Ancients
Core G
Week 11
May 4-8, 2015
36th week on this core
Romans
Monday was Star Wars; "May the Fourth Be With You" holiday for Star Wars fans-- Dd was invited to a Star Wars party with her new friend "Lexy" here in Grand Rapids, for the afternoon. They had a really good time--five Star Wars girls!
Our mini-updates:
Monday (1/2 off): Star Wars Party--Dd spent afternoon with new friends.
Thursday(1/2 off): Inspection of "Spruce" house, picnic at Fallasburg Park, Pappa off after working in the morning.
Monday (1/2 off): Star Wars Party--Dd spent afternoon with new friends.
Thursday(1/2 off): Inspection of "Spruce" house, picnic at Fallasburg Park, Pappa off after working in the morning.
The inspection for the new house; which I've nicknamed the "Spruce" house, since it has a big section of old spruce trees around the house, happened on Thursday. Dh was not surprised that the Heat Pump was not working; but I was quite perplexed! You'd think they would have mentioned that they had to use propane heat (most likely) over this past winter to keep the house warm. I am guessing, since no information was forth coming and can only give my best guess. We were very surprised the buyer took our first bid, without increasing the amount, and perhaps the heat pump being faulty was the reason? Now Dh will have to work with our realtor and figure out some kind of compromise with getting the heat pump fixed or lowering the price again to compensate for this newly found expense. It was delightful to see the house again this week. Dd and I arrived before Dh and we ate our tuna fish sandwiches in the car with the windows down; just listening to the absolute peace of these surroundings! It is a very quiet, mellow surrounding, with only birds chirping to be auditory 'noise'. ETA: Now the owner of "Spruce" says the heat pump does work, it just takes a long time to turn on...now we will call in another professional to look at the pump and see what is really the case.
Our house in Indiana is still for sale! We had two viewings this week. The Lord has things all planned out...and apparently we are to be content in this tiny apartment longer than I ever imagined while all this house stuff works itself out s-l-o-w-l-y!!
Dh had a difficult week at his job this week. His company made a few very expensive mistakes and I think that has increased tension across the board; even to those who have done nothing wrong. It will be welcome when this new company gets into a comfortable pattern of doing the same work repeatedly and not having to learn so much new! New machines, new workers, new product to be made....so much "new" for all involved; which is difficult. Dh, by Friday, seemed to be doing better with the new tensions and placed things in their proper places mentally.
Oh, yes! I did have a birthday this week! It was a very extra special birthday---my mom and my parents-in-law called me to wish me a good day! Lovely when my mom remembers and calls! That just about made my day, then I got on the computer and Chelle and Christie had written! Then I went to get the mail and Heather L had sent me a gift box of tea and a beautiful tea cup! I'm drinking some Egyptian Licorice Tea with my new set right now! I don't think I can remember when THAT many people wished me a happy birthday! Perhaps I'd have to go back to my college days when I was in such a social place that I knew so many. Thank you all so much for making me feel so loved! Such a lovely treat for me!! (Then my mom mailed some flowers, to extend my birthday a few days longer! That was a surprise I wasn't expecting!)
Our lessons:
Bible:Veritas Press:
Chronicles through Malachi:in process
Card 83: Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts: Completed
Daniel 7 c. 550 B.C.
We were only assigned to read a small portion, but we like to further our study.
Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]
by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)
Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary on:
Daniel 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8
Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament:
Lesson 160, 161, 162 (on Daniel)
What the Bible Is All About:
(Chapter on Daniel) pg 316-320
Survey of the Bible:
pg. 309
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
pg. 36 & 37
Sonlight's Bible assignment for this week:
International Children's Bible Field Guide:
Ch. 11 pg. 65-71
Timeline/Mapping for "Week 11":
Hannibal 247-183 BC
Hannibal crossed Alps with elephants 218 BC
Rome founded in 753 BC
"Punic Wars"
Wikipedia summary of Punic Wars:
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthagefrom 264 BC to 146 BC.[1] At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place.[2] The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (orPoenicus), meaning "Carthaginian", with reference to the Carthaginians'Phoenician ancestry.[3] The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under Carthaginian control. At the start of the first Punic War, Carthage was the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire. Rome was a rapidly ascending power in Italy, but it lacked the naval power of Carthage. By the end of the third war, after more than a hundred years and the loss of many hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides, Rome had conquered Carthage's empire, completely destroyed the city, and become the most powerful state of the Western Mediterranean.
With the end of the Macedonian Wars – which ran concurrently with the Punic Wars – and the defeat of the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great in the Roman–Seleucid War (Treaty of Apamea, 188 BC) in the eastern sea, Rome emerged as the dominant Mediterranean power and one of the most powerful cities in classical antiquity. The Roman victories over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent status it would retain until the 5th century AD.
The one difficult thing with balancing Story of the World (SOTW), Mystery of History (MOH), Augustus Caesar's World, Kingfisher...and all the other materials that we have added into our study, we keep moving forward and backward in history a lot.
Augustus Caesar's World by Foster
pg. 224-294
Story of the World: Ancients
Ch. 32 and Activity Pages/Questions
Activity pages, test, map of China...
SOTW Test:
Test 13, 14
The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred Church
pg. 1-32
The Aeneid described by Wikipedia:
The Aeneid (/əˈniːɪd/; Latin: Aenēis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter.[1] The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.
The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad, composed in the 8th century BC. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas's wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous pietas, and fashioned this into a compelling founding myth or national epic that at once tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes and gods of Rome and Troy.
The Aeneid is the sequel to the Iliad and the Odyssey and follows the adventures of Aeneid after is departure; after the burning of Troy.
BiblioPlan: Ancients
Ch. 31: The Early Church and The End of the Jewish Nation :completed
Ch. 32: The Christians and Rome :completed
Tools of the Ancient Romans: COMPLETED
pg. 108-133
Math U See:
completed lesson 28 (she had only done half of lesson 28 last week)
Lesson 29 A-E
*ONE lesson to go until we complete this book!
*ONE lesson to go until we complete this book!
Language Arts:
All About Spelling 7:
Step 2: passed
Easy Grammar, Plus
143-149
IEW's Fix-It: Frog Prince:COMPLETED this book!
Week 33
This complete's our second IEW Fix-It book, we finished Tom Sawyer last year.
This complete's our second IEW Fix-It book, we finished Tom Sawyer last year.
Punctuation: The Write Stuff!
pg 32-41
Writing With Skill
Week 13
Dd is writing a short story
and worked on it three nights this week, it is a mix of her favorite characters from fiction books...There is "Ben Jackson"; who is Percy Jackson (and Annabeth)'s daughter. This week she wrote her first high action, intense scene.
Science:
Apologia: Exploring Creation With Human Anatomy and Physiology:
pg. 149-164
Wrote Notes from reading
Exploring the World of Chemistry by Tiner
Ch. 7: Sunlight Shows The Way
Logic:
Fallacy Detective
Ch. 15
Latin:
Prima Latina
Lesson 9
Audio:
Fun Reading:
Busy Hands:
Archery in the woods by our apartment building!
She made No-Bake Cookies on Tuesday, and chocolate cupcakes with homemade icing on Friday. Made sunny-side-up eggs on Thursday. She crocheted me a "Downtown Abbey" hat, started and completed this week. She started, and worked for three days on "Downtown Abbey" arm warmers--still in process.
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