How is school going? #womenslives

I’m trying to be positive and enjoy the fact that pushing our most volatile child to school has dramatically changed the daily atmosphere in our house for the better. However each interaction with the school leaves me reeling. “She has been super cooperative for me.” Of course she has. You’re not a safe person in […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 17

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: President Wilson and WWI Because another Cycle 2 covers WWI more thoroughly (at least in my head), I really wanted to focus on the […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 16

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Immigration ABC’s of Immigration Book (Appendix A and B) Map of cities with high immigrant population (Appendix E) Poem for memorization (Appendix E) Melting […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 15

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Teddy Roosevelt, Spanish American War Intro: Multimedia website or video I thought this would be a fun week to explore Spanish culture a little since […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 14

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Industrial Revolution Intro: You have your pick–trusty YouTube or any of the 70+ videos found here. I loosely picked activities around this lesson plan. […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 13

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: 14th Amendment and Civil Rights We’re going to take a similar approach to Civil Rights that we took with the second week of our […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 11 and 12

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. The book list has been updated. ___________________________ History: Civil War Both Week 11 and 12 are Civil War-related so enter a 2 week unit on the Civil War.  During Week 11, we’ll […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 10

We’re really simplifying this year. You can see our Game Plan here. Also check out our U.S. Capitals State Tour. Here are activities I found when we did Cycle 3 last time. In additional to the books listed, I also suggest checking out the books associated with this week’s Geography here. ___________________________ Sorry for the delay.  It seems […]