tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73688511180352072232024-03-26T17:33:13.774-05:00SONset AcademyPsalm 113:3 - From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised.Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-25556715131951558322021-05-31T15:00:00.001-05:002021-05-31T15:00:00.225-05:00FINAL POST On SONset Academy: JJ's Senior Year 2020-2021<span style="font-size: medium;">I'm sorry to say I didn't do any blogging for JJ's Senior Year. It was a strange year with the Pandemic and everything else that was going on, and I just didn't have it in me to blog. But, last weekend, we graduated our son from High School, so I want to at least give a quick review of his Senior year... </span><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoQ8UT6AlA5R3sE8m38tq3RFUSWDZ6FBNszQQcThcG0MAYdK5MChTcsE0a7UiGsgULJsrCU5vMaOriD6BfUEHUe3VRVVN_qMGx900_QhweFWf8KfTW8at4zlheadeORSRbbxGUdEHYBG-/s2048/20200824_191024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoQ8UT6AlA5R3sE8m38tq3RFUSWDZ6FBNszQQcThcG0MAYdK5MChTcsE0a7UiGsgULJsrCU5vMaOriD6BfUEHUe3VRVVN_qMGx900_QhweFWf8KfTW8at4zlheadeORSRbbxGUdEHYBG-/w400-h331/20200824_191024.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">First Day of Senior Year</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9rbtgkoDps_rlFNJl5802bFruKlyvhuB0e1XBqIu5cCWf5sQOqNf_nFC7Cj0kETSX4fr2_s3ptOt74faz4hMRwEjQMBVkVYlri7b9sA5etGCLbEMwO8EnzjDsSSlS7dNT-V6CuRE_k9P/s2048/20200910_094608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9rbtgkoDps_rlFNJl5802bFruKlyvhuB0e1XBqIu5cCWf5sQOqNf_nFC7Cj0kETSX4fr2_s3ptOt74faz4hMRwEjQMBVkVYlri7b9sA5etGCLbEMwO8EnzjDsSSlS7dNT-V6CuRE_k9P/w300-h400/20200910_094608.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">First day of first W-2 job: Dairy Queen</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjuR3EOoP6Vy4i971FiN7k4wxP8SpH-834k8hs4ijqjFwWr9izppTIimy5HKGc-R1ttrMKcY8xgkgFicPml-U7Gpc8mbcvTJ6U_l0ko3yRBB4Wu0rAbysAxfMA-ObkMVGDXcN9y3Vf2P7/s2048/20210318_112311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjuR3EOoP6Vy4i971FiN7k4wxP8SpH-834k8hs4ijqjFwWr9izppTIimy5HKGc-R1ttrMKcY8xgkgFicPml-U7Gpc8mbcvTJ6U_l0ko3yRBB4Wu0rAbysAxfMA-ObkMVGDXcN9y3Vf2P7/s320/20210318_112311.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Visiting the Welding Program at Community College</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65aUlz12_9jG3z6DHMKQ7L6cMDUvtOtEzh6T_bXAZHR7D3GukykyPP6P_FwjoySRtkBDhU1IwQG3qQcliJq2rcuNUg0UgDUtwntmkKKxK1TVd7KoOQpn8gp01BOT8RgEJos8FeaRzgSV1/w300-h400/20210424_175525.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PROM with a sweet young lady.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q0QbKfBOazNGurxBRO182ljRtl_wg-M5jxVroQ1V1kmWAvaxSz0kE1_YLdGZCDsuGBsX7hyphenhyphendpVDJIuykw2_rllbFhFqlH8hrsVN2KM5Mc3LhzkuNsst9dz1u4NjTBErKfIE4q8qbQkmS/s2048/20210523_123325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Q0QbKfBOazNGurxBRO182ljRtl_wg-M5jxVroQ1V1kmWAvaxSz0kE1_YLdGZCDsuGBsX7hyphenhyphendpVDJIuykw2_rllbFhFqlH8hrsVN2KM5Mc3LhzkuNsst9dz1u4NjTBErKfIE4q8qbQkmS/w400-h300/20210523_123325.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">GRADUATION DAY!!</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside the house before making the graduation walk, all the memories we shared over the years came flooding in at once. All the good times we had. All the hard times we had. I wouldn't change any of it, not even the hard times, for it was those moments that helped us to learn and grow. I truly cherish this son of mine, and am thankful my husband and I chose to spend these years teaching him (and also his sister) in our private home school. <br /><br />It has been 16 years since I first began teaching back in 2005 and, since our youngest child has completed High School, I am now officially RETIRED as a full-time educator. <br /><br />With that in mind, this will be my last post on this blog. Thank you for reading and for following along through the years. I will be leaving this blog up for those who want to read my curriculum reviews, or read about our adventures through the years. You are always welcome to contact me with any thoughts or questions you may have. </span><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div>Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0Illinois, USA40.6331249 -89.398528312.322891063821153 -124.5547783 68.943358736178851 -54.242278299999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-26050338242926574502021-05-30T15:58:00.001-05:002021-05-30T15:59:00.116-05:00What We Used for LANGUAGE ARTS in High School<span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">For JJ's Language Arts in High School, we used a variety of curricula. Here is what worked best for us. </span></span></span><div><br /><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>FRESHMAN YEAR:</b></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><i><b>Easy Grammar Plus</b></i> for instruction in Grammar and Punctuation. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><i><b>Sequential Spelling</b></i> for, well... Spelling, of course. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><i><b>Igniting Your Writing</b></i> by Sandi Larsen for writing instruction. </span></span></span></li>
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<span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">We did Grammar and Spelling Monday-Thursday, then focused on a writing lesson on Fridays. The schedule worked out well for us because it wasn't too overwhelming for my reluctant writer. </span></span></span><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">The lessons in Igniting Your Writing are short, easy to follow, and
easy to comprehend. They take you step by step through an assignment, and what I love is that it has 3 different difficulty levels to choose from for each lesson. You can choose to do the easiest level for a reluctant or new writer, or you can choose intermediate, or advanced. You can choose to do one, two, or all three assignments, depending on your interests and needs. It is geared for those who do not care about writing, and helps make things simple to do and more fun for them.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"></span></span></span><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-size: x-large;">SOPHOMORE YEAR: </span></span></span></b><br />
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<li><i><b><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Queen Homeschool Language Lessons for the Secondary Child - Vol. 2</span></span></span></b></i></li>
<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><i><b>K12 Reader </b></i>- Free printable Spelling curriculum for High School</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Freewriting on Fridays using the ideas from <i><b>Bravewriter</b></i> - Set the timer for 5-10 minutes, give a topic, and have him write non-stop until the timer dings. Even if they write, "I don't know what to write" ten times, let them do it. At least they are writing and, eventually, they will figure out something else to write. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Plus, for U.S. History, he was required to write a research paper, so we used <i><b>"How to Write a Great Research Paper"</b></i> by Book Builders as a guide. </span></span></span><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"> </span></span></span></li>
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I purchased <i><b>Igniting Your Writing II</b></i>, and intended to use it, but it wasn't the best fit for us at that time. Volume I was great for us, but volume 2 we weren't ready for. </div><div> <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">JUNIOR YEAR: </span></b><br />
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<li>Instead of using Igniting Your Writing II, I found something we liked better for Writing Instruction - <i><b>Jump In</b></i> from Apologia. </li>
<li><b><i>100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know</i></b> - A small book we used for Vocabulary </li>
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</div>Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-30642180136704445332020-05-11T16:57:00.000-05:002020-05-11T16:57:48.908-05:00JJ's JUNIOR YEAR - What Our Spring Semester Looked Like<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>his school year, (JJ's Junior Year) is definitely a year to remember. It was completed earlier than our years in the past, but it wasn't really by choice. You see, we were all looking forward to taking a 2-week Spring Break in April and go on a family vacation to Florida; but, then, the COVID-19 Pandemic broke out, and our vacation plans came to a halt. With nothing else to do but stay home, we decided to continue working through our Spring Break, and that allowed us to officially finish our school year at the end of April.<br />
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Many parents have been forced into schooling their children at home these past couple of months, and I can imagine how hard that must be for them. For us, it hasn't been as much of a shock to our family dynamic because we were already homeschooling. However, the Pandemic has certainly changed the way we have done things, has "messed up" our plans, and has produced lonely and stressful situations for all of us. I can say for certain, schooling at home during a stay-at-home order is not a typical way of homeschooling, and we are hoping/praying that next school year will allow us do things the way we are used to doing them. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Spring Semester:</b></span></div>
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<b>NUTRITION CLASS:</b> JJ and CV were almost finished with Nutrition class before they could no longer meet together for lessons. For their final project, they were supposed to plan a menu, shop for ingredients, and cook a meal for both of our families. They got as far as planning the menu but, unfortunately, were unable to shop and cook as a team. The boys enjoyed learning together while it lasted. <br />
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<b>CAREER EXPLORATION:</b> During 1st Semester, we finished our book-work and visited a Funeral Home, a charcoal artist, and the local Post Office. We had planned on visiting several more businesses in the 2nd semester, but plans changed big time once the Pandemic broke out. We did manage to get a Career Fair in that was held at the High School, and JJ was able to get some new ideas about potential jobs from there. He also visited a friend at the local Subway, then filled out and turned in his first job application. Again, the Pandemic stopped that job possibility from happening. He will try applying for a job again at a later date.<br />
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<b><b>STRENGTH & FITNESS CLASS:</b></b> The gym where JJ has his classes, of course, closed its doors during the Pandemic, which was sad. But, JJ has been able to continue with
his class via Zoom meetings. He is very dedicated to getting and
staying fit, and does not want to miss a class if possible. I'm glad the Zoom
meetings became an option<b> </b>for him.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVj2dloXzrfFRC9x5kWjpcBbDwfXOaCooqijdBUbf9A8gXSjGjydL66cLreRZHd948ojFW_ZRjZ6IyEXFA11ASp-gnfyeehSEIyKMJn20Gh0Q6WPVSPwwgavYU6Zg12qYeM5pmLCiMAQl/s1600/19-20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1299" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVj2dloXzrfFRC9x5kWjpcBbDwfXOaCooqijdBUbf9A8gXSjGjydL66cLreRZHd948ojFW_ZRjZ6IyEXFA11ASp-gnfyeehSEIyKMJn20Gh0Q6WPVSPwwgavYU6Zg12qYeM5pmLCiMAQl/s200/19-20c.jpg" width="161" /></a><b>MODERN WORLD HISTORY:</b> This is one of the classes the Pandemic did not change. After finishing Ancient World History in 1st semester, JJ used a history textbook to get a good overview of Modern World History. He read a portion each day, wrote a brief summary, and watched a topic-related video.<br />
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<b>ALGEBRA I:</b> Again, no change in this class, but whew! We made it through it, and JJ passed with a C
grade. That's really about all I have to say about that! Then, with the
few weeks we had left over, he moved on into an introduction of
Geometry.<br />
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<b>JUMP IN (WRITING):</b> No big changes with this class either. JJ completed all his writing assignments. Honestly, he didn't enjoy writing them, but at least he got through the course and learned a little more about how to organize his thoughts. The final assignment was to do a book report. JJ chose the 3rd book in the Michael Vey series which I read aloud for us both to hear. Because of our time at home, we were able to get in some extra reading time and finished the book quicker than we normally would have.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>OTHER MISC. PHOTOS FROM</b></span><br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-68672991666403771842020-01-15T14:55:00.000-06:002020-01-17T14:18:18.497-06:00JJ's JUNIOR YEAR - FALL 2019 Field TripsHere's a quick peek at some of the interesting places we visited during JJ's first Semester of Junior year. . . .<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>September 16, 2019 </b>- We stopped at a local cafe' to watch charcoal artist, Mack Leighty, in action. It was interesting to have our questions answered and to watch him work. His charcoal drawings are so incredibly detailed that they look like black and white photographs. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>September 18, 2019</b> - A fun trip to Casey, IL, to see all the BIG things, many of which are in the Guinness Book of World Records. JJ is pictured here in a big bird cage with two of his cousins. </span></td></tr>
