3Yearoutline

Units ~Year 3	Weeks & Theme	Bible	Language	Art/Music/ Practical Arts	Lit Units	Unit Celebration
Election Unit ~For use during election years	2 Choices	Jesus’ choice to be our Savior	Publishing. standards & Media Analysis	Campaign Art (set art standards)	*Witch of Black bird Pond*	Team Building Activities
Mayan Mysteries	2 Families	Jesus' birth & family	Writing to Describe; Adjectives	Contour drawing: Mayan art	*Witch of Black bird Pond*	Tribal Celebration
Going for Gold ~Conquistadors, Aztecs, Incas, S. America	3+ Motives	Youth, Baptism & Temptations	Dialog; Colorful writing; Adverbs	Color unit; Ojo de Dios	Witch... Pond; Sign of the Beaver	Fiesta
Echoes of Honor ~Plains & Eastern Indians	2+ Honor	Jesus' early ministry, giving & achieving honor	Story telling; story collecting; interjections; conjunctions	Personal symbol	*Sign of the Beaver*	Story Telling, giving honor
Uninvited Guests ~The 13 colonies, free enterprise, slavery, French & Indian War	4+ Deter- mination	Life of Christ, miracles, teachings, etc.	Demon- strations, Letters, Character Sketch	Visual rhythms/ repetition of patterns; Design principles,	*A: Early Thunder* *B: Johnny Tremain*	Thanksgiving Banquet (for Seniors, etc)
Dreams of Freedom ~Revolutionary War	4+ Peace in Conflict	Christ’s rev. ideas	News Articles; action verbs; direct objects, prepositions	Perspective; landscape & arch. sketches;	*A: Early Thunder* *B: Johnny Tremain*	Freedom Festival
Creating a Republic ~Dev. of a new nation & Constitution	2+ Integrity	Parables	Parts of Speech	Landscape unit; calligraphy	*All For Texas*	Happy Birthday Party to the USA
Constructing a Nation ~Indian Removal, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812,	3+ Respect & Respons- ability	Parables	*Parts of Speech and* Diagramming**	Art history; painting, washes;	*All For Texas*	Community Service Activity
Adventure Land ~Lewis & Clark Expedition, Industrial Rev. in America	3+ Curiosity & Risk	Parables	News Reports, Expressive Writing,	Computer Art & use of PowerPoint	*Across the Wide & Lonesome Prairie*	Lewis & Clark Celebration, Display students Journal of Discovery
Western Trails ~Spanish Exp., Texas, Mountain Men, Gold Rush, Mormons, Oregon Trail	4+ Encour- agement	The Passion Story, Victory in Jesus	Compound sentences, proofreading, demonstration	3-dimensional artwork; quilt; textures for a collage;	*Across... Prairie; A Family Apart*	Homesteader Party or Mountain Man Rendezvous
Dream State ~Students create their "dream" state	2+ Love in Action	Love in Action Stories	Speeches	Use previous knowledge	*A Family Apart*	Dream Show (Students display work)