How To Do A Unit Study | Ancient Egypt

Curious about how to put together a unit study? Join me as I take you through my process for putting together a unit study for Ancient Egypt. Rather read than watch? Click here for the corresponding blog post:
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Much of the process is the same for all my history units, and only varies slightly for other units. I use a Waldorf curriculum as a default curriculum but often stray from the curriculum and come up with my own lesson plans. Here's what I do:

First: Decide on a topic (usually pretty broad like Middle Ages, Math, Ancient Rome, but you can be specific)

Second: Gather material (I can check my curriculum, my home library, or begin a wishlist of materials needed)

Third: Put together a Wishlist (this includes all the material I want for the unit)

Fourth: Shop & receive (since we are with a charter school, I usually buy online with school funding, otherwise, check libraries and ask friends for material)

Fifth: Sort through material and figure out how long each book/project will take

Sixth: Make a lesson plan

Optional: Add field trips as needed



What I look for in a History Unit are books on the following:

History (actual historical events like wars, rulers and other events)

Culture (how people lived, dressed, where they lived, what they ate, etc.)

Mythology or religion

Biographies

Historical Fiction

Activity Book

I also look for kits, projects and hands-on activities. I like buying them as kits, but also love to make projects on my own, too.

I get most of my supplies from Rainbow Resource.
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