Showing posts with label Mystery of History 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery of History 4. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 67-69

Lesson 67 The Korean War


Sgt Reckless the War Horse
by Melissa Higgins


Lesson 68 Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis


Cuba
by Julie Murray


 Lesson 69 The Assassination of President John F Kennedy


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Who shot the President?
by Judy Donnelly



Blessings!!




Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 64-66

Lesson 64 Formation of Isreal


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Israel
by Julie Murray

Lesson 65 Mother Teresa


Mother Teresa
by John Barraclough

Lesson 66 Formation of the People's Republic of China


China
by Julie Murray



Blessings!!



Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 61-63

Lesson 61 & 62 World War II


R is for Rosie the Riveter
by Frances Carter





US Army by the Numbers
by Lisa Simons

Lesson 63


The Fall of the Berlin Wall
by Joeming Dunn




Blessings!!




Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 58-60

Lesson 58 The Spanish Civil War

Here is a link to our Pablo Picasso study!


Lesson 59 & 60 World War II


Winston Churchill
by Sarah Ridley


Pearl Harbor
by Tamara Britton

We also watched the movies "Where the Red Fern Grows" 1 & 2.  #2 starts with the end of World War 2



Blessings!!


Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 55-57

Lesson 55 The Rise of Adolf Hitler


Lesson 56 & 57 The Holocaust


The Little Boy Star
by Rachel Hausfater


Remember Not to Forget
by Norman Finkelstein



Blessings!!



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!!




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!!



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!!


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!!





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!!


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 37-39

Lesson 37 The French Rule of Mexico under Maximilian and Carlota

We watched this short video on Cinco de Mayo

Lesson 38 The Dominion of Canada

The adventurous chef : Alexis Soyer 
by Ann Arnold


Lesson 39 Emperor Meiji of Japan


I live in Tokyo
by Mari Takabayashi


Blessings!!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 34-36

Lesson 34 The French Occupation of Cambodia


We watched this short clip on Cambodia.


Lesson 35-36 The War Between the States



Civil War on Sunday
by Mary Pope Osborne

The Civil War
by Peter Benoit



Blessings!!



Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 31-33

Lesson 31 The Eureka Rebellion

For this lesson, the plan was to hide some Gold nuggets (gold painted rocks) in the sand box and have him sift through the sand for them.  Well, between the cold and then the snow, we didn't get to this activity!

Lesson 32 Charles Darwin


For this lesson, we read more about Charles Darwin in 
The World of Animals
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence


Lesson 33 The Continuing Controversy Over the Theory of Evolution


A couple of pictures from the Creation Museum.


Blessings!!

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 28-30

Lesson 28 Famous American Abolitionists


Sojourner Truth
by Joanne Mattern

Harriet Tubman
by Wil Mara

Fredrick Douglas
by Lynne Weiss

Lesson 29 Hudson Taylor



We read more about Hudson Taylor in this book:
Missionary Stories with the Millers
by Mildred Martin

Lesson 30 Florence Nightingale



We read about Florence Nightingale in
Girls who Rocked the World
by Amelie Welden and Michelle McCann


Blessings!!



Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 25-27

Lesson 25 The Fall of the Alamo


The Alamo
by Rob Olliges

Lesson 26 David Livingstone

We read more about David Livingston in this book
Missionary Stories with the Millers
by Mildred Miller


Lesson 27 Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto

For this lesson we talked about greed and being content with what God has provided us with.




Blessings!!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 22-24

Lesson 22  Brazil emerges as a colony


We will study more on this county later in our geography study.  I will link to it when it is up!



Lesson 23  The Trail of Tears



The Trail of Tears
by Joseph Bruchac



Lesson 24 George Muller


For this lesson we talked about the importance of helping others less fortunate than us.  Once a month, Conner and I volunteer at our local food pantry,  We have seen it time and time again, where God provides more food when we are running out, to people showing up to help when there were very few.  God always provides for his children!!



Blessings!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 19-21

Lesson 19  The Fall of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo



Battle of Waterloo
by John Hamilton


Lesson 20 Simon Bolivar




A picture Book of Simon Bolivar
by David Adler



Lesson 21  The Greek War on Independence



He did the flag of Greece out of Legos.  He outlined it in green!




Blessings!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 16-19

Lesson 16 Ludwig van Beethoven


Ludwig van Beethoven
by Mike Venezia

Lesson 17 The Mexican War

Making the old and new Mexican flag out of Legos.







Lesson 18 The War of 1812


The war of 1812 [DVD]
Wonderscape.

Cornstalks and cannonballs
by Barbara Mitchell

The Town that Fooled the British
by Lisa Papp





Blessings!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 13-15

Lesson 13 Napoleon Bonaparte



I, Crocodile
by Fred Marcellino



Lesson 14 Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark



Lewis and Clark
by Trish Kline

Sacagawea
by Kristin Petrie

Sacagawea DVD
Schlessinger Media





Lesson 15  William Willberforce

I just read some of this book.


Amazing Grace
by Linda Granfield



Blessings!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 10-12

Lesson 10 The American Revolution Part 2



Final Years of the American Revolution
by John Hamilton

If you lived at the Time of the American Revolution
by Kay Moore



Lesson 11 Wolfgang Mozart

For this lesson we read from this book about Mozart:


Boys who rock the World.


Lesson 12 The French Revolution



You wouldn't want to be an aristocrat in the French Revolution!
by Jim Pipe

Scratch art Fireworks!!




Blessings!!