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American Story 1 Program with Native American Focus - #AS1 - $458 Value for $379
Get ready for an adventure as you learn about life in America from its Native American culture, to its discovery by Europeans and exciting growth as a nation. Activities are an important part of the studies that capture the interest of younger students. In fact, everything in this program is designed to be perfect for the younger members of your family. They’ll love the visually stimulating books and high-interest themes.
You and your student will follow in the footsteps of the Lewis and Clark expedition, decode Benedict Arnold’s traitorous message, and meet exciting Americans who fought for freedom, built a canal, or rode for the Pony Express. And the adventure doesn’t stop there. As you read out loud you’ll meet an orphan who changes her life by pretending to be a boy, spend a year with a boy in the wilderness alone, discover how a log cabin is constructed, and even hop a ship to the California gold fields.
Hands-on activities and learning opportunities are laced throughout the program. Your instructor’s guide has oodles of ideas, but in addition, many of your books have instructions on everything from building a keel boat to learning how to measure distance by dead reckoning. There’s all sorts of activity resources for your journey!
If you’d like all your students to study American history, this program is designed so your younger students can complete this program while older family members work through American Crossing. You can purchase each set separately, or the combined All-American Set.
Spend Hours Together Experiencing Our American Story
You’ll Enjoy Lingering in Picture-Rich History Books
Look out across the Atlantic Ocean, get a first glimpse of the New World, scan Revolutionary battlefields, and study the new-fangled Erie canal -- all in the picture-filled pages of your history books. Especially designed to appeal to younger learners, the American Story series shows you what history is all about with paintings, illustrations, drawings, maps & photographs.
Your Family Will Enjoy the History Notebooking
This year’s “Make-Your-Own” American History Book provides weekly opportunities to notebook all the most important events in early American history. An assortment of pages allows students to illustrate pages, respond to questions, create artwork, solve puzzles or complete other paper activities throughout the year. You’ll try out Norse math, pick an original Thanksgiving menu, make a colonial business sign, draw a colonial postal route, decode a message about Benedict Arnold, and more!
They’ll Learn & Remember 100 Key Events and Their Importance!
We’ve assembled 100 dates from this year’s timeline dates and created a reinforcement Timeline Card set that you can copy and use for games and drill. On one side is the “EVENT” and on the reverse is the “DATE” and “HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE” of the event, to maximize learning and retention!
You’ll Make Memories with a Wealth of Easy-to-Complete Activities
You’ll enjoy so many activity resources to give your family even more choices each week. One of these resources is an “Interactive 3-D Maps” book, which will help your student visualize the geography of important events like Paul Revere’s ride, the Erie Canal or trails to the West.
Highlights of Your American 1 Guidebook
AS1-101 - $70 - Free with Package PurchaseClick here to see a sample of the program guide.
Simple and Ready-to-Go!
You’ll find this program guide is laid out so simply – just open and begin! Each of your 36 school weeks is laid out to reduce your paperwork! Each week also includes activity ideas, geography and timeline work, important advice on how to teach concepts, web search ideas, and much more!
Supply List for Activities
By parent request, we’ve put together a supply list in your guidebook so you can plan your activities ahead of time, and gather any supplies (other than routine items) you need.
Student Independent Work Schedules
Each week, your student will have a schedule all their own to complete the work they need to do independently.
Rating System for Activities
Activities have a rating on their supplies & skill level.
“Make-Your-Own” American History Book | AS1-151 | $22
Notebooking pages that are interactive and interesting help students demonstrate what they have learned. Students will complete each page and insert in the “Timelines in History.”
Early American History Books
The American Story: 100 True Tales of American History | AS1-201 | $35
A beautiful volume with stories about heroes and hijinks in America. Wonderfully illustrated and over 350 pages in length, this volume will be used in your American Story 2 study as well.
Wild West | AS1-202 | $12
Drawings, pictures and illustrations give an inside view of the West and its cowboys, Native Americans, & outlaws.
The Discovery of the Americas | AS1-203 | $8
Exploration & Conquest | AS1-204 | $8
The New Americans | AS1-205 | $8
This trilogy tells the story of America from the early explorers who discovered the continent, to those who conquered the native peoples and colonized its shores.
