Description

This short unit study will help your children learn all about the Kentucky Derby that is raced at beginning of May each year!  Complete with video links, book suggestions and fun activities this unit study will provide a couple hours of fun learning in your homeschool.

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The Kentucky Derby Unit Study Includes:

Links to videos: News and educational videos about the Iditarod.

Book Suggestions: Some great book recommendations.

Notebooking Page: Take notes and/or draw pictures about the Kentucky Derby while you watch videos, research sites, and read books.

Listening to Learn Activity: Parents read directions while children color, draw and write on a scene from the Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby History Timeline Cards: Learn about some major events in the 150 years of the derby, then mix up the cards, and put them back in the right order.

Hands on Activities: Make a derby hat and a mock mint julep, design some jockey silks, watch the race and more.

Quiz: Assess what your children learned with a multiple choice quiz.

Grades: 2nd-6th

Pages: 12 pages