School Summary - Vietnam, Korean War, Argentina, Zaire, and JFK

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A Summary of March 21 - April 1

I've been helping my parents get settled in their new home and helping my mom to decorate. We've been out to their house (about an hour's drive) at least once a week. The youngling and padawan are doing their best to get all their work done but we've been doubling up on MFW assignments to fit it all in. This probably sums up our schedule:

Passive-aggressive, what? :)

It's been a little hectic. :) Here's what we did:

Things that were scheduled:

Math

We received the Saxon Math plans from My Father's World for Tenor. His work went rather quickly day 1 but we were back to the usual length on day 2. Thankfully that was a bit of a fluke. The rest of these two weeks went much faster... as far as his math went.

Language Arts (Grammar with Writing and Literature for both; Spelling for Soprano)

Electives:

Greek and Computer Science (Tenor), American Sign Language, Photography, and Sewing (Soprano)

Computer Science has been chopped. It was labeled as being for 9th-12th grade but the workload is outrageous. I posted the requirements on FB and several computer science friends said that the amount of work looked more like college-level. So we decided to just put it on hold for the rest of the year. 

Soprano has been slowly working on the steps for her latest sewing project. We shall overcome. :)

My Father's World 1850 to Modern Times
Less continents these weeks, but we still covered different world events that led to the Vietnam and Korean Wars. We also looked at JFK's presidency and his push for space exploration and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bible: This year we will be learning (reviewing) basic Christian beliefs and memorizing key Bible passages. We spent another week working on verses from Psalm 46 and then began a passage from 1 Peter chapter 2.

 

History and Geography: 

Project-wise: We looked over the 12 Recommendations game and completed the Code of Congo's Valuable Elements. We also did the outlines and writing from outlines, timeline pieces, and maps. We've done the 'what would you weight on the moon' math before so we skipped that as well as the other activities.
I've been helping my parents get settled in their new home and helping my mom to decorate. We've been out to their house (about an hour's drive) at least once a week. The youngling and padawan are doing their best to get all their work done but we've been doubling up on MFW assignments to fit it all in. This probably sums up our schedule:

Science: We're  using the World of Science reading assignments to review what we learned this summer.

Other MFW: 

Music:  We have the iPod playing at lunch most days. We listened John Williams as much as we could.

Art: Nature Studies, Portraits, and Outdoor Sketching this time.

Extras:

Web:

You can see them all in my Youtube playlist for weeks 17-34.

Cold War Videos 1

Cold War Videos 2

Lego Lesson: Communism vs Democracy

Space Race Videos

Videos:

The Presidents by the History Channel
Iron Will (Alaska)
October Sky
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Favorite Books: 

Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights (Alaska) by Debbie Miller
Salty Takes Off (Alaska) by Gloria Rand
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Alaska) by Natalie Standiford
The Gift (Alaska) by Kristine Franklin
Togo (Alaska) by Robert Blake
A is for Aloha (Hawaii) by U'ilani Goldsberry
Dog-of-the-Sea Waves (Hawaii) by James Rumford
Luka's Quilt (Hawaii) by Georgia Guback
Punia and the King of the Sharks (Hawaii) by Lee Wardlaw
John F Kennedy by Mike Venezia
John F Kennedy and the Stormy Sea by Howard Goldsmith
Moonwalk: the First Trip to the Moon by Judy Donnelly
The Amazing Story of Space Travel with Max Axiom by Capstone Press