Presidents Study: Andrew Jackson books and crafts

How let Muddy Boots into the White House?

by Robert Quackenbush

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage (We just looked at this one!)

Andrew Jackson 

by Mike Venezia

Andrew Jackson's nickname is Old Hickory, so I had him color this.  

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 31-33

Lesson 31  Wu Zetian , The Empress of China

Lesson 32  The Epic of Beowulf

We read Beowulf

by Michael Morpurgo

The Silk Route 7,000 Miles of History

by John Major

Our shield!!

Lesson 33  Al-Andalus:  "The Ornament of the World" in Medival Spane

Writing his name and then his brother's names in Arabic:

Blessings!!

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USA study: New Hampshire

New Hampshire facts:

1.  Known as the Granite state.

2.  The first potato was planted here in 1719.

Early American Christmas

 by Tomie de Paola 

Ox Cart Man 

by Donald Hall 

G Is for Granite: A New Hampshire Alphabet

 by Marie Harris 

 New Hampshire (Rookie Read-About Geography)

 by Simone T. Ribke

Primary Numbers: A New Hampshire Number Book

 by Marie Harris

The Bear That Heard Crying 

by Natalie Kinsey Warnock

Christmas Tree Farm
by Sandra Jordon

New Hampshire is known for shipbuilding.  I had him  build a ship out of wood that I got in a craft store.

Getting ready to put his pirate ship together!

All done!!

We also fixed mashed potatoes and fried potatoes for supper one night!

Blessings!!

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Presidents Study: William Henry Harrison books and crafts

Willaim Henry Harrison

by Mike Venzia

William Henry Harrison

by Ann Graham Gaines

Then I had him design a campaign slogan using THIS template that you can download.

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 34-36

Lesson 34  St. Boniface, Apostle to Germany

For this lesson, we made an evergreen artwork to symbolize St Boniface.

For the branches I had him use a piece of cardboard.  For the life of me, I could not find my brown paint, so black it was!

Then I had him paint the needles on using a fork!

Lesson 35  The Iconoclast Controversy

Jesus Christ cross craft with masking tape and paint!

Lesson 36  Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours

For this we did the books recommendation of using army men in ice cubes to replicate the battle.

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 28-30 and Camel Science!!

Lesson 28  The Sui and Tang Dynasties of China

 He wanted to make the Chinese dragon for their New Year out of legos!

We didn't get to it, but a book for this lesson would be Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osbourne

Lesson 29  Mohammed and the Birth of Islam

For this lesson we talked about how Camels can walk on sand without sinking!  You will need a bowl with sand and 2 pieces of card board circles cut out.  One in the shape of a dime and the other about 2 inches around.

First, have them walk across the sand.  See how our feed would sink.

Now try it with shoes on!

(He pushed down on it with a pencil eraser.)  We still would sink.

Now, if we put on even bigger shoes,we won't sink.  This is why camels have feet as large as a plate!  They don't sink in the sand.  this allows them to carry big loads and not sink in the sand like an automobile would!

We didn't get to this book yet either, but Seasons of the Sandstorm by Mary Pope Osbourne is on my list for this lesson.



Lesson 30   The Spread of Islam



Looking for flags of Islam today.

We read the book

Saladin: A Noble Prince of Islam

by Diane Stanley

Blessings!!

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USA study: Massachusetts

Some cool Massachusetts facts:

1.  Basketball (1891) and chocolate chips have their origins in this state.

2.  The Mayflower landed here in 1620.

3.  The 1st Thanksgiving was celebrated here in 1621.

Letting Swfit Rivers Go

by Jane Yolen

Paul Revere's Ride

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who's that stepping on Plymouth Rock?

by Jean Fritz

Berlioz the Bear

by Jan Brett

M is for Mayflower

by Margot Theis Raven

We wrapped our week up in Massachusetts with the baking of a Boston Cream Pie!!  One of my favorite desserts!

One of the crafts that I was going to do, but didn't get to is a craft on the Mayflower.  THIS is the one I was going to use.