Take your Pick -- Lifelong Learning Adventures for Curious Hearts

Take your Pick -- Lifelong Learning Adventures for Curious Hearts
" It is almost impossible to go through a whole day without learning something .. " so go ahead, take your pick and start your journey .. Lifelong Learning Adventures inspired by Charlotte Mason Homeschooling with a Living Books Curriculum

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Day 14 SOTW Chapter 5 - The First Sumerian Dictator

DAY 14

SOTW Chapter 5 - The First Sumerian Dictator
Inspired by Charlotte Mason Homeschooling with a Living Books Curriculum


*** MATH
 
20 minutes 

~ continue next lesson in Conquer Math




*** HISTORY
15 minutes
- read chapter 5 of Story of the World SOTW - The First Sumerian Dictator



*** HISTORY
25 minutes


- read more about Sargon
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/biography_hg.html

- narrate learned history into Book of Centuries
- mark Timeline


RESOURCES:
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  • Sargon Biography Story
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/biography_hg.html





***ART
15 minutes- take the model of a horse and sketch the whole horse loosely
- do a close up sketch of one of its features ( choose hoof or face, tail etc )


*** HISTORY - Mapwork
15 minutes 
~ find Sumer on Map - Mark
~ Trace Tigris and Euphrates River in Blue
~ Find Kish and Mark on Map
~ Mark Akkadia
~ Find Tigris and Euphrates River on Google Earth



*** POETRY
10 minutes 
~ read Poem by Emily Dickinson " Summer Shower"
~ recite























*** LANGUAGE - VOCABULARY STUDY
10 minutes 
~ Find Unknown Words in Poem and add to Vocabulary Sheet
~ check meaning in Thesaurus and write down



























*** HISTORY
10 minutes 
~ Play the Royal Game of Ur
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/challenge/cha_set.html




*** LANGUAGE ARTS
10 minutes
~ read next Chapter Princess and the Goblin ( Old Book Basket)  
~ oral narration




*** Copywork
10 minutes

~ Choose your favorite passage from Princess and Goblin and Copy





*** FOREIGN LANGUAGE - GERMAN
15 minutes
~ follow next lesson on BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/listeningf/2findingyourway_listen_f_rev1.shtml



*** FOREIGN LANGUAGE - GERMAN
10 minutes~ add any new german vocabulary to Sheet





























*** HISTORY
10 minutes
~ Word Search Puzzle



*** MATH
 
20 minutes 

~ continue next lesson in Conquer Math






EVENING


*** LITERATURE


~ read Hunger Games with Papa

*** LITERATURE
20 minutes
~ continue the Cat of Bubastes - AUDIO BOOK





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