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Fun, FREE Hands-on Unit Studies for Elementary and Middle School

Updated on October 6, 2025
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I am a Christian. I was an 8th-grade American History teacher. I am currently a freelance writer, public speaker, & homeschooling mom of 10.

Fun, FREE Hands-on Unit Studies for Elementary and Middle School
Fun, FREE Hands-on Unit Studies for Elementary and Middle School

Have you been looking for fun, FREE hands-on unit studies that teach through doing and creating? Each unit study is filled with active projects that are both educational and fun as you learn through Experiments, Cooking, Dramatizations, Costumes, Edible Crafts, Games, Crafts, Songs, Lapbooks, and lots of Living Books! All the lessons have already been "tested" as I've done all the lessons with my children at home and in homeschool co-op settings! The lessons have also been used by classroom teachers, summer camps, and after-school programs. Click on the below links to find the lessons for each area.

Science Unit Studies

Edible DNA model from Human Anatomy Unit Study
Edible DNA model from Human Anatomy Unit Study

Click on this link for my Free Science Lessons and Unit Studies

  • Astronomy
  • Geology
  • Biology
  • Plants
  • Genetics
  • CSI
  • Human Anatomy
  • Simple Machines & Electricity
  • Earth Science
  • Fossils
  • Weather
  • Five Senses
  • Ecology

(17 unit studies & 90 lessons)

American History Unit Studies

Building the Transcontinental Railroad Activity during the unit study on Westward Expansion and Pioneers
Building the Transcontinental Railroad Activity during the unit study on Westward Expansion and Pioneers

Clink on this link for my free American History Lessons and Unit Studies

  • Explorers
  • Native Americans
  • American Colonies
  • Independence
  • Westward Expansion
  • Presidents
  • K-2 Lessons: Columbus through World War II

(8 unit studies & 81 lessons)

World History Unit Studies

Knighting ceremony and joust from the Medieval Period Unit Study
Knighting ceremony and joust from the Medieval Period Unit Study

Click on this link for my free World History Lessons and Unit Studies

  • Tabernacle
  • Medieval Period
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Protestant Reformation
  • Explorers
  • Chinese History
  • Russian History
  • African History

(8 unit studies & 39 lessons)

Geography Unit Studies

Carving a Clay Cartouche from the Africa Unit Study
Carving a Clay Cartouche from the Africa Unit Study

Click on this link for my free Geography Lessons and Unit Studies

  • 50 States
  • China
  • Japan
  • Russia
  • Africa
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Countries A - Z

(8 unit studies & 112 lessons)

Art Lessons

Tints & Shades Lesson inspired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Tints & Shades Lesson inspired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Click on this link for my free Art Lessons for Early Elementary

  • Artists and Elements of Art
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Medieval Art
  • Sculpting
  • Pottery

(34 lessons)

Preschool Lessons

Horse Lesson Plan for Younger Children
Horse Lesson Plan for Younger Children

Click on this link for my free Preschool Lessons

  • Horses
  • Manners
  • Five Senses
  • Attributes of God
  • Butterflies
  • Plants
  • Bees
  • Military
  • Construction
  • Sculpting
  • Science of Bread
  • Ladybugs
  • Sheep & Wool
  • Japan
  • Lighthouses
  • Laws & Obedience
  • Illusions & Deception
  • The Gingerbread Man

(23 lessons)

Holiday Lessons

Colonial Christmas Party, one of my Christmas lessons
Colonial Christmas Party, one of my Christmas lessons

Click on this link for my free Holiday Lessons

  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Summer Fun
  • Reformation Day

(13 lessons)

Homeschool Schedules & Tips

Homeschool Schedules and Tips
Homeschool Schedules and Tips

Click on this link for my Homeschool Schedules & Tips

  • Our Homeschool Schedules at various stages
  • What I do with my Toddlers and Babies
  • How to Start a Co-op
  • Our Curriculum Favorites
  • Classical Conversations Lessons (Tutor Lessons & Lessons for Home)
  • KONOS Lessons
  • Abeka Lessons

Traveling on a Budget with Kids: Our Travel Itineraries & Tips

Traveling on a Budget with Kids: Our Travel Itineraries & Tips
Traveling on a Budget with Kids: Our Travel Itineraries & Tips

Click on this like for our Traveling on a Budget with Kids Itineraries and Tips

  • Washington, D.C.
  • The Grand Canyon
  • Niagara Falls
  • New Orleans
  • Houston
  • Helen, GA (waterfalls)
  • Pensacola
  • Jacksonville
  • Tallahassee
  • Gainesville
  • Live Oak, FL

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