American History II Lap Book

Bring history to life with a hands-on lap book your children will love—a collection of crafts and creative projects that fold down into a kind of portfolio, and unfold to show their detailed magnificence.

The American History II - Lap Book Kit is a hands-on activity to help reinforce and document your students' American History studies.

The photos on this page don't do justice to the exquisite detail and delightful projects you'll find in this lap book. The templates were drawn by the talented Amy Pak, who also drew the Timeline Figures in Sonlight programs. Using this kit, your students will cut, color, write, tape, and glue their way to a deeper understanding of events in American History.

This American History II lap book is full of activities related to the slave trade and the Civil War, both World Wars, modern inventions, and many other topics covered in Sonlight's Level E History / Bible / Literature program. The kit includes instructions and materials for 45 projects, from the 1850s on.

For example, you'll cover topics such as the battle of Gettysburg and the mail-order catalogs of Montgomery Ward, you'll trace the various paths of the Underground Railroad, learn about the transcontinental railroad, and look at innovations, business tycoons, a famous assassination, and the suffragists. When studying the Great War, you'll fill an ammo belt, color a map, create a timeline, read some of the poetry and propaganda, and so on.

Kit includes all materials including:

• instructions
• cover folder
• maps
• various forms of paper
• and all the pre-printed materials necessary to complete the lap book

You supply the colored pencils, tape, glue stick, glue gun, and scissors.

Each of the 45 projects is scheduled as an optional activity in the current Sonlight Level E History / Bible / Literature Instructor's Guide. With the help of the included instruction booklet, you can effectively use the Lap Book Kit as a hands-on supplement for any US History program.

Each activity takes roughly one to two hours to complete. Children ages: 9-12

Projects Include:

1. Causes for Conflict
2. The United States in 1860
3. Abolitionist Newspaper, "The Liberator"
4. Routes of the Underground Railroad
5. Gettysburg: The Turning Point
6. The Indian Wars
7. Grocery Flyer
8. Innovations of the 19th & 20th Centuries
9. Business Tycoons
10. Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company
11. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
12. Carpetbaggers
13. The Transcontinental Railroad
14. The Land of Promise
15. Woman Suffragists
16. Amendments
17. World War I - The Great War: The Ammo Belt
18. World War I - The Great War: Map of Europe During WWI
19. World War I - The Great War: Timeline of WWI
20. World War I - The Great War: Registration Certificate
21. World War I - The Great War: Propaganda
22. World War I - The Great War: Poetry
23. World War I - The Great War: Victory Medal
24. The Roaring 20s
25. The Stock Market Crash of 1929
26. The Oklahoma Dust Bowl
27. What is a Dictator?
28. Major Events in the European Theatre During WWII
29. Major Events in the Pacific Theatre During WWII
30. World War II - On the Home Front: The Home Front Basket
31. World War II - On the Home Front: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
32. World War II - On the Home Front: The Holocaust
33. World War II - On the Home Front: Ration Book
34. World War II - On the Home Front: Scrap Drives
35. World War II - On the Home Front: Job Opportunities
36. World War II - On the Home Front: Film & Cartoon Propaganda
37. World War II - On the Home Front: Printed Propaganda
38. World War II - On the Home Front: Canning Foods
39. World War II - On the Home Front: Victory Gardens
40. World War II - On the Home Front: Blue Star Mothers
41. World War II - On the Home Front: V-Mail & CARE Packages
42. Cold War/Korean War/Vietnam War
43. Civil Rights in 20th Century America
44. The Space Race
45. American in the Late 20th Century

Consumable. Purchase one kit for each child completing a lap book.