Rhetoric Literature: Ranking our favorite Shakespeare DVDs
Queried by friends who lent us videos, I’ve was asked which was our favorite. Commentary follows of our growing perceptions of Shakespeare favorites.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Our Homeschool at Bluebonnet Ridge
Rhetoric Literature: Casually performing Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare was meant to be performed, to hear the beautiful language with rhythmic iambic pentameter aka reading his plays is 2D but hearing them is 3D.
A Shakespearean Homeschool Mother’s Journal
Inspired by our current survey of the works of Shakespeare in our rhetoric homeschool studies, I reflected on life from the viewpoint of Shakespearean quotes.
Rhetoric Literature Study: Shakespeare, did he or didn’t he?
Not understanding the rigors of classical education, critics argue that Shakespeare did not write the plays, because he only had a grammar school education.
Teaching with largest Shakespeare Library in my Backyard
I stumbled on the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, while writing our homeschool rhetoric rhetoric literature studies on Shakespeare.
Machiavelli’s misunderstood treatise of The Prince
Reading this book in context of history, I don’t agree with the commentaries that I read about The Prince, accosting Machiavelli for his evil, ruthless spirit.
Simplistically Separating a Mixture in Chemistry I
While my tenth grade son immersed himself in impressive labs for his Chemistry I studies,
I wondered if one of us should pose as Igor or Inga to assist?
Electrical Conductivity of Water in Chemistry I
Feeling a bit like Inga in Dr. Frankenstein’s lab, I photographed my son’s latest bubbling complexities entailing beakers, wires, and a battery.
Our Medieval Feast and Alchemy Show for Thanksgiving Day
Since our Becoming History presentation fell near Thanksgiving, the Medieval Feast lends itself so well with our traditional Thanksgiving, I combined the two.
Temperature’s Effect on Dissolving Solids in Chemistry I
While some of the labs sound quite complicated, this lab began in a familiar way with a twist for deeper study of salt water, boiled and frozen.
