Time Travel Unit Study
Name of Unit-Safari Unit : Time Travel
Description
Time Travel is a Unit-Safari Unit that is a New Unit of September 13, 2009. Compiled by Charlene.
The information here is for a wide range of ages, grades K-12, depending on which objectives and activities are selected, so please check first to make sure your choices are appropriate for your own family. New information will be added as time allows. Links to lesson plans and activities here represent materials that can be printed and added to your notebook for this unit.
Learning Objectives:
Many parents and teachers will need to create their own goals. You can compare the goals at these sites to create your own goals depending on how stringent your requirements need to be. All links have several suggested activities for different ages.
- Basic Course structure https://www.worldbook.com/free-educational-resources#tcos
- Michigan Department of Education https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/academic-standards
- Maine as an example of state level requirements https://www.maine.gov/doe/ela/standards/index.html
- California state level requirements https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
- https://www2.mcrel.org/compendium/ National Level
- Ontario Canada K-8 Expectations https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum#elementary
- Abeka Scope and Sequence https://www.abeka.com/HomeSchool/ScopeAndSequence.aspx
- The series of books called “What your nth Grader needs to know” May also be helpful nth representing the grade your child is in. This series only Goes to grade 8
Bible References:
Look up and compare scriptures at the sites below. In your journal note how the different translations and versions help you to have a fuller understanding of the text.
- American Standard Version https://ebible.org/asv/
- King James Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/indexKJV.htm
- World English Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm
- World Wide Study Bible https://www.ccel.org/wwsb
- Free software that will allow you to compare many translations at the same time https://www.e-sword.net/
- New World Translation https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/books/
Timeline :
Vocabulary
The Anderson Institute Time Travel Terms and Definitions
https://www.andersoninstitute.com/time-travel-terms-and-definitions.html
Book Resources
A Girl Called Boy by Belinda Hurmence https://amzn.to/3vmWQzi
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson https://amzn.to/3VKKDzb
A Pattern of Roses by K. M. Peyton https://amzn.to/3VEQ81Z
A Storm Without Rain by Jan Adkins https://amzn.to/4acNBkf
A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley https://amzn.to/3vAx2Qg
A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vande Velde https://amzn.to/3xqPT0r
Adam’s Common by David Wiseman https://amzn.to/3TI2ns6
Aliens in the Family by Margaret Mahy https://amzn.to/3VCcilx
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle https://amzn.to/3TWIuip
Another Shore by Nancy Bond https://amzn.to/3TEV6cz
Back to Before by Jan Slepian https://amzn.to/3TY5ehY
Best Kept Secret by Emily Rodda https://amzn.to/3vwURsa
Black Harvest by Ann Cheetham https://amzn.to/4cOvwe6
Building Blocks by Cynthia Voigt https://amzn.to/3vq37dw
Changing Times by Tim Kennemore https://amzn.to/3vBYRHR
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer https://amzn.to/3PHdNLD
Collidescope by Grace Chetwin https://amzn.to/3THAhNT
Crusade in Jeans by Thea Beckman https://amzn.to/3JjT8tD
Dream Lake by Marietta Moskin https://amzn.to/49hY4cE
Fast Forward by Jenny Pausacker https://amzn.to/4afjDfu
Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer https://amzn.to/3J1B9aU
Gregory, Maw, and the Mean One by David Gifaldi https://amzn.to/3PIgNap
Hangin’ Out with Cici by Francine Pascal https://amzn.to/3IY6WcP
Haunting at Mill Lane by Ken Radford https://amzn.to/3TC54vn
House in the Shadows by Ken Radford https://amzn.to/3J5VawZ
Journal of a Teenage Genius by Helen Griffith https://amzn.to/3PI8Li0
Keeping Time by Colby Rodowsky https://amzn.to/3TBduDj
Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle’ https://amzn.to/4aDfGkD
Max and Me and the Time Machine by Gery Greer https://amzn.to/3TFbbz9
Max and Me and the Wild West by Gery Greer https://amzn.to/3J0owgr
Nick of Time by Anne Lindbergh https://amzn.to/49gUb83
Out of Time by John Marsden https://amzn.to/3VyLlzk
Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park https://amzn.to/3J1zBxU
Saturday, the Twelfth of October by Norma Fox Mazer https://amzn.to/3TC4P3r
Sing for a Gentle Rain by J. Alison James https://amzn.to/3PKr45Y
Something Upstairs by Avi https://amzn.to/4afjU20
Somewhere Around the Corner by Jackie French https://amzn.to/3TI2d3Y
Stonewords by Pam Conrad https://amzn.to/3TEUbc7
Strange Attractors by William Sleator https://amzn.to/49fiBi9
Switching Well by Peni Griffin https://amzn.to/3THF2Xs
The Ancient One by T. A. Barron https://amzn.to/3J5UEix
The Crime of Martin Coverly by Leonard Wibberley https://amzn.to/43CsDZF
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen https://amzn.to/3TBdbs9
The Dinosaur that Followed Me Home by Bruce Coville https://amzn.to/4agfWWX
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp by Richard Peck https://amzn.to/43HQZAY
The Ghost in the Mirror by John Bellairs https://amzn.to/3TwV1aI
The Ghosts of Austwick Manor by Reby Edmond MacDonald https://amzn.to/3J0uC0k
