Unit Study: Slavery, The Underground Railroad, and the Civil War
For the first 6ish weeks of our homeschool year, we spent some time studying slavery, the Underground Railroad, and the Civil War. That's a lot to cover in only six weeks, but at this age level, I wanted to just scratch the surface. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of pictures from this unit study, but we did read a lot of books! Throughout the six weeks, we read the entire Addy American Girl series, which gave us a good overview of all three topics, and brought history alive for the girls. Historical fiction is one of my favorite ways to teach history, and it's a great way to make historical events feel real, and it's a good jumping point for researching the actual history events. We also used A Child's Introduction to African American History, by Jabari Asim. These were are two "spines" but we supplemented with a lot of library books, including but not limited to: Midnight Teacher: Lily Ann Granderson and Her Secret School, by Janet Halfman Dave the Po...
