George Washington Carver MiniTeaching Unit

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This year for history, my kids have all been using the Beautiful Feet History curriculum and I am completely in love with it. You can read my initial review on it here. Recently, my son has been reading a book of poems by George Washington Carver for his history lesson. So, I wanted to expand on that and give you a little George Washington Carver mini teaching unit. I also want to show you how we have been using our Beautiful Feet curriculum in our homeschool!

The book that inspired this post is called Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson. It is included in the Modern American and World History set by Beautiful Feet for 5th-8th grade students. This has been our favorite year for history yet! You can use this little unit to expand on

Along with this awesome book of poems, our favorites have been The Perilous Road and Across Five Aprils. Both are about boys living during the time of the Civil War.  Also, we found The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas very interesting.

I have been reading the books right along with my son this year because every time he has finished a book he says: “Mom that was so good! You have got to read it!”  I love it when my kids say things like that! I also love reading the books they are reading so we can discuss it after.

Reading literature to study a period of history is my absolute favorite way to learn about it. It makes it so much more personal when you are reading stories of people who lived through it and told their tales. While some of these are fiction, they are based on actual events and journals of those who are real. It is so much better than any text book learning you could ever do!

Get the George Washington Carver Mini Unit

You can download the printable George Washington Carver Mini Teaching Unit in my shop. It includes the poem cards, timeline activity, and peanut brainstorming graphic. Use it as a supplement to your current curriculum or as a springboard for a weeklong focus on Carver’s legacy. You can find it in my shop!

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