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We are still exploring job/career options this year, and hope to be visiting several more businesses during this final Semester of Junior year. <br />
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We are off to a great start this year, probably our best year of High School so far. The work has not been tedious, and JJ is able to do most of his work independently now, as long as I give him instructions ahead of time. He has chosen to do most of his book work in the evenings before bed (because he is not a morning person.) However, I still sit with him mid to late mornings as he goes through Algebra lessons & Ancient History; and also guide our Nutrition class in the afternoons. <br />
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<b>ANCIENT HISTORY</b><b> </b>- We are currently watching Drive Thru History's<b><a href="https://www.drivethruhistory.com/product/drive-thru-history-ancient-history/" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Ancient History</a></b> DVD series, along with answering the provided discussion questions. It is interesting and educational material, especially for visual learners.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaOWpdO8zSjHeRgJwi3cX1Ix3rLjC6K_J1Bzab4vSvtcCoTBKekimPvd3dLOLccfQ4iavn28A1eVgebe5BY9HYBYBSHDXqdM6ypdtbpyPOqXg_kZGbFdoHatLqJbv6DPNDKBdGsNkFX5a/s1600/015741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaOWpdO8zSjHeRgJwi3cX1Ix3rLjC6K_J1Bzab4vSvtcCoTBKekimPvd3dLOLccfQ4iavn28A1eVgebe5BY9HYBYBSHDXqdM6ypdtbpyPOqXg_kZGbFdoHatLqJbv6DPNDKBdGsNkFX5a/s200/015741.jpg" width="151" /></a><b>WORLD GEOGRAPHY</b> <b>-</b> JJ is using<b> </b><a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/015741" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><b>The Geography Coloring Book</b> </a>by
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<b>ALGEBRA I</b> - This has been one of our easiest years with Math so far. We are using<b> <a href="http://schoolyourself.org/" target="_blank">SchoolYourself.org</a>,</b> a FREE online curriculum that covers the basics of Algebra. The lessons are short, and he is understanding them for the most part. Some areas he still struggles with, but we are working through the program with much less struggle this year than in previous years. <br />
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<b>WRITING INSTRUCTION </b>- We are using <b><a href="https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-composition/jump-in-a-workbook-for-reluctant-and-eager-writers" target="_blank"><i>Jump In</i>, by Apologia</a> </b>(A workbook approach for reluctant OR eager writers). So far, he has learned how to write an "Opinion" paper, and is currently working on a "How-to" paper. <span class="st"> Writing is not his favorite subject, but I love how this workbook breaks things down into easy steps and is helping him learn the benefits of different forms of writing. Someday, he'll thank me for putting him through it. (I hope.)</span><br />
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<span class="st"><b>VOCABULARY </b>- We went over all of the words in </span><a href="https://www.k12reader.com/subject/vocabulary/fry-words/" target="_blank">1000 High Frequency Words</a> listed on K12 Reader, covered several new words in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Words-Every-School-Graduate-Should/dp/054478989X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H4JHDTTMEFV&keywords=100+words+every+high+school+graduate+should+know&qid=1566418714&s=gateway&sprefix=100+words%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-2" target="_blank">100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know</a>, and he is also using <b><i>Explode the Code</i></b> for some additional phonics/vocabulary review.<br />
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<b>FOREIGN LANGUAGE</b> - We decided to drop a foreign language for now. The<b> Tok Pisin</b> he had chosen on <b><a href="https://utalk.com/en/store/tok-pisin" target="_blank">UTalk.com</a> </b>did not work out as well as we had hoped. He already finished one year of Spanish his Freshman year, so we will wait and see if college is something he wants to pursue. If it is, then another year of Spanish would be a good option during his Senior year. If he does not pursue college, then Foreign Language isn't really necessary. So, we aren't stressing over it at this point. <br />
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<b>CAREER EXPLORATION</b> - We finished the main workbook from<b> </b><a href="https://7sistershomeschool.com/product/career-exploration-curriculum-bundle-duplicate-2/" target="_blank">7 Sisters Career Exploration</a>, took an Interest Assessment on <a href="https://www.careeronestop.org/" target="_blank">Career One Stop</a><b>,</b> and have been watching career videos on You Tube to see which jobs/careers might spark some interest. So far, he has a few things he is showing interest in, most of them hands-on types of jobs. He knows for certain he does not want a desk job, or anything that requires a lot of Math. <br />
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<b><b>PHYSICAL EDUCATION </b></b>- He is still going strong with attending a
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Wednesday afternoons. He is being challenged, and is enjoying seeing how
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<b>NUTRITION </b>- We meet to have this class once per week with our friend CV. It is going
well. The boys have so far learned about the essentials of drinking water over
sugary drinks, different forms of carbohydrates and fats, the importance
of proteins, vitamins, and minerals. We are using Janice VanCleave's <a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/025097" target="_blank"><i>Food and Nutrition for Every Kid</i></a>, related videos on <a href="https://ed.ted.com/" target="_blank">TedEd</a>, and several <a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/Nutrition+Transparencies+and+Reproducible+Worksheets/014710/966ea491168e8b024ffda9fb?subject=11&category=2831" target="_blank">Nutrition</a> worksheets by Milliken.<br />
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<b>STRATEGY CLUB</b> - After Nutrition class, the boys choose a game to play that requires strategizing skills. So far, they have played Checkers, Connect Four, Battleship, and Stratego. They have been enjoying this and learning from it.<br />
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<b>OTHER ACTIVITIES</b> this year have included Boy Scouts twice a month, volunteering at a local food distribution once per month, attending church on Sundays, Youth Group on Wednesdays, and also a teen hangout on Saturday nights. In his spare time, he is also learning to play songs on the keyboard (self-taught by using You Tube), learning Aurebesh & Huttese (an official Star Wars alphabet and language), and has been involved with making and editing short videos for his and cousin Jon's You Tube channel,<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqJeAEB8hDZF9O8nGVvHKg" target="_blank">JON SQUARED</a>. </b>One of their most-liked videos so far is <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RqWYt0FajM" target="_blank">THE MAGIC CLOSET</a>.</b> Check it out, and subscribe to their channel to see more. <br />
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<i>NOTE: JJ is at the age where I don't like to post his personal business without his approval. So, he read over this with me and allowed me to post. Our friend, CV, also approved the photos that include him. </i><br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-12565924862042049282019-08-21T15:31:00.002-05:002021-11-21T13:28:29.812-06:00Back to School 2019 - JJ's Junior Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was the start of JJ's Junior year. He has a good load of courses again this year; but won't be doing everything all at the same time. David and I (with a bit of input from JJ also) came up with a course of study that will hopefully be challenging, but not too boring, for a visual, hands-on learner. <br />
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This is what we have chosen to use for his curricula this year:<br />
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<li><b>World History Overview </b>(1 credit)<b> </b>- Drive Thru History's<a href="https://www.drivethruhistory.com/product/drive-thru-history-ancient-history/" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Ancient History</a>, and <i><a href="https://www.sonlight.com/320-37.html" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The History of the Modern World</a></i><b> </b>textbook are the spines we will branch out from.</li>
<li><b>World Geography</b> (1/2 credit) <b>- </b><a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/015741" rel="external nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Geography Coloring Book </a>by Wynn Kapit. (This may sound like a children's book, but it's for all ages. The coloring provides practice in paying attention to detail, and also helps memorization of geographical locations.)</li>
<li><b>Algebra I </b>(1 credit) -We will be starting with <a href="http://schoolyourself.org/">SchoolYourself.com</a>, a FREE online curriculum that covers the basics, and might also use other online resources for more help and/or practice. </li>
<li><b>English/Writing Instruction</b> (1 credit)<b> </b>- <a href="https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-composition/jump-in-middle-school-composition" target="_blank"><i>Jump In</i>, by Apologia</a> - A workbook for reluctant OR eager writers that teaches how to write<span class="st"> persuasive papers, expository essays, descriptions, narration, and poetry. For </span><b>Vocabulary</b>, we will be going over <a href="https://www.k12reader.com/subject/vocabulary/fry-words/" target="_blank">1000 High Frequency Words</a> as listed on K12 Reader, as well as covering one new word per day from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Words-Every-School-Graduate-Should/dp/054478989X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H4JHDTTMEFV&keywords=100+words+every+high+school+graduate+should+know&qid=1566418714&s=gateway&sprefix=100+words%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-2" target="_blank">100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know</a>. </li>
<li><b>Foreign Language: Tok Pisin </b>(AKA Talk Pidgin, one of the three official languages of Papua New Guinea (1 credit) - <a href="https://utalk.com/en/store/tok-pisin" target="_blank">UTalk.com</a> </li>
<li><b>Bible</b> (1/2 credit) - We will be doing this with Dad in the evenings. Our spine is Drive Thru History's DVD series of <a href="https://www.drivethruhistory.com/thegospels/" target="_blank"><i>"The Gospels"</i></a></li>
<li><b>Physical Education</b> (1/2 credit) - A membership to a Teen strength and fitness class at a local gym. He did this last year and loved it, so will be continuing this year as well. Classes are held 2x per week starting in September. </li>
<li><b>Nutrition & Health </b>(1/2 credit) - Using a variety of resources, including Janice VanCleave's <a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/025097" target="_blank"><i>Food and Nutrition for Every Kid</i> </a>and several Milliken worksheets on <a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/Nutrition+Transparencies+and+Reproducible+Worksheets/014710/966ea491168e8b024ffda9fb?subject=11&category=2831" target="_blank">Nutrition</a>. </li>
<li><b>Career Exploration</b> (1/2 credit) - Using the <a href="https://7sistershomeschool.com/product/career-exploration-curriculum-bundle-duplicate-2/" target="_blank">7 Sisters Career Exploration curriculum.</a></li>
<li><b>Extracurricular</b> - Strategy Club with a friend.</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>D</b></span>uring JJ's Sophomore year, we covered a good overview of <b>American History</b>. Since JJ is a visual learner, and does not retain much from reading textbooks alone, I ended up making my own lesson plans using a variety of resources. See below for a breakdown of our 34-week lesson plans. You can also view or print a copy of it on Google Docs through this link here:<br />
