Sample Syllabus
4th Grade
HISTORY
First Quarter
Syllabus
Text: THE
HISTORY OF OUR UNITED STATES (ABEKA)
Workbook
& Test Booklet
Purpose: Our goal
this semester is to learn about the history of the United States of
America. We will learn how America
came to be a nation, who its famous people have been, and what important events
have taken place in America. We will study and memorize some of the important
documents of our nation and we will examine how the truths of the Bible made
America the greatest nation on the face of the earth.
Topics to
be Studied/ Time Line for Semester
Chapter 1:
The Years of Discovery: Columbus Discovers America/ approximately I week
Pages
9-23 in text.
Chapter 2:
The Years of Conquest/ approximately 2 weeks
Pages
24-37 in text.
Chapter 3:
The First Americans/ approximately 3 weeks
Pages
38-47 in text.
Short Indian Study
Chapter 4:
The English Come To America/ approximately 3 weeks
Pages
49-67 in text.
Projects: The
student will be required to write a short 2 page report on the explorer of
their choice. The child will be required to build or draw of model of a typical
Indian home of their choice. As a family we take a field trip to the University
of Kentucky Archeological Museum to learn about Indians of Kentucky. The
student will work on a bead or leather project of their choice. The child will write a letter to
friends left in England after having traveled on the Mayflower. The child will describe his/her impressions
of their new home.
Assessment: Grades will be given for projects
completed. Tests & questions over each and every chapter. Extra
Credit: Read a biography about any
one of the famous people discussed in Chapters l -4.
Note: The law does NOT
require homeschool parents to write a syllabus for their child’s classes.