Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 52-54

Lesson 52 Joseph Stalin


10 things about Stalin

Lesson 53 The Great Depression


Kit's World
by Harriet Brown


Potato:  A Tale from the Great Depression
by Kate Lied


Lesson 54 Mohandas Gandhi


Grandfather Gandhi
by Arun Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi
by Rae Bains




Blessings!!




Monday, May 30, 2016

Geography Monday: Puerto Rico



This week our travels bring us to Puerto Rico !

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  The average temperature is 82 degrees!  That would be awesome!!

2.  The Caribbean National Forest is here and has 28,000 acres of rainforest.  It receives more than 100 billion gallons of rain a year!


We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.


Puerto Rico
by Jim Ollhoff

The Golden Flower
by Enrique Sanchez


Coqui frog
This frog is named for the sound that it makes.  There are 13-16 different species of this frog in Puerto Rico.


Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Jamaica!





Blessings!!

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 49-51

Lesson 49 Vladimir Lenin


You Tube video on The Red Army Chior

Lesson 50 The Irish Civil War



Video on Ireland


Lesson 51 Benito Mussolini


Benito Mussolini
by Bob Italia



Blessings!!



Monday, May 23, 2016

Geography Monday: Panama

This week our travels bring us to Panama!


Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  The Panama Canal took 10 years and $380,000,000 to build.  39 ships pass through the canal daily with an average cost of $54,000.

2.  Panama is an isthmus.  Meaning it is a narrow strip of land that is bordered on both sides with water, that connect 2 larger bodies of land.



We also added these books to our study.


Conejito
by Margaret Read MacDonald

Welcome to Panama
by Ronald Tan


Lego Panama Canal.



You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.




Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Puerto Rico!





Blessings!!

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 46-48

Lesson 46 Excursions to the South Pole


Lost in the Antarctic
by Kevin Blake

Lesson 47 & 48 World War 1


Lego World War 1 plane



Rags: Hero Dog of WWI
by Margot Theis Raven




Blessings!!


Monday, May 16, 2016

Geography Monday: The Dominican Republic


This week our travels bring us to The Dominican Republic!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  4,000 humpback whales from North America come to the northern coast to have their babies!!

2.  Sugarcane is the main crop of the Dominican Republic.



We also added these books to our study.



The Dominican Republic
by Walter Simmons


A Gift of Gracias
by Julia Alvarez


Humpback whale!


You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.




Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Panama!





Blessings!!

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 43-45

Lesson 43 Wilber and Orville Wright 



Wright Brothers
by Sarah Tieck


Lego wright plane!

Lesson 44 Helen Keller



Nest Entertainment

Lesson 45 Albert Einstein


Albert Einstein
by Mike Venzia




Blessings!!





Monday, May 9, 2016

Geography Monday: Haiti



This week our travels bring us to Haiti!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Haiti is the poorest country in North and South America.

2.  Many Haitians practice voodoo.



We also added these books to our study.



Haiti
by Jim Bartell

Bouki Dances the Kokioko
by Diane Wolkstein


Lego rendition of the "Le Negro Marron"  The Black Maroon in Port-au-Prince.


Instead of fried plantains that we really didn't like, I fixed fried bananas with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon!!


You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.




Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Dominican Republic!





Blessings!!

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 40-42

Lesson 40 The Worldwide Fight for Women's Suffrage

Marching with Aunt Susan
by Claire Rudolf Murphy

Lesson 41 The Impressionists

Here is a link to our study on Claude Monet.

Lesson 42 Charles Eastman & Chief Joseph




Blessings!!


Monday, May 2, 2016

Geography Monday: Cuba



This week our travels bring us to Cuba!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Baseball is Cuba's national sport and they have on of the best teams in the world.

2.  There are over 200 rivers in Cuba which is the largest of the Caribbean islands.



We also added these books to our study.


Cuba
by Julie Murray

A Mango in the Hand
by Antonio Sacre


Cuba flag out of Legos!


We made Cuban Bread French Toast!!

I did not use Cuban bread, but whole wheat.  Still turned out amazingly!!






You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.




Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Haiti!





Blessings!!