If You Lived in Colonial Times | AS1-206 | $6
Would you rather be a cooper or a cobbler? Find out as you travel to colonial times and discover all about colonial work and play.
Colonial Life | AS1-207 | $8
Full-color pictures accent this text, presenting what schools, homes, travel, fashions, and towns were like in the colonial period.
Benjamin Franklin | AS1-208 | $4
Meet the beloved inventor of the Franklin stove!
Liberty! Story of the American Revolution | AS1-209 | $11
A fantastic look at the Revolution that explains the issues and battles in an easy-to-understand format. Lots of sidebars accentuate this beautifully illustrated book.
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution | AS1-210 | $6
Follow the battles and hard times experienced by both patriots and loyalists during the war.
The Revolutionary John Adams | AS1-211 | $8
Go inside the life of America’s second president.
How the U.S. Government Works | AS1-212 | $7
Listen to the story of how our government came to be!
Who Was Thomas Jefferson | AS1-213 | $5
Lots of illustrations keep interest high in this biography that highlights Jefferson’s patriotic and presidential years.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition | AS1-214 | $14
A kid-friendly guide through uncharted territory helps kids understand the incredible challenge faced by these two leaders. Activities and fun drawings accent the text.
Robert Fulton, A Head Full of Notions | AS1-215 | $7
Peek into the life of the man who perfected the steam engine, making it a practical part of American life.
Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal | AS1-216 | $8
Discover the secrets of how this canal worked!
The Trail of Tears | AS1-217 | $4
The Cherokees are forced to march west in a journey known as the Trail of Tears.
A Pioneer Sampler | AS1-218 | $13
Follow a fictional family through a year in their pioneer home. You’ll fi nd out how pioneers cooked, broke sod for planting, made maple sugar and much more!
They’re Off! Story of the Pony Express | AS1-219 | $7
Escape North! Story of Harriet Tubman | AS1-220 | $4
Adventure Reading for Your Family
The Birchbark House | AS1-301 | $ 7
Omakayas and her family live on an island, building a birchbark house every year, but change may be coming.Pedro’s Journal | AS1-302 | $ 5
A boy journals his voyage with Columbus.The Sign of the Beaver | AS1-303 | $ 6
A boy struggles to survive in the wilderness, waiting for the arrival of his family, and meets his Indian neighbors.Ben and Me | AS1-304 | $ 7
The story of Ben Franklin as told by his mouse, Amos.The Secret Soldier | AS1-305 | $ 5
A young woman disguises herself as a man to fight in the War for Independence.The Fighting Ground | AS1-306 | $ 6
A young man joins the War without his father’s permission.Little House on the Prairie | AS1-307 | $ 7
Laura Ingalls and her family leave the Big Woods behind and head for the Kansas territory.Riding Freedom | AS1-308 | $ 6
The true story of Charlotte Parkhurst, who wanted a life that seemed impossible for an orphan -- and a girl.The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed | AS1-309 | $ 6
A New England girl accompanies her father on a whaling ship and encounters suspicious activities among the crew.By the Great Horn Spoon | AS1-310 | $ 7
Praiseworthy the butler and his young master, Jack, run into many obstacles on their way to the California gold fields.
Classic Bible Stories & Verses for Family Time
Treasury of Classic Bible Stories | AS1-401 | $16
This beautiful edition contains masterpiece artwork which covers 75 stories from the Old and New Testaments. It
offers your family a heritage book that can be used for family devotions or bedtime for years to come, and will help
students to be well versed on the major characters of the Old and New Testament.20 Bible Verses Every Child Should Know | AS1-402 | $20
This is a Bible memory set that includes a music CD and a companion book. The music will help your student
learn the verses and apply it to their lives. 92 pages. Students will remember these verses for a lifetime. Great for family learning.Activity Resources
Colonial America | AS1-251 | $15
Lots of paper projects cover many aspects of colonial life. Create dioramas, a coin code, models, maps and a miniscroll. All activities require almost no supplies.
