Literature Study | Audubon: The Man Who Painted Birds

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Heather · May 28, 2024

You know those kids who seem to see birds everywhere—it’s almost like their eyes are a set of binoculars? They’ll especially enjoy this course. But I want you to know that your whole family may get hooked on birding after you complete this literature study. Just maybe.

The Man Who Painted Birds is an 18-week (two quarters) course.

In this course students do a Classic Literature Study of THE STORY OF JOHN J. AUDUBON by Joan Howard. Lessons include getting to know who John James Audubon was, How God used him, and his contribution to America.  

The Classic Literature Study includes studying the setting, plot, theme, characterization, related geography, some history for context, and reasoning from Biblical principles.

In addition to the Classic Literature Study, students do an artist study of John James Audubon which includes observing his subjects, style, and techniques. Plus, students will learn Biblical principles of art. You’ll gather around the table with your children twice a week and enjoy the beauty of God’s birds as seen through the eyes of John J. Audubon, and have an enjoyable time together!

True to the homeschool lifestyle, families with younger and older children may enjoy aspects of these lessons together. Younger children may enjoy:

  • coloring the downloadable and printable outlines, or else they may enjoy having it traced on watercolor paper and paint a bird at their artistic skill level, too,
  • listening to the audio of The Story of John J. Audubon,
  • allowing seeds of Truth plant in their minds and hearts as they listen to the character studies of John J. Audubon.

Literature, History, Geography, Art, and some Science in one course? Yes!

See a review on Facebook for this course by Tauna Meyer of Proverbial Homemaker.

Licensing and Restrictions

Homeschool Families: Students must be in your immediate family in the same residence. Close friends, cousins, etc., meeting in your home do not constitute immediate family members. Making copies of notebook pages for each of your immediate family in the same residence is permitted. The license for this course is a one-time purchase for your immediate family, to help make a thoroughly Christian education more affordable.

Homeschool Groups, Hybrids, Private Christian Schools: Contact us for licensing and other terms.

  • A. No, it is not. None of Heather Hall’s lesson content, notebook pages, or research resources are AI generated. Her Biblical worldview is that we’re created as image bearers of God, designed to create by using our minds, and we are to do all of our creative work as unto the Lord. Art needs the human touch in order to communicate with other humans. AI cannot offer that.
  • Observe the shaping of John J. Audubon’s character and how God used him.
  • Learn obstacles he faced and overcame.
  • Appreciate some of the birds that he painted during his ornithology studies.
  • Enjoy history coming to life as you read through The Story of John J. Audubon by Joan Howard.
  • Celebrate what you’ve learned with a Special Audubon Day (field trip, creative project, or party)!
  • The teacher, Heather Hall, is a homeschooling mother of ten children. She personally knows the value of teaching multiple ages at one time. Therefore, many of her courses cater to whole families or age groupings vs. individual grades.
  • Learn some French and American history.
  • Learn details about some of the birds that Audubon painted.
  • Cultivate Biblical reasoning and thinking.
  • It’s excellent for elementary on up.
  • *You may re-use it for younger children in future years.
  • It may be used in your personal homeschool for more than one school year.
  • It’s perfect for saving you time, energy, and money by outsourcing literature with this course.
  • Students are able to re-watch all of the lesson content, and improve their artistic skills with continual practice.
  • 2″, 3-Ring Binder
  • Tabs for the literature study and its divisions
  • Student grade watercolor cakes (the teacher uses the Artist Loft brand)
  • Crayons
  • Size 16 round brush
  • Size 4 round brush
  • Small detailed round brush
  • White acrylic paint
  • Black artist pen (the teacher uses Micron 005 and Micron 05)
  • dish to hold water for watercolors
  • paper towels or paper napkins to dab brushes dry
  • masking tape or painter’s tape
  • watercolor paper, 30 pound is ideal (the teacher uses Canson 30 pound)
  • sheet protectors for filing art pieces in the binder
  • a copy of The Story of John J. Audubon if you want your student to read it or if you want to do a family read aloud (otherwise there is an audio book, a chapter read per week)
  • technology for viewing the videos and listening to the audio book
  • a printer for printing the notebook pages
  • ink/toner for your printer
  • printer pater for your notebook pages
  • writing utensils for your notebook pages

Note: You may re-use the course for younger children in future years for the life of Biblical Classical Community.

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Heather

Heather is a wife and homeschooling mom of ten. She's a certified Master Teacher in the Principle Approach® through FACE and she has been teaching with it for over 15 years. (Footnote: (1) The Principle Approach® is a registered trademark of the Foundation for American Christian Education.)

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