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Spirit of Adventure: UU Identity Curriculum

by Kate Tweedie Covey

Written especially for active 2nd - 5th graders.

35 sessions with unique themes, such as sports, medicine, architecture, science and food. View the Table of Contents

Active play such as circus arts, a "take apart party," obstacle course, and a treasure hunt. Check out the Sample Lessons and Overview.

Sample Lessons and Overview- download these Word Documents

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Session #11 Food - Fannie Farmer, "Domestic Scientist"

Make pancakes using measuring cups that Fannie invented.

Session #19 Science - Take Apart Party

What makes computers tick? Find out about the "Father of the World Wide Web."

Session #28 Exploring - Try Something New.

Try sardines, smoked oysters, and other exotic fish like explorer Viljhamur Stefansson did with the Eskimos.

Check out the Overview, including the Introduction, describing the unique aspects of "Spirit of Adventure."

This page was last updated on: November 22, 2011

Spirit of Adventure, UU Identity for 2-5th graders. 2005. 255 pp. Hard Copy Format: 3 ring notebook easy for teachers to use.

Table of Contents

Session # 1 Sports -- What is your favorite sport?

Session # 2 Sports -- Lessons for Life

Session # 3 Sports -- In the Congregation

Session # 4 Sports -- The Good and The Bad

Session # 5 Medicine -- Saving Lives, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell

Session # 6 Medicine -- A Special Doctor, Albert Schweitzer

Session # 7 Medicine -- Learn First Aid

Session # 8 Medicine -- Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross

Session # 9 Halloween -- Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Session # 10 Food -- Stone Soup Sunday

Session # 11 Food -- Fannie Farmer, Unitarian "Domestic Scientist"

Session # 12 Food -- Popcorn Sale!

Session # 13 Food -- Doggy Treats and Henry Bergh, Unitarian founder of the ASPCA

Session # 14 Food -- A Visitor

Session # 14 Winter Holidays -- Unitarian Charles Dickens

Session # 15 Winter Holidays -- Jingle Bells

Session # 16 Winter Holidays -- Winter Solstice

Session # 17 Winter Holidays -- Hannukah

Session # 18 Winter Holidays -- A Visitor

Session # 19 Science -- A Take Apart Party, Tim Berners-Lee

Session # 20 Science -- Comets and Constellations, Maria Mitchell

Session # 21 Science -- Inventions, Alexander Graham Bell

Session # 22 Science -- A Visitor

Session # 23 Building -- Jell-O by Unitarian Peter Cooper

Session # 24 Building -- Frank Lloyd Wright, Unitarian architect

Session # 25 Building -- Frank Lloyd Wright, harmony with nature.

Session # 26 Building -- A Visitor

Session # 27 Building -- Daniel Chester French, Unitarian Sculptor

Session # 28 Exploring -- Try Something New! Viljhamur Stefansson

Session # 29 Exploring -- Treasure Maps and N.C.Wyeth

Session # 30 Exploring -- A Visitor

Session # 31 Web of Life -- Henry David Thoreau

Session # 32 Web of Life -- P.T.Barnum, Universalist

Session # 33 Web of Life -- Beatrix Potter

Session # 34 Web of Life -- A Visitor

Session # 35 Web of Life -- Blessing of the Animals

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