Russian Unit Study

I have let my son drive our studies in History.  We are taking a World History approach and he is deciding the topics he'd like to study.  Home school.  Freedom. :)

Below is my unit plan for Russian Studies.  This is on a Middle/Beginning High School Level.  To give credit where credit is due, I am linking to all of my resources.

This is week one of our study.  Our first week of study is 4 days long.  We follow the local school calendar.

Day 1:  Russian Geography

  1. Watch this video on Russian Geography-- 

 2. Complete this map worksheet.  Click Here

 3. Parent: Follow up with assignments once they are complete.

Day 2: Rurik the Norseman

1. Read this passage Click Here

2. Draw a Viking Ship.  Directions here: Click Here

3. Answer these questions:  Click Here

4. Parent: Follow up with assignments once they are complete.

Day 3: Mongolian Conquest of Russia

1. Read this entire Power Point.  You can download it at the bottom of the page. Click Here

2. Watch these videos:

3. Complete page 1 of this worksheet.  You can download it at the bottom of this page. Click here

Day 4: Golden Horde of Tatars Conquer Russia

1. Read this article: Click Here

2. Study this image (sourced from Click Here)

3. Complete a timeline of events, click here to access a link to printable blank timelines.

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Who am I?
I'm Alecia.  I've been teaching public school for 18 years.  And now... I'm a home schooler too.

Never say never.  That's all I have to say.

My middle school son started showing some great difficulty in the seventh grade.  I won't get into details in the public domain, but suffice it to say my husband and I had a choice to make.

When I was faced with this choice, I began to explore how we could make this work.  It would be unconventional.  After all, my husband and I both have full time jobs.  No one was going to quit and stay home.  After praying, searching and talking to other home school friends, I decided to piece together my own instruction for him.

Here's a caveat: I am a certified teacher.  In the state in which we live, we have great freedom with our home school rules.  Please do not go verbatim by what I am publishing.  You are required to be accountable to your own state rules if you choose to go this route.

This is for the purpose of sharing lessons and units I have developed.  Everything is developed for the child to have self-study followed up by a parent after-the-fact.