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<i><b>NOTE: Feel free to use this lesson plan for your personal use, or send the link to whoever you want, but selling it is prohibited.</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>~RESOURCE LIST~</b></span></span></div>
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<li><b>SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK VIDEOS </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– many can be found online, but we have the
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Schoolhouse-Rock-Special-30th-Anniversary/dp/B00005JKTY/ref=sr_1_3?gclid=CjwKCAjwqNnqBRATEiwAkHm2BKRN9ZzOY_Lt-JJ5sE_lOhK7KpPxIM7WFx7ry5HqpVsO8KPIIgZxdBoCy6cQAvD_BwE&hvadid=174267411085&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9022499&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5904414088762602116&hvtargid=aud-646675773986%3Akwd-832241135&hydadcr=24633_9648909&keywords=schoolhouse+rock+dvd&qid=1565972670&s=gateway&sr=8-3" target="_blank">30th Anniversary collection on DVD</a></span></li>
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<li><b>The MOVIE LIST from the “Heart of Wisdom” Blog: </b><a href="http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/learning-american-history-through-movies-free-timeline/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Learning American History Through Movies & Free Timeline</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
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<li><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/America-Story-3-Disc-Collection-DVD/dp/B003C27X44/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LIZ9ODCX8C9S&keywords=america+the+story+of+us+dvd&qid=1565972749&s=gateway&sprefix=america+the+story+of+us%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1" target="_blank">AMERICA THE STORY OF US - DVD SET -</a></b><b> </b>3 discs with documentaries covering the following:<b> </b></li>
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Rebels - Defecting from England, Coming to a new land</div>
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<li><b>E</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pisode 1:</b> The Discovery:
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to Scrooby, The Separatists, The Pilgrims in Holland, The Mayflower, Plymouth Rock,
The First Thanksgiving</li>
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of Revolution: Boston’s Heritage, War
Brewing, The Old North Church, Lexington
& Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights</li>
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Freedom Trail, Granary Burial Ground, Old State House, Faneuil Hall, USS
Constitution</li>
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Manor, Henry Muhlenberg, Christ
Church, Jacob Duché,
Betsy Ross</li>
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Soldier, Ben Franklin, The Declaration House, Carpenter’s Hall, The Liberty Bell,
Independence Hall </li>
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<b><a href="https://store.hslda.org/drive-thru-history-cities-soldiers-and-battlegrounds-of-revolutionary-america-p156.aspx" target="_blank">SET 2: Cities, Soldiers, and Battlegrounds of Revolutionary America</a></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l23 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Episode 7:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Philadelphia,
Thaddeus Kosciusko, Germantown, Benjamin Chew
House, Fort Mifflin,
Valley Forge</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l23 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Episode 8:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Jamestown
Colony, Pocahontas, Peter Mulenberg, Colonial Williamsburg,
The Battle of Yorktown</li>
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Slavery in Colonial America, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello,
James Madison’s Montpelier,
Dolly Madison</li>
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Hessian Huts, Morris Manson, Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, Lombardi’s
Pizzeria, Fort Washington</li>
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Stock Exchange, St. Paul’s Chapel, The Battle of Saratoga, Benedict
Arnold, West Point</li>
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The Battle of Trenton,
John Witherspoon, Princeton, Morristown, Battle of Monmouth</li>
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<li> <b>BOOKS/TEXTS USED FOR RESEARCH PAPER:</b><br /><ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/How+to+Write+a+Great+Research+Paper-p-9780471431541">Wiley Keys toSuccess: How to Write A Great ResearchPaper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Short-Lessons-History-Richard-Churchill/dp/0825159075">Walch Short Lessonsin US History</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-American-History-D-Montgomery/dp/1932971459/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=exploring+american+history&qid=1565973768&s=books&sr=1-5">Exploring AmericanHistory 2nd Edition – D.H. Montgomery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Know-About-History-Anniversary/dp/0061960543/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UMNFYQTHWK3L&keywords=don%27t+know+much+about+history&qid=1565973799&s=books&sprefix=don%27t+know+much%2Cstripbooks%2C165&sr=1-1">Don’t Know MuchAbout History – Kenneth C. Davis</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DCVDhysvlLxZWaMGBjjrSL0MmxJrPtALJKq9esbQu04/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">VIDEO REVIEW FORM</span> (Viewable & Printable on GOOGLE DOCS)</b></a><b> </b></li>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #990000;">NOTE: We spent a little more time on the Civil War time period because that was a topic of interest for our son. </span></span></i></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 1</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DRIVE THRU HISTORY Episode 1 (Referred to as DTH from here out)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page (printed from disc)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers (printed out from disc)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question (printed out from disc) and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review </li>
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<ul>
<li>Watch DTH Episode 2</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 3</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK “No
More Kings” </li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy the following definitions to prepare for
“America The Story of Us” Episode One (found on the History Channel website as listed in Resources above):</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Alluvial<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Aristocratic<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Coercion<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Contraband<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Fedgling<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Infringements<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Labyrinth<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Pre-emptive<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The Proclamation Line<br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Wampanoag </blockquote>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch AMERICA THE STORY OF US Episode 1:
Rebels - “This is the story of how, over seven generations, a group of European
settlers survive against all odds, claw themselves up and then turn against
their colonial masters. A diverse group of men, women and children are about to
become truly American.”</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
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<li>What was the Powhatan Confederacy and how did this group interact with the British settlers?</li>
<li>What were the most difficult challenges faced by the Plymouth and Jamestown settlers? Do you think they could have done anything to prepare more adequately for life in the Americas?</li>
<li>What role did disease play in encounters between native groups and the first British settlers? </li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 4</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 5</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer all multiple-choice Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review </li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 6</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer all multiple-choice Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK
“Fireworks” </li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Alacrity</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Bayonet</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Colonial</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Inoculation</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Prodigious</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Redoubt</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Resilience</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Siege</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Skiff</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Typhus</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Traverse</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch AMERICA THE STORY OF US Episode 2:
Revolution - “July 9, 1776. The Declaration of Independence is read to crowds
in New York. America’s 13 colonies have taken on the might of
the world’s leading superpower, and by 1783, America is free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the British leave, a new nation, the United States of America,
is born.”</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Who was Daniel
Morgan, and what role did he play in the American Revolution?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why was it important for the Americans to win the
support of France
during the Revolution?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What change in the construction of rifles helped the
Americans during the Revolutionary War?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What were some of the innovative ways Americans fought
disease during the Revolution? What were the risks and potential rewards of
these methods?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What are three major reasons the Americans won the
Revolutionary War? Give some specific examples from this program or from your
own reading.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 9</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 7</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;">W</span>EEK 10</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 8</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period<span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 11</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 9</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 12</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 10</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK13</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK
“Preamble”</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 11</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer all multiple-choice Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 14</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch DTH Episode 12</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read Fun Facts page</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Answer Questions, Check
Answers</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Choose one Discussion Question and write out
your answer, or choose several Discussion Questions and answer verbally</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch a movie/video based around time-period</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 15</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK “Elbow
Room”</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Commodity</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Convulsion</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Cumberland Gap</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Decree</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Exploits</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Frontier</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Keelboat</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Toil</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Uncharted</div>
<ul>
<li> <span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 3: Westward -
“As the American nation is born, a vast continent lies to the west of the
mountains, waiting to be explored and exploited. For the pioneers who set out
to confront these lands, following trailblazers like Daniel
Boone, the conquest of the West is a story of courage and hardship that forges
the character of America.
