Hands-on Unit Study Guides make great spines for homeschool unit studies with lots of background information, hands-on project ideas and more!
Learn Chinese geography and culture through this read around the world China unit. See book suggestions, activities & more!
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Here are examples of thematic unit ideas for high school English. Explore thematic units and the best ways to deliver them to your students!
Free Charlotte's Web Unit Study for homeschool. Charlotte's Web unit pdf. Charlotte's Web novel study and reading unit. Secular homeschool.
In today’s post I’m sharing information, ideas, and links that you can use to create a free literature unit for one of my favorite books for young children- Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik. This post is part of 31 Days of Free Literature Unit Ideas.
For the next year, we'll be sharing literature-based unit studies for each of these Jewish holidays. Each unit will center around a book for middle school level, and will have resources for younger children as well. (The religious persecution post is for older children only.) Intro to Judaism (by my dear friend, Susan Rosefielde) Judaism is an ancient religion that was begun in the Near East 4,000 years ago. The Hebrew people of ancient times started out in the hilly country near Armenia and northern Iraq. The ancestral father, Abraham, heard the voice of God and followed directions to take his entire family to a Holy Land near the Mediterranean Sea. Abraham became the first practicing Hebrew around 1800 BCE (BC) during the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations. The journey was long and arduous and took Abraham’s descendants hundreds of years. Eventually they ended up in Egypt, and in 1200 BCE(BC) Moses, the great Hebrew prophet, brought them out of slavery in Egypt, and to the Promised Land of Israel. The story of the ancient wanderings of the Hebrews is recounted in the holy text, called the Torah. Judaism is one of the oldest religions that has been continuously practiced. Jews are a relatively small number of people, about 16 million worldwide, but their religion and the works of Jewish people have had a big impact on world civilization. In 1948, just after World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations voted to recognize the new country of Israel on the site of ancient Jerusalem. Jews had not had a political country in 2,000 years. Recommended Readings Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible The Hebrew Alphabet The Jewish Child's First Book of Why DK Eyewitness Judaism What Was the Holocaust? Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays The Torah & Beliefs Bereishit (pronounced buh-RAY-sheet) is the first word of the Hebrew Bible. It translates to “in the beginning." The first chapter relates the story of the Creation of the World, according to Jewish belief. No one can say for sure if it is the true word of God or an ancient story created by many Jewish rabbis and scholars over time. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Creation occurred 5900 years ago. In the beginning there was chaos, and God created order. He created planets, our world, and separated the sky from the lower world. He then went on to create the seas and landmasses, and all the animals of the sea and the land. On the sixth day God created Man. When he saw that Man was lonely, he created a Woman from the man’s rib to live beside him and give his life meaning. On the seventh day God looked at his work and was pleased. He took the day to rest and think about all he had done. Thus, the Sabbath was created, as the seventh day of every week. Man is supposed to copy God’s behavior and rest from his labors. Every week Jews celebrate the Sabbath. It is one of the innovations of their religion. Jewish Sabbath starts on Friday eve at sunset and lasts for 25 hours, until 1 hour after sunset or when the first star is visible. They are thinking of the Creation and copying their God. They are creating order in their lives, and they are separating the sacred from the secular, or work a day world. It gives them a day to make sense of what they are doing. There is so much of their religious belief in the beginning chapters of the Bible that any one can read it slowly and think and discuss the meaning with others. That is done every Sabbath in the Synagogue, or Temple. At synagogue, the Torah, Five Books of Moses, is taken out of its special closet in the front of the sanctuary and placed on a reader’s table. The velvet cover is removed, and the leather scroll is unrolled to the proper place for that week. Every year the Torah is read in the same order every Sabbath. The rabbi and others read the delicately handwritten Hebrew words. After a sentence or two, the reading is stopped, and the meaning is discussed or even argued. This is not considered disrespectful, but shows how sincere and eager people are to understand every word and to try to incorporate the lessons into their own lives. The Torah contains over 600 commandments. Most people do not even know what they are because they are hidden in text, throughout the complete Hebrew Bible. There are also ten simpler commandments that are considered basic to all human beings, Jewish or non-Jewish. If any one follows those commandments they will be rewarded in the After Life by going to Heaven. At this time in history, Jewish people hold many different views about Judaism and how many rules they should follow, and whether they believe the Hebrew Bible is the direct voice of God to his people. Forms of Judaism Orthodox Judaism is very strict in its beliefs and spends a great deal of time studying and obeying as many commandments as they can. This had been the traditional religion in Europe until 1800. The Reform Movement was created in Germany around 1800, during the period known as the Enlightenment, and its goal was to modernize Judaism and make it’s practices closer to Christian Protestantism. The belief in one God and the relevance of the Torah and sacred life did not change. However, the writings, were considered to be man-made. Conservative Judaism is the third great movement that was developed a little later in the nineteenth century. It is a belief system that holds on to more of the traditional views and interpretations and uses more Hebrew in the service. Reform Temples use either English or another native language. Pick up the Jewish Holidays in Literature Bundle! Each of the ten unit studies in this year-long bundle centers around a book for middle school level and includes videos, cooking projects, hands-on activities, writing assignments, and more. There are also resources for younger children in eight of the ten units (not in *). Introduction to Judaism Solomon and the Trees + Tu B’Shevat unit The Queen of Persia + Purim unit study (sample) Devil’s Arithmetic + Passover unit study The Secret Shofar of Barcelona + Rosh Hashana unit study The Yom Kippur Shortstop + Yom Kippur unit study The Mysterious Guests + Sukkot unit study All-of-a-Kind Family Hannukah + Chanukah unit study Broken Strings + Fiddler on the Roof + Persecution unit study* The Golem & the Jinni + Kabbalah unit*
Need a break from curriculum? Why not try some unit studies? We've complied over 170 unit study ideas to inspire the next adventure in your homeschool or classroom.
