Monday, December 26, 2011

A 36 Week Schedule for The Rainbow Book of American History

I've just finished breaking The Rainbow Book of American History into 36 segments for my 4th grader, and I decided to post it here. I hope it helps someone out, it was very difficult to find information on this OOP book.

Term 1: The Vikings to the Battle of York

  1. Chapter 1 (6 pgs)
  2. Chapter 2 (8 pgs)
  3. Chapter 3 (8 pgs)
  4. Chapter 4  (8 pgs)
  5. Chapters 5-6 (9 pgs)
  6. Chapters 7-8  (11 pgs)
  7. Chapter 9 (6 pgs)
  8. Chapter 10 (6 pgs)
  9. Chapter 11 (6 pgs)
  10. Chapter 12 (9 pgs)
  11. Chapters 13-14 (10 pgs)
  12. Chapters 15-16 (10 pgs)
Term 2: The Constitution Through the Civil War
  1. Chapters 17-18 (9 pgs)
  2. Chapter 19 (7 pgs)
  3. Chapter 20 (6 pgs)
  4. Chapter 21 (10 pgs)
  5. Chapters 22-23 (12 pgs)
  6. Chapter 24 (7 pgs)
  7. Chapter 25 (6 pgs)
  8. Chapter 26 (7 pgs)
  9. Chapter 27 (6 pgs)
  10. Chapters 28-29 (10 pgs)
  11. Chapters 30-31 (12 pgs)
  12. Chapters 32-33 (11 pgs)
Term 3: Westward Expansion and Gold Rush Through World War II
  1. Chapter 34 (9 pgs)
  2. Chapters 35-36 (9 pgs)
  3. Chapters 37-38 (11 pgs)
  4. Chapter 39 (6 pgs)
  5. Chapter 40 (6 pgs)
  6. Chapter 41 (6 pgs)
  7. Chapter 42 (8 pgs)
  8. Chapters 43-44 (11 pgs)
  9. Chapters 45-46 (10 pgs)
  10. Chapters 47-48 (11 pgs)
  11. Chapter 49 (6 pgs)
  12. Chapter 50 (6 pgs)
We haven't started the book yet, it is supposed to be similar in style to A Child's History of the World, which we love. I will try to post a review later on, after we've used the book for a while.