Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Week 18

Special thanks to LindyandJeanne, much of what I post is inspired or borrowed from them.

History
Attack on Pearl Harbor Video Clip the History Channel
Slideshow Of Pearl Harbor
Allied Military Leaders Slideshow
World War II: How Did It Start? this video goes very quick, but the beginning really reiterates the History Highlights.
How did World War I End?
Secrets Of World War I


Geography
Rivers West Song-Download and import into your player (itunes)
River Location Game
All about Rivers


Science
Cool experiments!
Fluorine Video
Neon Video
Sodium Video
Sodium Explosion Video
Magnesium Video

How it's Made Fireworks Video- Fireworks have magnesium them that's how it relatesEnglish Grammar- 




FUN TIMER-how fast can YOU answer the memory master questions?



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


English
Find the subject worksheet


Art
Jim Davis Garfield Comic strips- the kids can read and scroll through some of his work.
My kids had a blast trying to draw various cartoons.

History Highlights Q&A Week 18



History Highlights Q&A Week 18 pdf

Name  _______________________

1. The three main causes of World War II were
A.  the problems left unresolved by __________ ____________
B.  the rise of various _____________________
C.  the desire of these 3 countries for more territory?______________________,______________._____________
2.  True or False  Most American wanted to go to war again.  ______________

3. __________________’s_attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into war on the side of the Allies.
4. What 3 countries did Japan plan to attack?  ___________,_______________and ___________________.  
5.  What mistake did Japan make when they bombed Pearl Harbor?    ___________________________________________
6. Name some of the countries which were Allies of the U.S. _________________________________________


Answers
1.  A.  World War I
B.  dictatorships
C.  Germany, Italy and Japan
2.  False
3. Japan’s
4. America, Thailand and the Phillippines
5.  They left our repair facilities largely undamaged and they didn't destroy the navy base completely which allowed the U.S. to regroup and go to war

6. Great Britain, Canada, India, China, France, the Soviet Union


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 348-349 War Between the States & Lincoln,
-History Sentence pgs 368-373 WWII
-Science pg 48 Flourine, pg 63 Neon, pg 39 Sodium, pg 38 Magnesium
-Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 305-309
-Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 9
-Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 35-36




Reading Supplements
The Pacific-Ambrose, Hugh.... NOTE:   MOM READ and share details. For OLDER STUDENTS-some language and violence but very rich in info.D-Day Landings, Platt. 
Pearl Harbor, Krensky. 
Hey, Mac!, McMurdie. 
Hiroshima, Hersey
WWII for Kids, Panchyk
Mercedes & the Chocolate Pilot,Theis Raven
The Good Fight, Ambrose. 
 If I Perish, Ahn Kim. RA: 4-A; R:6-A
Air Raid – Pearl Harbor, Taylor. 
Land of the Morning, McMurdie. 
It Began With a Parachute, Rang. (V)
Jennie’s War-The Home Front in WWII (RR) 
You Wouldn't Want to be a secret agent during World War II by Malam, John

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