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!!

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World Geography Monday: Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas

This week our travels bring us to Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  There are about 700 islands that make up the Bahamas.

2.  More than 5 million people come to the Bahamas to vacation yearly.



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

Windward Islands

by Tamra Orr

Leeward Islands

by Lisa Kozleski

Both of these books we just looked at the pictures.

Trinidad and Tobago

by Romel Hernandez

The Bahamas

by Martin Hintz

Both of these books we just looked at the pictures.

Caribbean Islands Facts & Figures

by Romel Hernandez

Captian Jon's Shark Safari DVD

The book we just looked at the pictures.

Leo rendition of the Hope Town Lighthouse on Abaco Bahamas.

Caribbean Banana Fritters!!

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

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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

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World Geography Monday: Jamaica

This week our travels bring us to Jamaica!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Well known for Reggae music.

2.  A lot of the people of Jamaica are from Ethiopia and practice the Rastafarian religion.



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

Jamaica

by Michael Capek

Doctor Bird

by Gerald Hausman

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A game of Cricket in Jamaica!

Jamaican Banana Fritters!!!

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas!

Blessings!!

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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

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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!

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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

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