Becoming Pocahontas, Squanto, and a Praying Indian
Using IEW my kids wrote a 10-page research paper on the settling of the Thirteen Colonies, which they used to create a power point presentation.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Tag: classical dialectic level
An Economics Lesson for us to heed, from the Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were funded by a joint-stock company, just like the Jamestown Colony…that failed due to it’s socialistic structure.
Chasing Static Electricity with Balloons in Physical Science
Chasing balloons to no avail was another of my daughter’s fun physical science labs from Dr. Jay Wile’s science series. Her younger brother can’t wait to start.
Egg-ceptionally Smashing Velocity in Physical Science
After studying General Science with Dr. Wile last year, my daughter anticipated the fun experiments in Wyle’s physical science course. So was my younger son!
Becoming Queen Elizabeth I, Portia, and a musketeer
Presenting Queen Elizabeth I and her royal subjects: Portia, from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, and D’Artagnan of the Three Musketeers.
Becoming Leonardo da Vinci via Nature Journaling
The art projects included in this book taught us the art of keeping nature journals, like Leonado da Vinci, for our Renaissance unit.
Becoming the Middle Ages with a Feast
After learning about Lords and Ladies, Knights and Chivalry, Feasts and Entertainments, King Arthur and Robin Hood we invited our guests to a Medieval Feast.
Sourcing our Unique Booklist
Since I didn’t find a single curriculum booklist we needed/wanted, I simply edited and culled our own list.
Many of our books were found at the used bookstore.
My Son the Apprentice Bootmaker
My son, who wanted to be Robin Hood for the Medieval Feast, made his own bow and arrow…and his own boots.
Meanwhile I made the rest of his costume.
My son’s Military Dog Tags for Spiritual Warfare
He always dressed in Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) aka camouflaged military uniform to teach the boys in his class about spiritual warfare.
