MEET THE TEACHER
Mrs. Maureen Mahoney
History
Grades 2 & 3
Maureen Mahoney is delighted to serve
this year as the Home School Academy’s History instructor for Grades 2-3. Prior to becoming a mom, Maureen was a public
school teacher for nine years and a principal for one year. Then the Lord blessed Maureen and her husband
Dan with 7 children in 8 years, and she has had the pleasure of home schooling each of them, since the
beginning. For the past 10 years,
Maureen has had the opportunity to teach nearly all subjects at a variety of
home school co-ops. Maureen is also certified from the Commission of Ireland,
as a TCRG Irish Dance teacher. Maureen
runs several Irish step dancing classes in Wolcott, Jordan, and Cato. Maureen is also an adjunct professor for the
Finger Lakes Community College. She is
honored to become a part of the wonderful Home School Academy and is very happy
to serve you in any way possible.
Welcome to the Home School Academy
Grade 2 and 3 History Class!
First Quarter: Government and Geography
Our main focus for the first quarter will
be for the students to learn how the United States government operates. They will learn how the legislative,
judicial, and executive branches of government work together to form our
democracy. Class time will be a very hands-on approach to learning. The
students will doing things such as: electing members of Congress, electing a
class president, creating their own bills, and attempting to pass new classroom
“laws.” The students will learn how we elect our
leaders; the rights and responsibilities of voting; the differences between
local, state, and national government; and more.
The students will also be learning about world
geography, United States geography, and weekly calendar work. They will learn by singing fun songs about
the continents, oceans, and the tour of the states. Students will be creating their own
topographical map of the United States and will identify major land forms and
where our nation’s capital is located.
Second,
Third, Fourth Quarters: Ancient World History
For the remaining
three quarters, students will join on an adventure as we travel back in time to
study Ancient Civilizations! We will start all the way back with the Story of
Creation; we will complete cave drawings with the First Nomads; make pyramids
with the Egyptians; have a tea party in China; drum along with friends from
Ethiopia in Africa; participate in the first Olympic games in Greece; build an
ice cream Greek boat to sail the Mediterranean Sea; build an aqueduct with the
Romans; write on an Athenian wax tablet; to name just a few of our fun
adventures.
We will be compiling a personal journal noting our
experiences in visiting specific ancient lands.
We will be learning about their geography, culture, and history. We will be “traveling” to these locations to
learn about their art, music, education, and interesting facts. Students will be
traveling back in time and all across the entire world, so get your passports
ready and bags packed!
Please note that HSA is a 28 week program. This is not a
complete history curriculum for your child. This is a supplement to what you
teach at home. Be sure that you are also teaching world history or ancient
history at home.
Here is the
order of civilizations we will visit:
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
Greece
Rome
Supplies List:
3-ring binder w lined notebook paper
Spiral notebook (for homework)
3X5 index cards (for vocabulary words)
1 x 2 inch printed picture of your child's face (2 each)
Cardboard egg carton
4 baby food jars
Empty Pringles container
Weekly homework will be to define 3-5 vocabulary
words.