Our Adventures in England Read, Paint, Cook Unit Study is here!
It’s part of our Great Britain Series and includes 2 weeks filled with fun adventures in the city and the country with poetry, and artist spotlights from the city and the country, as well as the past and current! Shakespeare, Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Morris are but a few of the classics you can learn more about, plus art appreciation from a range of art movements! Created for kids 3 to 13 and beyond, with something for everyone to enjoy!
The lessons have been written to pair alongside our Wind in the Willows Art + Baking Novel Study Guide, which includes 12 amazing recipes, art projects, language arts connections, coloring pages, additional book lists and more! This study is being released one week after our Adventures in England, so come back to the shop to check it out. At that time, the units will also be available for purchase as a bundle of the two!
What’s Included?
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112 Page PDF, Digital Download
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Teacher Plans - includes the Build Your Masterpiece Class Teacher Guide, supply lists, book lists, kitchen list, and weekly rhythms, plus all lessons, art projects/tutorials, art appreciation and recipes for the 2 weeks of the study. Print this out only once!
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Student Notebook - includes coloring pages, worksheets, art project templates. Print this out as needed!
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Week 1: Great Britain’s Map, England’s Map, England’s Flag and History with spotlight on Saint George. Britain’s Flag - this lesson will continue into Scotland, and Wales. City Feature: London through Art with worksheets, coloring pages, and art projects. (Big Ben Pointillism Painting - to continue the series from our Eiffel Tower Study in France Week 1) Poetry feature: William Shakespeare, with lesson plan, original coloring page, and book list, plus bonus Stonehenge lesson, and two recipes; Clotted Cream and English Scones for an English Poetry Tea Party!
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Week 2: Focused Theme: English Countryside, Tudor Rose and history, art projects, art appreciation, artist spotlight: Contemporary Artist Yvonne Coomber, and inspired art projects with worksheet, as well as a poetry feature: Christina Rossetti, and her poems “Summer” and “Color” to continue our countryside theme, with an additional art project: English Rose Styrofoam Prints, which links back to the Tudor Rose, as well as Art Appreciation and Feature of British Artist Edward Burne-Jones and his Briar Rose Series of paintings. A bonus lesson about the Titanic, plus 4 recipes: Vanilla Shortbread, Bubble & Squeak plus Traditional English Roast Chicken and Leftover Chicken Salad Sandwich. The Roast chicken meal provides the leftovers for Bubble & Squeak, and the Chicken Salad, and providing you and your family with recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert for the week.
My hope is that our World Adventures spark a desire to learn about your own family history, the world, art movements and bring a love for travel in our hearts, all from the comfort of your homeschool.
~Alexandra