Ok another WAAAAAAY delayed post, no images just resources. (I fib, one image of a sari skirt I splurged on for this year’s wardrobe. The colours of India are AMAZING!) I am determined to get my bum in gear and get these posts up in a more timely manner. But for today, humble pie. I should have had this up half a year ago!!! Check back tomorrow as I continue to prove to my kids that even MOM finishes EVERYTHING (within reason…) she starts!
So we had these grand plans to do a family project on India in a timely manner, oops. But we did spend a summer and then some learning about a very distinct and colourful country and I will try and share the links, books, etc that we used. And then I took a lifetime and a half to post this post
First off. Google is your friend. We spent a lot of time searching for pictures for topics to colour. Mandalas, saris, the Taj Mahal. There are all sorts of colouring pages out there.
Since my resource list is a bit weak this time around, here is the list of topics the kids chose from. I gave them the option to pick and chose and varied the expectations of report content and length according to each child. So Trinity would do a list of facts vs. Zander having paragraphs or Echo colouring a picture.
- Globe location
- Government – levels, type, capital, voting rights
- Country – independence, languages, time zones, founding, state/provinces
- Landscape – mountains, water bodies, landmarks, position on map
- Climate – seasons, one week of comparative weather, snow, natural disasters
- Animals – unique to country – we chose one to do a report on
- Plants – unique to country
- Agriculture – most prevalent and where
- Food – famous for
- Symbols/emblems – flag, official symbols
- Religions – main religions
- Currency – what is used, exchange rate to USD, when it came into use
- Main groups of people – who are they, caste system, poverty vs. rich numbers
- School – minimum grade required, types
- Inventions
- Imports/exports/economy – what are the main ones
- Sports – most popular
- Holidays – major holidays
- Music and crafts – most common, popular, make some
- Tourism/Famous people
- Choose a topic
Books were an important resource. Here is my short list. Libraries really are life saving
- India by Manina Chatterjee
- Focus on India by Bojang Brownlie
- Taj Mahal by Linda Tagliaferro
- India ABC’s by Marcie Aboff
- Welcome to India by Patric Ryan
- India by Don Nardo
- India by Joanne Mattern
- The Mauryan Empire and India by Ellis Roxburgh
- India by Julie Murray
- India by A. Kamala Dalal
- Living in India by Chloe Perkins
For a fun activity we tried out making Henna decorations on paper hands as explained by Activity Village HERE. Education.com is always a help HERE. Beyond the Henna activity Activity Village has a whole selection of resources HERE.
