BiblioPlans

Cool History for

Littles
Early Modern
History
U.S. and World History from 1600 - 1850




Questions and Activities
for a 34-Week Study of Early Modern History

2014 BiblioPlan for Families Grades K-2



COOLHISTORYFORLITTLES
BiblioPlanYear3,Week1:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

READINGSUGGESTIONSFORLITTLES:
WhatHasGoneBefore(parentalchoice),KingCharlesIofSpain,TheCrossofBurgundy,ChristopherColumbusandhisFirstVoyage,The
TreatyofTordesillas,ColumbusSecondVoyage,EarlySpanishConquistadors(parentalchoice),Maquahuitl,SmallpoxEpidemicsinthe
NewWorld,LaterSpanishExplorersVasquezdeCoronado,Pueblos,Heishi,HorsesinNorthAmerica,TheColumbianExchange,
BartolomedelasCasas,SpanishGalleons,WorldGeographyFocus

QUESTIONSFROMTHEREADINGS
1. HowmanylargeterritoriesdidCharlesHabsburginheritfromhisancestors?
2. NamethethreeshipsthatsailedwithColumbusonhisfirstvoyagetotheNewWorld.
3. HowmanyshipssailedwithColumbusonhissecondvoyage?
4. WhatcountrydidPedroAlvaresCabraldiscoverandclaimforPortugal?
5. TRUEORFALSE:ThecityFatherMarcosdescribedtoCoronadowasmadeofgold.
6. NamethetypeofbricksthePueblopeopleusedtobuildtheirhomes.
7. NamethetypeofartthePueblopeoplecarvedintothesurfaceofarock.
8. WhatdidthePueblopeoplecallthehandmadebeadstheyfashionedfromshells?
9. WhatdidthenativesoftheNorthAmericansouthwestcallhorsesthefirsttimetheysawthem?Why?
10. ListsomeofthecropsandanimalsthatcametotheNewWorldfromtheOldWorldthroughtheColumbian
Exchange.

COLORINGPAGE:IsabelleandFerdinand
GIANTS/MISSIONARIES:BartolomedelasCasas

COOLHANDSONACTIVITY:MakeaPetroglyphoutofaStyrofoam
container,anailandsomepaint.Usethenailtocarveasimpleanimal,
plant,buildingorwhateverdesignyoulikeinStyrofoam.Tomakeyour
carvingstandout,painttheStyrofoamaroundthedesign,butnotthe
designitself.

GLOBEFUN

Spendsometimeexaminingaglobe.

1. Pointoutthecontinentsandtheoceans.Explainthatlandcoversonly
about30%(threetenths)oftheearthssurface,whilewatercovers
about70%(seventenths).
2. PointoutandidentifyallSevenContinents.
3. PointoutandidentifyallFiveOceans.
4. Pointouttheequator.Explainthattheequatorisanimaginaryline
thatdividestheearthintotwohemispheres,orhalfglobes:the
NorthernHemisphereandtheSouthernHemisphere.

COOLHISTORYFORLITTLES
BiblioPlanYear3,Week2:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

READINGSUGGESTIONSFORLITTLES:
NativesoftheNewWorld,ClovisPointsandFolsomPoints,NorthAmericanBurialMounds,Wickiups,WigwamsandWetus,Blowguns,
GeographicRegionsofNorthAmerica,ScotlandsClanSystem,Mary,QueenofScots,JohnKnox,TheLowCountries,KingPhilipIIof
Spain,HowWilliamtheSilentGotHisNickname,TheBeggarsPouch,Tulipomania,Rembrandt,Hagelslag,Koekhappen

QUESTIONSFROMTHEREADINGS
1. WhydidChristopherColumbuscallthenativesoftheNewWorldIndians?Listtwobetternamesthatwe
canuseinstead.
2. TheancientnativesofAmericadesignedtheClovispointtokillwhatkindofgame?
3. Describewigwams.Howweretheyshaped?
4. TRUEORFALSE:JohnKnoxwasaRomanCatholicpriestbeforehebecameaProtestantminister.
5. WhydidQueenElizabethrefusetoletJohnKnoxtravelthroughEngland?
6. WhatkindofmachinesoftendrivethepumpsthatthepeopleoftheLowCountriesusetokeeptheirlow
lyinglanddry?
7. WhatthreecommonitemsdidtheBeggarschoosetosymbolizetheirDutchRevolt?
8. Fromwhatpartoftheworlddidtulipsoriginallycome?
9. WhatistheobjectofthegameofKoekhappen?
10. NamethegreatestpainteroftheDutchGoldenAge.