FREE Indian in the Cupboard lesson plans for a literature-based unit study. This collection of resources is perfect for homeschool but also the classroom.
This homeschool unit study was filled with lots of books! We enjoyed a few hands-on activities, food, music, and more.
How to effectively teach a unit on the human body using engaging and varied resources and teaching ideas.
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Do you enjoy planning homeschool lessons around your children's interests? Homeschool Unit Studies are the answer. Use this FREE planning printable to start planning your homeschool unit study.
Collection of biology worksheets for students - includes cells, classification, and genetics.
Find out how to get students interested in Greek Mythology gods and goddesses analysis excercise by using the biography project. This is an engaging and memorable student-collaboration activity. You can use this for The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief, Hercules, ancient history, Greek theater, Greek civilization, or for a fun mythology unit.
Spelling Made Fun is a new and innovative fun, multi-sensory spelling programme developed specifically for Primary schools and has been extensively reviewed by practising teachers nationwide. Features: 18 weekly units of work which include fun activities to reinforce the spellings, wordsearches, phonic activities, cloze procedure exercises, opportunities for colouring, drawing and generating their own sentences using the words in the spelling units. Spelling lists with practice sheets for each unit. Using the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique. Spelling lists include words relevant to the pupil writing. CVC words, high frequency words, word families – old, -ing, -and, -ent, -ook, - all, -ill, -ive, -ike, -eep, -een. Self-evaluation weekly record sheets. Revision sheets. Tricky word bank to record pupils’ own personal errors. An overall record grid to record scores for each unit for both teachers and pupils to monitor and track progress.
Check out these activities to teach students to use higher-order thinking skills using easy-to-remember methods.
Spelling Made Fun is a new and innovative fun, multi-sensory spelling programme developed specifically for Primary schools and has been extensively reviewed by practising teachers nationwide. Features: 18 weekly units of work which include fun activities to reinforce the spellings, wordsearches, phonic activities, cloze procedure exercises, opportunities for colouring, drawing and generating their own sentences using the words in the spelling units. Spelling lists with practice sheets for each unit. Using the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique. Spelling lists include words relevant to the pupil writing. CVC words, high frequency words, word families – old, -ing, -and, -ent, -ook, - all, -ill, -ive, -ike, -eep, -een. Self-evaluation weekly record sheets. Revision sheets. Tricky word bank to record pupils’ own personal errors. An overall record grid to record scores for each unit for both teachers and pupils to monitor and track progress.
The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system devised around the convenience of the number ten.
The cast of NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit play the role of hardworking detectives who investigate violent crimes — but when they're not acting, the actors end up having a lot of fun behind the scenes. These 21 pictures are all the proof you need.
Take a look at some of the amazing neuroscience images out of the Queensland Brain Institute this year.
The Navy will open the elite unit to women who can pass the grueling training regimen.
Get your kids up and moving with positional words activities! This unit is full of activities from mini lessons to a quick assessment!
Learn about the Holocaust with this Holocaust unit study. It includes lessons on Hitler's rise to power, Jewish resistance, and life in the concentration camps.
Learning about the weather? Then, have your students use these weather instrument matching cards...before, during, or after your unit. Included with the download are: Situation cards, Instrument Names, Definition, and Photographs. WX instruments include: hygrometer, thermometer, wind vane, anemometer, rain gauge, and barometer. Use the cards in two ways: Basic: matching instrument name...definition...and photograph. Advanced: situation, instrument name and photograph. (Ask the students to justify their reasoning.) Smile, Sabrina
PRIMARY SCIENCE UNIT 1 - THE HUMAN BODY We are so excited to dig into Unit 1 in our science sequence! We kick off science this year with My Body and My Five Senses . It is the perfect place to start science with our primary kiddos. This year we are going to explore and learn about the
The completed human body lapbook along with lots of hands-on human body activities.
Grey's Anatomy, created by Shonda Rhimes, is the second-longest primetime medical drama on TV! And it features plenty of love scenes, medical drama and hot love triangles. It's also produced memes! Here are the 25 best Grey's Anatomy memes for any fan that will make you feel all the feels.
My kids absolutely love being able to study one country each day. Having rich content is key during this exciting time of year. It really helps to keep behavior issues to a minimum because students are SO engaged!
Take a break with this fine selection of funny pic and memes.