A J T L Grades 2-7 Wars of America 1900-now Learning Lapbook with Study Guide A Journey Through Learning www.ajourneythroughlearning.com
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Things to Know Hamburger Fold-Fold horizontally Hotdog Fold-Fold vertically Folds-Labeled with a small line to show where the fold is and the words hamburger fold or hotdog fold. Dotted Lines-These are the cutting lines Accordion Fold-This fold is like making a paper fan. Fold on the first line so that title is on top. Turn over and fold on next line so that title is on top again. Turn over again and fold again on the next line so that title is on top. Continue until all folds are done. Cover Labels-Most of the booklets that are folded look nicer with a label on top instead of just a blank space. They will be labeled cover label. So where do the mini-booklets go? A shape-coded and labeled KEY is included. This key shows you where all of the minibooklets go in each folder. Keep this page handy! You ll also see at the top of the mini-booklet pages another graphic that shows once again where to place the booklet in each folder. So there are TWO ways to see where to place the booklet. We made it easy! You won t get lost. Lapbook Assembly Choices (see photos on how to fold and glue your folders together) We recommend using Zip Dry Glue. Choice #1 -Do not glue your folders together until you have completely finished all three folders. It is easier to work with one folder instead of two or three glued together. Choice #2 -Glue all of your folders together before beginning. Some children like to see the entire project as they work on it. It helps with keeping up with which folder you are supposed to be working in. The choices are completely up to you and your child! How Long Does it Take to Complete the Lapbook? Doing a study guide page and mini-booklet a day, a 3-folder lapbook takes about one month to complete. However, you can expand the study portion and make it last as long as you like! That s the beauty of homeschooling! Do it YOUR way!
How It All Goes Together What you need to get started *A printed copy of the lapbook by A Journey Through Learning *colored file folders *Scissors *Glue (We recommend Zip Dry Glue) *Hole puncher *Brads *Stapler To make the storage system (optional-see directions) *Duct tape One 3-ring binder Study Choices Choice #1- Read the first page of the study guide. Then use the internet and fun children s books to learn more about the topic that is covered in that study guide. For instance-our American Indians lapbook has a study guide page about Geronimo. Dig into Geronimo. There are probably lots of interesting things to learn about him that the study guide does not cover. Spend a day on Geronimo or spend a week! The pace you take for the lapbook is completely up to you. When your child has completed studying that particular topic, it will be time to do the mini-booklet for that topic. The mini-booklet patterns are found right after the study guide page that it goes with. Or, your child might want to do the minibooklet before he/she delves deeper into the subject. Once again, the order is completely up to you and your child. Choice #2- Read only the study guide page and do the mini-booklet that goes with it. The mini-booklet patterns are found right after the study guide page that it goes with. You may choose to do one study guide/mini-booklet per day, two per day, two per week, three per week, etc. It doesn t matter. The pace is completely up to you. At one per day, it will take about a month to complete a 3 folder lapbook.
Folding a Lapbook Base Original fold line Gather the number of folders required for the project. Fold them flat as seen here. For each folder, fold the left and right sides inward toward the original line to create two flaps. Crease so that the highest part of each flap is touching the original line. It is important not to let the two flaps overlap. You may want to take a ruler and run it down each crease to make it sharper. Glue your folders together by putting glue (or you may staple) on the inside of the flaps. Then press the newly glued flaps together with your hands until they get a good strong hold to each other. Follow this step to add as many folders as you need for your project. Most of our lapbooks have either 2 or 3 folders. G L U E Highest part of flap. G L U E G L U E G L U E Photo of a completed lapbook base
Can I store all of my lapbooks in ONE location? Yes! A Journey Through Learning has come up with a way that you can store all of your lapbooks from your books in ONE convenient location. A 3-ring binder serves as a great place to keep your lapbooks. This method of storage not only keeps your lapbooks from getting lost but also keeps them neat and readily available to show to dad, grandparents, friends, etc. When they are not being shown off, just place the binder on your bookshelf! Below, we have given you step-by-step directions (with pictures) of how to create a storage binder. How to make a storage system for your lapbook(s) Roll out enough duct tape to go across the folders lengthwise. Put duct tape sticky side up. Place binded edge of lapbook on the duct tape (no more than ¼ inch!). Then stick duct tape to the other side again about ¼ inch. There will need to be enough tape to hole punch. Stick duct tape into hole puncher but be careful not to punch holes in your folders. It will look like this. Store folders in 3-ring binder.