The Maze Stone by Eileen Dunlop https://amzn.to/3PJDCe9
The Pit by Ann Cheetham https://amzn.to/43Hivie
The Princess in the Pigpen by Jame Thomas https://amzn.to/43ILMJw
The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn https://amzn.to/43HoAet
The Stove Haunting by Bel Mooney https://amzn.to/43F1mFM
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells https://amzn.to/4cG1kBC
The Tomorrow Connection by T. Bethancourt https://amzn.to/4af4gDP
Thimbles by David Wiseman https://amzn.to/4aizfiq
Three Lives to Live by Anne Lindbergh https://amzn.to/3xjoq0T
Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander https://amzn.to/49glUWw
Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn https://amzn.to/4adtEKc
Time Garden by Edward Eager https://amzn.to/4adRG7z
Time Sweep by Valerie Weldrick https://amzn.to/4cCHUxy
Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Scieszka https://amzn.to/4aEklTn
Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss https://amzn.to/3J12rya
Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce https://amzn.to/4cEVdha
Uptime, Downtime by John Peel https://amzn.to/4agNioq
Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck https://amzn.to/3J0YOIG
Where the Towers Pierce the Sky by Marie Goodwin https://amzn.to/43Dj2BC
Books about time travel https://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/time.html
Poetry & Music
Video Resources
Doctor Who
BritBox https://www.britbox.com/us/show/b006q2x0?autoplay=true
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/4az9Lgf
Wishbone PBS Kids Bark to the Future (Full episode) The Time Machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wishbone_episodes
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/43H3FrX
Also stream on Max
Hulu
Star Trek First Contact
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/4adx1k1
Also stream on Max
Hulu
The Time Machine (1960)
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/49cuzt3
The Time Machine (2002)
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/3xhRYvK
Clockstoppers
A scientist invents a mechanism that speeds up any target that it hits so much so that it effectively makes it seem like time is standing still. When his son and a friend have accidentally been zapped the race is on to find a way to reverse the effects.
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/43BOBff
Somewhere in Time
In 1972, playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) becomes fascinated by a photo of Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), a turn-of-the-century stage actress, while staying at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan. As Richard’s obsession grows, he learns from a friend that time travel may actually be possible through hypnosis.
Amazon Prime Video https://amzn.to/3VBNDxt
Also stream on Tubi
Plex
Time seems to stand still on Mackinac Island not only because there are no cars, but also because there are two historic military forts and a handful of the oldest buildings in Michigan.
Goodreads has a master list of television shows regarding time travel. You would have to view each show to see if appropriate for your children.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/949351-time-travel-television-series—the-master-list
Games :
Clip Art :
Recipes
Greenfield Village has some dining options, seasonally open, where your taste buds can travel back in time. https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/plan-your-visit/shops-and-dining/
A Taste of History restaurant Seasonal, locally sourced and historically minded recipes from three of our most popular homes are as fresh and delightful now as they were years ago. https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/plan-your-visit/shops-and-dining/a-taste-of-history/
Eagle Tavern feels as inviting today as it must have felt in 1800-era Michigan https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/plan-your-visit/shops-and-dining/eagle-tavern
The Henry Ford’s Hobo Bread Recipe https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/the-henry-ford’s-hobo-bread-recipe
Featured Recipes of The Henry Ford https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/for-enthusiasts/onliving/walnut-raisin-hobo-bread/
Get inspired by recipes from America’s past. Browse our Historic Recipe Bank and share your favorites with friends and family. You can find recipes by type and cookbooks by era.
https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/recipes-and-cookbooks/
Capitol Hill Cooks: Recipes from the White House, Congress, and All of the Past Presidents by Linda Bauer. A fine collection of recipes from members of Congress and every president from Washington and Lincoln to Obama. https://amzn.to/49fYXCH
Politics and Pot Roast by Sarah Hood Salomon. A cookbook that features original or favorite recipes from various presidencies. It also provides a glimpse into the dining and entertaining cultures of various administrations. https://amzn.to/3TCLf79
Field Trips
Living History Farms
Renaissance Fairs
Historic Fort Wayne https://www.historicfortwaynecoalition.com/
Time seems to stand still on Mackinac Island not only because there are no cars, but also because there are two historic military forts and a handful of the oldest buildings in Michigan. https://www.mackinacisland.org/do/history/
Physical Ed
When watching Doctor Who, do a physical activity such as run in place or do 10 squats when The Doctor says “run”. Come up with your workout based on your abilities.
