Core Curriculum

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GUIDE TO THE CORE CURRICULUM

The What (Intro)
The Why (History)
The How
- Daily Sheets
- Kindergarten “Sticky Notes”
The When (History Scope)
The Where (Indexes)
The “What to Have On Hand”

* 2020 Revision *

This curriculum is an ongoing work in progress… Check back often to see what’s new!

RESOURCES: I just added a page of my top curriculum picks! These aren’t math or language arts series, they’re general books that I recommend for any or every student. Sorted by subject.

New Format: Days 1-6

Geography: Added books on video when available

* Film Festivals * If FILM FESTIVAL is in black, it has not been checked. Use at your own risk, and know some of the links may not work.

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Day 138: Calmness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Argument, Arkansas, Boat, Bread, Calmness, Children, Civil Rights, Conflict Resolution, Delaware, Disciples, Dutch, Education, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Family, Fear, Friendship, Integration, Jesus, Kentucky, Language, Louisiana, Maryland, Mullins, North America, North Carolina, Obedience, Peace, Quietness, Rest, Ruby Bridges, School, Seas, Security, Segregation, Sin, Sleep, Steadfastness, Storm, Teacher, Tennessee, USA, Virginia, WEEK 35, West Virginia, Wind Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 138: Calmness

Family Book: “Through My Eyes”

Travel: Louisiana; Arkansas; Tennessee; North Carolina; Virginia; Maryland; Delaware; West Virginia; Kentucky

Video: “Hold Me Jesus” – Rich Mullins (live, acoustic, with Dutch subtitles)

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Day 132: Self-Control

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAgriculture, Alertness, American History, Anger, Asia, Blindness, Building, California, Children, City, Community, Conflict Resolution, Desegregation, Education, Efficiency, Encouragement, Fairness, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Fruits of the Spirit, Goodness, Groves, Growth, Hispanic, Justice, Kindness, Kingdom, Kiribati, Knowledge, Light, Love, Mendez, Mexico, Migrant, Nauru, North America, Oceania, Peace, Perseverance, Racism, Rest, Safety, Salvation, Seeds, Suffering, Time, Tonatiuh, Tuvalu, USA, Water, WEEK 33, Wild Animals Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 132: Self-Control

Family Book: “Separate Is Never Equal”

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Travel: Kiribati; Nauru; Tuvalu

Song: “Kingdom Comes” – Sara Groves

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Day 127: Hope

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAdoption, Aging, Children, Ears, Europe, Eyes, Faithfulness, Fear, France, Friendship, Germany, Groves, Heaven, Hoestlandt, Holocaust, Holy Spirit, Hope, Innocenti, Jesus, Judaism, Judgment, Justice, Kang, Knowledge, Loyalty, Orphans, Peacefulness, Poor, Poverty, Power, Prophesy, Righteousness, Roo Panes, Sacrifice, Safety, Seas, Security, Understanding, Vander Zee, War, WEEK 32, What Do Animals Eat?, Wisdom, World War II Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 127: Hope

Family Book: Star of Fear, Star of Hope

Family Book: “Erika’s Story” – Be very careful to read this one first!!! It is not appropriate for most young children. I do think it is important for older students.

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Travel: France

Video: “It Might Be Hope” – Sara Groves

Song: “Soldier of Hope” – Roo Panes

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Day 120: Meekness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAgriculture, Andru, Anger, Atkin, Beatitudes, Central America, Child Labor, Children, Costa Rica, Darien Gap, Disciples, Dooling, El Salvador, Fairness, Family, Farm, Fruit, Grains, Groundedness, Heaven, Humility, Inheritance, Jesus, Kingdom, Language, Listening, Martyr, Meekness, Mexico, Migrants, Modesty, Nicaragua, North America, Pan-American Highway, Panama, Righteousness, Spanish, Speech, Stephen, Strength, Thomas, Truth, Veggies, WEEK 30, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 120: Meekness

Family Book: “Lights On the River”

Family Book: “Voices from the Fields”

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Travel: Panama; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Honduras

