Fredonna Walker

This is a unit study about Coca-Cola, its history, and its influence on the world. Topics include 1. Did You Know? 2. The Origin Story 3. Influence on American Culture 4. Global Spread 5. Marketing History 6. Current Marketing Campaign 7. Money, Money, Money! 8. Supporters and Detractors 9. What Do You Think About Coke? Each topic is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on learning about Coca-Cola through fun games and interesting activities while Part II focuses on learning or practicing an a

This is a unit study about Hershey, its history, and its influence on the world. Topics include 1. The Man 2. The Chocolate 3. The Town 4. The School 5. The History 6. The Company 7. The Money 8. The Controversy 9. The End Each topic is divided into two parts. Usually, Part I focuses on learning about Hershey through fun games and interesting activities while Part II focuses on learning or practicing an academic or creative skill. There is a mix of group and individual activities, and each part

This is a unit study about Blue Bell, its history, and its influence on the world. Topics include 1. Did You Know? 2. In The Beginning 3. Cultural Impact 4. Moo-lah 5. What’s In This Stuff? 6. In Conclusion Each topic is divided into two parts. Usually, Part One focuses on learning about Blue Bell while Part Two focuses on learning or practicing an academic or creative skill. There is a mix of group and individual activities, and each part is followed by an Extra! activity suggestion that makes

This file contains three different fill-in-the-blank scavenger hunt lists plus some extra ideas for your art gallery scavenger hunt. The first list encourages participants to use their five senses to explore the gallery/galleries. The second list contains clues that lead players to read signs, ask questions, and think about information. The third list poses a series of questions that are designed to enhance vocabulary skills and understanding of an art gallery's function.

This file contains three different fill-in-the-blank scavenger hunt lists plus some extra ideas for your zoo scavenger hunt. The first list encourages participants to use their five senses to explore the zoo. The second list contains clues that lead players to read signs, ask questions, and think about information. The third list poses a series of questions that are designed to enhance vocabulary skills and understanding of the zoo’s function.

This novel study divides the very first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, into four sections with 2-3 discussion questions and 1 activity per chapter, making it easy to complete in one month. At the end, there is a list of Helpful Websites along with an Extra! section that offers ideas for discussions, papers, and projects should you want to lengthen or deepen your study. This guide can be used by individuals or groups. It works as a complete 1 to 2 month unit st

This is a study of The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, a holocaust memoir. It divides the book into 4 chunks with five discussion questions and one activity per section. There is also a list of Helpful Resources and an Extra! section which suggests various ways to explore the concepts presented in The Hiding Place. I originally created this as a discussion guide/journaling prompt for a group of homeschoolers. In subsequent editions, I've developed it further, adding content that makes it usef

This is a bundle of novel studies designed to accompany three books from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux, and Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers. Each study divides its book into four sections of reading with discussion questions and activities to help readers digest each section. There are also lists of helpful resources and extra ideas for extending the length of the study or deepening the reader’s un

This is a bundle of unit studies designed to explore Blue Bell, Coca-Cola, and Hershey - three of the most enduring "pop food" brands in American culture. The Blue Bell study includes 6 lessons, while the Coca-Cola and Hershey studies each include 9 lessons. Each lesson is divided into two parts. Usually, Part One focuses on learning about a topic while Part Two focuses on learning or practicing an academic or creative skill. There is a mix of individual and group activities, and each part is

This novel study divides the first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, Whose Body? by one of the “Queens of Crime” Dorothy L. Sayers, into four sections with 2 suggested activities per section and 2 discussion questions per chapter, making it easy to complete in one month. At the end, there is a list of Helpful Websites along with an Extra! section that offers ideas for discussions, papers, and projects should you want to lengthen or deepen your study. This guide can be used by individuals or groups. It

This is a bundle of nonfiction book studies designed to accompany the Holocaust memoirs The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Each study divides its book into four sections of reading with discussion questions and activities to help readers digest each section. There are also lists helpful resources and extra ideas for extending the length of the study or deepening the reader’s understanding of each book. The

This unit studies is designed to explore the basic concepts of the field of paleontology. The topics are 1. Puzzles 2. Problems 3. Digs 4. Babies 5. Teeth 6. Talk Each topic is divided into two parts. Usually, Part One focuses on learning about the topic while Part Two focuses on learning or practicing an academic or creative skill. There is a mix of individual and group activities, and each part is followed by an Extra! activity which makes these studies even more flexible. I designed these

This novel study divides one of the first locked-room mysteries, The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux, into four sections with 2 suggested activities per section and 1 discussion question per chapter, making it easy to complete in one month. At the end, there is a list of Helpful Websites along with an Extra! section that offers ideas for discussions, papers, and projects should you want to lengthen or deepen your study. This guide can be used by individuals or groups. It works as a c

This is a PDF document that can be used as a slideshow and as a fill-in-the-blanks lesson. It explains the connection between nouns and adjectives and helps students in the lower grades remember that adjectives describe nouns by asking them to use their five senses to describe people, places, and things.

This file contains four images that, when combined, form a single picture. I have included instructions for how to complete the mini-mural and ideas for how to adjust it for various group sizes. This art project pairs well with an exploration of The Audubon Mural Project website (for older participants) or a reading of Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman (for younger participants).

Each page of this document is a different piece of the path to this giant transportation-themed board game. You can print off as many pages as you need to make the path as long as you like. There is also a die template for making a set of large cardstock dice. Participants use a toy vehicle for their playing piece and roll the dice to see how many spaces they need to move. This allows them to practice taking turns, adding the dots on the dice, and counting out the appropriate number of spaces

This file contains four different "colorable" bookmarks featuring cats and dogs plus a sheet of suggestions for how to use them. Print as many as you need, and enjoy the coloring fun!

This is a page of four bookmarks that contain a list of questions about gratitude. You can print as many pages of bookmarks as you need and distribute them in book clubs, literature classes, or in books you are loaning out or giving away. Readers can use the questions on the bookmarks as reminders for gratitude journaling.

These seven journal pages contain prompts that encourage participants in the lower grades to think and ask questions about themselves and the world around them. You can print as many of each page as you need and distribute them as a writing assignment or as a daily journaling project. They can also be loaded into note-taking apps that accept PDF files and completed digitally.

This is a page of four bookmarks that contain a list of trusted online information resources. You can print as many pages of bookmarks as you need and distribute them in book clubs, literature classes, or in books you are loaning out or giving away. Readers can use the websites listed on the bookmarks to find out more about the book they’re reading or any topic they’re studying.