Magic Tree House

A proposed year-long theme inspired by the Magic Tree House books.

Each week would be based on a different book. Merlin Mysteries and study guides can also be integrated into these weekly topics:

1. Dinosaurs Before Dark

prehistory Frog Creek, Pennsylvania - Dinosaurs

2. The Knight at Dawn

Middle Ages Western Europe - Knights and Castles

3. Mummies in the Morning

Ancient Egypt Dahshur, Egypt - Mummies and Pyramids

4. Pirates Past Noon

1710-1730 Caribbean - Pirates

5. Night of the Ninjas

1633-1853 Japan - Ninjas and Samurai

6. Afternoon on the Amazon

Prehistory Brazil - Rain Forests

7. Sunset of the Sabertooth

Prehistory Ariege, France - Sabertooths and the Ice Age

8. Midnight on the Moon

The future Sea of Tranquility, The Moon - Space

9. Dolphins at Daybreak

Today The Pacific Ocean - Dolphins and Sharks

10. Ghost Town at Sundown

The American Wild West

11. Lions at Lunchtime

African Savannah

12. Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Arctic - Polar Bears and the Arctic

13. Vacation Under the Volcano

A.D. 79 Pompeii, Italy - Ancient Rome and Pompeii

14. Day of the Dragon King

2000 years ago China - China: Land of the Emperor's Great Wall

15. Viking Ships at Sunrise

Medieval Ireland - Vikings

16. Hour of the Olympics

Ancient Greece Athens - Ancient Greece and the Olympics

17. Tonight on the Titanic

1912 The RMS Titanic - Titanic

18. Buffalo Before Breakfast

American Old West - The Great Plains

19. Tigers at Twilight

India - endangered animals in the jungle

20. Dingoes at Dinnertime

Ancient Australia - Australian animals

21. Civil War on Sunday

Civil War America - Clara Barton

22. Revolutionary War on Wednesday

The Revolutionary War Delaware - George Washington

23. Twister on Tuesday

1870s Midwestern prairie - Twisters and Other Terrible Storms

24. Earthquake in the Early Morning

1906 San Francisco

25. Stage Fright on a Summer Night

1600 Elizabethan England - Shakespeare

26. Good Morning, Gorillas

Congo

27. Thanksgiving on Thursday

1621 Plymouth, Massachusetts - Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians

28. High Tide in Hawaii

Hawaii - Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters [surfing]

29. A Big Day for Baseball

April 15, 1947 Brooklyn's Ebbets Field - Jackie Robinson

30. Hurricane Heroes in Texas

circa 1900 Galveston, Texas - Hurricanes