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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
Day 4
Skip Counting Songs
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)