Early American History Primary Teacher Guide 3rd Edition
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Early American History Primary Teacher Guide 3rd Edition

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This open-and-go teacher's guide makes it easy to use the best literature to teach the story of the United States. We have sifted through 150+ titles to choose the best books available so you and your students can dive into engaging stories accompanied by beautiful illustrations as you travel through time to meet Leif Erikson, Benjamin Banneker, Myles Standish, Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Franklin, Pocahontas, and dozens of others. This guide includes wonderful books, historical background, recipes, discussion topics, many supplemental book recommendations, website links, and much more. Students will learn about the people who shaped our nation's heritage beginning with the Indigenous Peoples who first settled the American continents and ending at the conclusion of the Civil War.

Learning history is most useful when it shows us what we can aspire to and what we ought to avoid or correct. When students complete this study, we hope that they will hold in honor those heroic individuals who sacrificed for the good of our country, that they will understand the basic foundations of civil and religious liberty unique to America's founding, and that they will be able to celebrate the rich mosaic of people who contributed to the founding and development of this nation.

An invaluable resource, this teacher guide takes out all the guesswork so that you can enjoy hours of reading great books together, learning about the formation of our country, and having valuable discussions that will help you connect with your kids.

  • This study contains 94 lessons.
  • Complete 2-3 lessons per week for a one-year study.

Category Description for Literature Approach to Early American History:

Two courses here, at different grade levels. Teaching a Providential view of America's story, and using a Literature approach, these guides break down the study into daily lesson plans, spanning the Vikings to the Civil War (1000 A.D. to 1865). Students keep notebooks of their work throughout the year. Lesson plans include various activities to correlate with the study as students "read" their way through history, consuming some of the best age-appropriate historical literature. Newly revised guides are expanded and now in full color. They also include web links, comprehension questions, character studies and more activities.




Category Description for Beautiful Feet History & Geography:

Beautiful Feet curriculum takes a multi-level, living book approach to teaching history, geography and world cultures, using easy to use Guides for the teacher and engaging, well-written literature for the student. The Guides provide book lists, chapter readings, discussion and research questions, background information, website links, answer keys, and more. See our website for lists of literature resources to accompany each guide. Most guides provide content for one year of study, with the exception of Geography through Literature and Western Expansion. The latter two are recommended to be completed together for one year of study. Numbers of lessons vary, and are scheduled 1 to 4 days per week. Recommended Timelines are available individually or in a set of two. Timelines are cardstock and include the figures referenced in the study. Students will need to color, cut and assemble the timeline and figures. History and geography come alive with these well done literature guides. See our website for required books for each guide. Some guides and resources contain Christian content while others do not; contact us for additional information.