America
now stretches from "sea to shining sea. </li>
<li>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How would you describe Jedediah Smith? What do you
think were his most important characteristics?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Who was Susannah Dickinson, and what role did she play
in the Alamo conflict?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the significance of Daniel
Boone’s clearing of the Cumberland Gap? How do
you think this affected the Shawnee Indians and other native groups?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 16</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Abolitionism</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Aristocracy</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Cotton Gin</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Espionage</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Industrialism</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Ingenious</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Ravine</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Rupture</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Textile</div>
<ul>
<li>Watch AMERICA
TSOU Episode 4: Division - “America
becomes a nation at the moment a revolution in commerce and industry sweeps
across the western world. This vast new country, rich in resources, experiences
a rapid change‑‑in trade, transport and manufacturing‑‑quickly turning America into
one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Now two different Americas,
united in prosperity, but divided by culture, face each other across a growing
gulf. The issue is slavery.</li>
<li>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why did U.S.
leaders want to build the Erie Canal? How did
the canal change the U.S.?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Some historians refer to the increase in highways and
roads in the U.S.
during the 19<sup>th</sup> century as a “transportation revolution.” How did
the addition of many more roads and highways affect the U.S.?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>When was the Fugitive Slave Act passed, and what were
the consequences of this law?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 17</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Cavalier</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Chloroform</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>De facto</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Emancipation</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Invincibility</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Minie ball</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Munitions</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Ploughshares</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Pragmatist</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Telegraph</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 5: Civil War -
“The Civil War rages. It is 20th century technology meeting 18th century
tactics and the result is a death toll never before seen on American soil.
After General William Sherman's March to the Sea, the South is definitively
crushed, and the industrial might that allows the Union to prevail leaves America poised
to explode into the 20th century as a global superpower.”</li>
<li>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these Discussion
Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How did the invention of the minie ball bullet shape
the Civil War? What were some other important inventions that affected the
course of the war?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Who was Clara Barton, and why was she significant? </div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How did the telegraph help the Union side achieve
victory in the Civil War?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>When was the Emancipation Proclamation signed, and how
did it shape the Civil War?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 18</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch THE BLUE AND THE GRAY miniseries - Disc 1
in two parts</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch THE BLUE AND THE GRAY miniseries - Disc 2
in two parts</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 19</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch THE BLUE AND THE GRAY miniseries - Disc 3 in two
parts</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read The Gettysburg
Address and memorize at least the first paragraph: </li>
</ul>
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<i>Four
score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new
nation, conceived in Liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.</i></div>
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<i>Now
we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle‑field
of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final
resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.</i></div>
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<i>But,
in a larger sense, we can not dedicate ‑‑ we can not consecrate ‑‑ we can not
hallow ‑‑ this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will
little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It
is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ‑‑
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of devotion ‑‑ that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain ‑‑ that this nation, under God, shall</i>
have a new birth of freedom<i> ‑‑ and that government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.</i></div>
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<i>Abraham
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<i>November
19, 1863</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 20</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Read the book, ACROSS FIVE APRILS - Chapter 1 - 4 (or another book of choice about the Civil War time period)</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 21</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read ACROSS FIVE APRILS - Chapters 5 - 8</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 22</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Read ACROSS FIVE APRILS - Chapters 9-12</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 23</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK “Great Am. Melting Pot” (Immigration)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Dysentery</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Formidable </div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Gradient</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Inert</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Nitroglycerin</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Redundant</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Stealthily</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Treaty</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA"; mso-fareast-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 6: Heartland -
“The Transcontinental Railroad doesn't just change the lives of Americans, it
alters the entire ecology of the continent. It's the railroad that creates a
new American icon‑‑the cowboy‑‑who drives cattle thousands of miles to meet the
railheads and bring food to the East. In less than a quarter of a century, the
heartland is transformed‑‑not by the gun, but by railroad, fence and plough.”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why do you think President Lincoln decided to support
the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, a very expensive project,
even though the Civil War was still going on?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What were some of the benefits of the Transcontinental
Railroad? What were the human costs of its construction? What groups of people
built the railroad?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>In this episode, the bison is described as a “mobile
general store” for Native Americans on the plains. What does this phrase mean?
What were the consequences of the destruction of the bison population for
Native Americans?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 24</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch
SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK “Mother
Necessity” (Inventions)</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Audacious</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Filament</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Irrevocable</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Molten</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Rogue</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Tenement</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Unscrupulous</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Veritable</div>
<ul>
<li> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 7: Cities -
“Between 1880 and 1930, nearly 24 million new immigrants arrive in America. Many
go to work building a new frontier: the modern city, one of America's
greatest inventions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This new urban
frontier draws rural migrants and newly arrived immigrant workers. Powered by
steel and electricity, the city begins to be tamed and defined by mass
transportation, stunning skylines, electric light...and the innovative,
industrious American spirit.”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the Bessemer
steel converter? How did this invention shape U.S. history?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why do you think so many everyday Americans contributed
money to help build the Statue of Liberty? </div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the “rogues’ gallery” and what was its
importance? What were some of the other methods used to curb crime? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 25</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Apparatus</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Bedrock</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Derrick</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Detrimental</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Exorbitant</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Fusion</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Rotary</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Temperance</div>
<ul>
<li> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 8: Boom - “In
1910 in California, a column of oil nearly 200 feet high explodes out of a
derrick and sets off a chain of events that will turn America into a
superpower. Mass production and job opportunities prompted by the First World
War draw African Americans to northern cities like Chicago, but racial conflict follows. A
popular campaign to ban alcohol succeeds, yet when it comes, Prohibition
triggers a wave of organized crime.”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How did the U.S.
change after huge amounts of oil were discovered in Texas in 1901? Do you think this event still
shapes our lives today?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why did Los
Angeles city leaders need to seek water sources
outside the city? What do you think were the risks of bringing in water from
beyond the city limits?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the “Great Migration” and when did it take
place?</div>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span>Watch movie/video from WWI time period.</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 26</u></b></div>
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<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Adversary</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Aspiration</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Astronomical</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Consumer</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Emblematic</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Foreclosure</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Immortalized</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Mesmerizing</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Resilience</div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 9: Bust - “In
October 1929, the economic boom of the 1920s ends with a crash on Wall Street.
The American Dream has become a nightmare. The stock market crash coincides
with the start of the Great Depression. The New Deal and public works projects
aim to save America
from despair and destitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
world conflict is brewing in Europe, and it is
brought home to Americans by the symbolic boxing match between Joe Louis and
Max Schmeling.”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the “bank run” of 1930 and what are some of
the reasons it happened? What were the effects of the bank crisis in the U.S. on
international politics?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How would you describe Frank Crowe? What were some of
the innovations that made the construction of the Hoover Dam possible?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What was the significance of the construction of the
Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore? How did these
projects affect the U.S.
economy?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 27</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Barrage</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Catalyst</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Infinite</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Infrastructure</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Mobilize</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Munitions</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Oscilloscope</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Prosthetic</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 10: WWII - “The
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings America into another world war, changing
the nation from an isolationist continent to a global player‑‑and ensuring
economic prosperity once more. America
launches a war effort, and as always, bigger is better. The might of America's
strategy and supplies turns the tide of war. A new world order has been created‑‑and
America
has changed forever.”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why did the U.S. avoid involvement in WWII
until December 1941? Why was the Pearl Harbor attack such a shock to the U.S.?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Why was the invention of penicillin so important in the
context of WWII? What were some other advances in medicine that were important
during the war?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>How were women affected by WWII? Do you think the war
advanced the rights of women?</div>
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</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK “Sufferin’ til
Suffrage”</li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 28</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Look up and copy definitions:</li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Authoritarian<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Counterculture</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Definitive</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Exceptionalism</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Innovation</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Prosperity</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Silicon</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Suburbia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
<ul>
<li> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 11: Superpower -
“The country becomes enmeshed in a second Civil War of sorts‑until, at long
last, the Civil Rights Movement brings the words of the Declaration of
Independence home to all Americans. America is united once again, but a
new threat is on the horizon: Communism. The conflicts of the late 1960s and
1970s remind America
of the rifts that divided the nation before the Civil War, but the boom of the
1980s heralds better times. America's
confidence is rocked by 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, but the country remains the
world's superpower. As the nation launches into the 21st century, what does the
future hold?”</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch movie/video from time period<span style="font-family: "wp matha"; mso-bidi-font-family: "WP MathA";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review </li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 29</u></b></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Watch AMERICA TSOU Episode 12: Millenium </li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Fill out Video Review and/or answer these
Discussion Questions:</li>
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</span></span>What inventions do you think have been most important
in U.S.
