Friday, December 10, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

RELIGION -
EPIC - Church History
The Vortex - Catholic same as Methodist?
Faith and Life - chapter 22;  Jesus Sends the Apostles
MATH - Saxon Lesson 42;  Renaming Fractions by Multiplying by One
SCIENCE - Fabre - pgs 76-79;  Scorpions



HISTORY
  • The Story of the World, by Susan Wise Bauer (Volume 1 Ancient Times) Roman Times (Chapter 27; pgs 209-214)
  • Romules and Remus ~770 -750s BC  
  • A nice R&R online lagniappe here
  • Discussed what we learned in the EPIC CD 1: Comparing Ancient Roman & Greek view of history (repeating with no exact pattern or reason) to our Catholic view with a definite beginning, middle (EPIC event - with all leading to and away from) and end.
  • Modern Marvels - (1) Battle Gear -The History of Weaponry and (2) Stealth Technology

READING & LANGUAGE ARTS -



  • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (from On the Horizon -Silver Burdett & Ginn) pgs 294 -305
  • Voyages 5 - What Makes a Good Tall Tale pgs 198-199  
  • 2 BICs √

GEOGRAPHY - KENYA
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain is a Nandi Tale -
The Nandi is a Kenyan ethnic group or tribe living in the highland areas of the Nandi Hills in Rift Valley Province.




Compare
  1. Poverty in Kenya - Public Radio International
  2. We Are That Family: Day 5: Today I Went to Hell  also archived @ Catholic Notebook with links to the rest of Kristin's trip to Africa.
  3. Kisses from Kate in Uganda which borders Kenya
  4. This tourist video


SPANISH  - no hay (there is not)
BAND/MUSIC - Rain to Kapiti Plain with Pablo's rendition of percussion accompaniment (a pot & a turkey baster - quite a nice sound!)
ART - Simone Martini
POLITICAL SCIENCE & CURRENT EVENTS - discussed Washington Examiner article: Obama Honors Nobel Winner with Statement About Himself
P.E. -
4 Square w/ neighborhood friends
basketball practice at Mitchell (ORCA/YMCA team)


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