COLORINGPAGE:DutchTulips
GIANTS/MISSIONARIES:JohnKnox

COOLHANDSONACTIVITY:MakeDutchHagelslag,a.k.a.chocolate
bread.Beginwithathicksliceofbread.Spreadaheavylayerofbutter
ormargarineontop,andthencoverthewholeslicewithchocolate
sprinkles.Meltitinthemicrowaveforabout8secondsandenjoy!
BusinessmenintheNetherlandsconsiderthisaperfectlynormallunch.

GLOBEFUN

1. ReviewtheSevenContinentsandtheFiveOceansontheglobe.See
howmanyyoucannamewithouthelp!
2. PointouttheeightgeographicregionsofNorthAmerica,describing
theuniqueaspectsofeach.
3. PointoutthelargeislandsofGreatBritainandIreland.Alsoname
someofthebodiesofwaterthatsurroundtheBritishIsles.
4. PointoutthecountriesofEngland,Scotland,SpainandFrance.
5. PointoutthethreenationsthatmakeupthemoderndayLow
Countries:theNetherlands,BelgiumandLuxembourg.

COOLHISTORYFORLITTLES
BiblioPlanYear3,Week3:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

READINGSUGGESTIONSFORLITTLES:
KingJamesVIofScotland,ProxyWeddings,TheGunpowderPlot,GuyFawkesNight,SirFrancisBacon,TheKingJamesBible,The
ChesapeakeBayRegion,RefreshingRemindersFromYearTwo,TheCharterOfVirginia(1606)andtheVirginiaCompanies,Captain
ChristopherNewport,LifeAboardSusanConstant,GodspeedandDiscovery,AlgonquianPeoples,AnAlgonquianCreationMyth,
Jamestown,JamesFort,CaptainJohnSmith,Virginia

QUESTIONSFROMTHEREADINGS
1. HowmanylanguagesdidthefutureKingJamesVIofScotlandlearntoread,writeandspeakasaboy?
2. FILLINTHEBLANK:Proxyisanotherwordfor__________________.
3. WheredidtheGunpowderPlotconspiratorshidetheirbarrelsofgunpowder?
4. HowmanyscholarsworkedtogethertotranslatetheKingJamesBible?
5. TheonearmedCaptainChristopherNewportmayhavebeenthemodelforwhatfictionalpirate?
6. Dothemath.HowmanytotalcolonistsandcrewmenwereaboardSusanConstant,GodspeedandDiscovery,
thethreeshipsthatfirstsailedtoJamestown?
7. FILLINTHEBLANK:TheAlgonquianswereawaterlovingpeoplewhousedcreeksandriversas__________.
8. Whatisapalisadefort?
9. HowoldwasChiefPowhatanwhenthefirstEnglishmenreachedVirginiain1607?
10. NametheNativeAmericanprincesswhosavedJohnSmithslifejustwhenPowhatansmenraisedtheir
clubstokillhim.

COLORINGPAGE:KingJamesBible;Powhatan
U.S.STATES:Virginia

COOLHANDSONACTIVITY:BuildaminiatureJamesFortwith
palisadewallsmadeofpretzelsticksorpopsiclesticksandglue.

GLOBEFUN

WorldGeography:
1. PointoutandidentifyEnglandandScotland.
2. PointoutandidentifytheWestIndies.

U.S.Geography:
1. LocatetheChesapeakeBayandVirginiaonboththe
globeandaU.S.map.
2. ThecapitalofVirginiaisRichmond.Drawastaronthe
mapatrighttomarkRichmondslocation.
3. Pointoutandidentifythestatesandbodiesofwater
thatborderVirginia:Maryland,WestVirginia,Kentucky,
Tennessee,NorthCarolinaandtheAtlanticOcean.