Saturday, January 21, 2017

SL Core H Week 6C Jan 16-22, 2017 BiblioPlan Companion and Timeline Sonlight Book of Time

SL Core H 
Week 6C (1500-1600)
Jan 16-22, 2017
with pictures of our Timeline Book and BiblioPlan's Companion (Early Modern History)
Agnes



Our Sonlight "Book of Time."  I thought I'd share a few pictures of our timeline book, and our BiblioPlan Companion book, just to share.

Hello Friends!



I really like our Sonlight Timeline book.  I've ordered quite a few of the Homeschool In The Woods timeline packages.  Their figures have more information on each person than the ones we were getting from Sonlight.  I put in CardStock with Scotch tape to extend the amount of space I have for each page 

Our Book of Time


Violin Lessons re-started:
     Dd started violin lessons at one of the big music stores in Grand Rapids this week.  The instructor, Irena, was a tough one to gauge.  We will give her a month or two to find out if she is permanent.  During Thursday night's Strings Group at church, Dd and her friend Hailee both played their violins for one song.  Normally Dd and Hailee just play their guitars, but they are thinking of expanding their sound.  Paul has spent the last week learning to play the banjo!  They are really having a lot of fun in the Strings Group!

I'm putting in a few pictures of our BiblioPlan Companion, to share with anyone interested.  I've found that no one I know has ever heard of these great history, church history, and geography books.  So, I am sharing a few pictures to those of you who might be interested.


Agnes being super cute and cuddly. 


Chickens:
The chickens are all doing well.  We had a warm up, so I let them out twice, only to hustle them back inside their coop.  There is a tricky hawk that seems to show up whenever I let the chickens out.  I cleaned out their coop this week, and they always have such fun scratching through the new straw.  

Sophie, our dog :
had a pretty good week.  She only threw up one time.  Her appetite is back, and she had more energy than last week.  It is hard knowing she has cancer, but not being able to really access how well she is feeling.  I hate to think she could be in pain, and not know!  I'm monitoring her, and she is getting quite spoiled!

BiblioPlan Companion for Early Modern History

Dd:
Dd was so tired and 'off' this week that she didn't really shine much.  She even napped on Tuesday; which doesn't happen much.  A band friend offered us her older FitBit, and for a cheap enough price that I said, 'yes.'  I am hoping it might help encourage her to make more of an effort to exercise with me....well, she did do one mile with me, but that was it!
Dd didn't get all of her chores done this week.  I remember my mom saying to me: 'It's easier if I just do it myself,' and as a parent, boy, do I see the truth in that, but I still try to go through the trouble of pushing until she gets her work done.  I do see how much easier it would be to do many things myself, but then Dd wouldn't be learning how to do things.  Frustrating, but important! 

BiblioPlan Companion for Early Modern History

Italy:
Dh has another meeting that he has to attend, in Bologna, but this time Dd and I are going with him.  We are going to go to Rome and Florence as well as Bologna.  We've already started watching video's on YouTube on traveling to Italy for ideas.  Giz and Grampy have offered to stay at our house while we travel...can you believe how kind they are?!  Sophie will be spoiled!  They are going to bring their black lab, who is also ailing so both dogs will be very well cared for.

Church:
I emailed our pastor to share that we decided to become members at our church, but the night our elders meet next will be when we are in Italy.  So we will have to wait until March before we can share our testimony and apply for membership....  This Sunday I got to lead the discussion on our Woman's Study on the book "Gideon: Your Weakness, God's Strength" by Priscilla Shirer.  I have no idea how well I did..but I studied hard for it!!

Dh:
Dh has had to work some crazy hours lately, plus last Saturday and this Saturday too! 

BiblioPlan Companion for Early Modern History

IEW: SWI-B to SWI-B Continuation Course:
We are almost finished the SWI-B, that I bought used at the hs sale last summer.  I went on IEW's site and chatted with them, inquiring about what we should do next.  We really love the DVD instruction courses and didn't have luck with the books, so we wanted to stick with the DVD sets.  The person I chatted with said we should do the Continuation Course after finishing.  I thought we should go on to level "C," but they said the Continuation Course was the way to go.  So, I ordered SWI-B Continuation Course ($199) from their website.  It arrived this week.  Inside the small box was the set of DVD's and inside a clear velum package was the Student Notebook.  I was to go on the website to print out the other materials.  I was expecting a 3-ring binder for the Student Notebook, and another 3-ring binder for the Teacher's Manuel; which is what I got when I had ordered from them years ago when we did SWI-A.  I tried to follow the instructions to print out the Teacher's Manual, but couldn't figure out the instructions.  After trying for days, I called them on Friday for help.  The woman on the helpline was kind enough to put the files on my account, on their website.  I asked her about the binders and she just told me how they only mail out the Student pages now.  I have to say, I was super disappointed at what they gave me for two hundred dollars!  I've had to print out over 200 pages on my home printer, to just get the basic information.  There is still over 200 more pages I could print out if I wanted Student Examples and other information.  It took me hours to print out, hole-punch, and put all these pages in two new binders...plus, I really am disappointed!

