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Uncle Sam and You Curriculum
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Uncle Sam and You
A good civics course will teach your child how laws are made, enforced, modified, and amended, and his rights and duties as a citizen. A great civics course goes even further. Uncle Sam and You covers the basics and delves into national symbols, international relations, national security, national holidays, and much, much more. Replete with images, Uncle Sam and You highlights both modern and historical photographs and illustrations.
Great for independent learning, there is no teacher's manual; the simple instructions in Uncle Sam and You are directed to your child.
A new unit is introduced every week with four daily lessons, each with four to six optional activities. Some activities included are creative writing, vocabulary usage, instructions to draw a picture or take a photograph, and reading assignments from The Citizen's Handbook. The Citizen's Handbook readings are a diverse collection of speeches, personal memoirs, newspaper articles and advertisements, historical writings, excerpts from the Constitution, and much more.
Another suggested activity is to read two to three chapters daily from eight optional books. This will give your child a richer perspective on the various topics studied. These titles (listed in the publisher's information below) are ones you may already have or can easily obtain from your local library. If you have a voracious reader, this activity can be a good choice.
Uncle Sam and You also includes thirty optional lessons on America's patriotic holidays that can be used once a week. A special corresponding multi-age family activity such as craft and art projects or themed meals is assigned to each holiday lesson.
The Uncle Sam and You Answer Key provides answers for the end-of-lesson assignments, student workbook (optional, sold separately), and lesson review (optional, sold separately).
Curriculum Package Includes:
Uncle Sam and You Part 1
Uncle Sam and You Part 2
The Citizen's Handbook
Uncle Sam and You Answer Key
The publisher considers the Student Workbook & Lesson Review optional, and are available separately.
Publisher's Information:
Publisher: Notgrass
Faith-Based: Yes
Suggested literature titles, not included:
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (Units 5-6)
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young (Units 10-11)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (Units 12-14)
Basher Five-Two by Scott O'Grady (Units 16-17)
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (Units 18-19)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Units 22-24)
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman (Units 25-26)
Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler (Units 29-30)
Download PDF Sample Pages:
Part 1 Sample Unit
Part 2 Sample Unit
The Citizen's Handbook
Answer Key
Awards and Endorsements:The Old Schoolhouse Review Blue Ribbon Award 2013
review by So Every Day
”I think my eighth-grader has learned a lot and has a much better working vocabulary about our government and its basic workings than she had before she started this guide.”
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review by Natural Beach Living
”Courses like this, change the way we homeschool because my kids get excited about learning.”
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