History for the Classical Child

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From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Lessons 35 and 36

Read the next two history lessons: "The Iconoclast Controversy," and "Charles 'Martel' and the Battle of Tours".

Page 200, Activity 35C in the text offers a supplement to Lesson 35 found here.  It is about a 15 minute news segment, but read the information about it in the textbook first, please.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Somewhere in Time!

Please enjoy doing the Somewhere in Time work found detailed for you on pages 189-190; it sounds very interesting!

Think about the key people and events in history that we have been studying as you find the named locations on a globe or map.  If you seem to have forgotten the significance of a place, return to your history cards or text to review what happened there and when it occurred.

Parents :
Use the upcoming quiz on pages 191-192 in this way to prepare them for taking it:

1) Use the right hand column of names on page 191 to review these key people we have studied: simply have your students review what these people are know for from the corresponding lessons.

2) Use the left hand column of names on page 192 to review these key people and WHERE they are from, also reminding them of why they were important to the study of history.

Please do not have the students look at or use the quiz itself, but do help your student prepare for taking it on Tuesday at school.  Thank you!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

"The Ornament of the World"

Complete Lesson 32 by reading page 181, then proceed to reading about an unusual place in time nicknamed "the ornament of the world," from Lesson 33.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Lesson 31

Complete the Exercise we began in class on page 174.

Read Lesson 31 and choose one of the following activities to do and share with the class on Tuesday:

31B - either 1 or 2

OR

31C - either 1 or 3