French and Indian War aka 7 Years War 1754-1763 AD
CURRICULUM: Tapestry of Grace Year 2
Week 29: French & Indian War
CURRICULUM: Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook
Chapter 21: Fighting over N America; 3 Pointless Wars, the 7-yr War
READ ALOUD: The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong
1743 – The Claims of France
READ ALOUD: 1740-1755 The Deerslayer: The First War Path by James Fenimore Cooper
READ ALOUD: 1750s – The Pathfinder: The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper
READ ALOUD: 1754 – STRUGGLE FOR A CONTINENT: The French and Indian Wars by Betsy Maestro and Giulio Maestro
TIMELINE: Homeschool in The Woods Timeline Figure: French and Indian War 1754-1763 AD
TIMELINE: George II 1683-1760 AD
TIMELINE: Edward Braddock 1695-1755 AD
TIMELINE: Robert Dinwiddie
TIMELINE: General James Wolfe
TIMELINE: General Louis Joseph de Montcalm
TIMELINE: Robert Rogers 1731-1795 AD
TIMELINE: James Edward Oglethorpe 1696-1785 AD
TIMELINE: Daniel Boone
RESOURCE: Famous Figures of the American Revolution, by Cathy Diez-Luckie: Daniel Boone
TIMELINE: Chief Pontiac
READ ALOUD: 1754 – Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
READ ALOUD: Alone Yet Not Alone: Their Faith Became Their Freedom by Tracy Leininger Craven
READ ALOUD: I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn
1755 READ ALOUD: Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
READ ALOUD: Follow the River by James Alexander Thom
READ ALOUD: Guns of Thunder by Douglas Bond
TIMELINE: Evangeline and the Acadians 1755 AD
READ ALOUD: Evangeline and The Acadians Paperback by Robert Tallant
READ ALOUD: Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
READ ALOUD: Duel in the Wilderness by Karin Clafford Farley
READ ALOUD: 1756 New York – The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
READ ALOUD: 1757 – The Last of the Mohicans (Dover Thrift Editions) by James Fenimore Cooper
MOVIE: The Last of the Mohicans
MOVIE: When The Forest Ran Red
MOVIE: Northwest Passage (older movie)
MOVIE: The Pathfinder (older movie)
MOVIE: Winners of the Wilderness (silent film)
MOVIE: The French and Indian War 1754-1763 by PBS
1759 Abenaki Raid
READ ALOUD: Malian’s Song by Marge Bruchac
READ Aloud: The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
MOVIE: 1779 – Battle of the Brave
Return to The 18th Century, American Revolution, and Early United States of America.
