Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Week 21







Geography
If you haven't already, make or draw the map with all the memory locations! REALLY helps. We built a cool salt map. My kids may not know their LISTS so well, but they can find the geographical location fast!  Recipe below.

Territory RAP-Download and import into your player (itunes)


Woody in the east (eastern woodlands)
Plains in the middle
California Great Basin what do you know?
Northwest Coast and the Plateau
Down to the southwest, way down low

SALT DOUGH RECIPE
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
Mix salt and flour, add water until similar to playdough. Color with food color if you like. Place on flat surface (we used an old corkboard), roll, shape and let dry.  Then paint etc.


English
My kids are having a tough time differentiating independent clause from a clause. We are working on the true understanding, but to help remember, we are drawing Santa living in his own house telling in a thought bubble that he doesn't need anyone! Silly, but the visual is sticking.


Math
Associative Law for addition  Khan Academy Video (2 minutes)Associative Law of Multiplication Khan Academy Video

MORE History
Phases of the Moon- this is a really cool website that gives a visual to explain the phases of the moon (thanks to Adventures of the Kotlii)
When We Left Earth- this is a great series, we watched them a year or so ago...I'm not sure if they are all here on youtube or not.


Geography-
Great Basin National Park Pics

Presidents
President learning games for kids
President Coloring Pages
Animaniacs Presidents Song





THIS IS SO NEAT!! Fibinacci numbers (sp?)




Have fun!



MORE FUN WAYS TO LEARN

All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle

-History Sentence pgs380-381 Moon Landing
-Science pg 179 Shapes of the Earth- Geological changes
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 385-389
-Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 11 
-Netflix- The Wonder of It All- Connects with History Sentence

NETFLIX INSTANT PLAY
Reagan: American Experience
American Experience: Nixon
Jimmy Carter: American Experience
LBJ: American Experience
Truman: American Experience
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Week 22


Image Detail

History- from our history snippet, links beneath to other options/info

 On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York City was destroyed by Muslim fundamentalists, beginning America’s War on Terrorism. 

What are Muslim fundamentalists? 

Muslims, or Islamists, are followers of the faith of Islam. Islam was founded by Muhammad (ca. 570-632), who wrote the Qu’ran, claiming that he had been given revelation of its contents directly from Allah, the Islamic god. 

Some Muslims adhere to a strictly orthodox interpretation of the Qu’ran and seek to impose this practice on the rest of the world. They are Islamic extremists, or Muslim fundamentalists. 
Extremist Islam groups hate the U.S., both for its Judeo-Christian heritage and for America’s advocacy of the nation of Israel. Furthermore, they advocate terrorism as a means to impose Islamic political law upon the rest of the world. 
What is al-Qaeda? Who are the Taliban? 
Al-Qaeda means “the base” in the Arabic language. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist group founded by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1988. Al-Qaeda gave financial support to the Taliban, a group which took over the government of Afghanistan, and forced their citizens to follow very strict and harsh rules. Both of these groups are considered Muslim fundamentalists. 
What was the impact of the terrorists’ attacks on the American people? 
The attacks on September 11, 2001 were the most devastating terrorist acts in American history, killing nearly 3,000 people, destroying four commercial airliners, leveling the World Trade Center towers, and damaging the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. In September 2004, the U.S. government commission established to investigate the attacks officially concluded that the attacks were conceived and implemented by al-Qaeda operatives. In October 2004, Osama bin Laden appeared to claim responsibility for the attacks in a videotape release through Al Jazeera, saying he was inspired by Israeli attacks on high-rises in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Bin Laden legitimized the attacks by identifying grievances felt by both mainstream and extremist Muslims, such as the general perception that the U.S. was actively oppressing Muslims. 
  In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the U.S. government decided to respond militarily, and began to prepare its armed forces to overthrow the Taliban regime it believed was harboring al-Qaeda. Before the U.S. attacked, it offered Taliban leader Mullah Omar a chance to surrender bin Laden and his top associates. The Taliban offered to turn over bin Laden to a neutral country for trial if the U.S. would provide evidence of his complicity in the attacks. U.S. President George W. Bush responded by saying: “We know he’s guilty. Turn him over,” and British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned the Taliban regime: “Surrender bin Laden, or surrender power.” Soon thereafter, the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan, and together with the Northern Alliance (various Afghan tribes united to fight the Taliban), removed the Taliban government in the war in Afghanistan. As a result of the U.S. special forces, which provided air support for the Northern Alliance ground forces, both Taliban and al-Qaeda training camps were destroyed, and much of the operating structure of al-Qaeda is believed to have been disrupted. By the end of 2004, the U.S. government claimed that two-thirds of the top leaders of al-Qaeda accused of responsibility for the 9/11 attacks were in custody. Despite the capture or death of many senior al-Qaeda operatives, the U.S. government continues to warn that the organization is not yet defeated, and battles between U.S. forces and al-Qaeda-related groups continue. Additionally, independent regional branches of al-Qaeda continue to emerge around the world. 

