Cool Video

Warning--this is religious, if you don't want to see it, ignore :)

I really liked this video, beautiful song and images:
http://deseretbook.com/video/view/5

homeschool--cultural geography D44

Week D44
Topic: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara

These are African countries that do not fit the stereotypes of Africa. Separated by the Sahara Desert from the rest of the countries on this vast continent, they have been influenced by their position on the coasts of the Mediterranean and Atlantic. They are predominantly muslim.

Western Sahara is actually currently a colony of Morocco.

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_algeria.html
http://algeria.8m.com/

http://www.tunisiaonline.com/
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_tunisia.html

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_libya.html

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_morocco.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/morocco

Midieval Party and Crazy Kids

The kids are all dressed up for the Midieval Feast at the church.

Didn't know the kids had brought this visitor into the kitchen until later, when I found this picture they had taken. We don't have any chickens of our own, they found this one in our little barn.

My boys got in trouble for fighting and had to nose the wall, well the cupboard, and when I came to check on them, the little guy I watch had joined them. He seems to be asking, "What are we doing?"
My midieval costume.

homeschool--cultural arts D43

Week D43
Topic--drawing faces

How to draw a human face: http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-Human-Faces

Eye (complicated): http://www.onlypencil.com/blog/index.php/archive/drawing-the-human-eye/
Another eye: http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/eye/

Practice drawing each other's faces.

This and That

the triplet kittens

he shrank!

finger painting

homeschool--history D42

Week D42
Topic 70s and 80s

Relate the main events of this time period to things that were going on in your own life/family. This will help personalize it for your children.
Some of the main events:

1971--the first microprocessor (enabling computers/calculators to go from room size to desktop/handheld)
1972--Israeli athletes taken hostage at Olympics
1973--US troops leave Vietnam, Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota
1974--Nixon first president to resign, a result of Watergate (accomplishments: brought troops home from Vietnam, first president in China)
1976--white police fire on school children protesting segregated education in Soweto, South Africa
1979--Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman prime minister of Great Britain
1980--Ronald Reagan becomes president (see the book A Different Drummer by Michael Deaver)
1981--IBM's first PC
1984--40 musicians record Feed the World to fight starvation, especially in Ethiopia (which had had no rain since '81)
1985--Geneva Summit
1986--Space shuttle Challenger explodes, Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion
1987--stock market "crash," Iran-Contra scandal
1989--Bhutto first woman islamic prime minister (in Pakistan), Chinese students killed in Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall comes down after 28 years

homeschool--science D41

Week D41
Topic Human Senses

After you watch the following videos, you can find some science sheets to label here:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/titlepage.shtml

There are many fun activities to do with the senses as well. For instance, we took turns blindfolding each other and leading each other around to see how blind people deal with the loss of sight. You could identify tastes or smells this way, too. Try some of these ideas:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html

VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JunCyiGfreo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXtM2u--H8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WavjbJhiRAE&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-IJhAWrsm0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFBALs389o&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skXQ6PuIc4s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY7_TIktQFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7t5S09iUg&feature=related

Proposition 8

This is a pretty good photo montage put together in favor of California's Proposition 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmZaHbGgXH8