yearview

Globetrotter Year One Overview +++ Grades 5-8 Correlated Curriculum

Time	Units	History	Bible	Literature Units	Language Arts	Projects
2 weeks	Mystery - History	Maps, archeology	The beginning of sin	Survivors of the Dark Rebellion Cleopatra VII Shepherd Warrior* The Bronze Bow Homeless Bird Single Shard* Journey to Jo'burg* OR David Livingstone*	Interviewing Writing mystery	Trash dig, mystery cooking, arch. dig
2 weeks	Mesopotamia	Ancient Meso.	Flood - Abraham		Inspecting sentences, Short report	Travel brochure, simulating flood, clay tablets
4 weeks	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	Joseph to Exodus		Prepositions	Fruity pharaohs, coffins, funeral
3 weeks	Community Unity	Simulating unity and community	Moses, sanctuary		Diary, nouns	Survival simulation, team building, popsicle stick bridge
2 weeks	Judges, Prophets & Kings	Study of laws in the U. S.	Judges thru kings of Israel		Verbs	Trading game, Hezekiah report
1 week	Babylon	Neb. & Babylon	Daniel		Pronouns	Case studies, Babylon research
2 weeks	Medo- Persia	Medo- Persia	Esther		Adjectives	Purim Festival, cooking
3 weeks	Greece	Ancient Greece	Proverbs and Ecclesiastes		Adverbs	Mental marathon, Greek cooking & symposium
4 weeks	Rome	Ancient Rome	Christ, early Christian church		Direct Objects, Clauses	Cooking, Roman banquet
2 weeks	Arabia	Ancient Arabia	Islam compared to Bible docs		Conjunctions	Arabian games, food, poetry readings
3 weeks	India	Ancient India	Hinduism, Buddhism		Descriptive writing	Indian foods and presentations
2 weeks	China	Ancient China	Story of Job		Postcards and Travel diary	As Smooth as Silk
2 weeks	Africa	Ancient Africa	Summary of Bible Docs		Story telling	Travel log, Story Festival