SOTW3CH28and39 China 19th Century

SOTW3CHChapter 28, begins on page 267

CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

The Kingdom at the Center of the World

Bachman,  Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Elias Howe & the Invention of the Sewing Machine

Guerber Story of the Great Republic:  Ch. VIII  A New President, China, 1735-1796

1796 Chi’en-lung of China abdicates in favor of this son (define abdicate!) (Who is his son? Why his son?)

                              An imperial edict forbids importing opium to China (Did it work?)

The Rise of the Opium Trade

Bachman,  Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Cyrus H. McCormick and the Invention of the Reaper

Guerber Story of the Great Republic:  Ch. IX  Death of Washington, China

Grace Lin.  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.  READ-NO REPORT

CH. 28. Confucius: The Golden Rule (book), http://www.amazon.co...The Golden Rule

CH. 28. The Greatest Power (Demi, book), http://www.amazon.co...test Power demi

SOTW3CHChapter 39, begins on page 361

CHINA ADRIFT

The First Opium War

1839 The First Opium War begins

1842 The First Opium War ends with the Treaty of Nanjing

Mara L. Pratt.  American History Stories, Volume III.  Kindle version, chapters

The Administration of James Madison , Dolly Madison , The War of 1812 , Hull's Surrender of Detroit , The American Army of Two , The Constitution and the Guerriere , Old Ironsides , The Wasp and the Frolic , The Lost War Sloop , "Don't Give Up the Ship" , The Friendly Foes , A Young Hero , A Lucky Shot , An Adventure of the Ship President , A Story of Sackett's Harbor , A Story of Stonington , Commodore Perry , "Remember the River Raisin" , Our Capital Taken by the English , The End of the War.

Usborne pages:  Pgs. 354-355; Changes in China

KHE pages:  Pgs. 344-345; The Opium Wars 1830-1864

APRIL YARD NATURE STUDY

Squirrel nest post back here.  Why not combine #naturestudy and gardening? Builds character too.

Spring? Well, Almost

PROJECT FAIR TONITE!

SOTW3CH27 What Engineering Minds Want to Know about History

SOTW3CH 27, begins on page 259

A Changing World

Steam and Coal in Britain

·         READ & SUMMARIZE in Goodreads:  Howard, Ellen.,  The gate in the wall (Not a door - mind you)

·         Synge Struggle for Sea Power:  Story of the Steam-Engine

·         Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  The Invention of the Spinning Machines

·         Builders of Our Country II.  Chapters about Howe and Whitney.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22301464

Cotton and Guns in America

·         Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Eli Whitney & the Invention of the Cotton Gin

·         Guerber Story of the Great Republic:  Ch. VII  A Wonderful Invention, 1797

·         CH. 27, Schlessinger Media has a DVD James Watt and also Eli Whitney (Inventors of the World)

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Continue memorizing US Presidents and making notes about each president in order that they become special and memorable. (I'm up to #14)

·         https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/you-aint-the-boss-of-me/v/crash-course-world-history-32

Usborne pages:  Pgs. 338-339; The Industrial Revolution

KHE pages:  Pgs. 296-297; Industry:  Early Revolution 1708-1815

Including Science in Classical Education

I should have known that I'd home school for almost seven years when I watched the kids dig in the backyard (whether authorized or not). They love discovery.  I do to, but I thought those who homeschooled were CRAZY back then.  Discovery is one reason I became a science teacher and love learning.  But I haven't always shared that love of learning with others.  Many moms would ask me how I even get to science, actual hands-on exploration each week of homeschooling these three creative people.  And, sadly, I haven't always had good answers for my faith in the importance of science study.

The classical education is organized around reading and writing, arithmetic skills, and history.

The Well Trained Mind, p. 158.



Yes, we have to do spelling and grammar and math, but those moms just didn't understand why they should have to do science with their kids, when they themselves hated science from their own school classroom experience.  Well, I loved my science class, teachers and experience.  I couldn't put it into words until I watched my kids begin to use the scientific method in everyday stuff...how we've continued no matter how much we stick in our classically educated schedule (and sometimes it seems like too much), science is a mainstay and another reason I homeschool.

But for many, science isn't that easy to get to each week.  I've always regretted not having the information for moms who are struggling to give their kids science lessons each week. They would ask me what worked for me, and I answered that we were constructing a grammar stage curriculum that is (k-4) from some suggestions in The Well Trained Mind by Dr. Bauer. They looked at me blindly and changed the topic. I didn't understand their reluctance to use this book.  The book was easily available in my public library, and told me to study biology for one for one year, geology, meteorology, astronomy and oceanography another year, then chemistry and physics. I agreed because my Junior High science classroom experience taught me it was "wonky" to make kids study back and forth from one topic to the next in successive chapters from a book called "7th grade science" (otherwise known as integrated).

... classical education is...orderly.  ...use notebook pages for their drawings..your record of their narrations from read alouds.

The Well Trained Mind, p. 160.

Often these moms change the topic because Susan Wise Bauer wrote from a non-biased or non-biblical perspective (for example secular vs religious; many people can be religious about being secular as well). I rejoiced in the freedom of teaching my kids about God's creations within the framework of The Well Trained Mind structure that closely follows a traditional classical education method.  I've never been accused of being structured, so WTM recommendations gave me guidelines.  And I hadn't read about Charlotte Mason or The Bluedorns back when I found the TWM in the library. 

...read something every day touching on science or nature. Teaching the Trivium, p. 382.

Now, I am emphatic about the same scientific method that I loved before the struggle to actually study science.  I now suggest reading about nature and physics, chemistry and habitat. We record observations from all these experiences we have with science (suggested in nature study from HFA Mom) and the format we've learned in Elemental Science study.

 

Notebooking has become a wonderful way to document and solidify learning.  http://harmonyfinearts.org/notebooking/ 

I have bright kids and they seem to need more challenge.  So I introduced a creation based text book, really that's what it was, for them to study about astronomy.  This lacked what we needed, so we moved on to activities involving more hands on work to study astronomy. We moved back into the textbook route to study birds and then ocean habitats, but it never really kept them attentive. Then in 2nd/3rd grade (my children were born within a 16 month period so they follow the same topics for science and history each year) we found chemistry materials that moved us into a realm of challenge, structure and substance that directly tied into the WTM suggested guidelines for science. Even if you are an eclectic, secular vs traditional, Christian homeschooler who never "gets" to science, don't let your kids miss out.

SOTW3 Ch26 Let's Look at Catherine of Russia

SOTW3CH26, begins on page 249

Catherine the Great

Princess Catherine Comes to Russia

Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  George Stephenson and Invention of the Locomotive
The Baldwin Project image: www.mainlesson.com 

Russia. 1774-1775
1700, Beginning of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden
1762, Catherine the Great is proclaimed empress of Russia
1796, Catherine the Great of Russia dies

Catherine the Great

KHE pages:  Pgs. 310-311; Modernizing Russia 1730-1796

Bachman, Great Inventors and Their Inventions:  Invention of the Electric Engine

Withrow, Brandon; Withrow, Mindy (2007-11-01). Hearts and Hands (History Lives) (Kindle Locations). Christian Focus Publications. Kindle Edition..  William Wilberforce, William Carey, Elizabeth Fry, Liang Fa, Adoniram and Ann Judson, Fidelia Fiske, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and David Livingstone. Additional background features include: Awakening Church Timeline; What was the Awakening Church?; The Development of Church Music; An Era of Social Reform; Revolutions and Rebellions; A New Method of Missions; The Rise of Protestant Denominations; Other Christians of the Awakening Church; and The Beginnings of the Modern World.