Tips and tricks to go the extra mile! (optional) Supplies Need: ½ inch three-ring binder 5 tabs (if you are using our copywork and/or notebooking pages, you will need to have 7 tabs. Label with copywork and notebooking) Quart size baggies Duct tape Your study guide and mini-booklets pages and copies of the enrichment pages at the end Office supplies-glue, scissors, brads, stapler, pencils, crayons, and ribbon (if needed) 1. Label your tabs: Study Guide/Mini Booklets, Book Log, NICK Notes(easier) or Outline Form (harder), Biography Reports, What I Learned Pages (Copywork and Notebooking, if using these). 2. You will find a master copy of all of these special pages at the back of the lapbook packet. Make copies of the NICK Notes or Outline Form, Biography Report (if included), and What I Learned Pages and put them behind the tabs. Make more copied of the Book Log if your child reads a lot and needs more room to log books. We will explain how your child can use all of these enrichment pages later. 3. Hole punch your study guide and mini-booklets sheets and place behind the Study Guide tab. You will read a page of a study guide. Behind the study guide is the booklet(s) that goes with that study guide. 4. Keeping your office supplies handy-measure the bottom of a quart size ziplock bag. Then measure out a strip of duct tape that length. Lay the zip-lock bag on the lower edge of the tape. Fold the other end of the tape down on the zip-lock bag. Your duct tape should be sticking out from the bag. Now, you can hole punch the duct tape strip. DO NOT HOLE PUNCH INTO THE BAG! Then put it into your 3-ring binder. Use this bag to store items you will be using for your lapbook. Glue, scissors, hole puncher, stapler and extra staples, crayons, pencils, brads, ribbon, and any unfinished work. Doing this one step keeps you from having to constantly gather supplies every time you want to work on your lapbook!
Folder 1 World War II World War I Insignia The Vietnam War The Korean War Weapons used from 1917-1975 Persian Gulf War Oklahoma City Bombing 9/11 Folder 2 Folder 3 Weapons 1990-2001 Changes In Weapons Freedom War On Terrorism Statics Country Report Persian Gulf Map Small Wars Most Interesting Thing I Learned
Wars of America 1900-Now Lapbook Covers wars and conflicts that the United States was involved in between the years 1900 and the present. It is written at a level your child will understand and is a great hands-on way to learn! Table of Contents World War I World War I Weapons World War I Uniforms World War II Pearl Harbor The Atom Bomb World War II Uniforms World War II Weapons Korean War Korean War Uniforms Korean War Weapons The Cold War Vietnam War Vietnam Uniforms Vietnam War Weapons Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War Weapons Oklahoma City Bombing Terrorists Attack-9/11 War on Terrorism War on Terrorism Weapons War Statistics Small Wars (Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Somalia)
Create a soldier-using information about the various uniforms in the study guides and using the internet and books as other sources, choose your favorite war and draw a uniform on the soldier. Then cut out around the dotted lines and glue onto top of closed lapbook. We recommend doing this activity last. Wars of America 1900- now
World War I World War I involved several countries in Europe that were split into two sides. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey were sided together and called the Central Powers. Britain, Italy, France, Belgium, and Russia sided together and were called the Allies. Because things were often very tense between the two sides, a war could start easily. And it did! On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was visiting Bosnia, a small country just south of Austria- Hungary. He was assassinated by a Serbian student! One month later, Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany came to the aid of Austria-Hungary, and Russia aided Serbia. Now the two sides were at war. For four years, the two sides faced each other along a line called the Western Front. Deep trenches were dug for protection but those same trenches hindered each side from advancing very far against each other. Soldiers stayed in trenches for weeks at a time. Many men lost their lives coming out of the trenches to fight. Eventually, Turkey and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers. Italy, Greece, and Portugal joined to help the Allies. In 1917, America joined the war on the Allies side when German u-boats sunk American ships going to Great Britain. Germany launched one last attack on the Western front but failed. Germany surrendered. On June 28, 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, a peace treaty with the Allies but under protest. World War I had officially come to an end. What day did the war begin? What day did the war end?
