{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 22

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 (and also includes books relevant to geography). ____________________________________________________ History: September 11 While I came across plenty of lesson plans, I really like these.  They are divided […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 21

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: Astronauts and the first moon landing I feel like I’m in the minority, but I can’t get into lapbooks.  The funny thing is that […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 20

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. A book list has been added at the bottom. ___________________________ History: Brown vs. Board of Ed (Civil Rights) We will re-visit Civil Rights using this lesson plan.  PBS also has a great […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 19

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: NATO (and Communism and the Cold War) Intro: From the NATO website. We’ll probably follow this lesson plan.  Other lesson plans: Based on primary […]

{Classical Conversations} Cycle 3 | Week 18

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: Pearl Harbor Like WWI, WWII is covered in Cycle 2 so we’ll focus on the U.S. event of Pearl Harbor and resulting Japanese Internment. […]

{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 […]