Artful Archives Reading Schedule
Week 25 complete ch. 35 by April 2
Week 26 complete ch. 36 by April 9
Week 27 complete ch. 38 by April 16
Week 28 complete ch. 40 by April 23
Week 29 complete ch. 42 by April 30
Week 30 End of Year Celebration! May 7
What You Will Need for 24/25
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Required Books
Story of the World Volume 4: The Modern World beginning with the revolt against British in Victorian-ruled India (1850s) and ending with the Persian Gulf War (1990s).
Science Notebook: Students will need a notebook to record science activities and findings throughout the year. This notebook with blank and lined pages is perfect for drawing and writing.
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Recommended Books
Portfolio Option 1: 9x12 Art Slip-in binder to easily slide in narrations and fine art.
Portfolio option 2: 9x12 Mix Media Spiral bound Art book for scrapbooking art.
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Additional Helpful Resources
Story of the World Volume 4 Student Activity Guide. This book provides maps and coloring pages that children can use to further enhance their understanding of world events.
Artful Archives meets at Grace Community Church:
2346 Floral Avenue in Chico
Campus Day
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Fine Art
Fine Art will introduce students to different art forms, such as painting, drawing, and mixed media. The children will explore famous artists and their techniques and will create their own artwork inspired by historical events and artistic styles. Art history lessons and discussions will deepen students’ understanding of the cultural context of the time period.
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Science
Students will participate in interactive experiments and demonstrations related to scientific discoveries and inventions from the chosen time frame. They will explore scientific concepts and principles and integrate how scientific advancements shaped the world during that period.
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Handicrafts
Students will be introduced to various traditional handicraft techniques related to the chosen time frame. This hour will encourage creativity and critical thinking through designing and executing unique handicraft pieces.
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Logic & Games
The games hour is designed to develop logic and strategic thinking and will solidify concepts revolving around specific events in history. Basic economics will be explored and will involve concepts of supply and demand, production, trade, and entrepreneurship. Finally, games hour will give students an opportunity to learn about working as a team, thinking outside the box, being honest, waiting your turn, sportsmanship, patience, and following rules.
At Home
Each week parents will either read aloud or have the child read the assigned chapter in the Story of the World text. Children are encouraged to narrate what they have learned and bring their written or transcribed narrations to campus with them. Copying maps from the book is also encouraged, as these pieces will be compiled with their fine art pieces into a portfolio that we call an Artful Archive.
What is Narration?
Below is an excerpt from the Story of the World text. Read it for yourself and watch the video to see how simple the narration process can be!
“Imagine that you’re a world traveler in the year 1600. You’ve spent the last 20 years journeying around the world. You’ve slept in Arabian tents, European palaces, and Native American longhouses. You’ve eaten fermented fish sauce in Rome, calf’s intestine pudding in England, sugar-coated beets in Wittenberg, and gilded boar’s head in France. You only have two teeth left (the rest fell out because of scurvy and the sugared beets), and on your last journey to Iceland, you lost three toes to frostbite. You’ve been bitten by a camel in Asia, a cobra in India, and a water moccasin in North America. In your travels around the world, you’ve seen two flags—one with a red cross on a white background, and the other bearing a two-headed eagle—all over the world. ”