history and why?</div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>What do you think have been the five most important
events in U.S.
history since WWII?</div>
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past, who would it be, and why?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>WEEK 30 - 34: WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER </u></b></div>
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Write
at least a 3-page paper on an American History topic of your choice. (We used
the book “How to Write A Great Research Paper” as a guide.)</div>
<ul>
<li>Do some brainstorming: Write down a time
period of American History that interests you. EXAMPLES:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Civil War, Slavery, The Old West, WWI,
Prohibition, WWII.</li>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Narrow your topic down to a title that asks
a question about one specific idea.</li>
<li>EXAMPLES: </li>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-What Happened at the Battle of Bull Run?</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-Why Did Lincoln
Write The Gettysburg
Address?</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-How Was Slavery Abolished?</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-Who Built the Railroad and
Why?</div>
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<li> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Research your topic and write sources and
notes on index cards<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span> -Use the Internet, textbooks, library
books, notes you have taken, documentaries, etc. </li>
<li>When you are done, organize your notes (index
cards) in the order you want to write about them on your paper.</li>
<li>Make a simple outline of what you want to
include in the paper. </li>
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</span>Subtopic</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Detail </div>
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</span>A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subtopic</div>
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<ul>
<li>Write your THESIS STATEMENT: An important
sentence that tells your readers the main idea of your paper. </li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Begin writing a rough draft of your History
paper by using 3 simple steps:</li>
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</span></span>Tell them what you said (Conclusion) - Sum up all your
main points</div>
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<li> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Complete the Final Draft - nicely written
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Compiled by: Victoria Stankus,
2018</span></i></div>
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Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-34222309875688724432019-05-08T16:06:00.002-05:002019-08-16T17:37:03.070-05:00BIOLOGY 101: Frog Dissection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We finished <a href="https://the101series.com/collections/all-products/products/biology-101" target="_blank"><b>Biology 101</b></a> this week by doing a frog dissection with a kit from <b><a href="https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/introductory-dissection-kit/" target="_blank">HOME SCIENCE TOOLS.</a> </b>(None of us had any interest in doing the grasshopper or the worm, but David helped JJ and his cousin Jon work on the frog, while I stood by and took pictures.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Gloving up for the operation.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">"Scissors please." </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Hard at work with David giving directions and helping navigate.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Looking inside the mouth. (Don't you love those faces? Hee hee) </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A peek at the tongue.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Identifying the organs.</span></b></td></tr>
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I don't think either one of the boys would beg to do this lab again, but at least they got the experience.<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-22506384471756779202018-12-14T20:32:00.000-06:002019-08-16T17:37:03.066-05:00FIELD TRIP: Candles Holocaust Museum<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Y</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">esterday, we traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana, to visit the <a href="https://candlesholocaustmuseum.org/" target="_blank"><b>CANDLES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM</b></a>. It was really interesting. It was founded by<a href="https://candlesholocaustmuseum.org/eva-kor/" target="_blank"><b> EVA KOR</b></a>, a Holocaust survivor. She, and her 8 year old twin sister, Miriam, were one of the Mengele Twins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Josef Menegle was a Nazi doctor at Auschwitz who planned and supervised experiments that were done on over 200 sets of twins. One twin acted as a "control" while the other one was injected with different substances to see how they reacted. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Eva and Miriam are pictured on the left as young girls. The other two photos are of their two older sisters. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">The entire family was forced to ride in a crowded cattle car for 3 days with no provisions. They were lied to and not told where they were going. They ended up here. This is the entrance to the concentration camp. One track took all the twins and other "selected" Jews to one area. Another track took the remaining Jews to be put to death in the gas chambers. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">A photo of several Mengele Twins. They were forced to sit naked while waiting to be experimented on. Eva and her sister were only 8 years old when they were brought there. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">After the war, the 14 year old girls went to live with an aunt who also survived. The girls' parents and sisters had not survived. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Both sisters found love, married, and started families of their own. Miriam stayed in Israel, while Eva ended up making her home in Terre Haute, Indiana.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Eva's sister had poor health for many years, due to the experiments that were done on her. She eventually needed a kidney transplant (which Eva provided for her), then ultimately died of progressive bladder cancer. Eva was devastated by Miriam's death, but wanted to do something positive in her memory. So, in 1995, she opened the CANDLES Museum and Education Center.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, for the last part of our visit, we were privileged to sit and listen to Eva as she told her story. She is now 85 years old.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">This last photo is a bit blurry, but we asked to see the tattoo on Eva's arm. Every prisoner who came into the camps was forced to have a number tattooed on their arm. The numbers on Eva's tattoo were hard to make out now, due to age and skin condition, but it was still evident that a tattoo was there. Eva knew those numbers by memory and told us what they were. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you get a chance to stop in at this museum, I encourage you to do that. Eva is not only a Holocaust survivor, she is an advocate for FORGIVENESS, and is known to help people in finding their own path to self-healing. Her story is riveting and inspiring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Anger is a seed for war,<i><b> forgiveness</b></i> is a seed for peace." </span><span style="font-size: large;">~ Eva Kor</span></blockquote>
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-4102145610613303762018-12-12T06:30:00.000-06:002019-08-16T17:37:03.077-05:00BIOLOGY 101: Egg Experiments & An Owl Pellet Dissection<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span class="subtitle" style="font-size: large;">As we studied <b>Flying Creatures</b> with our<a href="https://the101series.com/collections/all-products/products/biology-101" target="_blank"><b> Biology 101 </b></a>DVD curriculum, we added activities from Kit #29 (Eggs), and Kit #30 (Owls) from </span><span class="subtitle"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.theyoungscientistsclub.com/retailstore/retail-youngscientist.html" target="_blank">The Young Scientist Series - Set 10</a>. </b></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">What happens to a raw egg when it is placed into a bowl of hot tap water? Bubbles begin to form, due to tiny spores in the egg shell. See the short video below for an example.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you have a hard-boiled egg, and a raw egg, which one spins faster and longer? Take a look at this next video. The hard-boiled egg is white, and the raw egg is brown. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">In this photo, JJ is getting ready to dissect an owl pellet. In case you were wondering, an owl's stomach cannot digest <span class="ILfuVd">the fur, bones, teeth,
feathers, and insect shells that come from the critters it eats. So, these “extra” parts are
formed into a tight <b>PELLET</b> inside the owl, and are later spit up. The pellet JJ is about to dissect has been disinfected and wrapped in aluminum foil until it is ready for dissection. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">The unwrapped pellet. It is mostly dark brown, but you can see a small white spot, which is either feathers or fur.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">He found this small skull inside of the pellet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">After he gathered all the bones, we put them in bleach water to clean them up, and JJ began to place them on this diagram of a rodent.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">He was able to find about 90% of the bones that can be found in a rodent. He also found some very tiny skulls, which we think may have been unborn babies from inside the rodent's mother. It was interesting to see. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that we've finished the Flying Creatures section, we are moving on to learn about Land Animals. </span><br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-4904308391052022692018-12-08T13:18:00.003-06:002019-08-16T17:37:03.080-05:00BIOLOGY 101: Aquatic Creatures & A Brine Shrimp Hatchery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I</b></span>n our <a href="https://the101series.com/collections/all-products/products/biology-101" target="_blank"><b>Biology 101 course</b></a>, we finished the section on <b>Aquatic Creatures</b>.<br />
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To supplement the video lesson, JJ also read the material in the Guidebook, and watched videos on You Tube about different aquatic animals, such as whales and sharks. We also took a virtual You Tube field trip to<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ES7ocQ8tyE&t=3s" target="_blank"><b> a pond</b></a> and identified the living creatures in it, such as tadpoles, water bugs, and mosquito larvae.<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">For a LAB, we hatched some brine shrimp, using Kit #29 in The Young Scientist Series.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here, JJ is cutting an empty sodapop bottle in half to use as the hatchery. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following the directions, he added the tiny shrimp eggs to the prepared salt water.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">We placed the hatchery on a kitchen counter under a light to help keep the water warmer.</span></td></tr>
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The shrimp are drawn to the light for some reason. Here is a short video of them swimming towards a flashlight in a dark room . . . <br />