Academics:


Bible: 
Bob Jones: That I May Know Him: pg's 32-49
*We really aren't learning anything new with this program, I'm making us continue to read through more of this, and give it a chance.  So far, I am under-impressed.

Church, Sunday School, Wed,'s Olympians: (Volunteer 1 1/2 hours),
Thursday's Strings Group: Hymn's on guitar.

Bible Verse In Cursive:
This week Dd chose Psalm 108 v. 1

Psalm 108[a]

A song. A psalm of David.

My heart, O God, is steadfast;


    I will sing and make music with all my soul.

Student Bible Reading (independently):
Luke 2, 3, 4, 9, 10


History:

BiblioPlan Companion for Early Modern History

Sonlight Timeline Week 6 (for Book of Time):
Frederick I, King Philip's War, Indians fight colonists, King William's War, King George's War, Pontiac's Rebellion, William Penn-who establishes Pennsylvania and was based on Quaker beliefs, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton....

 Read Aloud:
BiblioPlan Early Modern History Companion: Ch. 4: Jamestown, Part II: Completed


Story of the World: Early Modern:
Ch. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

BP Advanced Maps:
2b: America Geographic Regions
Week 4: Jamestown Part II
Week 5: New France (Canada)


Reader:
George Washington's World: pg 71-107


Reader:
A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh: COMPLETED
(This use to be in Sonlights Core H, I kept it in)



Reader:
Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley: COMPLETED
We read this, way back, maybe Core 1/A--and I remember thinking how this, like all other Diane Stanley books, was so good we should read it again when we came back around to this point in history...so we did!

FUN Reader:
Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer: Completed
Amazon summary: 
Though born without great beauty, wealth, or title, Anne Boleyn blossomed into a captivating woman. She used her wiles to win the heart of England's most powerful man, King Henry VIII, and persuade him to defy everyone--including his own wife—to make her his new queen. But Anne's ambition was her fatal flaw. This is the true story of the girl everyone loved to hate.

Carolyn Meyer's engrossing third novel in the award-winning Young Royals series tells Anne's fascinating story in her own voice—from her life as an awkward girl to the dramatic moments before her death.


Language Arts:
LA Week 1 Activity Sheet
(from Core G, Week 1--focus on adjectives)


BiblioPlan Companion for Early Modern History

Math:
Math U SEE: 7A. B. C. D. E

Science:
Apologia Physical Science: Module 3: 
Study Sheets in Student Notebook: pg: 335-339

Painless Poetry by Francis McPake
pg 81-90


Word Roots: pg 66-70

Exercise:
20 minutes Leslie Sansone DVD
45 minutes games at Olympians

Music:
Piano Lessons with Mrs. March: 30 minutes
Beg. Band: On Tenor Sax: 1 1/2 hours
Inter. Band: On Alto Sax: 1 1/2 hours
Violin Lessons at Meyer Music: 45 minutes

Practice: though week isn't up--I'll update later.
violin: 1:50 hours
piano 1: 30 hours
alto sax:  1:30 hour
tenor sax: 1:00
flute: 30 minutes

Dd is working on these maps...I think it has to do with a story she is writing....


Art:


Drawing and Watercolors

Chores:
Chicken Care, Dishes, Vacuuming, etc.


Gideon by Priscilla Shirer:
I lead our woman's bible study class on one section of Gideon, Day Three.  I wanted to share one section that I found very thought-provoking.  Shirer picked four bible verses for us to look up that share 'God's will for people.'  I found it very interesting which exact verses she picked. 

1: Micah 6:8
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a] with your God."



2. 1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification:[a] that you abstain from sexual immorality;

I read further down and found chapter 4 to be very good.  Here is 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12:
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 

12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.


1 Thessalonians 5:18
18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Ephesians 6:6
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.


