Our Charlotte Mason-Inspired Colonial Unit Study + Resources

I’m slowly incorporating more and more of Charlotte Mason’s concepts into our homeschool and in doing so I learned Charlotte Mason did not recommend Unit Studies. Bummer. Though we had never actually done a unit study, they sounded totally fun and I was looking forward to planning one. Apparently, Unit Studies try to correlate every possible school subject around a specific theme thus “forcing arbitrary connections.” After reading more about it, I tend to agree. But I learned Charlotte Mason did correlate history, geography and literature for the same time period. So, using that as a jumping off point I created a Colonial Unit Study for my third grader using living books, crafts and other resources that I think are naturally related. I’m still calling it a “Unit Study” for simplicity’s sake. Third Grade Colonial Unit Study Beautiful Feet Books Early American History Curriculum First, we used the Beautiful Feet Books Early American History Semester 1 Pack as a spine for our Unit Study. We really love this curriculum and even though it is intended for younger children, I was able to easily adapt it to my 9 year old third grader by having her read the Beautiful Feet literature […]