Primary Subject
History/Geography
Grade Start
K
Grade End
3
ISBN
9781893103870
Author
Rea Berg
Format
Softcover Book
Brand Name
Beautiful Feet Books
Weight
1.1625 (lbs.)
Dimensions
11.0" x 8.5" x 0.38"
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I bought the books to use separate but would still like this to use for a lesson guide to go along with homeschool in the woods program
JIllian B on Nov 30, 2022
Excited about a history curriculum that isn't about memorizing facts. These lessons seem very doable and something we will enjoy as a family.
Lauren M on Aug 1, 2022
I bought the books to use separate but would still like this to use for a lesson guide to go along with homeschool in the woods program
JIllian B on Nov 30, 2022
I'm very excited to begin this curriculum for history with my kids. I love that its Charlotte Mason style and I can use it to teach multiple ages.
Katie J on Aug 2, 2022
Excited about a history curriculum that isn't about memorizing facts. These lessons seem very doable and something we will enjoy as a family.
Lauren M on Aug 1, 2022
HIstory is stories, so it seems reasonable to teach it using stories. I checked out a sample of the literature use in this curriculum from my local library and like what I saw. I want my kids to fine history interesting... not like the dry memorization of dates, people, and events I faced in public school.
Nicole G on Aug 1, 2022
Simple American History Resource, literature based
Phoebe C on Jul 26, 2022
We love learning through literature & the Beautiful Feet Guides have lovely book selections!
Lindsey H on Jun 29, 2022
friend's recommendation
Marlina N on May 17, 2022
for homeschool
cindy n on Nov 22, 2021
I love teaching through stories
Olivia S on Jul 26, 2021
This is the history curriculum I chose for my young elementary student.
Elizabeth M on Jul 21, 2021
Looking forward to trying the literature approach
Janice H on Jun 5, 2021
I have loved all of the Beautiful Feet guides that I've used so far, and I think this will be an excellent addition to our Sonlight Core D this year, making it more accessible to my younger children as well.
User on May 31, 2021
New to us!
Andrea S on May 29, 2021
We love Beautiful feet curriculum!
Jessica S on Mar 22, 2021
I've heard wonderful things about this book from homeschool parents and am excited to get started!
Erin C on Mar 1, 2021
Great resources that help guide you through different time periods and give recommendations for literature to accompany your journey through history. There are also guided questions that help explore deeper with increased age and ability.
Michelle B on Nov 8, 2020
Using real books
Marilyn W on Oct 19, 2020
Want to teach my children history through literature
Hope Y on Sep 4, 2020
It was recommended to me by my sister-in-law.
Bethany S on Aug 2, 2019
I was so impressed with Beautiful Feet's Around the World with Picture Books that I grabbed up a copy of Early American History. This is our topic of study for the coming year so I will blend it in with what we already have. Beautiful, awesome curriculum!
Louise on Jul 28, 2019
To go with the books I purchased
jennifer m on Jul 16, 2019
I will be using the Beautiful Feet Early American History curriculum for my 1st grader this year. The curriculum is literature based and the books have great reviews.
Heather R on Jun 19, 2019
I chose this book because I needed primary sources for my fifth grade curriculum.
Ronnie R on Nov 8, 2018
Gentle, non-boring way to explore history.
Mark W on Oct 1, 2018
I chose this for my first grader because NY state requires all grades to learn US History while homeschooling.
AMY P on Oct 1, 2018