Matthew 22:37-38
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

I like Mark 12:30 even better than it's bible twin (Matt 22:37-38), as Mark's version includes that we love the Lord with all your strength, and somehow I like that better:
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a]

My notes from the selections Shirer assigned:

Micah 6:8 (My notes)
Do justly, Love Mercy, and Walk HUMBLY with the Lord.

1 Thess. 4:3 (My notes)
 That we are to aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.  
In Everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Ephesians 6:6 (My notes)
Doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord and not to men knowing that whatever good anyone does He will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Christian standards of performance, with a sincere desire to please God and to gain the merit and approval of the Lord. Knowing that we are not working to please other people; but to please God in our thoughts, words, and actions.


1 Thessalonians 5 (My notes)
Be at peace among yourselves, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all, see that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, always pursue what is good both for yourself and for all, rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, test all things, hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil.  Wear the protective covering of a consistent godly life.  The three cardinal elements of Christian character: Faith, LOVE, and Hope.


Well, I just thought I'd share a piece of Shirer's bible selections on God's will for us to study and think on.  I liked it so much I spent a week studying those selections with Dd.  


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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

SL Core H Week 6B Jan. 8-15, 2017 (1500's - 1600's)

SL Core H 
Week 6B 
Jan. 8-15, 2017 
(1500's - 1600's)

Hello Friends!






Tough week.  I don't know what caused Sophie, our dog, to have such a horrible week, but she was super sick.  Tuesday night I had to get up and let her out five times.  She had to be let out constantly night and day!!  She was more trouble than a new born baby!!  She had 'to go' immediately, no waiting around or dilly-dallying!  So, I was beyond exhausted with getting woken up every two hours.  Besides being so messed up with her bowels, then she wouldn't eat the rice or dog food she normally eats.  Dh mentioned I should try scrambling her some eggs, and that worked for two days; then she just stopped eating by Thursday and Friday.  Poor dog just laid on her bed and was miserable.  

Wednesday, I had to leave Sophie home alone when we went to band classes; and what a mess I came home to.  It took me hours to clean up--no joke!  That is when Dh thought to give her 1/2 an Immodium pill; which was a great idea.   (Sunday, she began rallying back up, and her appetite started slowly back up.)  I hate to share so much, but my week revolved around Sophie and her care.  I even had nightmares about her dying on me--rough.  

Dd did a really good job of working independently; which I was so glad to see!!!!  I do so enjoy working with her all the time, but I know I need to start working her towards being more college-ready.  She likes hearing me read our history texts (BP) aloud, so she can paint or draw, and I enjoy learning the material too.  


Wednesday, before band classes, Dd auditioned for the Intermediate Orchestra, but Mrs. Sooy didn't think she was ready just yet.  She was encouraged to continue taking violin lessons and try out again in the fall.  The best part was how well Dd received the news.  This was her first-ever audition, and there was a lot of pressure that she handled very well.  Dd took the news in stride.



My mom had sent Dd and me, a gift card to Joann Fabrics, for our Christmas gift. We went to Joann's on Wed. after Dd's music classes.  Dd bought a nice watercolor set and a dress pattern; while I started deciding what I might buy.  I think I am going to use my card to buy yarn.


Our church has a small class on Thursday nights called the "Strings Group" that Dd started attending last week; playing the guitar.  I'm hoping she keeps wanting to go to this class, as it is a joy for me to able to just sit and listen to them play!!!  


Sleep Over and Girl's Club:
Friday night was Girl's Club.  They watched a movie and had a bible study.  Then we brought two of Dd's friends back home with us to spend the night, as planned.  Saturday they watched the movie, Epic, hiked our woods, played "Life" the board game, UNO cards, and ate pizza and ice cream!  They seemed to have a nice day together.  


Our church had a special meal together after the service and Sunday School classes.  In Indiana this would be called a "Pitch-In," as everyone has to 'pitch-in' and bring a dish.  In Michigan this is called a "Pot Luck."  Isn't it funny how just driving a few hours in a different direction changes the way we speak and name things?!  The Michigan accent is a bit like a watered-down Minnesota accent.  I also hear an under-current of Dutch -- so, when some people say "Mother" you hear it a bit more like: "Mudder."  I never knew this before moving here, but Grand Rapids received a few different waves of Dutch fleeing religious persecution in the 1850's and after.

