Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Week 13 + some random links and thoughts.


Thank you to everyone for visiting. I am collecting the best I can from various sites and other CCers on the web. I hope you find it helpful!  Thank you to all the unknowing contributors in helping our children excel!

Note: YouTube has a ton of good videos on every subject and week. 
Just search on Classical Conversations Cycle 3

HISTORY
A Dad did this to help explain the 14th Amendment to his kids. A little long but complete.
7 Questions....
These were found @  (halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com  thanks Brandie for all your hard work!)




LATIN
If you have access to C3, we uploaded a "script" for the entire Latin verse. The songs provided we think are hard, as they are new to us. So, we put it to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Once we get all the words down well, and as we dissect it each week, I have faith the kids will "get it" by MM time. I think.

Handmotions: very helpful!


Science
What is the atomic number? YIKES, this is getting hairy!
Discovery of the Periodic Table short Movie

Nova Island of Stability
Making Stuff With David Pogue-  This is a really interesting show by PBS- it is available for instant play on netflix
The Periodic Table of Videos (AGAIN-thanks to halfahundredacrewood@blogspot.com)
Atom Bill Nye- 
Chemistry for Kids!
I am SO going to do this.
Chemistry Rap my kids loved

Geography




  • Man vs. WildSierra Nevada Chaparral- just a preview I think they have it on netflix on discs
  • Rocky Mountain Living Landscapes- youtube video
  • Pikes Peak  Cog railway- a video explaining about the special cog train that goes up to the top of Pikes Peak, just try not to let your kids see the comments, there is some profanity in the comments
  • Images of Mt. Whitney- Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states at 14, 485ft
  • Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in the Rocky Mountains and the 2nd in the lower 48 states            14,440 feet 
  • VERY COOL SITE- search on any peak/range and get details and pictures. Gorgeous.



  • Fine Arts
    Grandma Mose Biography Printable


    Random Links/Resources:
    We have been watching this for some time as a podcast through iTunes. I didn't realize they had a site! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it! View the SCRAPBOOKS. Kids are mesmerized! Lots of good audio lessons, experiments etc.  It is a secular site, never had any upset, but just for safety, Mom should check out first. The visual scrapbooks are fab with no worries, can't speak for the other audio.
    NakedScientist .com


    Books
    Robert E. Lee (Heroes), Dwyer. 
    With Lee in Virginia, Henry

    Stonewall (Heroes in Time), Dwyer. 

    Amos Fortune, Free Man, Yates. RA:4; R:5
    Story of the Confederate State, Derry.
    Shades of Gray, Reeder.RA:2; R:4
    Call of Duty: The Sterling, Wilkings.
    Gettysburg, Kantor. 
    If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad, Levine 
    The Fourteenth Amendment: equal protection under the law Grade 5-8
    Democracy reborn: the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights post-Civil War America-Epps Garret
    U.S. Constitution and You, The- Sobel, Syl
    Courage to Run, Wendy Lawton  about Harriet Tubman

    For more great resources:  I had no idea such great sites were out there.... amazing.
    http://pinterest.com/lisandrea/classical-conversations/   THIS USES PICTURES TO INSPIRE ANY HS MOM
    http://c3campus.com/
    http://www.halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/p/classical-conversations-resource-link.html
    http://librivox.org/    FREE AUDIO BOOKS

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