Welcome to our link buffet for CC Cycle 1 Week 14! All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 1 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 1 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. Don’t forget to check them out (especially math, science, and history!). You will not find memory work verbiage in my links lists or in my documents.
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Cycle 1 with the Great Commission in Mind
After designing curriculum plans for over a decade, we developed a Christian Classical Curriculum called Mission: Great Commission that integrates the study of the world and the ongoing fulfillment of the Great Commission, with a focus on loving God, His Word, and fellow mankind. For an open-and-go reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 1 – along with an integrated study of world missions, world empires & geography, fine arts, and science, check out our Mission: World Wonders Curriculum Plan.
For a simple plan on how to use these resources, download our Cycle 1 First Quarter Sample Activity Plan.
The Link Buffet: Extension Activities
Pick and choose what you wish to do!
Although we make this available to our readers, our family spent more time reading and working on core skills during the elementary-school years, keeping our schedule open for playing board games together; or researching something that our children were interested in; or pursuing poetry, art, or music; or doing a random science investigation or nature study. We used our resource lists as resource lists – that is, when we wished to quickly find a resource I’d come across in the past, we referenced this list. I call it the “Link Buffet.” This is simply meant to be a reference site.
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The Link Buffet – CC Cycle 1 Week 14 Resources
Picture Books
Too Much Talk: A West African Folktale. Medearis. {History + Geography}
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale. Aardema.{History + Geography}
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti. McDermott. {History + Geography}
Ancient Africa (Chester Comix with Content). Boyd.{History + Geography}
Mary Slessor: Courage in Africa. Meloche.{History}
National Geographic Kids: Everything Rocks and Minerals. Tomecek. {Science}
For descriptions of the above books visit this post
Read Alouds
David Livingstone: Africa’s Trailblazer (Christian Heroes: Then & Now). Benge.
A Long Walk to Water. Part of our Mission: World Wonders study.
Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar. Part of our Mission: World Wonders study.
Charles Mulli: We Are Family. Part of our Mission: World Wonders study.
CC Cycle 1 Booklist
For descriptions of the above books visit this post
General world history
Torchlighters Study Guides
Ancient History
Story of the World Activities
Discussion points and Tapestry of Grace Correlation
Ancient History Videos
World History on Khan Academy
World History Lesson Plans Powerpoints and Games
Ancient Civilizations Lesson Ideas
Dynamic2Moms’ Ancient Civilizations lap books
The Ancient Eras Timeline
History -Trade in Africa
Ancient Africa Trade Routes
Story of the World Timeline Notebook Figures
West African Kingdoms
The Songhai Video (5 minutes)
Timbuktu Lesson
Western Africa Hands-on Activities & Ideas (Lots of great ones!)
Lost Kingdoms of Africa: Zimbabwe (BBC Video – 51 minutes)
Zimbabwe Student Info Sheet
Craft – Homemade Mbira (thumb piano) for Children
3 Read-Aloud Stories of God’s Providences In History (Breaking the Bars of Iron and Gates of Brass in the Interior of Sudan (c. AD 1899))
Geography – Ancient Africa
Ancient Africa History Study Packet
Web version of above
Ancient Ghana Mini-Lesson
Kente Cloth Simple (Ghana) Art Project
Mansa Musa and Ancient Mali
Draw Africa
Africa Countries & Capitals Flashcards
Geography – General
Continental Blob Maps
Map Tracing: A Geography Plan with Printable Atlas
Learn to draw the world freehand ($)
Draw the World Freehand using Chalk Pastels (Monthly Membership) $
Science – Rock Types
3 Types of Rocks: Differences & Examples of Each
Rocks and Minerals Experiments!
Free Rocks and Minerals Packet
Brain Pop: Types of Rocks
Rock Cycle Animations
Rock Identification Tables
Cooking Up the Rock Cycle
Crayon Rocks
Metamorphic Rock Activities
Sedimentary Rock Activities
Igneous Rock Activities
Edible Rock Cookies
Crystal Fudge: Intrusive vs. Extrusive Igneous Rocks
Choose Your Own Adventure Rock Cycle
Geology Calendar Connections
Rock Pyramid Diorama
Rock Cycle Lab with CHOCOLATE
Rock Cycle Reading Comprehension
Rock Unit Study from Homeschoolshare
Ride the Rock Cycle Game – Stations/ Dice/ Comic Strip – Cool!
Studying Rocks the Charlotte Mason Way
Rock Projects and Ideas
Discipleship with Stones and Rocks
Hands-on Activities and Recipes for Geology
Rock Unit Study (Contains rock recipes!)
Backyard Rock Classification
Types of Rocks on NeoK12
Linear Equivalents
Customary Units of Length Worksheet
StudyJams Customary Units of Length
Which unit of measure
Sizing Up Samson File Folder Game
English Grammar – Helping Verbs
Choose a helping verb activity
Latin – Noun Declensions
Latin Noun Declension File Folder Games | Notebook Printables and Story Cues
Colorful charts on noun declensions and verb conjugations by Classical Academic Press
Latin Interactive Cut-and Paste Worksheets for declensions and conjugations by Classical Academic Press
Other Latin Resources
Timeline
Timeline notebook
Timeline Thumbnails (Way to memorize timeline + free printable)
Our Timeline Wall: What the CC timeline looks like and what we learned
Studying History through the Ages with a Timeline
More Timeline Resources
Fine Arts – Famous Artists
Cycle 1 Great Artists Lessons & Activities
Step-by-Step Ghiberti Art Project
Cycle 1 Great Artist Coloring Pages/Line Drawings
Cycle 1 Great Artist Notebooking Pages
Bible – Exodus 20
Hand Motion Video
Other
Click here for our Cycle 1 Resources by subject
Feel free to share any resources you’ve found by commenting or emailing me!