Week 4 Ideas

I am preparing for this week's class and wanted to share a few links that were really helpful.

We will be doing Lung Capacity as our Hands-on Science:
http://science-class.net/Teachers_Lessons.htm#Anatomy & Physiology
This site was amazing, everything you could ever want!!
http://science-class.net/Lessons/Anatomy/Respiratory/Respiratory_Internet_Answers.pdf
I am hoping at the end of CC, my kids can answer all of this!

Nervous System
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ner1.htm

1776
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm

Little known facts:

1. There Was No “United States” in the Declaration of Independence.

When the Founding Fathers adopted “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America” [wiki] on July 4, 1776, they didn’t form the nation called The United States of America.

2. Jefferson Was Upset that Slavery was Edited out.

The passage, was edited out by request of the delegates from South Carolina and Georgia. Jefferson (himself a slave owner!) remained upset about this removal of the condemnation of slavery until his death.

3. The Youngest and Oldest Signers

The youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was Edward Rutledge [wiki] of Southern Carolina. He was 26. 

The oldest signer was Benjamin Franklin [wiki], who was 70 at the time. 

4. The Sole Recanter: Richard Stockton

During the course of the Revolutionary War, four signers were captured by the British  Under duress of harsh British confinement, Stockton recanted his signature on the Declaration and declared his allegiance to the King George III before he was released. 

Before he died, Stockton re-affirmed his oath of allegiance to the United States.

5. A bargain hunter bought an old copy of the Declaration of Independence for $4, then sold it for millions!

In 1989, a bargain hunter who bought an old and torn painting for $4 at a flea market found an old copy of the Declaration of Independence tucked away between the canvas and the frame! The lucky bargain hunter sold his copy of the Declaration at an auction for $8.14 million!

6.  Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, which was then edited by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.

7. Independence Day: July 2, 1776 - Though Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th, the date that appears on the document itself, the 2nd of July is actually the day that the Continental Congress voted on and declared independence from Britain. The document itself wouldn’t actually be signed until August 2, 1776

8. If By Land or By Sea – The document has experienced many modes of travel. Initially, like other parchment documents of the time, the Declaration was probably stored in a rolled format. It likely traveled by light wagon and by horseback with the Continental Congress it its early years. When it was first brought to Washington, it traveled by boat, down the Delaware River and Bay, out into the ocean, into the Chesapeake Bay, and up the Potomac to the new capital city. During World War II, it was moved by Pullman train to Louisville, KY and transferred under armed guard to Fort Knox for safety and protection.

9. Line of Descent – Actress Reese Witherspoon is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

10. Fireworks displays were used as morale boosters for soldiers in the Revolutionary war. At the time however, fireworks were the same type of explosives used in war and were called rockets, not fireworks