Lindy's Homeschool: Next semester's history

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Next semester's history

DONE! They might look like silly activities, but it's taken a lot of brain Power and research to finally plan history for the rest of the year. I feel much better about life knowing what I'm doing. "Four Year Plan" didn't give me any ideas for subjects or activities this semester. Oh well. No curriculum is perfect I guess.

January

*movies------make a stop animation movie
*prohibition-------make root beer
*Gandhi---------get the salt out of salt water
*Gandhi----------make own clothes
*women's vote-------make picket signs
*great depression--------hobo signs
*new deal-------------make dam
*german currency--------act out inflation

February

*wwii--------gas masks
*hollocaust-------make star of david monument
*Einstein------dress up like him
*Einstein--------balls on trampoline to show bending of light
*war at home/women working----make star flags for windows
*Picasso------collage
*atomic bomb-------army men
*zionist conference--------make israel flag

March

*penicillin-----------make fake antibiotics from sugar and gel capsules
*cold war-------evacuation backpack
*cuban missile Crisis-------play with submarines
*JFK--------------flower funeral wreath
*Plastic------------p 40 of How science works
*McDonald's-------go to McDonalds
*preservatives-------make a home made happy meal and compare
*Vaccines----------take them with me to Williams

April

*integration---------different colored paper hands with earth
*rosa Parks--------dove of peace with rainbow of fingerprints
*Martin Luther King-------dream cloud "I have a dream" with little clouds with plan of better world
*Vietnam---------ty dye shirts
*Space race---------make space ship toothpicks and marshmallows
*Space race----------astronaut helmet
*Chernobyl----------make 3 eyed fish etc out of clay
*women's movement-------make pendulum of women's struggles
*changes in agriculture-------make paper garden on wall and change it

May

*Mandela----------people chain of white and black intermingled
*berlin wall----------wall of boxes separating family in house
*Tian'anmen Square--------act out?
*gulf war-------------burn some oil (outside)
*computers---------make a computer out of boxes etc
*information age---info hunt= first going around house to finding info, then just by asking google mama. (time them)
*twin towers-----send up helium hope balloons
*pollution------mini pond pollutant and candle going out without oxygen
*green revolution----solar toy kit

Also, I am doing a bit of preschool at our co-op and all my ideas will probably come from my new favourite craft website.

1 comment:

UnknownJanuary 29, 2013 at 9:56 PM
you are so AMAZING!!!!! I love reading your blog, it is so over-whelming but so enlightening and refreshing and amazing!!!!! your kids are so blessed to have you as their teacher and mother!!!!
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The "awkward and unprepared" Myth

There are many misconceptions and biases against homeschooling, and many people really think that I've never heard them or considered them. Many people worry about the "inevitable social awkwardness" of homeschoolers or that they are "unprepared for the world." In my experience, I've found that homeschoolers tend to be as socially "normal" or "awkward" as their parents. As far as "unprepared for the world" is concerned, that depends on how they are taught, but I have seen many successes first hand. Basically, I know the ins and outs of the decision I've made, thanks.

Why I Homeschool

When I was first married, I fell in love with the kids of the Leavitts and Schafers (my sisters-in-law families.) They were...and still are...confident, leaders, innocent where they should be innocent, creative, and accepting. They were also homeschooled. I wanted my future kids to be like them, and if homeschooling was part of that equation, then I was willing to make the sacrifice. Now, after years of study, prayer, and experience, I want to homeschool for many reasons. I want my kids to be family oriented not peer oriented. I want to include the gospel in every aspect of what they are taught. I want them to think out side of the box. I don't want them to be obsessed with what is "cool." I want them to feel loved by those around them. I want them to know who they are and what they stand for before they are bombarded by outside influences. I know that many families can do this without homeschooling, but it seems a lot harder to me. Basically, I'm a control freak. I want to be in control of my children's learning and social life....homeschooling makes that easier.

Also, now that I've realized they are severely dyslexic, I think homeschool is the best place for dyslexics to learn.

And there's the statistics.

My Schedule

7:15

START OUR DAY

Daddy does scriptures

Breakfast

Devotional w/ videos

Come Follow Me

Goals/mindfulness/memorization

9:00

School Starts

Maxwell

School of Hope Online

Hyrum's 3 "R"s

IEW Grammar and Writing

Video Text Algebra

Spelling (Word Wasp)

Daniel's 3 "R"s

Writing Prompts

Rightstart Math level "G"

Spelling (Wasp)

William's 3 "R"s

All About Reading

Creative Writing

Rightstart level "D"

Abraham's 3 "R"s

Logic of English

Handwriting Without Tears

Rightstart level "B"

Activity in afternoon:

Social Studies

Science

Art

Chess

field trips

Literature Club

WAS classes

My Curriculum

For math, I do RightStart Mathematics, which is an abacus based math, Times Tales to memorize multiplication, Video Text for Algebra, and Mathantics or other supplements on youtube.

For Devotionals, I use Come Follow Me.

For Reading, I have used the Barton Reading and Spelling program, but right now I'm experimenting with All About Reading and Logic of English.

For Writing, I use Handwriting Without Tears, IEW Fix It! Grammar, and IEW Student Intensive Writing.

For History, and Science, I use The Four Year Plan (which I LOVE.) This year we are using the "Family Jubilee" book which covers Biology, Modern World History, and New Testament.