Hard to find a good American history series for younger elementary age and I like the literature based curriculum great way to build a library of good books
User on Aug 22, 2018
Using this as part of our History curriculum for my 1st grader this year, along with Bede’s History of US, which we own.
Regan T on Aug 21, 2018
i choose this for history curriculum for kindergarten and 2nd grader
Crystal S on Jul 23, 2018
Cheapest price available since I'm not ordering the full kit from Beautiful Feet Books!
Claire C on May 18, 2018
ive heard amazing things about this. we love teaching history through living books!
sarah m on Mar 27, 2018
needed the new version
Susan B on Mar 12, 2018
We use this for our homeschool.
Melissa G on Nov 14, 2017
Looks like an amazing literature based history study using real books.
User on Oct 11, 2017
curriculum book
Margarita B on Aug 14, 2017
I love the beautiful feet study guides and learning through literature.
Angela H on Jun 15, 2017
I wanted this so that I could begin planning my children's home education for next year.
Jacqueline A on Apr 6, 2017
I will be using this as my history lesson plan for our 1st and 3rd graders this year. We are looking forward to reading our way through history!
Dianne A on Aug 30, 2016
I own the previous edition, so wanted to get the revised edition.
Tammy F on Aug 28, 2016
We love to learn through literature- this is s great fit for us, using good literature to read through history. We chose to use Beautiful Feet as our spine and this is the resource guide, I plan to use the library for the many books we will read, instead of buying all of them.
Terra H on Aug 24, 2016
The reviews were good on how good it is for educating young children about american history so it will go well for homeschooling.
Thomas V on Aug 22, 2016
I love anything Charlotte Mason based!
Anthony B on Aug 10, 2016
I am a fan of 1) Beautiful Feet Books and 2) learning through literature.
Tracy J B on Aug 4, 2016
Based on samples from the publisher's website. I think this is going to be a wonderful way to study AM. HiST with my small ones.
Makayla B on Jul 18, 2016
We homeschool and needed it.
Christian E on Jul 17, 2016
It was recommended on a homeschool blog that I really like.
Elisabeth E on Jul 16, 2016
Teaching K-2 nd graders for Charter School class day.
Cyndee S on Jun 7, 2016
literature based...the kids love stories and it helps them really remember history!
Anna M on Jan 15, 2016
Home school co-op.
Kristi P on Oct 7, 2015
I'm very excited to begin this curriculum for history with my kids. I love that its Charlotte Mason style and I can use it to teach multiple ages.
Katie J on Aug 2, 2022
HIstory is stories, so it seems reasonable to teach it using stories. I checked out a sample of the literature use in this curriculum from my local library and like what I saw. I want my kids to fine history interesting... not like the dry memorization of dates, people, and events I faced in public school.
Nicole G on Aug 1, 2022
I am wondering if this is the updated 2020 edition, or is it the 2014 edition?
A shopper on Sep 15, 2020
BEST ANSWER: This is the updated 2020 edition.
Is this the 3rd edition? I noticed the ISBN number is different than the one on BF website.
Hope on Aug 29, 2020
BEST ANSWER: Yes, this Teacher Guide is the 3rd edition.
This guide was updated summer 2020. When this ships, will it be the updated guide?
Mandy T on Jul 10, 2020
BEST ANSWER: Yes, we are currently out of stock on this item and are waiting on the updated edition.
what books are required for this curriculum?
User on Aug 14, 2019
BEST ANSWER: First semester books include:
Leif the Lucky
Columbus
Pocahontas
Jamestown, New World Adventure
Pilgrim Stories
The Pilgrims of Plimoth
The Courage of Sarah Noble
The Matchlock Gun