Video: “Stephen” – Andru Bemis

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Day 116: Truthfulness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Benevolence, Bitterness, Body, Bolivia, Building, Children, Compassion, Deceit, Discipline, Education, Forgiveness, Groves, Hands, Helpfulness, Holy Spirit, Honesty, Jesus, Kellogg, Kindness, Light, Listening, Love, Neighbor, Noble, Pan-American Highway, Paraguay, Paul, Poverty, Rage, Redemption, Sacrifice, School, Sharing, Sin, South America, Stewardship, Sun, Theft, Tongue, Treasure, Truth, Truthfulness, Understanding, Usefulness, WEEK 28, Wisdom, Witness, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 116: Truthfulness

Family Book: “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash”

Travel: Bolivia

Video: “Different Kinds of Happy” – Sara Groves (live, with introduction)

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Day 115: Care

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAdoption, Attentiveness, Availability, Babies, Belief, Cali, Care, Children, Death, Disciples, Empathy, Faith, Family, Fear, Gentleness, Hands, Healing, Health Care, Jesus, Miracles, Mourning, Paraguay, Parents, Peace, Punctuality, Resurrection, Roo Panes, Soma, South America, Stewardship, Suffering, Time, Truth, WEEK 29, Women Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 115: Care

Family Book: “The Call of the Swamp”

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Travel: Paraguay

Song: “Hands” – Roo Panes

Hold gently what you wish to grow old with. Don’t close those hands.

Questions:

What do you think this book is about?
Do you think it was right for Boris to go back to the swamp?
Why did his parents respond the way they did?
Discuss the song “Hands” as it relates to this book.

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Day 112: Joy

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonBabies, Belarus, Carlstrom, Children, Disciples, Europe, Fruits of the Spirit, Jesus, Joy, Keaggy, Mary Magdalene, Miracles, Moldova, Peace, Resurrection, Saport, Ukraine, Warmth, WEEK 28, Woman Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 112: Joy

Family Book: “Before You Were Born”

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Travel: Moldova; Belarus; Ukraine

Song: “Shouts of Joy” – Phil Keaggy

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Day 111: Organization

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAdoption, Agriculture, Ascension, Babies & Children, Baptism, Body, Bosnia, Building, Bulgaria, Calling, Children, Church, Croatia, Cycles, Disciples, Down Syndrome, Endurance, Europe, Faith, Family, Farming, Feek, Gentleness, Gifts, Grace, Green, Growth, Handicap, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Hungary, Jesus, Knowledge, Leadership, Lewin, Life, Love, Maturity, Mullins, Organization, Orphans, Pastor, Patience, Paul, Peace, Preparation, Prigger, Prioritization, Prison, Seas, Serbia, Service, Switzerland, Systems, Teachers, Truth, Unity, WEEK 28, Wind, Work Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 111: Organization

Family Book: “Aunt Minnie McGranahan”

Travel: Hungary; Croatia; Bosnia; Serbia; Bulgaria

Video: “I Am Not a Mistake” – Indiana Feek

Video: “The Color Green” – Rich Mullins (official music video, with introduction by Rich)

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Day 110: Neutrality

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Argument, Austria, Babies, Babies & Children, Children, Conflict Resolution, Consideration, Controversy, Czech Republic, Devisiveness, Devotion, Envy, Europe, Excellence, Foolishness, Generosity, Goodness, Grace, Groves, Hatred, Holy Spirit, Humility, Jesus, Judgement, Justification, Kindness, Life, Love, Mercy, Neutrality, Newell, Obedience, Peacefulness, Poetry, Profitability, Rebirth, Renewal, Righteousness, Salvation, Shape Poem, Slavery, Switzerland, Trust, Usefulness, War, WEEK 28 Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 110: Neutrality

Family Book: “The Slant Book”

Travel: Austria; Czech Republic; Switzerland

Video: “Roll to the Middle” – Sara Groves

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Day 96: Gentleness

August 12, 2016rachelwhitsonAnger, Children, Comoros, Five Senses, Friendliness, Friendship, Fruit, Fruits of the Spirit, Generosity, Gentleness, Giving, Goodness, Groves, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Justice, Kenya, Livingstone, Madagascar, Miracles, Prophesy, Seasons, See, Servanthood, Taste, Tongue, WEEK 24, Words, Zambezi River Leave a comment

Daily Sheet: Day 96: Gentleness

Family Book: “Handa’s Surprise”

Travel: Comoros; Madagascar

Video: “Childhood Summer” – Sara Groves (official music video)

I miss innocence. I miss the arms of my mother. I miss feeling light like a childhood summer. Childhood summer.

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