6 Unit Study Themes for a Year

     One of the ways I've approached homeschooling is aiming for weekly themes, so that we can focus our studies on one major concept per week.  I have come up with many ways to do this, and by using several different subjects.  I am currently switching off amongst these unit studies and I allow my daughter to pick out what she would like to learn about.  I figured after all my research, it would be nice to share the unit studies I've organized.  Feel free to use them and fine tune them to fit your family preferences.  All of these subjects can easily be researched online and through your local library.  My favorite search engines are Google and Youtube.  Let me know how it goes and if you need any help.    

    *Based on 36 weeks of lesson plans.

     LETTER & NUMBERS:

    Weeks 1-26: A - Z

    Weeks 27-36: 1-10

      

     ANIMALS :

     September - Farm Animals

           1.     Pigs

           2.     Cows

           3.     Chickens

           4.     Sheep

     October - Nocturnal

           5.     Owls

           6.     Mice

           7.     Bats

           8.     Spiders

     November - Insects

           9.     Ladybugs

          10.  Ants

          11.  Bees

          12.  Butterflies

     December - Reptiles

          13.  Lizards

          14.  Snakes

          15.  Turtles

          16.  Alligators

    January - Mammals

          17.  Bears

          18.  Elephants

          19.  Tigers

          20.  Gorillas

     February - Birds

     21.  Parrots

     22.  Flamingos

     23.  Penguins

     24.  Peacocks

     March - Domestic Pets

     25.  Cats

     26.  Dogs

     27.  Rabbits

     28.  Goldfish

     April - Dinosaurs

     29.  Triceratops

           30.  Brontosaurus

           31.  Pterodactyl

           32.  Tyrannosaurus Rex

     May - Ocean Life

           33.  Dolphins

           34.  Whales

           35.  Seals

           36.  Starfish

     CLASSIC FAIRY TALES:

     September

           1.     The Three Little Pigs

           2.     Jack and the Beanstalk

           3.     Chicken Little

           4.     Tortoise and the Hare

     October

           5.     Three Billy Goats Gruff

           6.     The Boy Who Cried Wolf

           7.     Goldilocks

           8.     Hansel and Gretel

     November

           9.     Cinderella

          10.  Beauty and the Beast

          11.  The Nightingale

          12.  Alice in Wonderland

     December

           13.  Snow White

           14.  Peter Pan

           15.  Snow Queen

           16.  Gingerbread Man

     January

           17.  Peter and the Wolf

           18.  Sleeping Beauty

           19.  Pinocchio

           20.  Puss in Boots

     February

           21.  Rapunzel

           22.  Aladdin

           23.  The Twelve Dancing Princesses

           24.  The Little Mermaid

     March

           25.  Frog Prince

           26.  Princess and the Pea

           27.  Rip Van Winkle

           28.  The Little Red Hen

     April

           29.  Little Red Riding Hood

           30.  Rumpelstiltskin

           31.  Thumbelina

           32.  The Ugly Duckling

     May

           33.  Emperor’s New Clothes

           34.  The Pied Piper of Hamelin

           35.  The Sorcerors Apprentice

           36.  The Elves and the Shoemaker

     TIME PERIODS IN AMERICAN HISTORY:

     September

Colonial America (1492-1763) - How America began.

     October

Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) - The American Revolution. 

     November

New Nation (1790-1828) - Establishing the government--the Federalists and the Republicans become first political parties.

     December

            Western Expansion & Reform (1829-1859) - Presidents aim to expand the borders of America westward.

     January

            Civil War (1860-1865) - Southern states set up an independent government--the Confederate States of America; outbreak of the Civil War.

     February

            Reconstruction (1866-1877) - North defeated the South in the Civil War; work to unite the country again.

     March

            Gilded Age (1878-1889) - Industrial work and a wave of immigrants marked this period in American history.

     April

            Great War & Jazz Age (1914-1928) - Foreign affairs and musical rebellion.

     May

           Depression & World War II (1929-1945) - Stock market crash leads into the Great Depression.     World War II leads to the introduction of the atomic bomb.


      FAMOUS ARTISTS:

     1. Alexander Calder
     2. Leonardo DaVinci
     3. Mary Cassat
     4. Edgar Degas
     5. Jacob Lawrence
     6. Paul Gauguin
     7. Winslow Homer
     8. Katsushika Hokusai
     9. Paul Klee
     10. Michelango
     11. Georgia O'Keefe
     12. Piet Mondrian
     13. Georges Seurat
     14. Pablo Picasso
     15. Andy Warhol
     16. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
     17. Grant Wood
     18. Faith Ringgold
     19. Henri Matisse
     20. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
     21. Jackson Pollock
     22. Wassily Kandinsky
     23. Frederic Remington
     24. Marc Chagall
     25. M.C. Escher
     26. Norman Rockwell
     27. Edward Hopper
     28. Paul Cezanne
     29. Joan Miro
     30. Henri Rousseau
     31. Rosa Bonheur
     32. Claude Monet
     33. Frida Kahlo
     34. Edvard Munch
     35. Rembrandt Van Rijn
     36. Vincent Van Gogh


     SCIENCE:

Here is a link that can be broken down into doing one science experiment per week:
46 Fun Science Experiments for Kids