Year 1—Unit 6
Fresh Courage Take

*The following audio and video links direct the user to external sites. While The Mindful Heart makes every effort to ensure the content linked is uplifting and appropriate, we cannot be responsible for content available on those sites. Parental guidance is highly recommended with these links.

Art: "Lewis & Clark at Three Forks" by Edgar S. Paxson, 1912

Heart & Soul Time

Unit Hymn:

  •  Come, Come, Ye Saints

Unit Folk Songs:

  • Home on the Range
  • Shenandoah

Heart & Mind Time

Day 1

  • Audio: "The Great West Beyond"
  • Video: Your Great Adventure: Overcoming Life's Obstacles
  • Video: I Will Lead You Along (for families with younger children only)

Day 2

  • Audio: "The Louisiana Purchase"

Day 3

  • Audio: "Lewis and Clark"
  • Video: "The True Story of Sacajawea—Karen Mensing TED"

Day 4

  • Audio: "Oedipus Tyrannus Prelude, Op. 35"

Day 5

  • Audio: "Robert Fulton"

Day 6

  • Audio: “How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon”

Day 7

  • Replacement Video: "Westward Expansion: The Settlers"
  • Additional Video: The Real Reason People Rarely Rode In Wagons On The Oregon Trail

Day 8

  • Video: "Joseph Smith's First Vision"
  • Music: “Gaelic Symphony in E Minor—I. Allegro con fuoco”

Day 9

  •  Video: "One by One: A Tribute to the Pioneers"
  • Video: "Pioneers: Followers of Jesus Christ"

Day 10

  • Video: “Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears” (2:49)
  • Video: “The Comanche Tribe” (1:46)
  • Video: “Choctaw Tribe” (1:36)
  • Video: “The Apache Tribe” (1:41)
  • Video: “American Indians and Latter-day Saint Pioneers”(from mark 1:00–3:01 only)

Day 11

  • Video: "Chief Joseph, “I Will Fight No More Forever” (7:20)
  • Video: “Battle at Little Bighorn” (4:08)

Day 12

  • Maud Powell - de Beriot: Violin Concerto #7 (13:00)

Day 13

  • Video: “Tour of The Alamo: A Texas Icon” (4:19)
  • Updated Video: “The Alamo” (3:35)

Day 14

  • Audio: "The Transcontinental Railroad"

Day 15

  • Audio: "The Gold Rush"
  • Video: “Flecks of Gold” (3:15)

Day 16

  • Video: “What’s Inside the Statue of Liberty” (11:51)
  • Music: "The Maple Leaf Rag"

Day 1

  • None

Day 2

  • None

Day 3

  • Mrs. Ruby's Garden Boxes Printable PDF

Day 4

  • Skip Counting Songs
Skip Counting Songs and Cards PDF
Skip Counting Songs and Cards PDF

Skip Counting Songs and Cards PDF

$0.00

Day 5

  • None

Day 6

  • Skip Counting Songs

Day 7

  • None

Day 8

  • None

Day 9

  • Skip Counting Songs
  • Storytelling Video: Calamity Jane

Day 10

  • None

Day 11

  • Storytelling Video: Paul Bunyan (9:37)

Day 12

  • Wheel Races math game PDF download

Day 13

  • Skip Counting Songs
  • Storytelling Video: Johnny Appleseed (10:00)

Day 14

  • Video: "American Inventors for Kids | Inventors Who Changed the World” (5:06)

Day 15

  • Video: “The Telegraph | Breakthrough” (3:37)

Day 16

  • Skip Counting Songs

Bonus

  • Storytelling Video: Pecos Bill (10:25)