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That concluded our Aquatic animal study. We also just finished the section on Avian (flying) creatures, and will post about that soon.<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-82067713587514879212018-11-21T12:29:00.001-06:002019-08-16T17:37:03.088-05:00Volunteering at LIFE Cafe<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>his school year, my daughter, EL (now age 20 - Wow!), was enrolled in a new therapeutic day program called LIMITLESS. It runs Monday-Thursday from 8:00-4:00. EL has been attending classes there in the mornings to gain some vocational, life, and social skills. She has been challenged at times to do new things that are fun for her,
and to also do things she does NOT want to do. She has had happy
moments, as well as moments with a few tears; but, no matter what her day has been like, she is still ready to return each morning. It has been a great learning experience for her.<br />
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Starting in October, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lifecafenewton/" target="_blank"><b>LIFE CAFE'</b></a> also opened up. (LIFE = Limitless Institute for Functional Education.) It is a small cafe that serves quality coffee, tea, pastries, and limited lunch items. The proceeds go to help support the students who are taking part in the Limitless day program. <br />
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One day each week, EL and I have been volunteering together at the LIFE Cafe. It has been fun working there with her, and being a part of this beneficial non-profit organization.<br />
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Here are a few photos of EL helping out in the Cafe. . . .<br />
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Fresh flowers are brought in each week and need to be watered.</h3>
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EL is at the sink, adding new water to a vase.</h3>
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She loves to draw, so here she is making note cards and thank you cards to give away to consumers. </h3>
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She also made some Fall decorations to place on the tables.</h3>
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EL and I plan to continue volunteering there in the coming months, and might even get her brother, JJ, to join us soon.<br />
<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-37832252221571496662018-10-21T16:21:00.001-05:002019-08-16T17:37:03.073-05:00FALL 2018 FIELD TRIPS: Apple Orchard & Monk's Mound<span style="font-size: large;"><b>O</b>ur first field trip this Fall was on September 26th, our annual trip to a nearby apple orchard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was wet and muddy out there this year, but still a nice day to enjoy being outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last May</span><span style="font-size: large;">, you may remember we visited <b>Cahokia Mounds</b>. Here is the blog post I wrote about it:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://sonsetacademy.blogspot.com/2018/05/may-2018-field-trip-cahokia-mounds.html" target="_blank">MAY 2018 FIELD TRIP to CAHOKIA MOUNDS </a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On that trip, we wanted to climb the biggest mound, Monk's Mound, but it was too hot that day. So, we finally got the chance to go back in cooler weather. Here are a few photos we took when we went on October 20th. It was a windy day, but it was nice to have the sun shining. </span></div>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Back at the van, I could see the guys standing at the top of the mound. You can barely see them in this picture. There are two dots to the left of the big tree.</span></td></tr>
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For High School Biology, we are using the <b><a href="https://the101series.com/collections/all-products/products/biology-101" target="_blank">Biology 101 DVD curriculum</a></b> as our core. It is a 4-DVD set which covers biology (a.k.a. the study of life) using the 6 days of Biblical creation as an outline. Each segment (a total of 9) runs from 20-45 minutes each, and include plant life, aquatic (water) creatures, avian (flying) creatures, land animals, mankind, and genetics. On the 4th disc, there is also a printable guidebook (reading material), quizzes, answer key, and an accreditation booklet (lesson plan.<br />
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This curriculum can be used in a variety of different ways, depending on your needs. I know of a couple families who watched the DVD segments, and then used them as a starting point for further research on a topic of interest. Others only use the DVD as a supplement to a textbook.<br />
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As for us, I have made my own lesson plans and we are doing the following:<br />
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<li>Watching each of the DVD segments (sometimes twice)</li>
<li>Reading the included Guidebook (2-3 pages at a time)</li>
<li>Taking the Quizzes (but doing them open-book)</li>
<li>Using some of the recommended Labs in the lesson plans</li>
<li>Additional Science kits (Labs) from <a href="http://www.theyoungscientistsclub.com/" target="_blank">The Young Scientists Club</a> </li>
<li>A frog dissection kit (coming in the mail from <a href="https://www.homesciencetools.com/" target="_blank">Home Science Tools</a>) </li>
<li>Watching videos on You Tube about topics mentioned on the DVD</li>
<li>Doing some additional light reading from books on each topic</li>
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So far, it is going well. This week, we finished learning about Plant life and we worked on a plant lab about seeds, fruits, and other plant parts (Kit #28 from Set 10 of <a href="http://www.theyoungscientistsclub.com/retailstore/retail-youngscientist.html" target="_blank">The Young Scientists Series</a>) <br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">A few days later, you can see the condensation forming which waters the growing seeds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">A couple days later, you can see how the "veins" in the celery absorbed the colored water.</span></td></tr>
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Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-8748013602656384512018-09-26T16:23:00.001-05:002019-08-16T17:37:03.092-05:00A Few Weeks Into the 2018-19 School Year<span style="font-size: large;"><b>W</b></span>e are a few weeks into our school year, the start of JJ's Sophomore year. Just like every year, it started out a bit "rocky." I was excited about all he would be doing, all he would be learning, etc. But, he did not share the same excitement. His complaints about the work, and about not being able to sleep in as much on school days, led to some tense conversations between us. But, just like every year, we have persevered and things are improving.<br />
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I think, this year, things really began to make a turn for the best when cousins Jon and Joe came for a visit. They are both homeschooled as well, so they stayed with us last week while my brother and his wife attended a conference. During the week, all the boys were required to get up at a specific time each morning,
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I was pleased with how well the boys did. They fed off of each other in a positive way and showed responsibility
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They all worked mostly on their own, and I was there to answer questions as needed. It was a good week. Since then, I am thankful to see JJ showing more initiative at getting his work done.<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-21334818844116124602018-08-24T20:57:00.002-05:002021-11-21T13:38:45.384-06:00Back to School 2018 - JJ's Sophomore Year<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - We had a "back-to-school breakfast" of a Toaster Strudel, half of a banana, and a cup of coffee. </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JJ was being camera shy. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>He wasn't thrilled about starting back to school.</b></span></td></tr>
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This is JJ's Sophomore year. We have quite a line-up of subjects for him to do, but I think it will be a good year. Over the summer, I did a lot of researching and planning to come up with a course of study that will hopefully be challenging, yet enjoyable. We have learned that he is a visual learner, and also enjoys working with his hands, so I tried to tailor his studies with those styles of learning in mind. <br />
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This is what we have chosen to use for his curriculum this year:<br />
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<li><b>American History </b>- I made my own lesson plans using a variety of resources, including <a href="https://www.drivethruhistory.com/" target="_blank">Drive Thru History</a> and <a href="https://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us" target="_blank">America The Story of Us.</a></li>
<li><b>Biology -</b> Again, I made my own lesson plans with a mix of resources, using the <a href="https://the101series.com/collections/all-products/products/biology-101" target="_blank">Biology 101 DVD curriculum</a> as the core. <b><br /></b></li>
<li><b>Basic Math & Pre-Algebra </b>-We are trying <a href="https://www.ctcmath.com/" target="_blank">CTC Math</a> online curriculum this year.</li>
<li><b>English/Grammar </b>- <a href="https://www.queenhomeschool.com/" target="_blank">Queen Homeschool's Language Lessons for the Secondary Child Vol. 2</a> </li>
<li><b>Composition </b>-<a href="http://www.currclick.com/product/988/Igniting-Your-Writing-II?term=Igniting+your+writing&it=1" target="_blank"> Igniting Your Writing II </a></li>
<li><b>Spelling</b> -<a href="https://www.k12reader.com/high-school-spelling-words-36-week-program/" target="_blank"> K12 Reader's FREE High School Spelling Words (36 Week Program)</a></li>
<li><b>Intro to Logic </b>- <a href="http://www.fallacydetective.com/products/item/the-fallacy-detective/" target="_blank">The Fallacy Detective</a></li>
<li><b>Fundamentals of Drawing</b> - <a href="https://howgreatthouart.com/" target="_blank">Lamb's Book of Art II</a></li>
<li><b>Bible</b> - The Pauline Epistles</li>
<li><b>Physical Education</b> - A membership to a Teen class at a local gym. Classes will be held 2x per week starting in September. </li>
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I hope to share more about each of these subjects in the coming months to let you know how things are working out for us. <br />
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Have a great school year!<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-17639158763720216932018-07-25T14:26:00.000-05:002018-07-25T15:31:30.307-05:00ON OUR BACK PORCH: The Growth of a Barn Swallow Family<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I</b></span>n the middle of May, we noticed three barn swallows flying around our back yard, sometimes landing on a nail attached to our porch overhang, and sometimes fighting with each other. My guess is they were either fighting over their territory, or maybe two males were fighting over the female. Either way, eventually, there were only two swallows left, and then the couple began building their nest around the nail. It was interesting to see how they worked together as a couple, building a home to raise their family in, then taking turns feeding their babies, watching over them, and finally teaching them how to fly. Take a look at the photos and videos below to see the progression. <br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">The top left photo was taken on May 12th. Below that is May 13th, then May 14th. The other side is May 15th, 16th, and 17th.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">May 16th - Our cat, Sofie, was also watching the birds build their nest.</span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Top left was taken on May 18th. Below that is May 20th, and you can see
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In the short video below, you can see Papa Swallow taking a shower in the rain while the mama sits on the eggs in the nest. If you listen closely, you can hear a Matt Redman CD playing in the background with the song, "Oh no, You never let go, through the calm and through the storm." That did not happen intentionally but turned out to be appropriate, considering the mild thunderstorm. <br />
