Fourth Grade: The Modern Year
Proportions Leonardo da Vinci
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History, Religion, and Literature Integrated
History and Religion |
Literature |
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Trimester One: Renaissance and Exploration |
Teacher Texts *Europe Finds The World (Cambridge Intro. To the History of the Mankind, Book 5), Trevor Cairns, ed. *The Old World & America (Unit VIIand following), Philip Furlong *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer The Discovery of New Worlds, M.B. Synge (2nd half) Student Text * Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer Supplemental Texts *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times Activity Guide, Susan Wise Bauer Renaissance (DK Eyewitness) Giotto (DK Eyewitness) Raphael (DK Eyewitness) Michelangelo (DK Eyewitness) Johannes Gutenberg (DK Eyewitness) Who was Leonardo da Vinci, Edwards & Kelly A Long & Uncertain Journey, Tom McNeely (Vasco da Gama) Meet Christopher Columbus, deKay & Edens Cortez & the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, Herzog & Brown Pizarro & the Incas, Nicholas Saunders Ferdinand Magellan, Katherine Bailey Sir Francis Drake, Hook & Pearson |
Literature Related to History St. Isaac & the Indians, Milton Lomask St. Rose of Lima, Mary Fabyan Windeatt Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevens |
Trimester Two: Reformation and Counter-Reformation |
Teacher Texts *The Birth of Modern Europe (Cambridge vol. 6), Trevor Cairns, ed. *The Old World & America (Units XI-XII), Philip Furlong *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer Student Text * Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer Read Aloud Texts *St. Ignatius & the Company of Jesus, Derlith & Lawn Edmund Campion, Hero of God’s Underground, Harold Gardiner Supplemental Text *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times Activity Guide, Susan Wise Bauer |
Literature Related to History Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb Poetry Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Robert Southwell, Edmund Spenser St. Francis of the 7 Seas, Albert Nevins; St. Thomas More of London, Elizabeth Ince St. Teresa of Avila, Joyful in the Lord, Susan Helen Wallace St Philip of the Joyous Heart, Francis St. Ignatius Loyola, In God’s Service, Peggy Sklar |
Trimester Three: Empires: Napoleon, British, Ottoman; World Wars |
Teacher Text *Europe Around the World (Cambridge 9), Trevor Cairns, Ed. *The Navy That Beat Napoleon, Walter Brownlee *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer *The Little Book of the War, Eva March Tappan Student Text *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, Susan Wise Bauer *The Little Book of the War, Eva March Tappan Supplemental Text *Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times Activity Guide, Susan Wise Bauer World War I (DK Eyewitness) World War II (DK Eyewitness) The Good Fight: How WWII Was Won, Stephen Ambrose |
Literature Related to History In the Reign of Terror: Adventures of a Westminster Boy, G.A. Henty Les Miserables, A Stepping Stone Book, Monica Culling, Victor Hugo By Conduct & Courage, A Story of the Days of Nelson, G.A. Henty The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling Patriotic Song: A Book of English Verse : Being an Anthology of the Patriotic Poetry of the British Empire from the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Till the Death of Queen Victoria, Arthur Stanley The Hungry Coat, A Tale from Turkey, Demi “In Flanders Fields,” Lt. Col. John McCrae In Flanders Fields, The Story of the Poem, Linda Granfield Where Poppies Grow, A WWI Companion, Linda Granfield Hero Over Here, Katherine Kudlinski Number the Stars, Lois Lowry Service Songs: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines |
Language Arts
Shurley Grammar: English Made Easy (Level 4)
Handwriting Book
Spelling Book
Latin
Living Latin
Religion
Faith and Life; Image of God
See “History, Religion, and Literature Integrated” above
Nature Studies
Behold and See
The science curriculum is guided primarily by the teacher’s thoughtful integration of various resources in accordance with the general and grade specific objectives for nature study. There are no textbooks. The Delta Science Modules offer a combination of hands-on experiments and related workbook activities. Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature provides an observational and experimental approach to the study of nature that is deeply human.
Teacher Resources
*Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock
*Nature Notebook (for the students to record and draw in)
*The Earth: A Human Habitat: The Exceptional Features of Our Small Planet, Euresis
Mathematics
*Math Dimensions
*Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael S. Schneider
*Constructing the Universe Activity Book, Volumes 1-6, Michael S. Schneider
Literature Related to History
The Story of Money, Betsey Maestro
The History of Counting, Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Supplemental Texts
Calculus by and for Young People, Don Cohen
The Confe$$ions and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut, Esther Hershenhorn
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Alvin’s Secret Code, Clifford Hicks
Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices, Theoni Pappas
The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, Theoni Pappas
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar, Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno
G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book, David Schwartz
Melisande, E. Nesbit
Murderous Math Series, Kjartan Poskitt:
Do You Feel Lucky: The Secrets of Probability
The Fiendish Angletron
Murderous Math
Numbers: Keys to the Universe
The Phantom X
and more
Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story, Cindy Neushwander
The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang
One Grain of Rice, Demi
Tiger Math: Learn to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel
Wild Fibonacci: Nature’s Secret Code Revealed, Joy Hulme
How Much is a Million, David Schwartz
Math Curse, Jon Scieszka
Math-terpieces, Greg Tang
Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey, David Schwartz
Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles, Lewis Carroll
Math Trek: Adventures in MathZone, Ivars Peterson and Nancy Henderson
Anno’s Math Games, Mitsumasa Anno
** Used with approval from St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD**