Modern Era Morning Time Session

$47.00

Explore the Modern Era together with this easy-to-use morning time curriculum. Designed for elementary through high school, this Charlotte Mason study covers the history, culture, and major events of the 1950s and 1960s in a way that is engaging and simple to follow. Just print, gather your family, and enjoy meaningful homeschool mornings together.

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Step into a remarkable season of change, innovation, and cultural transformation with this Modern Era morning time curriculum, thoughtfully created in the spirit of Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of truth, beauty, and goodness. This engaging study gently guides your family through the history of the 1950s and 1960s, exploring pivotal events, influential leaders, scientific advancements, music, art, and the everyday lives of people during two unforgettable decades of modern history. Designed for elementary through high school students, it offers a meaningful and approachable way to study the Modern Era while encouraging thoughtful conversations and lasting memories.
 

Perfect for families searching for a Charlotte Mason Modern Era study, homeschool history curriculum, or morning time plans focused on the 1950s and 1960s, this resource helps bring recent history to life through rich learning, living books, and memorable family discussions.

 

The following are included in your 6-week morning time session:

    • 6-week Calendar with each subject scheduled on it
    • Prayer and scripture memorization
    • Copywork selections from The Sinner’s Prayer, Romans 10:9-10, The Octopus, The Ant, The Fly, A Flea and a Fly in a Flue, Morning Prayer, The People Upstairs, Excerpt from J.F.K.’s Inaguration Address, and Excerpt from M.L.K. Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech in primary, elementary, cursive, and a notebook sheet for high school students (and moms)
    • Memory Work: Prayer, scripture memory, and poetry memorization
    • Living Books recommended reading list
    • Artist & Picture Study: Alma Thomas 
    • Music Study: Leonard Bernstein 
    • Poet & Poetry Study: Ogden Nash, with the poems, The Octopus, The Ant, The Fly, A Flea and a Fly in a Flue, Further Reflections on Parsley, Morning Prayer, The People Upstairs, and The Tale of Custard the Dragon
    • Hymn Study: “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus,” with sheet music and listening links
    • Folk Song Study: “This Land Is Your Land,” with sheet music and listening links
    • Modern Era Recipes: Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Tunnel of Fudge Cake, Strawberry Jello Poke Cake, Ambrosia, Cherry Applesauce Jello Salad, and Baked Alaska
    • Tea Time Readings: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Ch. II, “The Council with the Munchkins,” by L. Frank Baum, The Secret of the Old Clock, Ch. I, “The Lost Will,” by Caroline Keene, Peter and Wendy, Ch. I, “Peter Breaks Through,” by J.M. Barrie, Winnie the Pooh, Ch. V, In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump,” by A.A. Milne, The Wind in the Willows, Ch. IV, “Mr. Badger,” by Kenneth Grahame, and Aesop’s Fables, “The Moon and Her Mother”
    • History: History of the Modern Era, links to Modern Era documentaries and videos on the 50s-60s, the Space Race, the Civil Rights movement, and more!
    • Handicraft: Aluminum Foil Embossing 
    • Art Lesson: Moon Landing
    • Nature Study: Endangered Animals Nature Study
    • Plutarch: The Children’s Plutarch: Stories of the Romans, Caesar’s Fortune
    • And more!

Upon purchase, you will receive LIFETIME ACCESS to this session. PLEASE NOTE: The downloadable delivery and forever access of this product makes it non-refundable. Individual morning time sessions are for personal family use only and cannot be shared among families or a co-op; sharing among families or co-ops is not allowed. Thank you for adhering to our policy.