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In this video, the parents did not like me being outside so close to their babies, so they started dive-bombing me to scare me away. </div>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">June 27th - Almost fully grown. One of the babies had
already taken flight at this point, was out flying around during the
daytime, then came back to the nest in the late afternoon. </span></td></tr>
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This video was taken with only 2 of the babies in their nest. They were testing their wings. The next day, the one on the left was also out flying during the morning hours, leaving only one bird left in the nest.<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">June 30th - In this photo, two of the babies were out flying during the morning hours, and one of the parents was still flying around, watching over the third baby. It seemed as if the entire family was working together at this point, trying to encourage the last baby to spread his wings and take flight. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">July 1st - The first two babies left the nest and landed on the top of our ladder, waiting for the third baby to finally take flight.</span></td></tr>
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It was fun watching the entire process from start to finish, and seeing how the parents worked together to raise their family; and it even seemed like the siblings were encouraging each other as they were growing up and heading out into the big world - the example of a close-knit family.<br />
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We occasionally see one or two swallows still flying around the nest, or stopping by for a visit, but they don't stay in it overnight. I have a feeling they will return in the Spring, so we have decided to leave the nest alone and wait to see what happens. I look forward to watching as they raise another swallow family.<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-17160849221106886572018-05-22T06:30:00.000-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.884-05:00YEAR- END REVIEW: Survey of Geology & Archaeology <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_2bIagwj4RPneQ4wQwuFoncdmKRYy1ekjddq78mieW8kjaZCJ1-MYXr0FAPlDIvWQS6POwiGlI5v5AVxZOLg68MdjUm_hw3uENn9PAML2ZOMfVg-wLxL6bRSHUonwA3ECGNMZHK60kjo/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_2bIagwj4RPneQ4wQwuFoncdmKRYy1ekjddq78mieW8kjaZCJ1-MYXr0FAPlDIvWQS6POwiGlI5v5AVxZOLg68MdjUm_hw3uENn9PAML2ZOMfVg-wLxL6bRSHUonwA3ECGNMZHK60kjo/s200/IMG_0427.JPG" width="112" /></a>For Science this year, we focused on <b>Earth Science</b> by using a mix of curricula from different sources.<br />
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<li>First, we used a curriculum pack from MASTER BOOKS titled <a href="https://www.masterbooks.com/general-science-2-curriculum-pack" target="_blank">A Survey of Geology and Archaeology.</a> This is geared for grades 7-12 and covers a general overview of basic Archaeology, Geology, Caves, and Fossils. The package includes 4 thin books on each topic, as well as a teacher's guide that includes the weekly lesson schedule, glossary of terms, student worksheets, quizzes & tests, and all the answer keys. It is a thorough program, and interesting. However, my son got bogged down with all the reading; and the worksheets were difficult for him. He made it through all of the Archaeology book, all of Geology, and a portion of the Cave book. Then, we switched to a more visual approach to finish up the rest of the school year.</li>
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<li>I already owned 3 of the episodes from <a href="https://www.masterbooks.com/awesome-science-historical-geology-curriculum-pack" target="_blank">Master Books' Awesome Science: Historical Geology series with Noah Justice</a> (along with the included study guides), so we took our time going through each of these DVD's and discussing them. I did not have the teacher's manual, so I did not have the answers to the questions in each of the study guides, but we did the best we could with answering them. They were at least helpful with guiding our discussion on each topic. These are the episodes we used:</li>
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- <a href="https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/021760" target="_blank"> Ep. 4: Explore Yosemite & Zion National Parks</a><br />
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- Ep. 6: Explore John Day Fossil Beds </blockquote>
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<li> The final option we used was 12 video sessions we found on You Tube from <a href="http://www.geologykitchen.com/episodes.html" target="_blank">GEOLOGY KITCHEN.</a> When JJ finished these, I had him choose one of his favorite episodes and write a short report about it.</li>
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All in all, it was a good year. JJ not only learned about Earth Science, he learned how to search for the answers he didn't know, and also to persevere when things are hard. He also came to recognize more fully that he is a visual learner. So, next year, we will be choosing a video-based curriculum for his Science course.<br />
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One more thing we did recently isn't really related to Earth Science,
but is more of a General Science experiment. We did the microwaved Ivory soap
experiment. Ivory soap is very light and
floats on top of water, unlike other bars of soap because, when it is
made, air is whipped into the soap before it sets. Those air bubbles
contain water molecules, which expand when the soap is microwaved. It
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Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-78000964125543980312018-05-19T06:30:00.001-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.918-05:00YEAR-END REVIEW: State History from a Christian Perspective<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>his school year, we used <a href="http://www.statehistory.net/" target="_blank"><b>STATE HISTORY FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE</b> </a>to cover <b>United States Geography </b>and<b> Illinois State History</b>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qFPXGQzvkg00EI-KWXY88_DwrUTxvG8s0mVEd8xekFgJrgZhHpdZoPRaadKlcv7gAVJFabL_UXnwFdjXhOdg17P6iSPRyM4XB0pRLu0pLbrqwOGt1XL8IU_BB01bdpLlI1bwQJd2Oh2A/s1600/047184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qFPXGQzvkg00EI-KWXY88_DwrUTxvG8s0mVEd8xekFgJrgZhHpdZoPRaadKlcv7gAVJFabL_UXnwFdjXhOdg17P6iSPRyM4XB0pRLu0pLbrqwOGt1XL8IU_BB01bdpLlI1bwQJd2Oh2A/s200/047184.jpg" width="154" /></a>We started out with <a href="https://www.statehistory.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=256&zenid=q1hls5e0ue6b2eqrcti88v21h4" target="_blank"><b>Geography of the Fifty States, </b></a>which is a workbook-based study on the 50 united states of America. It can be used for grades 3-12, and is flexible to use based on skill levels. Each of the states are studied in the order of statehood.<br />
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The manual gives suggested schedules for using this curriculum as either a one-semester course, or for a full year. It can be used alone, or it can be combined with <b>50 States Under God </b>(a study of U.S. History), or with a specific state history course. We chose to use <b>Geography of the Fifty States</b> as part of a full year course, finishing out the year with <a href="https://www.statehistory.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=96_93&zenid=q1hls5e0ue6b2eqrcti88v21h4" target="_blank"><b>Illinois State History</b></a>. This is their suggested schedule for that:<b> </b><br />
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<i>Allow a 30-minute class period per day, 5 days per week. For <b>Geography of the Fifty States</b>, </i><i>spend 2 days per state (2x50=100 days) and 1 day for each of the 15 Geography Overview Lessons, allowing an extra class day for study before each of the 5 tests. This will give you 120 class days. </i><i>You may choose to do the <b>state history</b> course at the beginning, the end, or at any point during the course. Whenever you do the state history course, cover one lesson per day. Total for both courses will be 150 days. With the remaining 20-30 days, you may do the state constitution study included in the state history book, do a state history course for another state, do field trips related to your </i><br />
<i>state, or assign research projects related to your state or any topic covered in the Geography book. A list of expansion suggestions is included in both the state history text and the Geography book. </i></blockquote>
Each state has a reading assignment and related map-work which includes geographical features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and major cities. The 50 states and their capitals and locations are also learned (or reviewed, if already learned), along with geographical terms. There are 5 tests and answer keys included in the curriculum.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJoxyYYCX35wWjSIGhBGM5jWkwBa3FysduHWlKa1gcJr0xQ293qeM2j-Cer4S8dJ0WD1dXyUf1KNdgVZ87CPq4OHOqZ8clcHMUN40LkvhTJUNQesMuAUtF2U2IrTVY_noQgIxZ4Be4Jzw/s1600/038411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJoxyYYCX35wWjSIGhBGM5jWkwBa3FysduHWlKa1gcJr0xQ293qeM2j-Cer4S8dJ0WD1dXyUf1KNdgVZ87CPq4OHOqZ8clcHMUN40LkvhTJUNQesMuAUtF2U2IrTVY_noQgIxZ4Be4Jzw/s200/038411.jpg" width="153" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">OUR OPINION:</span> </b></span> The content is very good, and it has a lot of great information in it. I feel that JJ learned from it, and it was not a waste of time or money. However, JJ felt it was a bit dry and boring, and he didn't care
for all the memorizing of facts, especially the geographical terms. So, I changed things up a bit and decided to use the worksheets from <b><a href="https://www.christianbook.com/united-states-reproducible-workbook-curriculum-guide/9781932096262/pd/096264?dv=%7Bdevice%7D&en=google&event=SHOP&kw=homeschool-0-20%7C096264&p=1179710&kw=&mt=&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1018818&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0PTXBRCGARIsAKNYfG2_5_lv79HFZiELhCroFYU6teksZWQ7RHgsJq5CqAnMoz75jgDexB8aAqXEEALw_wcB" target="_blank">MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES</a></b> by Emerald Books. These helped him learn more about how to do research and to record information about each state. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59v-sBTVqVYq4PVObRaa3EaF-eaXNPKYljGm12xeyr458Svb52LIRHnUswBOVrD4daI7iYPzr8nqYUoVvUWtYQtpR1mL4sLOGMeFbq9uNGEvyWINxnr3DeTd_Vn-I2B-opIMxH60ikWpo/s1600/056445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59v-sBTVqVYq4PVObRaa3EaF-eaXNPKYljGm12xeyr458Svb52LIRHnUswBOVrD4daI7iYPzr8nqYUoVvUWtYQtpR1mL4sLOGMeFbq9uNGEvyWINxnr3DeTd_Vn-I2B-opIMxH60ikWpo/s200/056445.jpg" width="169" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>W</b></span>hen we finished <b>Geography of the Fifty States</b>, we moved on to<b> <a href="https://www.statehistory.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=96_93&zenid=q1hls5e0ue6b2eqrcti88v21h4" target="_blank">Illinois State History.</a></b> Once again, there are several suggestions/ideas for how to use this book, based on age level and
interests. Some choose to use a 3-ring binder to make their own state
history notebook. However, we chose to use <b><a href="https://www.christianbook.com/abeka-state-notebook/pd/208731?dv=%7Bdevice%7D&en=google&event=SHOP&kw=homeschool-0-20%7C208731&p=1179710&kw=&mt=&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1018818&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0PTXBRCGARIsAKNYfG0_5SAD3nhj1P0Bx8BWafarzmr522T-mtrqHXyDm3h2ViCSS1eToHsaAsuqEALw_wcB" target="_blank">My State Notebook</a></b>, a pre-formatted scrapbook<b> </b>from Abeka Books. No real reason other than we already had the book, and we liked what we saw. It was easy to use, and there are instructions in the <b>IL State History Master Lesson Plan Book </b>to use along with it that are very helpful.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>OUR OPINION:</b></span> JJ and I both enjoyed this IL State History course. It is simple to use, and very flexible. JJ learned a lot more about Illinois and, because it was hands-on, I believe it helped him to remember more of the facts. I made him do several quizzes as open-book. Then, he was able to use the quizzes to study for the tests. He had fun learning, and had no problem passing his tests. As for the needed photos, a few are provided in the student text, but most of them we cut out of various tourist/travel guides. We also used some of our own pictures we had taken from around the State.<br />
