Troops Investigate the Civil War

Our attempt at a unit study with mapping, book study and field trip is a success, and we've done the best with a wedding trip to the Harrisburg, PA area that is possible thanks to Dad (for going to work at the airline), Papa and Gramma for our investigation at the National Park.  Also thanks to the other Grandma for building Mom's LHOP dress that G2 got to wear.

SOTW3 Ch 30 and 34 Topics from Latin America

We combined chapter 30, which begins on page 283, about Freedom in the Caribbean, The Haitian Revolt and chapter 34, begins on page 319, about Freedom for South America, Simon Bolivar: The Liberator and Freedom, But Not Unity.  

We read from Mr. Haaren's book about Kosciusko, Mr. Bachman's Great Inventors and Their Inventions Mr. Bell, Mrs. Guerber's Story of the Great Republic about Haiti and More Land Bought along with  Jackson Stories, and Mrs. Synge's Struggle for Sea Power about The Adventures of Baron Humboldt, The Shannon and the Chesapeake.  We didn't get to My Name is Not Angelica by Scott O'Dell Dutch Caribbean island slave revolt this time.  But explored the websites https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/you-aint-the-boss-of-me/v/crash-course-world-history-30 and https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/you-aint-the-boss-of-me/v/crash-course-world-history-31.

The Tapestry Of Grace unit about a re-written Frankenstein story (not Mary Shelley's) was very much pursued by all 3Gs.  The questions were easy to discuss in a small group last week as each student clearly felt that Dr. Frankenstein was wrong and a very sad person.  I'd never read the book, but seen a version of the story in a movie a very long time ago. I"m so proud of my kids for reading this and being clear about their views.

SOTW3Ch32 Lewis and Clark

• All Read Janet Benge, Geoff Benge.  Meriwether Lewis: Off the Edge of the Map, YWAM Pub, 2001. Off the Edge of the Map, A Fearless Young Man, Looking for Adventure, Terra Incognita AND EVERYONE WINS BECAUSE WE LIKED THIS BOOK! WHY? It has many pieces of dialogue, and we've visited some of the places that are discussed in the book. 

http://lewis-clark.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQBTPY7gk Schoolhouse rock Elbow ROom
The Opened West (http://www.lapbooklessons.com/OregonTrailLapbook.html)

SOTW3CHChapter 32, begins on page 297  

Lewis and Clark Map the West

Haaren – William Ewart Gladstone

Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Guglielmo Marconi

Trails of the Pathfinders. By G. B. Grinnell

The Louisiana Purchase by Robert Tallant , The War of 1812 by Richard B. Morris , The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz bio-president during War of 1812 , Pirate Lafitte & the Battle of New Orleans by Rbt. Tallant War of 1812, The Lively Lady by Kenneth. The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark by Rhonda Blumberg , Naya Nuki by Kenneth Thomasma. Sacajawea’s friend captured with her ,

Zebulon Pike, Soldier & Explorer by Leonard Wibberley explored southwest 1806, Bold Journey: West with Lewis & Clark by Charl  So much good reading about this time period. We were able to do 3 books.

Tecumseh's Resistance

 How has the world transformed? Review the National Geographic Map inserted into the green book

Haaren - Count Von Bismarck

Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  John P. Holland

Guerber Story of the Great Republic: Ch. XIV  The Gerrymander, 1809

SOTW3Ch31 The Changing World of Factories VS Jefferson Ideals

In all this reading, we learned that Jefferson didn't like what was happening in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. He abhorred what it did to the people and to the earth.  As we prepared for the readings on Lewis and Clark during SOTW3CH32, we saw the disconnect that existed in the US government between those who wanted to grow the economy with industry versus those who wanted to grow the country with more land and natural resources.
Read TOG Week 4 General Information for all Grades "Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase" p.11
TOG Week 4 Dialectic Level History Accountability Questions #1-4 & Thinking Questions 1-2 p16

