I have always wanted to provide my children with a history experience that is filled with hands-on experiences. I want to be the mom/teacher who recreates King Tuts tomb, leads an archeological dig in the back yard, and directs the writing and performance of a play recreating the pilgrim's first Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I find that these activities often get pushed to the backburner as we plough through our work and life. If this sounds like you, this class will guarantee that at least 30 times this school year your history curriculum will be injected with creativity.
This class will study Story of the World II. Projects and activities in class will be centered on readings from this text. In this class your student will: ~Experience history through crafts, plays, projects, etc. ~Learn beginner note taking skills ~Learn basic map skills ~Practice presentation skills AT HOME: Students will read assigned chapters that will be discussed in class. Each week students will write the answers to four questions using complete sentences and draw a picture to illustrate their answer. This class is supposed to be a delight and the homework should be easy and fun! Additionally, readings from Mystery of History II can be provided to make this program more rigorous. I will provide a calendar with reading schedules for both books. Required Texts: Story of the World II: The Middle Ages ~The Fall of Rome to Rennaissance (At www.welltrainedmind.com you can purchase an MP3 version or CD version of this text.) Optional Texts: Mystery of History II ***These pictures are to show the variety of activities that happen in the Story of the World History Class. We will study the Middle Ages to Rennaissance this year with a similar format. So instead of Pharaohs and cave paintings, think knights, cathedrals, and Leonardo Davinci. |
Yes! That is a mummified chicken and it was nasty! I was laughing because the kids were scattering it smelled gross.
Why just read about cave paintings? We went outside and found different materials to paint with and then went into our "caves" to decorate.
How did ancient Egyptians dress? How is cuneiform different from other forms of writing?
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