Mon: lessons
Tues: lessons
Wed: violin audition, band classes, piano lesson, Joann shopping, Olympians at church in evening.
Thurs: Strings Group
Fri: Girl's Club, and 2 friends for sleep-over.
Sat: hike, friends over
Sun: church, SS, and potluck


Academics of the Week:

Bible:
That I May Know Him, Bob Jones Bible (I've added in)
pg's 8-31

But, Don't All Religions Lead to God: (SL's bible) Completed
Ch. 9 and 10

Bible Verse in Cursive- she has a special book for this task.

Psalm of the Week: Psalm 57

Church, Sunday School, Olympians (Volunteer 1 1/2 games)



History:

DVD 1:
America, The Story of Us: ongoing
(borrowing from our town library) A chronological order of American history done in a very fast-paced, highly visual way.  Dh is watching this on his own too.

DVD 2:
John Adams:
 Series with Paul Giamatti (Uncle Jeff gave Dd for Christmas gift).

DVD 3:
The Crimson Field
This series was available at our library.  It is based on a book written by Lyn McDonald titled: Roses Of No Mans Land.  It is about volunteer nurses who were serving on the Western Front during WWI.  They must be close to the ocean, as some scenes have the beach.  This series has been very carefully done and we are really enjoying seeing this time period done so well.

George Washington's World by Foster:
pg's: 35-80

BiblioPlan Companion Early Modern History: 
Ch. 3: The Union of the Crowns, Jamestown, Part 1:
(and review Ch. 2)

BiblioPlan Advanced Maps:
Wk 2B: North American Geographic Regions
Wk 3: Cap't Newports Route

Story of the World: Early Modern History
Ch. 9


Reader:
A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh: In Process


Language Arts:
IEW SWI-B, Lesson 13: completed

Thank You Letters: Completed
G&G, A&G, MM, J&K

Word Roots/Latin:
pg 61-65

Poetry:
Painless Poetry by Francis McPake
75-80

Science:
Apologia Physical Science: Module 3: In Process
Dd didn't pass her test, so we will re-study and extend

Math: 
Math U See: Geometry: 6 A, B, C, D, E


Music:
Guitar: Strings Group: 1:30 hours

Piano: private lesson :30 min
home practice: 1:00 hour

Alto Sax: class: 1:30 hours
home practice: 3:15 hours

Tenor Sax: class: 1:30
home practice: 30

Violin: audition: 30 min
home practice: 2:00 hours


Electives:
Hike:
2 times this week: 1:00 hour


Art:
Watercolor and Drawing: 4:00
Started to cut-out patterns for dress

Busy  Hands:
Chicken Care, Dishes, Cat litter, Made friends pancakes for breakfast, vacuuming, cleaned her bedroom, clean bedding....



Next week: 
We are still behind Sonlight's Week 7 in our BiblioPlan chapters, so we still have more BP to read before we can move forward.  I was too tired (Sophie) to read extra this week, like I had planned.  I hope to read more BP next week so we can move forward with our SL pace.
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Monday, January 9, 2017

Sonlight Core H Week 6A Jan.2-8, 2017

Sonlight Core H 
Week 6A 
Jan.2-8, 2017
Dd's watercolor Star Wars

Hello Friends!
We were still on Christmas break from our band classes, but the churchs' Olympians group started back this week.  It has been beyond cold, but it looks like Michigan was one of the better states to be in, with the east coast getting a blizzard and so much snow!  And their road crews ill-prepared for cleaning it all up!  


A very sweet young lady at our church, who is the same age as Dd, plays the violin in her school orchestra, and had agreed to come over on Thursday to listen to Dd play and give some critique.  Hailey, is her name, and she is just the kindest, most bubbly teenager I've met in a long time. Rewarding her efforts, we popped in a pizza to compensate her for her help as she shared some pointers for improvement. Because Dd had been asking for a pizza for a week straight, it was a good two for one!  Hailey has a VERY nice violin, the tone was SO much better than ours!   After playing their violins, discussions, and pizza we went to the church for the "Strings Group."  Hailey has been in this musical group for months already, but Dd hadn't felt brave enough to try it yet, so, as a team we all went together!  There were two guitars, one that also played the harmonica, the ukulele, and our two teenagers both played their guitars.  I guess playing the guitar is similar to the violin?!  Dd has a ways to go on learning the guitar, but this group will be a free group that will also provide her with the opportunity to get to know some of the people in our church better.  