3-D Interactive Maps: American History | AS1-252 | $16
Maps to make become 3-D tools for helping kids understand 20 events in early American history.
Plains Indians Teepee Village | AS1-253 | $5
More Than Moccasins | AS1-254 | $15
Crafts and lots of information that help students understand the day-to-day life and history of various tribes.
Native American Focus & Activities
If You Lived with the Iroquois | AS1-276 | $ 6
If You Lived with the Sioux | AS1-277 | $ 6
If You Lived with the Hopi | AS1-278 | $ 6
Each book takes you inside a different region of Native American life and culture. You’ll discover the differences between Woodland, Plains and Southwest tribes, and get to know their hunting, farming and home-building techniques.“Make-Your-Own” Native American Book | AS1-279 | $12
Each page covers a tribe or region in Native American life, detailing their history and culture. 38 activity pages. Click here to see a sample of this book.Indian Tribes of North America | AS1-280 | $4
The perfect addition to our Native American focus, providing detailed drawings of many tribes covered in the “Make-Your-Own History” book.
Optional Learning Kit Book
Early American Trades & Crafts Kit | AM1-KITBK | $19
Although we can no longer offer the original kit due to stringent new “toy” regulations, we can still offer this optional book that allows you to complete sixteen early American projects. Projects include a handcrafted Native American tepee, a Stick Dice game, a Wool Felt Hooked Rug square, a wooden Conestoga wagon, and a dozen more. We include buying information for supplies.
Additional Necessary Products to Complete Your Program
Your choice of Timeline Figures & Notebooking
What Consumables are Needed for Extra Students?
If you’re working with more than one student, be sure to add Additional Student Set #AS1-901 - $43, which includes consumable item #’s AS1-151, AS1-253, AS1-279 & AS1-280; and also add any timeline resources such as figures or “Timelines in History.”
Perhaps you’d like to see the Language Arts Programs
that coordinate with “American Story 1:”Adv. K “Just Starting to Read” Program
1st Grade “Reading on My Own” Program
2nd Grade “Reading with Confidence” Program
3rd Grade “Tracking Down Good Grammar” Program
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding this Program
I have several students to school, and one or more of them is quite young -- will this work for me?
If most of your students fit the recommended target ages for American 1 (grades 1-3), it will work fine for you to add a student on who is younger to simplify things for your family. On the other hand, if most of your students are younger than the targeted ages, and/or your oldest student is at the younger end of the targeted age range, you may be better suited by starting with Animals and Their Worlds. You’ll also want to take a look at the answer to the next question!I have younger students and students in the targeted age range. Is there a “best of all worlds” answer for us?
Many of our families have very successfully integrated our “Animals and Their Worlds” program together with our “American Story 1” program when they have a variety of age groups. Here’s how it works. The younger students use “Animals” for their main themed program. Meanwhile, the older students use the “American Story 1” for their main themed program, but utilize “Animals” as their science program. Because they are usually older or at the upper end of the targeted ages for “Animals,” they can move through the resources more quickly. An additional bonus is that older students can help parents by reading aloud through some of the animal books to younger siblings! This makes the most of your family’s time investment, and provides wonderful character and skill development for your older student.I’ve already got a few of the items in the package. Can I still get the package price and leave them out?
We love to offer our package prices to our parents to help them purchase a great program with a great discount. We do, however, have to sell all the items in the package in order to honor the discount. Usually the discount outweighs the value of the resources you might already have. If not, you can choose items individually to build your program, but remember -- the purchase of a themed program package ensures you also get free shipping, another discount you’ll want to take into account as you look at your total purchase.How do the Language Arts coordinate with this program?
We have several language arts programs that coordinate with our “American Story 1” program. One of the wonderful features of our LA guides is that they are hole-punched on the right side so they will lie directly across from your themed guide so you can see your week at a glance. “LA 1,” “LA 2,” and “LA 3” each have reading lists right at their respective grade levels to enable students to experience comfortable reading growth. Creative writing for students follows the goals of their grade level program, yet draws its subjects from American topics covered in your main study. You can link to any of these program in the section above these questions.
