Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
April 3, 2007

History
On this day in 1860, the pony express was started. Learn more about it here:

http://www.helium.com/tm/250331/discovery-california-increasing-political

Discussion Questions:

1. What year was gold discovered in California?

2. Why was the pony express developed?

3. How old was the youngest pony express rider?

Journal
Write about this horse: http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/uploads/the_horse_story_ws_.pdf

Geography
Use the information here: http://www.xphomestation.com/xpdrive-ca-mo.html

to draw the pony express route on this map of the US:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/us_nl.pdf

Math

Connect the dots http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/uploads/spirit_easy_dots.pdf
More challenging http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/uploads/spirit_dots_.pdf

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!
http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/04/math-challenge-april-3.html

For more Free Homeschool Lesson Plans

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/ (k-3)

http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/( 4-8)