Grilling in the snow!  So, Dd decides barbecue chicken, grilled fresh green beans, and carrots sounded perfect for dinner on Friday, in the super frigid temps we had here in Michigan!  It took us almost 20 minutes to get the charcoal going, it was so cold!  The meal turned out great, and I was glad that I never say 'no' to Dd making meals!!!  I'm sure some people might make plans for meals, and not just wing it like I do, so often!  Dd has a natural talent for cooking just about anything!  I'm happy with celery and peanut butter!

I'm walking out through the snow to take the chickens a special treat!

Chickens: They are doing very well cooped up inside, although I really worried they might fight among themselves, it appears I was wrong!!!  I am trying to keep their interests up with fun meals with our left-overs.  If I cook meat in a 9x13 pan, after I remove the meat, I will use that juice and fat to add to rice or oats and then feed it to them.  They are thriving!  Zeus, the only rooster, has had a few flair ups with Dh and Dd.  I keep feeding him out of my hand, holding him, and generally trying hard to keep him as tame as I can.  We will 'let him go' if he gets mean....we just don't need a rooster, though appreciate the potential baby chickens if we ever were to decide to increase our numbers.  I'll keep trying to work against his nature and hope for the best.

Our lessons update:
Sonlight really jumps through history so fast, and leaves out so much, that we have been adding in BiblioPlan history Companion textbooks to fill in all those precious details.  But, we have been behind for too long, and I decided to stop going forward until I can get us caught up again, though I know we will only fall behind again shortly!  I do feel like the BiblioPlan is worth all the extra work and hours of reading, though it makes scheduling tricky.


Church:
After over a year at our church, we are seriously considering becoming members.  It is so hard to sign on to a specific church that isn't exactly what you are use to, and with considerable differences to weigh.  Overall we feel like this is a lovely church, and I've about weighed out the problems I have with allowing the grace needed for all human interactions.  Really, what kind of relationships would we have if we didn't give grace freely and receive grace freely?  So thankful the Lord gives me abundant grace for all the trillions of mistakes I make, think and do!  Grace seems to be the balm that remedies my concerns over joining this church.  I do have specific 'fears' that could possibly never come to fruition that pop up in my mind---like how I am very different than many people in our congregation and do see the world very differently--politically and just in a general tolerance level.  I guess all my summers in New Hampshire filled me with a deep code of  "Live and Let Live" and be generous with grace! that helps a lot too!!!  I'll keep you posted on when we actually commit, because we really do consider this a serious thing.  

Music:
Believe it or not, this was not a big music week!  Dd put in some time with her violin, and an hour and a half with her guitar, but her poor saxophones only saw about 30 minutes of action!  Over the holidays the kids are fairly allowed to play as much or as little as they want; but with an encouragement to do try and play, which apparently fell on deaf ears this year!!!  Dd has thoroughly taken the full dose of vacation from her piano and sax's!  I do think she did some piano, but not like she should have!  I tried to remind a bit here and there, but, really, this is her thing and I try not to treat music like I do our math, science, history, or reading subjects.  She can succeed or fail musically and I try to not get too bossy about it, but, it is hard for me to let it go and watch her loaf!  

Our lessons this week:

Bible:
Sorry to add another story in the middle of our academic section, but after finishing the Veritas Press bible curriculum I am floundering a little bit.  We have been trying out a college bible study book called The Harmony of the Bible, but it just seems to be bible reading and not comprehension like was wanting.  So, at the end of the week I brought out the Bob Jones high school bible books I bought used (but still expensive), to try.  We are starting with That I May Know Him, Selected Studies on Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Mark.  Next week I'll assign Dd to also do the private bible reading section by herself so she can start that, at week 6.  I'll give this second option a few weeks to see how it does and evaluate.
Harmony of the Bible:
His Ministry Launched, His Person, Proclamation, and Baptism:
All read with Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary:
Matthew 3: 1-12 
Mark 1:1
Mark 3: 1-2
Mark 1:2-6
Mark 3:3-6

 That I May Know Him, Selected Studies on Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Mark, Bob Jones:
pg 1-8

Church/Volunteering:
Dd attended church and Sunday School
Dd and I volunteer to co-run the Wed. night Olympian's games 


Study Skills:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills by Randall S. Hansen and Katharine Hansen
This week read pages 30-47, then skimmed through the rest of the text.  Though I tried really hard to make this text work, it really is not for a freshman in high school.  They talk a LOT about what to do when your in college and how to work with your professors.  We decided to put this book back on the shelf for now.


