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Art: "The Munitions Girls" by Stanhope Forbes, 1918 https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/ca/6f/98345cf4bae2d554a02690706f99.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0059548.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-21): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/b37s8bkc CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36214532
Heart & Soul Time
Unit Hymn:
Hymn: "Onward Christian Soldiers"
Unit Folk Songs:
"Story of the Raindrops" (:43)
"The Gnome" (:13)
Heart & Mind Time
Day 1
Video: "Women's Suffrage" (3:04)
Video: "The 19th Amendment" (4.48) (Note: This video mentions some of the suffragettes being clubbed and beaten.)
Day 2
Video: "Who is Booker T Washington?" (5:32)
Video: "Booker T Washington" (3:02)
Day 3
Nikola Tesla Videos:
Nikola Tesla's Craziest Inventions
Inventions: The Tesla Coil
Day 4
Video: "Photos of World War I" (3:58)
Day 5
Video: "What life was like for World War I Soldiers in the trenches" (4:16)
Audio: "The Story of Edith Cavell" (10:01)
Day 6
Audio: "The Story of Frank Luke Jr." (7:39)
Day 7
Video: "Art of World War I" (3:34)
Day 8
Video: “The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart” (6:20)
Video: "Chapter 1 Amelia Earhart" (8:39) - For families with older children.
Day 9
Audio: “The Great Depression” (5:24)
Day 10
The Dust Bowl Videos:
What Caused the Dust Bowl?
History Brief: Okies During the Great Depression
Day 11
Causes of World War 1 Videos:
The Causes of World War 2 (for younger children)
How Did Hitler Rise to Power? (older children)
The Reason Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor" (older children)
Video: "Beyond the Story: American Women During World War II" (4:38)
Day 12
Video: “Spiritual Vertigo” (6:18)
Video: "Edvard H. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1" (14:33)
Video: "Meet Dr. Charles Drew, pioneer in blood banking" (3:10)
Day 13
Audio: “Samuel G. Fuqua" (7:19)
Video: "Ugly History: Japanese American Incarceration Camps” (5:45)
Video: "American Heroes: Japanese American World War II Nisei Soldiers and the Congressional Gold Medal" (6:31)
Day 14
Video: "Enemy Territory" (3:38)
Audio: "Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore" (4:51)
Day 15
Video: "Honoring the Female Pilots of WWII" (5:38)
The End of World War 2 Videos:
D-Day
How the Biggest War in History Changed the World
Video: "World War II in Four MInutes" (4:39)
Day 16
Video: “That We Might Be One: The Story of the Dutch Potato Project” (11:57)
Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
Biography of the Wright Brothers for Children: Orville and Wilbur Wright for Kids --FreeSchool (7:27)
Optional Bonus Video: "The Brilliant Engineering of First FLIGHT!" (8:36) - This Video is a great fit for older children interested in science and engineering.
Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Day 8
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Day 9
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Day 10
Storytelling Video: "The Knights of the Silver Shields" (16:09)
Day 11
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Day 12
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Day 13
Video: "The Best of Long Necks" I Dino Dana (17:50)