World War I Weapons Grenade No 1- was a grenade made out of cast iron. The canister was placed on the end of an 18-inch stick. It was considered to be one of the most dangerous weapons to use. The detonator was placed in the tip end of the grenade by unscrewing it. To ignite the fuse, a long string was pulled. Big Bertha- was a portable cannon. It was a 43-ton howitzer and could fire a 2,200-lb shell over nine miles. It was moved to different location by a Daimler-Benz tractor. It took over 200 men and six hours to re-assemble at its new location. Little Willie- was a form of Daimler engine. It weighed over fourteen tons, was twelve feet long, and moved at two miles per hour. It could hold three crew members. World War I Uniforms Due to budget cuts at the time of the war, soldiers used a combination of several different types of uniforms. Most clothing was the traditional olive-drab or OD as it was called. Each solider had a wool garrison cap, wool trousers, wool shirt, a four-button tunic, and brown service shoes. All wars dating back to prehistory have had some type of symbol or design worn on the uniform. These designs are called insignia. Navy Army
Folder 1 Read all of the studies on World War I. Cut out the booklet. Glue into lapbook. Directions: Inside, color the Allied power countries red and the Central Power countries blue. World War I Find and color Allied Powers Britain France Italy Belgium Russia Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Turkey www.johomaps.com
World War II World War II, also known as the Second World War, was fought from 1939-1945. Many countries took sides in this devastating war, either joining the Axis powers or the Allies. The Axis countries were Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, and Bulgaria. The Allies countries were Britain, the USSR,, the United States, New Zealand, Brazil, France, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Greece, Yugoslavia, Denmark, China, So. Africa, and Norway. In 1933, Adolf Hitler was elected as the new leader of the German people. He called his political party the National Socialists or Nazis. Because of its defeat in World War I, Germany was forced to give up land and prohibited to have an army. Hitler promised to make his country great once more. With armed German soldiers, Hitler plotted to invade other countries and forcibly taking their land. The war began in earnest on Friday, September 1, 1939, with the invasion of Poland. Over a million German soldiers and tanks stormed overland into Poland, while Stuka dive bombers flew overhead as support. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany but did little to help Poland. A year later, Germany invaded Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Germany had no problems taking over these countries. Germany then launched an unsuccessful air attack on Britain. In Asia, Japan was expanding its empire. They attacked China and captured Taiwan. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They ordered the attack in order to stop the United States from defending its islands and other countries in the Pacific Ocean. America and Britain declared war on Japan. As a result, Germany helping out its Japanese ally declared war on America. Now America was at war with both Japan and Germany! Germany then turned its eyes toward an invasion of the USSR, a very big country. This would prove to be one of Germany s major downfalls. By 1944, the USSR had completely rid their country of the German forces and had forced them to retreat all the way back to Germany. In 1945, the Germans surrendered to the Soviets. On August 6, 1945, President Harry Truman gave the order to drop an Atom bomb on Hiroshima, a city in Japan. Three days later, another A- bomb, as the Atom bomb was called, was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, also in Japan. The Japanese surrendered on August 15. With the surrender of both Germany and Japan, World War II finally came to an end.
Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. Hawaii is located in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Pearl Harbor is home to one of the largest U.S. Naval bases. A surprise bomb attack by Japan on the U.S. fleet docked in Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. Most of Europe had already been swept into the war since September, 1939. The United States had managed to stay out of the war but had helped Britain when needed. The U.S. would not get involved in the war unless given a direct reason. That reason was provided by the attack on Pearl Harbor, where United States Navy troops were based. The first bombs fell on unmanned American ships in Pearl Harbor, early on the morning on December 7, 1941. The assault by the Japanese, led by Chuichi Nagumo, consisted of 360 planes that struck under the cover of darkness. The assault lasted for nearly two hours with the U.S. losing eight battleships, three light cruisers, three destroyers, four other vessels, and 170 air craft. Also lost were about 2,000 American lives. Japan had dealt a crippling blow to the fighting force of the United States. After the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the event was a "date which will live in infamy" and then declared war on Japan. Remember Pearl Harbor! became the rallying cry for the United States. Three days later Germany and Italy, allies of Japan, declared war on the United States. The United States had now become a part of one of the most costly and deadly wars in history. How many islands make up Hawaii? What is the capital of Hawaii?
The Atom Bomb On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb that hit the city was named "Little Boy." That one bomb killed over 140,000 people. Three days later, the U.S. dropped another bomb named, Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan. It killed 80,000 people. The nuclear attacks were ordered by President Harry Truman at the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan. A total of sixty-seven Japanese cities were bombed over a six-month period. It is believed that since the attack, thousands more have died from illnesses due to radiation released by the bombs. Japan surrendered on August 15 th, six days after the attacks. It became official on September 2 nd, with the signing of the Instrument of Surrender. This treaty ended World War II. (Germany had signed its Instrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.) Draw what you think the Atom Bomb looked like.
Uniforms of World War II The men who fought in the first World War were know as G.I s or General Issue. They were also referred to as grunts. This term describes men who did the hardest ground work, which included digging the trenches, placing pits in the ground, and marching through the roughest terrains. The United States Army men wore uniforms that were made of a drab, olive-green-colored wool. It consisted of a cap, trousers, wool shirt with a khaki cotton tie, and a four-button tunic. For shoes they wore tanned leather shoes used with heavy canvas leggings. Weapons of World War II World War II saw the greatest increase in technological innovation than any other war in history. Weapons evolved as the needs of various combatants arose. The Browning M1919 could fire up to sixty continuous rounds in less than a minute. The M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle. Even though it used a trigger to be fired, it automatically chambering the next round.
Folder 1 Read all of the studies on World War II. Cut out the 2 pieces on this page and the 2 pieces on the next page. Place the cover sheet on top and stack all together. Use a brad to connect in the corner. Glue into lapbook. Directions: Follow the directions. World War II Color Germany red, Russia green, France and Italy green.
List the Axis Countries List the Ally Countries