Mo-Co-So Paint the Lake
From left to right, Mohave, Colorado (just above the water) Sonoran, southern CA/AZ, Painted-NorthEast AZ and NW New Mexico, Great Salt Lake


Science

Catastrophism is the belief that the earth’s past geological changes

were caused by sudden, violent changes in the earth’s surface.

Catastrophism proposes that the earth’s geological changes were a result

of catastrophes in the past of a much greater scale than those we see today.
As evidence, supporters of catastrophism point to fossils that exist in
multiple geological layers (polystrate fossils), fossils that show signs of
rapid formation, and experiments demonstrating that sedimentary material
forms similar layers regardless of the speed at which it settles.
Catastrophism was the accepted geological doctrine until the mid-
1800s. Scientific support for the theory re-emerged in the late twentieth
century through studies of modern catastrophes like the 1980 eruption of
Mount St. Helens in Washington State.

English
Subordinate/Dependent Clause
HUH? Wha?    Cannot stand alone, doesn't make sense or express a complete thought.

Math
We do this with either stuffed animals or kids. Have them face each other and say HI, have them put backs to one another and say HI,or have them switch places and say HI
However you do it, they still SAY THE SAME THING  
a+b = b+a      axb = bxa
Also so a cute thing with m&ms: layout 3 m&ms as "A" and 5 m&ms as "B"
Do the addition, works either way.



Have fun!





MORE FUN WAYS TO LEARN

All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle


-Science pg 179 Shapes of the Earth- Geological changes
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 477
-Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 12
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Week 20

Geography
American Canals Song by Hailey for download into your player
We did movements with the song: every time you say...ERIE= touch ear ,  PENnsylvania=Write in the air, CHESAPEAKE=hand on chest, OHIO-wave "hi", MIAMI=Put on pretend sunglasses
Art
Tchaikovsky video- very moving. Shows much of what he was like as a composer.
Science
Check out Lee
Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God. -R.C. Sproul   Let's get a little perspective....
I just liked this one... great for kids or a non believer to watch.
Math

English

Evolution: think about it.....  go find an object that is complex, organic or not. Take it apart and put it in a bag. Theoretically, if evolution is true, then if you shake that bag every day for the next million years or so, it should reassemble to its original form. IE: You put parts of a cell phone in the bag, it should assemble and successfully call someone if given enough time and shakes. Makes sense to me! NOT          THAT is what evolution declares, and they say we are silly.

Fine Arts
MORE FUN WAYS TO LEARN

All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle

-History Timeline pgs 358-359 1st World War, pgs 366-367 Roaring 20s & Great Depression, pgs 368-373 World War 2, pgs 378-379 The Cold War, pgs 380-381 The Space Race
-Science pgs 338-339 Theory of Evolution
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 402-408
-Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 10
-Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 39-40


NETFLIX INSTANT PLAY IDEAS:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed- intelligent design
Wright Brothers' Flying Machine: Nova-wk 20
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State- wk 20
Just Around the Corner- wk 20 (set in time of great depression)
WWII in HD-wk 20

THE PANIC IS ON: THE GREAT AMERICAN DEPRESSION AS SEEN BY THE COMMON MAN- WK 20

Vietnam: Homecoming-wk 20
Unforgettable: The Korean War-wk 20





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Week 19

History
 In 1949, the U.S. and its allies formed NATO to resist the spread of Soviet Communism. 

Geography
Silly Sentence:  The GILA monster followed the SANTE FE trail to find CUMBERLAND ROAD where he met a MORMON who told him to follow the OLD SPANISH TRAIL over to CALIFORNIA and up to OREGON.

Science
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the works of his hands.
(Psalm 19:1)  CLICK and know that He is God  This video is glorious and humbling.
ENOUGH SAID! haha

Math

English

MORE FUN WAYS TO LEARN

All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle

-History Sentence pg 378 NATO
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 223-227
-Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 37-38

NETFLIX INSTANT PLAY
Texas-Wk 17 & 18 (Alamo and War with Mexico)
Modern Marvels: The Railroads That Tamed the West-wk 18 





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