Unit Studies: How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman is a great book to build a unit study around for the month of September.  We recently completed a unit on Johnny Appleseed and apples.  For a field trip we went apple picking.  So what do you do with all those apples?  Make an apple pie of course!

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World is the story of a little girl who wants to make an apple pie using only the best ingredients. She travels the world stopping at several different places to gather what she needs.  There is a recipe at the end of the book for an apple pie.

You can tie in several different themes with this book: apples, geography, travel and baking.  I like to start the unit with a video to get the kids excited.  Here is a link to a video of a great reading of the book:

How To Make An Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman

We then read the book each day we work on the unit.  You can do a lapbook or mini books.  Here are some great resources to check out:

How to Make an Apple Pie and see the world Literacy and Geography Extensions by Scissors and Crayons

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Activity Bundle by A Learning Affair  (This one has really fun passport activity and sequencing book

Apples and Johnny Appleseed Research by 1st Grade WienerFUL  (You could get two units out of this one with one on Johnny Appleseed and one on Apples.)

I like to enrich the unit with books and videos about the countries being visited in the book.  Also, I add in great books about apples well.

How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World Video Playlist

Finish of the week either making an apple pie or buying one!