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Unit Studies
What About Unit Studies?
Dr. Seuss
Coca Cola Unit Study (In Texas, never ask for a sada, people will know you moved here.  Even if you want a Dr. Pepper, it's called a  Coke in Texas)
Treasure Island unit site  This site has the entire unit plus links. Some of the links are obsolete though.
PIRATES UNIT STUDY site has lots of good info plus a game to play. ~Judy
Easy Fun School: Unit Study on St. Valentine's Day   This is in PDF, so have a folder  ready to put it in. Great unit study for Valentine's Day by Kathy Martinez. It's 30 pages in length and has an explanation of a unit  study along with web resources, books with ISBM or information where they can be found to purchase, a bibliography, activity ideas, cooking and snack recipes and instructions, craft ideas and instructions, worksheets, and field trip ideas.

 
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ

A

Ancient Africa Unit  
American Heros (Grade 5) (Peg's) American History Unit, The Colonies
(What Was the) American Revolution (Grades k-3) Our American Revolution Unit (a homeschooler's account)
 American Revolution (Grade 4) The American Revolution (Grade 5)
American Revolution Anne of Green Gables (collection of links)
  Automobile-the Henry Ford Musuem
Anne Frank West Virginian Appalachian Culture
Apple Unit Resources Arthurian Legends Units
Asian Cultural Traditions Asian Indian Immigration Unit
Aspiring Aviators Unit (K-3) Automobile Unit (Pop Culture)
Aviation Education Aztecs, Incas and Mayas Unit
B  
Bats, Creatures of the Night (Second Grade)  A Bear Called Paddington
Bears (Grades 2,3) (All About) Bears
Birds Black History Month Unit Resources
C  
Camping Unit (Kindergarten) Canada Unit
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George (Literature Unit) Civil War Unit (Upper Elem.)
Castles (Kindergarten) Cats Coloring Pages
  Cells and Systems
Chinese Inventions Childhood in Colonial America (4th Grade)
Ancient China Unit (Investigating) China Unit
(Searching for) China Unit China (Fourth Grade)
Chinese Folk Tales (Grades 3-4) Chinese New Year Unit
Chocolate Unit Christmas Unit
(All About Jesus) Christmas Unit Christopher Columbus 5 Day Unit (Kindergarten)
Christopher Columbus (Third Grade) Cinco de Mayo (Grades 3-4)
Circus Unit Cities Unit (six units)
Civil War, A Divided State Civil War, Points of View
 Civil War (Grade 4) Civil War (Grade 5)
Civil War Unit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Grades K-3)
The Thirteen Colonies (Primary Grades) Colonial America (Primary Grades)
Colonial America, 1600-1776 Colonial America Thematic Unit (Grades 4 and 5)
Colonial Life (Third Grade) Colonial Living (Remedial 4th and 5th Grade)
Colonists in the New World (5th Grade) (Creating a) Colony in the New World
Colorado (Third Grade) (The Voyage of) Columbus (High School)
(The Birth of the) Constitution (Grades 4-8) Constitutional Tradition (High School)
Captain James Cook Costa Rica Unit
Cowboy Unit  
D  
Deserts (A Funschooling Unit) Deserts (and Oceans) Unit
Deserts (a Webquest Unit) Dinosaurs (Kindergarten)
Dinosaurs (Primary) Disasters Unit
Drummer Boy of Shiloh (Literature Unit on the Civil War)  
E  
Ecosystem Unit Egg Fun
Ancient Egypt Unit Ancient Egypt Unit
Ancient Egypt (Into the Tomb) Egypt (Sixth Grade)
(Mrs. Donn's) Egyptian Tombs Unit (unique, creative, check it out)  Elections
It's Electric Electrical Safety Unit
Ellis Island Immigration (Junior High) Emergency Preparedness (Funschooling Unit)
Endangered North American Birds (Third Grade) England (Fourth Grade)
(Investigating) England Erosion Mini-Unit (a homeschooler's account)
The Age of Exploration (Primary Grades) Exploration (Intermediate Grades)
F  
 Farm Unit Study Farm Unit Study
Federal Holidays Unit Feudalism Mini-Unit
Flight (Funschooling Unit) Flight: Spread Your Wings (Eighth Grade)
Florida (Fourth Grade) Force and Motion (Third Grade)
(Investigating) France Unit Anne Frank Unit
Frogs (Second Grade) Frontier Life
G  
Galileo (High School) Gardening Unit
Geology Rocks I (Fourth Grade) Geology Rocks II (Fourth Grade)
Geography Unit (Mr. Donn's) Ancient Greece Unit
(Mr. Donn's) Ancient Greek Olympics Mini-Unit  
H  
Hawaii (Fourth Grade) The Heart, an Online Exploration
Hill of Fire (Grades K-3) Hispanic Cultures (Fifth Grade)
History of the Age of Imperialism (7-12th Grade)
You will need separate teacher's guide to use as a unit study
Holocaust Unit
Holocaust Unit Holocaust and Resistance (High School)
Homes Near and Far Hoover Dam Learning Packet
Horses Unit Study Human Anatomy Lessons
