In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year and giving PJ freedom to research the topics on his own and come up with a way to show me he’s learned something. We do all of our memory work to song. If CC doesn’t provide a tune, we find one on CC Connected (well worth the subscription in my opinion).
History: Ancient Middle East
There are so many ways to go these weeks. I think the first week, we’ll focus on culture and do some character lessons based on Justinian’s Code. The second week, I want to do a brief overview of Islam and the Ottoman Empire. Just as a note, the Middle Ages and the Crusades are covered more extensively in Cycle 2.
- Interactive website on the Ancient Indus River (currently Pakistan)
- Video on Justinian
- Lesson plan on Justinian (see Lesson Five)
- Lesson plan on Ottoman Empire (K,V,A)
- Video on Ottomans and Islam (V,A)
- Lesson plan on Islam
- Independent research on Islam (+)
Science: Plants
The plan is to spend the first week doing cool plant experiments and spend the second week learning about weird and cool plants.
- Video (V,A)
- Lapbook (-)
- Games
http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/science_eng_launcher.html
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/plant_life_cycles/eng/Introduct/plenary.htm
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab - Presentation and link to activities
- Lesson plan (K)
- Activities and worksheets (K,V)
- Review all the plant memory work and use CC science snippets
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This is by no means a complete list but resources we will most likely use. As I come across other helpful resources, I will leave notes in the comment section below so be sure to check back as the week gets closer. Also, feel free to leave a comment with any of your suggested resources.
Cycle 1 Outline
All Classical Conversations Posts
Cycle 1 Lapbooks for Memory Work
Pinterest
KEY
+ older elementary
– younger elementary
V for the visual learner
A for the auditory learner
K for the kinesthetic learner