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TOS Review: YWAM - George Washington: True Patriot

10/5/2013

 
When the YWAM review came up, I had a choice between Jim Elliot and George Washington.    Both studies interested me a great deal, but I chose George Washington since with the business of the school year, knowing I would be reading it before bed, I wasn't prepared to answer the hard questions that reading Jim Elliot would bring.  :)   As it was, picking George Washington was an excellent choice to read with my eight year old boy.   He was captivated from the get go and asked VERY good questions throughout our reading of the book and unit study.
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Product Information
George Washington: True Patriot  - I received this as an ebook, read on my tablet.  
George Washington: True Patriot Unit Study Curriculum Guide (parts one and two) - these I received in PDF form. 

Vendor:YWAM Publishing
Price: George Washington: True Patriot sells for $6.99 for both the paperback or electronic version.  The George Washington: True Patriot Unit Study Curriculum Guide sells for $7.49. 
Reading age: 10+
Listening to understand read aloud age, I would put at 6+ years.
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 There are 19 chapters in the book.   On the tablet this runs to 146 pages.  The text is of a level for children 10 and up to read fairly well, depending on their reading ability.  My son is 8, I would sometimes need to explain what a word meant if he didn't ask me first.  :)   I read it out loud to him.
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Comes with a very useful two part study guide.   In the first part of the study guide we find an introductory section reminding you the teacher that you know your student best, and that you are to "choose those activities that are best suited to your student".   They provide a large variety of activities. 

The Activities were as follows
1. Key quotes.  These are excellent to use for memorization or copywork.
2. Display Corner - this seemed group oriented.
3. Chapter questions, each chapter had four questions
  • A Vocabulary question—one word from the text (with a reference to which page it could be found).  After defining the word, Fritz had to use it in a sentence of his own.
  • A Factual Question –this was a short “who” or “what” answer
  • A Comprehension Question – these were longer “why” and “how” questions, but the Fritz could infer the answer from the text.
  • An Open-Ended Question – Fritz had to supply his own opinion and give evidence from the text to support it. 
3. Student Explorations.   This covered:
  • Essay Questions.
  • Creative Writing.
  • Hands-on Projects.
  • Audio/Visual Projects.
  • Arts and Crafts.
4. Community Links.  Time to do a field trip.
5. Social Studies.  This area was divided into five categories
  • Places.
  • Terms/Vocabulary.
  • Geographical Characteristics.
  • Timeline.
  • Conceptual Questions.
6. Related themes to Explore.   This area included a diagram to show how this one study could be linked to many different areas of study.    Math, surveying, geography, other areas of history, science and just so much more.  I thought this was a neat section to include. :)
7. Culminating Event.  The authors suggest making a final day for this study, whether that be throwing a tea party or serving food common to the time or even having a period dress up day.  Find some way to finish off the study with a bang.  I could see this working really well with a larger group of students.

An extensive bibliography is provided, as are answers to the chapter questions.

How we Used this unit study.

I used this as a read aloud book.  I read to the lad, he listened and asked good questions.  I would occasionally stop and ask questions.  The chapter questions mentioned above helped with coming up with some harder questions for him.  He paid close attention.  If I failed to read it, he would bring it up.  He only does this for books that he likes me reading to him.  

For the activities we did the chapter question, did some copywork, looked at some maps of early USA history, took a walk imagining what it would be like to be a surveyor.. having to chop down trees, needing to camp out in the woods in all sorts of weather.  It's good to spur on a lad's imagination.   After taking that walk, you could really see this book coming out in his play.  
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Would I recommend the YWAM unit studies?
Indeed I would.   Excellent well written materials.
I have to admit, that the learning can be done without the learning guides.  BUT the learning guides add DEPTH to the study.   Going for a walk and talking about surveying... I would not have thought about doing that... or seeing how it captured my lad's interest.  :)   I very much appreciated that.  :)   
You can click to read more reviews from the Schoolhouse Review Crew or click on the image below.   Either will take you to a place where you can read some fantastic views on what others thought of the YWAM materials.  :)
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