Today's Lesson: Virginia Lapbook

I don't know how the weather is where you live, but today we are having an epic rain, wind and thunderstorm, which is good because we need the rain!  Usually on stormy or snowy day we gather around the fireplace to a read a book, but I thought I'd change things up a bit.  Our lesson on Thomas Jefferson has lasted us all week long due to extenuating circumstances.  We are coming to the end and I thought it would be a great day to make a lapbook on Virginia, home of Jefferson and many others that we have been or will be studying such as Patrick Henry and George Washington.

Here is a list of the materials we will be using and where to get them:

Capitol Classroom:
This site has quite a few different activity books available for free download.  Most deal with Virginia's legislative process but also have some fun state activities as well. Please note page numbers are the book page numbers and will show up differently in PDF.
Your Key to the Virginia General Assembly -  we will be using pages 1, 2, 12-17
The Virginia General Assembly - we will be using pages 2, 20
Virginia House of Delegates Coloring Book - 2-10, omitting some of the content that we are not studying.
Virginia House of Delegates Activity Book -  6-11, omitting some of the content that we are not studying.

Education.com
We used this outlining sheet which we are going to cut up and use for our cover.

-Have Fun Learning!

Today's Lesson: Patrick Henry

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.-
Patrick Henry 

Patrick Henry is another historical figure that I will be including in our American Revolution unit.  He was a Lawyer, famous for being a great orator and will be forever remembered for this famous quote (coloring sheet).  Which is quite the contradiction considering he was a slave owner. (Most founding fathers were, but there are a few who never owned slaves including John Adams, Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, which we have already covered.)
Here is a quick warm-up sheet with part of the famous speech  that kids can edit.  This biography is written for kids and also includes links for his famous speeches, more coloring sheets and discussion questions (lower left hand side of website).  Looking for a reason to use a dictionary?  This lesson plan includes vocabulary words, along with multiple choice and true or false questions.  Then watch Liberty's Kids featuring Patrick Henry "Liberty or Death" (episode 4) Have fun learning!