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GUIDEBOOK LINKS

All lessons (Customizable large map, multiple page, for designing as desired)

Single Page Map

Alaska and Hawaii maps are here

Lesson 1

CTM -Oklahoma Stormy Skies

Lesson 3

CTM.- Rangers

CTM – TX Culture

CTM- Bats

CTM – Horned Lizard *Note: comment about evolution in the beginning

Lesson 4

CTM -Davy Crockett

Lesson 5

CTM – New Mexico Background Sound

CTM – Hoop Dancing

Lesson 6

Lightning & Static Electricity

Hot Air Balloon – HUGE sample

Archimedes Principle

Lesson 7

CTM – Cactus in Action

CTM – Haboob

CTM – AZ Storm!

 

 

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BOOK LIST

This is here as a courtesy only.  No books are required for the unit.  Some of these books may contain errors about the event or time period. 

Customers may also write in and suggest to add books to this list.  All lists come recommended to us by others and have not all been vetted by us. If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please email in so we can do so.  Some of these books may contain more mature themes or theology or other educational teachings that we do not necessarily endorse, so we advise all parents to screen for content and personal beliefs. Books can also be sub-categorized into different age groups, so feel free to jump around!

 

Early Learner
• Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich
• The Cloud Artist by Sherri Maret
• Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett
• Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O Flatharta
• Charlie the Ranch Dog by Ree Drummond
• Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes
• Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez
• Carlos and the Squash Plant by Jan Romero Stevens
• Bedtime in the Southwest by Mona Hodgson
• Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
• The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
• Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z Guidberson

Growing
• Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• Hazardous Tales Alamo All Stars by Nathan Hale
• Hank the Cowdog by John R Erickson
       This is Texas by Miroslav Sasek
• Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza
• Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell
• Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes
• Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
• Adventure in Grand Canyon National Park by Aaron Johnson
• Coyote School News by Joan Sandin

Advanced
• Killers of the Flower Moon (heavy topics-consider Young Readers version, if desired)
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (language warning)
• House of Rain by Craig Childs (violence and heavy topics warning)
• Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
• Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
• Canyons by Gary Paulsen

Supplies List

All activities in the unit are as follows. 

– Culinary activity (ingredients needed will vary depending on what you have in your pantry already)

– Life/job/science skills activity

– Bucket List

We intentionally design our units so that you should have most everything you need around your home.  Anything extra will be listed below:

LESSON 1/2 –
Items around the house (Career Simulation & Invention with Nearby Items)

LESSON 3/4 –
Items around the house & cardboard box (Ecosystem and Urban Planner Simulation)

LESSON 5/6 –
Option 2 – PVC pipe, rag, aluminum foil (Static electricity)
Option 3 – Soft plaster, bar of soap, etc.  (Carving soft items)
Option 4 – Tissue paper (Hot air balloon)

LESSON 7/8 –
Option 2 – Cardboard box, different light sources (Stars of Arizona, dark night simulation)

 

 

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