SOTW3CH31, begins on page 289

A Different Kind of Rebellion

The World of the Factories

Bachman,  Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Thomas A. Edison

The Luddites

•  Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Orville and Wilbur Wright
• Guerber Story of the Great Republic: Ch. XXII  New Inventions, Ch. XXIII  Whitman’s Ride, Ch. XXIV  The Mormons, 1831
•  War Inventions and How they Were Invented   by Charles Gibson
•  Listen on your kindle called With Lewis and Clark by Edwin Sabin. (ALL THREE WIN!!!)
• Scott O’Dell, Streams to the River, River to the Sea about Sacagawea.  G2 Wins this one! She read the whole book and entered it on Goodreads. 
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• CHESTER COMIX CROSSWORD PUZZLE, LEWIS and CLARK
• (the Chester Comix website has so many helps for teaching)
• Usborne pages:  Pgs. 340-341; Life in the New Towns
• KHE pages:  Pgs. 340-341; Industrial Revolution 1836-1913
• KHE pages:  Pg. 327; Unrest in Britain 1811-1832

Perspective

So important to understand from what point you are seeing things. Webster's defines perspective as "to look through, see clearly, aid vision."  Reading glasses help me see clearly while the Bible aids my vision and how I see things through my reading glasses.

What are you reading that helps you see "things" more clearly?  Will it help you reach the answers to your questions?  Is it a window that is treated with color or pattern?

We are beginning the Logic Stage Medieval / Earth Science-Astronomy year of the classical education pattern.  After reading some stories about Beowulf, do you understand better why people do things the way they do? Fear. Honor. Pride. Necessity. Classics are good for bringing these perspectives to light.  So glad my kids are reading and talking about what they read.  Simply filling in blanks of a worksheet just won't do the learning job now.

My Original Tween

He's standing, because he can't sit still. How did he get along in the classroom for those months of kindergarten and first grade. He's alone in the room talking to himself as he outlines and drafts sentences which give shape to a book report. His first book report is almost drafted.  I can't read his handwriting, but somehow it makes the most sense.  He is communicating the ideas of ancient transportation that interest him.  And, finally, a conclusion sentence that wraps up the most creative ideas of the book. He's still not standing still. He doesn't miss the chairs in this room at all. I'm so glad he's made it to eleven, and I gave up the chairs / desks a long time ago.

Our Iliad and Odyssey Visit Goes along with Star Wars Viewing

These images are of the version of the books we read and are copied from the marketing site called Amazon.com where we buy many books both for our shelves and for the Kindle.  Your kids can read these books too.

Black Ships Before Troy  and The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff are written for the 9 to 12 year old kids in my house. The boys certainly appreciated the bloody battles in the first story as well as the art renditions.  My daughter was always asking why Odysseus did the stupid things he did in the second book.  Discernment runs deep in we women of the household.  The boys were the first to say, "Pride!"  As if that made any of the choices Odysseus made correct, except that he did lead his people well during the Trojan War, and finally got back to Ithaca after learning much about leadership.

For a notebook page to be inserted into the Story of the World curriculum chapter 20, these three pre-adolescent kids answered questions about how Odysseus was similar to characters from the movie series called Star Wars.  These answers flowed freely as each child typed complete sentences that were later printed onto the color we've assigned to "The Arts and Great Books" category as directed in The Well Trained Mind.  When asked how Anakin was similar to Odysseus, all three gave answers relating to creative problem solving, head-strong actions and bull-headed decisions of both characters.

So, in the end, we used notebooking to record organized answers to literature content of what we read, AND we practiced typing with correct fingering to produce the page.  In another lifetime, these questions may have been answered only about the classic Homer tales in worksheet form and by hand.  Sadly, the worksheets would then have not been organized into a binder. A binder which will be used a third time (we created the first pass through of SOTW in kindergarten and first grade) when we are in high school.  We also demonstrated how serious we are about Star Wars movies. 

G#1 and Tales of Ancient Egypt

Oh the joy instilled in me as my oldest read without pain and suffering the first few stories of Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green.  I was able to discuss the stories with him because I bought the Kindle after Paige's advice pushed me over the edge.  I followed the direction of Laura Lund at Classical House of Learning Literature when she described mythology and various questions regarding the text.  Now my oldest actually thinks that I have a clue and it's so SWEET.

See what I'm referring to after you follow the links above.