Welcome to the Industrial Revolution Morning Time Session!
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Schedule
Recommended Books
Prayer & Scripture Memorization
For Bible reading, we will make suggestions for your morning time reading. However, if you’d prefer a more in-depth schedule, we recommend checking out various plans that will help you read the Bible through.
For a one-year plan, we recommend YouVersion’s One Year Bible: https://www.bible.com/readingplans/60. You can also listen to it being read aloud on the app.
Download a two-year reading plan from the Gospel Coalition here:
https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/static-blogs/tgc/files/2010/12/TGC-Two-Year-Bible-ReadingPlan1.pdf
If you prefer to go even slower, Ambleside Online offers three, four, and five-year Bible reading
plans: https://www.amblesideonline.org/L/Lbiblesch.html
This session, we will learn the Prayer for Commerce and Industry and focus on writing and memorizing Colossians 3:23-24.
Artist Study
This session’s featured artist is J.M.W. Turner. We’ve included six art selections for your kids and teens to use for picture study. They are:
- The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835)
- Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight (1835)
- The Fighting Temeraire (1839)
- Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water (1840)
- Rain, Steam, and Speed (1844)
- Norham Castle, Sunrise (1845)
Composer Study
This session’s featured composer is Ludwig van Beethoven. We have included six of his pieces for music study. They are:
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
- Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
- Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”
- Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight Sonata”
- Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
- String Quartets opus 59, No. 1 “Razumovsky”
Listen to each piece below:
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”
Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight Sonata”
Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
String Quartets opus 59, No. 1 “Razumovsky”
Bonus: Für Elise
Bonus: Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Hymn/Folk Song
Hymn
“Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” was written by Augustus Toplady, an Anglican priest who first felt a calling to ministry at the age of 15, going on to spend a lifetime of service dedicated to God and the church. The hymn is about taking refuge in Christ, trusting in him for salvation, and being subsequently
cleansed from sin by the price He paid on Calvary.
In the 19th century, “Rock of Ages” was considered one of the Four Great Anglican Hymns, and though many other songs written during this period have since faded into obscurity, “Rock of Ages” continues to be sung by churches all over the world, ensuring its timeless message of salvation and hope lives on.
Listen to the music and sing along with it below:
Rock of Ages
Folk Song
“John Henry” is a song about an African-American folk hero with deep, storied roots. There is no one author history can point to, but the lyrics are thought to have originated among railroad workers during the late 19th century, passed down and shaped by each person who sang them. The song takes the listener back to the days of the Industrial Revolution, when men built railroads using tools like pickaxes, dynamite, hammers, and nails.
John Henry, the song’s protagonist, was one such worker, a steel driver whose job was to hammer a steel drill by hand into the mountain, creating a hole where dynamite could be placed. But his work was threatened by the invention of steam drills, machines that were said to be faster and more
efficient than men. Henry challenges this new invention to a contest, driving his hammer with such force and speed that he beats the steam drill.
Listen and sing along with it below:
John Henry
John Henry– (Version for younger students)
John Henry Instrumental
The Story of John Henry
Poetry
Our featured poet for this session is William Blake. We’ve included six poetry selections for your kids and teens to read, listen to, memorize, and recite. They are:
- The Lamb
- The Tyger
- Laughing Song
- The Divine Image
- The Chimney-Sweeper (from Songs of Innocence)
- The Chimney-Sweeper (from Songs of Experience)
For copywork, we have included Zaner-Bloser style handwriting sheets for primary, elementary, and cursive, as well as college-ruled for older students. We have chosen four poems, listed below:
- The Lamb
- The Tyger
- Laughing Song
- The Divine Image
Copywork
Tea Times
In this session, we are giving you six Industrial Revolution-era recipes for our hospitality tea: Apple Pie, Little Cakes, Parkin, Rye and Cornmeal Bread, Apple Frazes, and Plumb Cake.
We will also have three storytime teas and three fable teatimes:
Storytime Tea: Oliver Twist, Chapter II: “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board,” by Charles Dickens
Storytime Tea: North and South, Chapter X: “Wrought Iron and Gold,” by Elizabeth Gaskell
Storytime Tea: Shirley, Chapter II: “The Wagons,” by Charlotte Brontë
Fable Teatime: Aesop for Children, “The Goose and the Golden Egg,” by Aesop
Fable Teatime: Aesop for Children, “The Bundle of Sticks,” by Aesop
Fable Teatime: Aesop’s Fables, “The Charger and the Miller,” by Aesop
Plutarch
For our Plutarch selection, we have chosen the chapter “Golden Shoes and Two Crowns,” a study of Demetrius from The Children’s Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks, and included it on the following pages. The book may also be purchased on Amazon.
You can also purchase the guide by Anne White on Amazon. (This is in place of The Children’s Plutarch, not in addition to.)
Nature Study
Each Friday morning, you will go through two of our nature cards. They are labeled in the upper right corner with the corresponding week. These are short, factual cards with images to help your child become familiar with objects in the natural world.
As you progress through our sessions, you may find it handy to keep your past nature cards in a binder for easy reference when your children come across a familiar object. These seeds you are planting will grow into a wonderful garden of knowledge for your children in years to come.
As you explore nature outside your home, watch and listen for newly discovered delights.
Handicraft
For our handicraft lesson, we will create a pierced tinwork (or tin punched) piece. This is a simple and beautiful craft that has been used for centuries to decorate items such as lanterns and pie safes. By carefully tapping holes into metal, you can create patterns that let light shine through.
For younger students, you can substitute the tin sheet with an aluminum foil pan. Students may also choose to punch an aluminum can and create a lantern instead. (Directions for that are available on multiple online sites.)
Art Lesson
In this lesson, we will recreate J.M.W. Turner’s landscape painting, Norham Castle, Sunrise using his “scumbling” technique to create an atmospheric piece.
Supplies needed:
- 8×10 Canvas panel (or watercolor paper)
- Acrylic paints (yellow, navy blue, raw sienna, white)
- Old brush with splayed bristles
- Small round brush
History & Geography
For this session’s history, your students will read chapters 56-61 of The Story of Mankind (TSOM) and chapters 95-102 of Our Island Story (OIS).
Although Great Britain is considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, you might also want to read chapters 65-73 of This Country of Ours (TCOO) to find out what was happening in America at that time.
For Geography, we are including a map of England and Scotland showing where various machines from the Industrial Revolution were invented. Depending on the ages of your children, have them research one or more of the inventions and share their findings with their siblings.
Industrial Revolution for Kids- A Simple, Yet Comprehensive Review
Solfa
Charlotte Mason incorporated solfa lessons twice a week for about 10 minutes each. These lessons are intended to be repeated and you can stay on any lesson for as long as you like. Here is the YouTube channel Lara and her boys enjoy and recommends for practicing solfa, Children of the Open Air:
Brush Drawing
Brush drawing builds motor and observation skills. We have included a link to videos by Bestowing the Brush below which are great for all ages to learn together:
