Pretest
The Stonehenge:
-we just read the chapter and looked through some of our books to find pictures of it.
-I had planned to let them build a mini-Stonehenge with small rocks around a paper plate, but it just didn't happen this week.
The Egyptians:
-we mostly focused on pyramids and mummies.
-they wrapped their favorite stuffed animal up in TP to make them mummies.
Will mummified Beaver...
Aren't they cute?
Luke's Spot...
K's pink dog...
Then we made a sugar cube pyramid...
The Minoan Civilization:
-just read our chapter for this too.
-game: play leap frog (The Minoans played a similar game but hopped over bulls instead of each other)
Post test
One of biggest things we are learning is that the ancient folks were very very intelligent and hard workers. They figured out how to build some super-huge structures (pyramids and Stonehenge) without machinery and were able to move extremely heavy rocks and such with the resources they had (like the Nile River, etc.). Also smart in language, art, and other things.
-game: play leap frog (The Minoans played a similar game but hopped over bulls instead of each other)
Post test
One of biggest things we are learning is that the ancient folks were very very intelligent and hard workers. They figured out how to build some super-huge structures (pyramids and Stonehenge) without machinery and were able to move extremely heavy rocks and such with the resources they had (like the Nile River, etc.). Also smart in language, art, and other things.
So we added these 3 things to our Wall of Fame:
The Stonehenge is a rock (picked out by K), Luke drew the pyramid and I wrapped up the mummy.
This is Luke's drawing of a 'bull with a man's head' for the Minoans. It had to do with a legend...
Luke is fired from his job of drawing bulls with a man's head. :)
And here is our history timeline so far this year. We have a LONG way to go until we get to Jesus' birth!
Memory cards.
Maps with Dad.
Some books I rented from the library for this week:
-Pyramid by David Macaulay
And here is our history timeline so far this year. We have a LONG way to go until we get to Jesus' birth!
Memory cards.Maps with Dad.
Some books I rented from the library for this week:
-Pyramid by David Macaulay
-Solving the Mysteries of the Pyramids by Fiona MacDonald
-Egypt (Country Explorers)
-Pyramids (First Facts)...I liked this book the best and it has internet links.
www.facthound.com You choose your grade level and type in the book ID number (1429619155). There are many different subjects to look at. Cool!
-Max Disaster #2 Alien Eraser Unravels the Mystery of the Pyramids
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