Art, Pictures & Craft Ideas
Use a big box and decorate it to make it into a time machine
Activities and Lesson Plans
Exploring the Relativity of Time https://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/project1499.html
Activities & Lesson Plans :
Assign each family member a different time period and then have them dress like a period person, and then give a little report on it.
They can tell you what era they plan on going to, and then you could decorate the house to look like that time period and then they’d travel to it, and pretend to be time tourists and take notes and such on it.
Learn to dance from the time period being studied
Decorate your car to make it a time machine (attach a large poster board pocket watch to either side of it with contact paper or something) and then travel in it to living history farms and Renaissance Fairs
Back-in-Time Travel Brochure https://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson034.shtml
Worksheets:
Make your own worksheets with these worksheet creation tools:
- SchoolHouseTech https://www.schoolhousetech.com/ This company gives away two free software worksheet factories one for Basic math and one for wordsearch utility that will make wonderful complements to this unit when you include the clipart listed in the clipart section.
- Start Write – This program makes nice reports and handwriting worksheets for the unit. https://www.startwrite.com/
- Teacher’s Pet will turn any text into a worksheet I like to use it with the Wikipedia text or texts from Project Gutenberg. Open up a Microsoft Word “New” and then open the template and add ins’ for Teacher’s Pet and add one paragraph at a time and click the appropriate tab for the type of question you want. https://www.teachers-pet.org/
- TeachNology has several online worksheet makers and a ton of Rubric makers. Rubrics work great with Homeschool Tracker because they give you total points and you count up exactly how many points your child gets. https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/
- Online Crossword Puzzle Maker to use with your vocabulary words or locations or even dated from the timeline. https://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/crosswords01.htm
Worksheets
Word Puzzles
Word Mint has a nice selection of puzzles to choose from
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/97343
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/58299
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/1193836
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/290017
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/668411
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/1495646
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/722346
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/351492
https://wordmint.com/public_puzzles/323441
Fill in the Blanks http://www.english-practice.at/b2/vocabulary/language-in-use/liu029-time-travel.pdf
Time Travel Movies Wordsearch https://www.cool2bkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Time-Travel-Movies-Word-Search.pdf
Free Doctor Who worksheets at TPT https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/browse/free?search=%22doctor%20who%22
Doctor Who Inspired Math Pack https://web.archive.org/web/20211203155137/https://meagangetsreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Doctor-Who-Inspired-Math-Pack.pdf
Complete Units
Time Travel, Black Holes, and Relativity by Barbara S. Camp. To study the parallel relationships between the works of visionary artists, mathematicians, sociologists, scientists, and writers who attempt to explain and discover the secrets of the future and the universe.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100606013834/http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/bscamp/Lessons/time2u.html
Literature Unit A Wrinkle in Time https://web.archive.org/web/20070519182203/http://www.easyfunschool.com:80/WrinkleInTime.html
Online Time Travel Adventure https://web.archive.org/web/20070707232400/http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage2_modules/TimeTravel/timetravel.htm
Information & General Resources
This offers four time travel theories and discussions https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150955/http://www.davidtulga.com/time.htm
Time travel in popular entertainment https://www.timetravelreviews.com/
John Titor is a topic for fun discussion regarding time travel. https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread61544/pg1
Grandfather Paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_paradox#Grandfather_paradox
Web Information
Is time travel possible? See what Carl Sagan and Einstein had to say about time travel in this NOVA special. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/
Time Speak https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/timespeak.html
Time travel is a concept that has existed in science-fiction for hundreds of years. Learn about time travel and find out how time travel will work.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/time-travel.htm
Unsolved problems in physics: Is time travel theoretically possible? Is it practically possible? If so, what are we to make of the time travel paradoxes
https://www.crystalinks.com/timetravel.html
NASA page on time travel https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/time-travel/en/
Evaluation Ideas:
Assemble a three ring binder and please include:
- A copy of this unit
- Course Description (Highschool Students)
- Write a summary about books read for the unit
- Your Lapbook created for the unit (K-8 Students)
- Any worksheets or activity books created with Teachers Pet https://www.teachers-pet.org/ or the SchoolhouseTech Software https://www.schoolhousetech.com/
- Your journal and its contents
- Your Log of activities from Homeschool Tracker https://www.homeschooltracker.com/free-homeschool-tracker-basic-edition Its Free!
- Your Timeline