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Now that the book is finished, we have a nice little keepsake to look back on. Here is a quick look at the finished book:<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-75853811760053215362018-05-17T12:56:00.003-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.909-05:00MAY 2018 FIELD TRIP: Cahokia Mounds<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>ILLINOIS HISTORY</b> has been one of JJ's subjects this year. A few weeks ago, he began studying about the early inhabitants of Illinois - the Mississippians from <a href="https://cahokiamounds.org/" target="_blank"><b>CAHOKIA MOUNDS.</b></a> So, we decided to schedule a field trip, and ended up visiting over Mother's Day weekend. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">EL and JJ at Cahokia Mounds.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We arrived just in time that afternoon to join a free, guided, walking tour.</span> My mom is in this photo with the kids, waiting for the tour to begin. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Here we are on the walking tour, learning about the different types of mounds on the grounds. There are 3 different types: Platform, Ridge-top, and Conical. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">This was one of the mounds we passed on the walking tour. I believe it is a ridge-top mound, which was probably used as either an area landmark or a burial ground. By this point in the tour, we had been outside for about 10 minutes and realized how hot it was getting (near 90 degrees!). My mom and I could not handle the heat, so we exited the tour and all went back to the air conditioned Interpretive Center. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A view of some of the foods they ate. Their diet consisted of squash, corn, seeds and beans, berries, wild game and fish. </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I did not take this photo, but found it on Wikipedia. This is Monk's Mound, a massive platform mound, most likely where the high chief lived. It is the largest man-made earthen mound north of Mexico. This is the only mound at Cahokia Mounds that is allowed to be climbed. As you can see, there are stairs leading all the way to the top. JJ really wanted to make this climb, however, it was near 94 degrees by then! So, we decided we would return in the Fall, when the temperatures are cooler, and make the climb then. </span></b></td></tr>
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Cahokia Mounds is a free (donation-based) historical landmark in Collinsville, IL. If you get a chance to go, it is an interesting trip. Just don't go on the walking tour when it is in the 90's, unless you bring lots of water and are accustomed to high temperatures. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was the 3rd year JJ participated in a "live-in" program with our homeschool group at <a href="http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/" target="_blank"><b>LINCOLN LOG CABIN STATE HISTORIC SITE</b></a>. This was his last year to participate due to aging out, but he has really enjoyed this program. The students are dressed in period clothing and are "transported back in time" to the year 1845. The
girls wear dresses and aprons while the boys put on work shirts. They spend a couple of hours performing duties and chores that were typical on an 1840s farm. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The girls were nice and warm inside the cabin, making Johnny Cake for us all to try. EL was asked if she wanted to participate, and she said no, but we stood in cabin for awhile to watch what they were doing. She's the one in the hat.</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a chilly day, but at least the sun was shining. JJ's arm muscles were sore the next day, but he was happy to have taken part. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The teacher of the older students showed us a class nature project they are working on. This is a jar filled with eggs from Yellow Perch fish. The eggs were clear, and we were able to see very tiny fish moving around inside of them, getting ready to hatch out soon. </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>On one of the walls inside the store, there is a display of musical chime clocks for sale. EL loved these and asked me to take to a picture of them so she could draw them later. She said she wants one of these for her bedroom. </b></span> </td></tr>
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We all enjoyed the trip and learned some interesting things we hadn't seen before. I had JJ fill out a field trip report and he said this about the saw mill:<br />
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<b><i>They bring in a big log and they use a machine to cut the wood. When the wood has been cut on one side, the machine flips it over and starts cutting again on the other side of the log. </i></b></blockquote>
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Even though EL has graduated from school, we still take her on trips like this and she likes to fill out a field trip report also. She said this about the Amish school and store: <br />
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<b><i>We went to the Amish school. The girl is learning some Math. We went to the store to get some stuff. I saw fidgit spinners, puzzles, big wind chimes, and musical chime clocks. I liked the musical chime clocks. The clocks played beautiful chiming music. I liked the wind chimes outside. </i></b></blockquote>
<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-13290721403710638132018-03-24T15:34:00.002-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.870-05:00FIELD TRIPS February 2018: IGA Store & Feed Mill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I</b></span>n February, we took two field trips with our homeschool group. The first one was to <a href="http://www.martinseffingham.iga.com/" target="_blank">Martin's IGA</a> on February 6th. The second one, on the 27th, was hosted by <i><b>Farm to Family Ag Tours</b></i> through the <a href="http://www.ilfb.org/" target="_blank">Illinois Farm Bureau</a> and the <a href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cefj/" target="_blank">University of IL Extension</a>. We went to a feed mill that was still under construction, and also to a cattle farm.<br />
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<br />Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-86430646601823389432017-10-26T09:00:00.000-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.922-05:00We Are Persevering With Homeschooling <span style="font-size: large;"><b>I</b></span>t seems we have <i>finally</i> gotten into a good school routine here, and we are starting to accomplish some of the goals that were planned out for this year. I am so thankful for that because - I won't lie - we had a very rough start to our school year this year and, I gotta tell ya, there have been times when part of me really wanted to quit.<br />
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Homeschooling my 14-year-old son is not easy! Its not the teaching part that is hard; I can usually handle that - and, if there is something I don't know the answer to, then we look it up (thanks, in part, to Google). The hard part has been his attitude about schoolwork. He is not a fan of school - never has been. I'm guessing its because school is hard for him due to his learning difficulties. I understand that. But, I have always been a positive thinker and I have a difficult time with "complainers." He is the type of person who doesn't hold back his negative thoughts, so I OFTEN hear his complaints and feelings about his schoolwork. It irks me to no end; and, I guess maybe I take it too personally at times. I spend countless hours trying to find the curriculum that best fits his personality, and best fits his learning style (as well as my teaching style), and then I get excited about how great our year is going to be and how much we are going to learn. Then, my efforts are met with complaints about the curriculum, or about the work that needs to get done. I want him to have the same kind of excitement about learning as I do, but he doesn't. So, it is frustrating, and it is hard. <br />
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On our hardest days, I have prayed, <i>"Why can’t he see how much I am doing for him! Will he ever appreciate me for it? Will he ever learn to do his work without complaining and just do it because its what he is supposed to do? How can I motivate this kid to love learning?"</i><br />
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And, then, the Lord reminds me that, yes, it is hard; but I need to persevere. It will be worth it in the end.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b><i>James 1:2-4 - <span class="text Jas-1-2">Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters</span>, whe<span class="text Jas-1-2">never you face trials of many kinds,</span> because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work<span class="text Jas-1-4" id="en-NIV-30271"> so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(NIV)</span></span></i></b></span><br />
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So, no.... I’m not going to quit just because its hard. One thing I have always tried to teach my kids is that we don't give up "just because its hard." So, that applies to me as well.<br />
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But, I want to be clear about something... I would never say it is wrong to enroll a child into an organized brick and mortar school. I would never say every child should be homeschooled. Every family and every situation is different, and not every schooling option is the best fit for every child. But, for me and MY family, homeschooling is what we have chosen to do. It is what my husband and I feel is best for OUR family. So, I know I, personally, need to keep going. With God's help, I am bound and determined to get this kid through High School.<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="font-size: small;">JJ is just being funny here. He knows he has frustrated me, and he is making "light" of it. LOL. He is a good kid, and is trying to do better. I love him dearly and wouldn't trade him for anything. </span></b></td></tr>
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Victoria Stankushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08879076245173100764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368851118035207223.post-19880168038866453522017-10-21T10:00:00.001-05:002019-08-16T17:50:46.888-05:00A Visit from Cousin Jon & Sam Judd<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>C</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">ousin Jon from Kentucky came to visit us for a week. He and JJ are not just cousins, but the best of friends. They talk on the phone almost daily, text each other, Skype, and play some online games together. Their interests are very similar. So, when we found out my brother's friend, <a href="http://samjudd.com/" target="_blank"><b>Sam Judd</b></a>, was going to come minister at our church on October 15th, we worked out a way to have Cousin Jon dropped off on Sunday, October 8th. Jon is also homeschooled, so he was able to take the time away from home. However, the boys did not get away from doing ALL of their schoolwork. </span><br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Jon and JJ took Monday, October 9th off from schoolwork because it was Columbus Day. But, they were required to spend the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday doing their work. Then, Friday was another "holiday" for us, just because we wanted it to be. It's not every day that we get a visit from Cousin Jon, seeing as how he lives at least 6 hours away. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">They also did some chores together while Jon was here. Here they are picking up the pears that continually fall from the tree in our front yard every Fall. </span></td></tr>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">They also took numerous bike rides around town on the days it wasn't raining. Great exercise for them, and kept them off the video games for awhile. </span></td></tr>
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