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Ancient History: Adam to MessiahCreating a PortfolioA Portfolio is simply a three-ring notebook that is used to store the student’s work for each unit,including writing assignments, artwork, small collections, letters, photos, brochures, maps, etc.To set up your Portfolio you will need: a three-ring notebook with a clear-plastic pocket cover, avariety of paper, cardstock, top-loading sheet protectors (for photos, brochures, maps, etc.), anda three-hole punch.Scrapbooking to LearnCombine scrapbooking techniques with Charlotte Mason's copy methods for a great displayor addition to your unit study portfolio. Some students thrive on creativity; for them, we suggestscrapbook supplies (memory albums, stickers, die cuts, paper, cardstock, scissors, pens,punches, templates, rulers, idea books, etc.). Students can decorate papers with illustrations,stickers, frames, etc. There are thousands of scrapbook ideas on the Internet; you can find themby simply typing “scrapbook” into any Search Engine. Scrapbooking is incredibly rewarding,Students show enthusiasm about almost any subject if there are able to scrapbook. See thelast page of this book for more on “scrapbooking to learn” and patterns for paper people. Seeour gallery for students samples or and ScrapbooktoLearn.com for downloadable clipart.CoverStudents can create a cover by drawing on paper with markers or crayons, making a collage,using pictures from the Internet, or enlarging a color photo at a local copy center. Studentscan then slide the finished product into the pocket covering their notebook. If your studentexperiences a block in creating a cover design, leave the cover blank until he or she feelsinspired.DivisionStudents can use index dividers or colored paper dividers, and make a title page for eachunit: Adam to Abraham; Ancient Mesopotamia; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Israel; AncientGreece; Ancient Rome; and The Messiah. If you prefer, you can make an entire notebook foreach time period.ContentsYour students will include essays, reports, stories, poems, songs, Bible verses, journalentries, book reviews, dictation lessons, photographs of projects, computer-produced graphics,memorabilia, recipes, maps, Internet printouts, illustrations, etc. Your students shoulddemonstrate correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary usage in all writing, andcomplete all corrections, rewrites, and improvements. They can store oversized artwork easilyby folding poster board in half, stapling the sides perpendicular to the fold (which has nowbecome the bottom), and slipping artwork in the top.18 http://Homeschool-Books.com
Part I: How to Use This BookCreating a Time Line BookIn her writings, Charlotte Mason recommended preparing a handmade Time Line Book (originallycalled a Museum Sketch Book; sometimes called a Book of the Centuries). This activityis based upon one of the major keys to motivation: the active involvement of students in theirown learning. Students learn by doing, making, writing, designing, creating, and solving.Creating this Time Line Book is a marvelous way for students to not only be actively involvedbut to “pull it all together” and grasp the flow of biblical and historical events.In a short period of time, students can complete an illustrated time line page that tells astory, resulting in immediate feedback that is satisfying and rewarding. Then, as your studentslearn historical facts, they will make notes and sketches in their book, on the appropriatedated page, about famous people, important events, inventions, wars, etc. (Work thatincludes undated information about a time period, such as daily life, education, etc., fits betterinto the Portfolio, but you can combine the two books if you wish.)To get started, you can purchase a blank Book of the Centuries published by Small VenturesPress, or make your own with the instructions below.To Set Up Your Time Line BookYou will need: a three-ring notebookwith a clear-plastic pocket cover, blank8.5” x 11” pages, smaller lined pages(8.5” x 11” cut down to 8.5” x 9”), and athree-hole punch. An option is to choosea color for the pages of each unit (peachfor Mesopotamia, pink for Rome, bluefor Israel, etc.).DatesImage areaDatesDecide upon the units of time you willuse (decades, centuries, etc.) to divideyour time line into segments. A timeline documenting the period from Adamto the Messiah will begin with Creation(before 2000 B.C.) and end with the resurrectionof Christ (c. A.D. 30). (Thenice thing about the notebook styletimeline is that it's cumulative; everyyear's study can be added in. You cancontinue this time line as you studylater periods by adding pages.) As youstudy each period, there will be timesNotes, outlines, etc. (typed orhandwritten).The notes can be pasted on the samepage as the images or added as a shortersheet of lined paper.Heart of Wisdom Publishing 19
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