 2019 · Last modified January 5, 2020
For the past couple of weeks, we have been doing an American History unit on Territorial Expansion. Below you’ll some of the new Territorial Expansion/Manifest Destiny worksheets and notebook pages I created recently. This material is included in our 100-page Slavery & the Civil War Packet. This packet has three sections Slavery (pages 4-37) Territorial Growth (pages 38-67) Civil War – (pages 68-103) including information on popular sovereignty, slave vs....
History: American History / History: Civics, Government and Economics
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 5, 2019 · Last modified September 22, 2023
Civics and Government Unit (45+ pages!) This unit covers the 3 Branches of Government The Constitution & Bill of Rights The Presidential Cabinet Positions How a Bill becomes Law Civics Review (symbols, landmarks) Federal vs. State Governments and more! I have added in a number of new worksheets on the 3 branches of government to the Civics and Government Unit. These pages cover things like how old you have to...
History: American Colonies / History: American History / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 21, 2019 · Last modified September 19, 2023
As we have worked through our studies of the American Revolution, I wanted to create a post for our family so we could watch some history video documentaries from one convenient spot. 🙂 Plus, this post also includes some American Revolution books for younger students. Hope you find this page helpful! These are the two series we have been watching as we have studied the French and Indian War and...
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What science topics could I teach my 5-7 year old - Homeschool Science Curriculum
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This is one of our most popular units. It covers the Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and More! It is included in the Earth Science Bundle (see the picture/link above).
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The Human Body Systems, Skeletal, Digestive, Circulatory, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine Systems and More (with lots of hands-on activity ideas)! We usually study a different body system each year.
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This is a free checklist I put together of the various science units I hope to cover in the elementary and middle school years.
Do your kids know the 4 largest countries? Which countries have the most people? The longest river? This packet covers basic world and U.S. facts and also covers geographic features and land forms.
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Dozens of posts about how to create a homeschool writing workshop.
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This is one of the best values we have... more than 20 PDFs with games, activities and worksheets to learn/practice the multiplication facts ($7.00).
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This is a fun, hands-on unit for early elementary students!
How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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