Year 1—Unit 3
Let Freedom Ring
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Heart & Soul Time
Unit Hymn:
- Love at Home (3:02)
Unit Folk Songs:
- My Country Tis of Thee (0:35)
- Yankee Doodle
Day 1
Day 2
- Audio: Paul Revere, Lexington, and Concord
Day 3
- Audio: General Israel Putnam
Day 4
- Audio: Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, Movement 1
- Audio: Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, Movement 2
Day 5
- Audio: Friends and Loyal Patriots: Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry
Day 6
- Audio: Independence is Declared
Day 7
- Video: A Brief History of America’s Independence: Part 1
- Video: A Brief History of America’s Independence: Part 2
Day 8
- Mozart—Don Giovanni Overtüre
Day 9
- Storytelling Video: Benjamin Franklin
Day 10
- Video: "George Washington Prays at Snow Valley Forge"
- Video: "Biography of George Washington" (for Alpha, Zeta, and Theta age children)
- Video: "Washington and the Presidency"
Day 11
- Audio: Unsung Heroes of the Revolutionary War
Day 12
- Audio: Mozart’s Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477
Day 13
- Audio: Lafayette
Day 14
- Audio: John Paul Jones
Day 15
- Audio: Nathanial Greene and Francis Marion
Day 16
- Video: The Freedom To. . .
- Video: Mozart's Complete Work (New Link)
Heart &Mind Time
BONUS Storytelling Video: Patrick Henry (Play this any time you'd like)
Day 1
- Storytelling video: The Soap Making of Remember Biddle
Day 2
- None
Day 3
- None
Day 4
- Blank Build a Pizza Printable
Day 5
- Storytelling Video: "The Deacon's Grasshopper"
Day 6
- Video: Protists—Cells in the Sea
Note: This video teaches that protists "appeared more than a billion years ago." You may wish to explain to your children that this is an educated guess made by some scientists. To learn more about The Mindful Heart's views on the age of the Earth, click here.
Day 7
- None
Day 8
- None
Day 9
- None
Day 10
- None
Day 11
- Storytelling Video: The Philosopher's Stone
Day 12
- None
Day 13
- None
Day 14
- Storytelling Video: Beauty and the Beast
Day 15
- None
Day 16
- None
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