Second semester books include:
Benjamin Franklin
A More Perfect Union
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
George Washington’s Breakfast
George Washington
Winter at Valley Forge
The Fourth of July Story
The Year of the Horseless Carriage 1801
Abraham Lincoln
Meet Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo Bill
Does this curriculum incorporate any hands on activities? Perhaps making something from the various time periods?
Danika M on Mar 18, 2018
BEST ANSWER: No, but it “is designed to include a student composition notebook where all the student’s work including pictures, maps, reports, poetry, and copy work is recorded.” (From the guide’s “how to use this guide”). I have used The Story of the World (sold here on Rainbow Resource) for my children and the workbook includes many hands on activities.
I am going to use the Early American History Primary Study Guide from Beautiful Feet. I have all the books to go with the study guide. Are these CDs just those stories in audio form, or are they other stories? Thanks.
A shopper on Aug 7, 2016
Early American History Primary Teacher Guide 3rd Edition
Early American History Primary Teacher Guide 3rd Edition
Your Story Hour H-1 to H-5 CDs
Your Story Hour H-1 to H-5 CDs
BEST ANSWER: Your Story Hour is a completely different set of stories. They cover the same topics that you read from the "living books" recommended, but they are not the same. Your Story Hour is a dramatized retelling of some parts of history. We used Early American History Primary, but we rarely did the Your Story Hour accompaniment because it has a strange way of fading in and out of "scenes". We could hear that they were still talking, but we couldn't understand what they were saying because it was fading out. This was very frustrating to my children, so we only did a few of the stories from it.
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Rated 5 out of 5
A worthy choice
This one is so beautifully put together that I wish I had this earlier in the homeschool years.
November 11, 2020
Purchased
 over 2 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Excellent History Program
This is a wonderful program for our Charlotte Mason style homeschool. My son LOVES the books and asks me to keep reading. He is retaining the information and it is a pleasure to teach. I highly recommend Beautiful Feet History.
March 7, 2020
Purchased
 over 2 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Love it!
We love this curriculum. The books are great reads and very educational. The study guide is helpful to keep you going, but not overbearing!
July 12, 2018
Purchased
 over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Another great guide from Beautiful Feet Books!
June 17, 2018
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Love this
I love how gentle and simple these study guides are. We have been thoroughly enjoying the early American history and geography guides and the books that go with them. I foresee using the beautiful feet study guide for years to come.
April 26, 2018
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Rated 3 out of 5
Ok guide... Definitely needs improvement
I love the book selection for this guide, however, the guide itself I didn't love. The reasons are the following: 1) the moral instruction laid out throughout the guide does not sit well with me. I love the Lord and its my number one goal to make Him known to my girls, however, I don't think that this is accomplished by simply teaching morals or Christian virtues, but a real relationship with Him happens through a real change of heart and personal experience with Him. I skip through some of the "moral" teachings, such as the memorizing of the conscience poem, and some of the questions and that seems to work fine for us. The guide ends up working for us just as a means to know how much reading to do each day, and we also utilize some of the suggestions given for website's to supplement the reading. 2) the second reason would be the fact that it doesn't not provide answers to the questions posed. 3) I wish some map work would also be available to print and download and more frequently talked about throughout lessons. I had to find my own maps to print off the internet and also had to find out by myself where the locations mentioned in the "Leif the Lucky" were in the map. I feels in regards to maps, there's a lot of figuring out by yourself what to do kind of thing. And honestly, that defeats the purpose of of having a guide in the first place. It's important to point out we are still in the beginning of the guide, as we just finished off lesson 12 I believe, which resumes the reading of Leif the Lucky, which is the first book.
November 11, 2017
Purchased
 over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
What a fun way to learn history
My boys that are 5 and 4 years old are really enjoying the stories and I like the questions and discussion ideas.
March 13, 2017
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Last spring my husband picked up the newly arrived Beautiful Feet homeschooling catalog and began reading it Why he decided to read it I have no idea other than the fact the catalog is about history his favorite subject After reading through the catalog we decided to order the Early American History Primary curriculum for our homeschool to utilize with our child for second to third grade Early American History Primary is authored by homeschooling mother and former teacher Rea Berg Early American History Primary is based on the teachings of British educator Charlotte Mason as described in Susan Schaeffer Macaulay's book "For the Children's Sake" The curriculum covers the time period from Leif the Lucky to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln "Living books" such as "The Courage of Sarah Noble George Washington's Breakfast D'Aulaire's Leif the Lucky Columbus Pocahahontas Benjamin Franklin George Washington Abraham Lincoln and Buffalo Bill" are the backbone of the curriculum Notebooking is incorporated into each lesson so at the end of the year your student will have a hand-made book of what they have studied Overall our family has been very pleased with Early American History Primary In the future we look forward to purchasing additional history curriculum from the Beautiful Feet Company
April 4, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5
I discovered Beautiful Feet publishing quite by accident A friend of mine gave me her copy of "Early American History Primary" as she was no longer using it To say first and foremost I was surprised to see how the instructor's manual was organized in an easy to read format Secondly I was surprised to see how much content was to be covered "Early American History Primary" covers the time period in US history from the exploration of the Vikings to the war between the states with the Civil War "Living books" are the backbone of the curriculum Your child will be introduced to individuals in history such as the Pilgrims Leif the Lucky Benjamin Franklin Pocahontas and Abraham Lincoln Beautiful Feet publishing is an excellant resource for those who are utilizing the Charlotte Mason method of education in their homeschool
May 12, 2009
Rated 5 out of 5
Though using the literature approach to teaching history sounded so good to us I was at a loss as to how to make that happen until I got this guide! Our boys delighted in every book we read Additionally their understanding of the time period and their recollection of what they learned is incredible! I chalk that all up to this guide After using this for one year we have been able to apply how the literature approach is done for other time periods As a new homeschooler the pace was just enough to keep me on track but not so much that I got overwhelmed or felt behind We look forward to using the Beautiful Feet curriculum as our children get older Highly recommended
February 16, 2008

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