Get to Know BP Notebooking

BP Notebooking invites students to research and write fun facts about important people and places. Building notebooks is a great way to learn research, writing and presentation skills. Building notebooks also helps build memories, as students are less likely to forget an idea when they’ve taken the time to look it up write it down in their own words.

BP offers three kinds of notebooking projects: (1) Giants of the Faith, (2) Countries of the World and (3) U.S. States and Presidents. Click the titles below to learn more about each.
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Three Kinds of BP Notebooking:

BP Giants of the Faith covers heroes from Biblical and Church History. BP offers four Giants of the Faith project books, one for each year of study:
  • Year One covers heroes from the Bible and the early church.
  • Year Two covers heroes from the early church, the medieval church and the Protestant Reformation.
  • Year Three covers heroes from huge happenings like the Puritan Migration, the First Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening.
  • Year Four covers brave missionaries who carried the gospel to all corners of the world.

The design of these project books makes them easy to customize for different grade levels. There are two pages for each giant. The first page has three sections:

  • The top of the page asks for basic data about the giant: dates, birthplace, place of ministry, and what he or she is best known for.
  • The middle of the page asks students to copy a quote from the giant, or a Bible verse about him or her.
  • The rest of the page has space for a short biography of the giant.
Younger students may stop with the first page. Older students may go on to the second page, which includes more lines for a longer biography of the giant. They may print as many copies of this page as they need to finish their biography.
Giants of the Faith Year 1 Cover

Click your year of study to learn more about each Giants of the Faith:

Year 1 covers giants from the Bible and the early church. There are 59 in all, starting with Noah and ending with some early Christian martyrs. Students start the year by reinforcing their Bible stories, and end by learning how hard it was to follow Christ in Roman times.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR ONE SAMPLE

Year 2 covers giants from the Early Church and Medieval times. There are 38 in all, starting with Constantine the Great and ending with key figures from the Protestant Reformation. The journey between shows students just how much the Church changed in medieval times.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR TWO SAMPLE

Year 3 covers Christian heroes from 1600 – 1850. There are 44 in all, starting with Bartolome de las Casas and ending with key figures from the Second Great Awakening. This is when students meet their first American Christians, like the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth. They also meet great Quakers like George Fox, great preachers like George Whitefield, and great abolitionists like William Wilberforce.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR THREE SAMPLE

Year 4 covers Christian heroes from 1850 – 2000 and beyond. There are 39 in all, starting with George Mueller and ending with Richard Wurmbrand. In between, students meet dozens of missionaries who carried the love of Christ around the globe.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR FOUR SAMPLE

BP Countries of the World covers all countries around the globe in four years:
  • Year 1 covers 49 countries of Asia;
  • Year 2 covers 43 countries of Europe;
  • Year 3 covers 49 countries of the Americas and Oceania; and
  • Year 4 covers 54 countries of Africa.
Like all BP notebooks, these can be customized for different grade levels. There are three pages per country, each more detailed than the last.
  • Students in grades 2 – 4 might complete only the first page, which covers basic data about the country: its capital, system of government, major ethnic groups, religions and so on.
  • Students in grades 4 – 8 might add the second page, which covers national symbols.
  • Grades 8 – 12 might add the third page, which asks for a brief report on the country’s history and geography. Students can add as many pages as they need to finish the job.
Hands-On Asia Cover

Click your year of study to learn more about each Countries of the World:

Year 1 covers 49 countries of Asia divided into six groups: (1)Northern Middle East, (2) Southern Middle East, (3) South Asia, (4) Central Asia, (5) East Asia, and (6) Southeast Asia.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR ONE SAMPLE

Year 2 covers 43 countries of Europe divided into six regions: (1) the Balkans, (2) Northern Europe and the Baltic States, (3) Central Europe, (4) Western Europe, (5) Southern Europe, and (6) Eastern Europe.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR TWO SAMPLE

Year 3 covers  49 countries of the Americas and Oceania divided into six groups: (1) the West Indies, (2) North America and Central America, (3) South America Part I, (4) South America Part II, (5) Australasia and Melanesia; and (6) Micronesia and Polynesia.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR THREE SAMPLE

Year 4 covers 54 countries of Africa divided into five groups: (1) North Africa, (2) Southern Africa, (3) Central Africa, (4) East Africa, and (5) West Africa.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A YEAR FOUR SAMPLE

These two projects come in BP years Three and Four, the two years that include U.S. History:

  • Hands-On States covers all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia.
  • Hands-On Presidents covers the first 45 U.S. presidents, with space for first ladies, presidential homes and more.
Hands-On Presidents Cover

Click an option to learn more:

Hands-On States covers all 50 states plus the District of Columbia in two years. The first 31 states technically belong in Year 3, starting with Delaware in 1787 and ending with California in 1850. The rest technically belong in Year 4. For convenience, though, some parents and teachers prefer to split them evenly between the years.

The design of this project book makes it easy to customize for different grade levels. There are four pages per state, each more detailed than the last:
  • Grades 2 – 4 might complete only the first page, which covers a few basic facts about the state.
  • Grades 4 – 8 might add the second page, which adds more details, and the third page, which adds more still.
  • High schoolers might add the fourth page, which invites them to research and write a brief history of the state.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A U.S. STATES SAMPLE

Hands-On Presidents covers 45 presidents of the United States, starting with George Washington and ending with Donald Trump. Because Year 3 ends at 1850, only the first twelve presidents technically belong in that year. The rest technically belong in Year 4. For convenience, though, some parents and teachers prefer to split them evenly between the years.

The design of this project book makes easy to customize for different grade levels. There are three pages per president, each more detailed than the last:
  • Grades 2 – 4 might fill out only the first page, which covers basic facts about the president.
  • Grades 4 – 6 might add the second page, which covers the president’s first lady and presidential home.
  • Grades 6 – 8 might add the third page, which invites them to research and write about key events from the president’s term in office.
  • Grades 8 – 12 might add extra copies of the third page, as many as they need for the level of detail they want.

CLICK THE COVER TO SEE A U.S. PRESIDENTS SAMPLE

FAQ about BP Notebooking

BP Notebooking can be customized for grades 2 – 12. Expand the Giants of the Faith, Countries of the World or U.S. States and Presidents sections above to see how.
First, because different grade levels may print different numbers of pages depending on how deep they want to go. Second, because e-books make it easy to replace pages if students mess one up and want to try again.