Youth Class (Ages 8-12)

2021-22 Weekly Topics:  American History from 1620 - 1787

September:

• My place in history

• What is a pilgrim?  Pilgrim's Progress Story 

• Who were the Pilgrims?

  • Stories of the Pilgrims, Chapters 1-4

• John Howland and William Bradford

  • Story:  The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower

• Mayflower Compact

  • Principle of Self-government

• The First Winter

  • Stories of Pilgrims Ch 8-11

• What kind of Pilgrim are you?

  • Story:  The King's Highway

October:

• Patterns for Learning:  What is Truth?

• The Vikings

  • Story of Lief Erickson

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus and others

November

• Northern colonies

• Southern colonies

• Dutch colonies

• William Penn and Pennsylvania

• Colonial Life

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington in the French and Indian War

December

• Jesus Christ:  Author of Liberty

• John Locke, Algernon Sydney, and the Divine Right of Kings

• Unalienable Rights

• St. Patrick and St. Nicholas

January

• Alfred the Great

• The Magna Carta - Charter of Liberty

• Joan of Arc

• Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams

• The Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts

February

• Battle of New York - Nathan Hale

• Valley Forge

• Lafayette and assistance from the French

• Surrender at Yorktown

• The dis-United States and the Articles of Confederation

March

• Mystery on Constitution Island (TGTB)