The Human Body Humor
I  
Iditarod Curriculum Unit (Asian) Indian Immigration
Ancient India Unit India (Second Grade)
Industrial Revolution Inventions and Inventors
(Let's Go Surfin) Inventions (Exploring) Ireland (4-8th Grade)
Ireland, The Emerald Island (Third Grade)  Island of the Blue Dolphins
(Investigating) Israel Unit (Investigating) Italy Unit
Inventions and Inventors Unit  
J  
Japan Project (requires Adobe Acrobat software to dowload) Japan Unit
Japan Unit (K-3) Japan Unit (Funschooling)
(Eating in) Japan Unit (K-1st Grade) Johnny Appleseed (Third Grade)
 Johnny Tremain (Literature Unit)  
K  
Katy and the Big Snow (Grades K-3) (All About) Kenya (Second Grade)
Kings, Queens and Castles  
L  
Lake Michigan (Kindergarten) Leafy Green Lesson Plans (can send for free material)
(Falling) Leaves Lewis and Clark Unit
Life Cycle - From Egg to Chicken (Second Grade) Life Cycles (Second Grade)
Light and Optics Unit 1 (Primary Ages) Light and Optics Unit 2 (Primary Ages)
Abraham Lincoln Unit (Primary ages) Links and Chains Unit (7th Grade)
Little House in the Big Woods Activities  
M  
Macbeth (High School) Make Way for Ducklings, Literature Unit (Grades 1-3)
Mammals (Grades 2, 3) (What is a ) Map? (Kindergarten)
Matter and It's Changes Matter Matters (Primary Grades)
Matter, Property of Medieval Times (Grades 4-6)
Ancient Mesopotamia Unit (7th Grade) (Mr. Donn's) Ancient Mesopotamia Unit
(Investigating) Mexico Unit Mexico (Third Grade)
Mice are Nice (First Grade) Mr. Donn'a Colonial Mexico
Middle Ages (Third Grade) Middle Ages
Miss Rumphius (Grades K-3) The Mitten (Grades K-3)
Money Curriculum Unit Moon Colony Unit
Mother Goose (Preschool) Mulan
Music Curriculum (7-12 Grade)  
N  
Names of Jesus (Funschooling Unit) Native Americans (First Grade)
Native American Mini-Unit (2nd Grade) Native Americans (2-4th Grade)
Native Americans (Primary Grades) Native Americans
Natural Disasters Unit (4-6th Grade) A New Coat for Anna (Grades K-3)
Newspaper Unit Novel Study (Grade 10)
Nutrition Unit - The Food Zone (Grades 8-12) Nutrition Expedition (Middle School-Junior High)
O  
Oceans (and Deserts) Unit The Old Man and the Sea (Grades 6-11)
(Investigating) Olympics  The Outsiders (Literature Unit Study)
P  
Pets (First Grade) (Tomb of the) Pharoahs Unit
Pigs (Grades 1, 2) Hog Wild! (Pig Unit Study for Grades 2-3)
Pilgrims (5th Grade) (Life on the Great) Plains (High School)
Plants (Primary) Plants (Second Grade)
Plants; a Teacher's Resource Guide for Grades 3-5 (Life on ) Plymouth Plantation
Polar Animals (K-1st Grade) Polar Ice Caps Unit (10th Grade)
Popcorn (Third Grade) Prairie Life Unit (4th Grade)
Q  
Quilt Unit Study  
R  
Recreational Diving Unit (7th, 8th, 9th Grade) Reptiles
Reptiles and Amphibians (Second and Third Grade) Roaring Twenties Unit
Rocks and Minerals Unit Rocks and Minerals Unit
Ancient Rome Unit Romeo and Juliet (High School)
S  
Seasons (K-3rd Grade) Senses, The Five (Kindergarten Unit)
Seven Continents (First Grade)  Sharks!
Simple Machines (3rd Grade)
Simple Machine Resources (Great site to go along with the above)
Snow Unit (Don't miss any of these great links!)
Snowman Unit "Socks and Shoes" Unit (for 3 and 4 year olds)
Sound, Music or Noise Spider Resources
Spring Unit (Easter, Passover) Saint Patrick's Day Page
Stellaluna (Grades K-3) Stock Market Unit
(Good News Bears) Stock Market Unit Studying the States (Grades 2-3)
Summer of My German Soldier (Literature Unit) The Sun (Third Grade)
Sun and Skin (Exploring) Switzerland (Grades Two-Three)
T  
Tabernacle Unit Study Texas Week (Kindergarten)
Train Unit Study (by Amanda Bennett) Transportation Unit (K-2nd Grade)
Transportation (K-2nd Grade) Treasure Island Unit
Treasures in the Stream (Literature Unit) (Mark) Twain and American Humor (High School)
Tundra Mini-Unit (for 1st graders)
 
Turtle Tales (K-3 Grade)
U/V  
Velveteen Rabbit (Grades K-3) Vertebrates Unit
W  
The War of 1812 (Primary Grades) Watch the Stars Come Out (Grades K-3)
Water Unit Water, Visible and Invisible
Water, Environmental Science Approach Waves Unit Study (7th and 8th Grade)
Weather Unit Weather Unit (1-2 Grade)
Weather Unit (3rd Grade) (Peg's)Weather Unit
Weather Unit Weather in the U.S. (Third Grade)
Westward Expansion (Primary Grades) The White Stallion (Grades K-3)
(Laura Ingalls) Wilder Unit Study Wonders of Wetlands
Whale Activities for Unit Study Whales Unit Study
Winter (Third Grade) Wolf Unit
Woodsong (Literature Unit)  
X/Y/Z  
Zoo  Animals (Grades 1-3)  

A mega site for unit studies with great graphics and information that is up to date and fun. ~Jube