Writing:
IEW SWI-B, Lesson 12
Dd did a fantastic job doing a report!!  Yay!  Writing is something she likes to do on her own, and not 'IEW' types of writing, generally.  But, she was assigned to write a report, on HER CHOICE!  She picked Princess Leia Organa, think Star Wars.  She did a really good job, not just enough to get it done, but even typed it up on her typewritter!

I contacted IEW to find out what we should order next, as we are almost done with this book, and they said to do SWI-B Continuation, not SWI-C, like I thought I should order?!  We did SWI-A a few years ago, and thought we would skip through like that, but apparently we were to be doing the 'continuation' at the end of each one?!! oops!

Thank you card (for Christmas): one card done

Letter to friend: one this week.

This is the hill I have to pull down our huge trash can each week!  Every other week I have two to bring down, and don't forget the even harder task of pulling those big bulky things back up the super-steep hill...in the snow...in the freezing weather!  Sophie comes with me to sniff the deer trails.  

History:
BiblioPlan Companion Early Modern History Vol.1:
Ch.1: The Spanish Empire in the New World
and 
Ch. 2: The Scottish Reformation, the Dutch Revolt
(I think I wrote five pages of notes on all this history!  So much I didn't know!!!)

George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
pg's ix-34
Dd has been looking forward to dropping Kingfisher for this book for months!  I gave her the choice between those two options (of course I owned the Kingfisher, and not the Foster books already!) and she didn't hesitate on this preference.  We really loved Foster's August Caesar's World in Core G.  Foster does a great job of telling history in story form that is so easy to understand and with great details that aid in remembering.

DVD: John Adams 
with Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, based from David McCullough's book of the same title (which is fantastic read, btw! highly recommend!)
Uncle Jeff gave Dd this DVD set collection that recently came out.  There are some amorous moments that we fast forwarded through, not sure how detailed they were--I didn't stop to find out and didn't have the time to watch three discs before sharing with her.  So far it has been good.  Dd loves America war books and movies.  We had watched the fist disc last week, and this week we watched Part 3 & 4, on Disc Two.

DVD: Unbroken, written by Joel Coen
our library had this DVD, it is on WWII and POW camps.
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.


Watercolor Dd completed this week


Art:
big art week! she is really having a lot of fun drawing and doing watercolors...at least 10 hours this week.  


Geography:
BP Advanced Maps:
Week 34: The Spanish Armada
Week 1: The 7 Continents (plus a lot of little stuff too)
Week 2: Scotland and the Netherlands


Math: 
Math U See: Geometry
5 A-E


Poetry:
Painless Poetry by Francis McPake
pg 67-74
The frustrating part of Dd reading THIS book is that she continually tells me she doesn't like this material, but refuses to switch to a new poetry book or poet until she completes this entire book?!
I guess we are not going to recommend this book, though I've liked it well enough.

Latin/Word Roots:
Word Roots by The Critical Thinking Company
pg 57-60

Agnes, yet again curled up in a blanket trying desperately to get warm...poor kitty! She is always cold!

Science: 
Apologia: Physical Science: 
Module 3: The Atmosphere
Text: 55-73
Student Notebook: pg 35-41
(hoping to do the experiments in week two of this module)



FUN READING:
Uncle Jeff gave Dd these two books she has been reading this week:
1. Undaunted Courage 

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Goodreads summary:

 4.22  ·   Rating Details ·  34,600 Ratings  ·  1,835 Reviews
'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians. Charismatic and brave, Lewis was the perfect choice and he experienced the savage North American continent before any other white man. UNDAUNTED COURAGE is the tale of a hero, but it is also a tragedy. Lewis may have received a hero's welcome on his return to Washington in 1806, but his discoveries did not match the president's fantasies of sweeping, fertile plains ripe for the taking. Feeling the expedition had been a failure, Lewis took to drink and piled up debts. Full of colourful characters - Jefferson, the president obsessed with conquering the west; William Clark, the rugged frontiersman; Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition; Drouillard, the French-Indian hunter - this is one of the great adventure stories of all time and it shot to the top of the US bestseller charts. Drama, suspense, danger and diplomacy combine with romance and personal tragedy making UNDAUNTED COURAGE an outstanding work of scholarship and a thrilling adventure. 


2. Signing Their Lives Away 
by Denise Kiernan
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 3.84  ·   Rating Details ·  547 Ratings  ·  137 Reviews
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison; Thomas Lynch was lost at sea; and of course Sam Adams achieved fame as a patriot/brewer. Complete with portraits of the signers as well as a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.

Happy Trails to You! Until We Meet Again.....
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