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September 5, 2009 by: Brenda

Evan Moor History Pockets

I am always looking for fun ways to teach my boys with a hands on approach. The other thing I am looking for is easy to use curriculum to accomplish that task. I found some wonderful hands on products that my kids just love to work on and put together. Evan Moor publishing has a line of History Pockets which helps bring history alive in your children grades 1-6.  
 
 
Evan Moor-History Pockets Life in Plymouth Colony

Evan Moor-History Pockets Life in Plymouth Colony

As your child is learning about history, he/she is building a portfolio with hands on projects that slip into pockets. I was so excited to see how it all got put together. The pockets were much larger than I originally thought it would be. It made it much easier to store all the things we made and also very fun to do.
Plymouth Colony Porfolio Cover

Plymouth Colony Porfolio Cover

What do you get when you purchase a History Pocket Unit?

Grades 1-3 Pockets:

  • Reproducible reading booklets
  • Historical background facts
  • Picture dictionary
  • Arts and crafts activities
  • Evaluation forms

Grades 4-6 Pockets:

  • Historical background facts
  • Maps and timeline
  • Arts and crafts projects
  • Reading and writing connections
  • Evaluation forms
Pocket 2 Contents of Plymouth Colony

Pocket 2 Contents of Plymouth Colony

Each pocket is put together by using a 12” x 18” sheet of construction paper. Each history unit involves 7-9 pockets. With each pocket you will find background information, vocabulary words to learn, and activities and crafts to complete each with an individual theme that works together for the overall unit study.

Pocket with Items Tucked Inside

Pocket with Items Tucked Inside

Once you purchase the book, you will need to make copies of all the templates or copy sheets in the book that will be included in the portfolios. Not all pages need to be copied. Since you copy what you need this book can be used over and over again for each of your family members.

Pocket Items from Plymouth Colony

Pocket Items from Plymouth Colony

Grades 1-3 are filled with stories to color, crafts to make, things to cut out and paste, vocabulary words to learn that have corresponding pictures to help illustrate them.

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words

Grades 4-6 are filled with fun facts bookmarks, timelines to build, many activities, things to color, paste and cut out as well as crafts to make.

If you have a hands on learner in your home, you will love these products. These history pockets come in these topics below: 

Grades 1-3

  • Life in Plymouth Colony
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Native Americans

Grades 4-6

  • Moving West
  • Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Explorers of North America
  • Colonial America

When you explore Plymouth colony you will:

Build a diorama, put together pilgrim puppets, learn the Mayflower Compact, learn what to pack when traveling on the Mayflower, learn about the tithing man while building a tithing stick, learn the jobs in the colonies, make a hornbook while learning about school, learning about quilting and much, much more..

Plymouth Colony Pocket 6 Contents

Plymouth Colony Pocket 6 Contents

When you explore the American Revolution you will:

Build your own timeline, make a pop up book about the Boston Massacre, learn about famous Patriots while making a pop up of George Washington, learn about Paul Revere’s ride, learn about the soldier’s life and uniforms, building a diary and much, much more..

What a wonderful way to teach children about history while they build there own keepsake portfolio. To watch my kids get excited about history and they couldn’t wait to get something to color, cut out or explore was priceless. My children will cherish if for years to come.

Written by Lynn Pitts, mom of 3, from Big Sky Country Montana. You can read more about our life at Learning by Living.

Brenda (132 Posts)

Brenda is a homeschooling mother of 5, who has a wonderful husband encouraging her to be the best woman that God has created her to be. Together they are very intentional about spending time together as a family. She considers her daily life with her children as her ministry and has found many avenues to encourage others to live a lifestyle of learning. She is the founder of a curriculum review site authored by a group of well-known homeschool bloggers, The Curriculum Choice.


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Comments

  1. Jimmie says

    September 5, 2009 at 7:50 am

    We’ve enjoyed History Pockets through the years too. Now that Sprite is 5th grade, I’m giving her the book and letting her choose what to copy and how to lay it out.

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  2. Brenda says

    September 5, 2009 at 9:02 am

    Great review Lynn! Welcome!! We love these pockets too. I’m working on the nursery rhymes one with my 5 yr old now and I’ve used the native american indians one many times!
    .-= Brenda´s last blog .."What school do they go to?" =-.

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  3. Katey says

    September 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    LOVE History pockets…they were great for classes at co-op too.
    .-= Katey´s last blog ..scary moment =-.

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  4. Sheri H says

    September 13, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    I am so glad to be able to try these pockets…as it looks like a perfect fit for my family. They are like a mini-lapbook of sorts! Lovely review Lynn!
    .-= Sheri H´s last blog ..Solar System Center Set Up =-.

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