Our history studies are moving into the years after World War I. The library is full of great books on topics dating from 1920 to 1945. We started reading War, Peace, and All that Jazz, and have already learned about the Swine Flu that swept every major country after WWI and killed millions of people worldwide.
Tired of disease and death, Americans were ready for "normalcy"which paved the way for the roaring twenties! George Gershwin played an important role in the music world of the 1920's when he wrote his concerto, "Rhapsody in Blue".
Inventors abound during this time period, and of course, who could forget Henry Ford and his Model T? Eat My Dust recounts the true story of Henry Ford's race to show off his Model T. Don't miss this fun book for your grammar stage children!
Did you know that Jackie Robinson was born in 1919? Read about baseball's first black major-leaguer in Carol Greene's Jackie Robinson. The book is illustrated with real photos of Jackie throughout his amazing life.
Cheaper by the Dozen, a biography of the Gilbreth family from about 1910 to 1924, has already got us laughing after only a couple of chapters!
We cut sheets of cardboard and covered them with contact paper for the outer cover.
The kids worked on their book jackets, and later, I will have them laminated.
Allison's poems "Ice Skating" and "Sledding" and...
her poem called "The Snow Bird"
Abby's main character, Tuxedo, is tired of living in Antarctica and wants some excitement.
He sees a helicopter filled with explorers and decides to sneak aboard as they are leaving.
He finds himself in sunny Florida!
After spending some time in Florida, Tuxedo realizes---There's No Place Like Antarctica!
Have a good weekend everyone!
9 comments:
The winter projects look amazing. They will be so proud of those when they are done. I love the cupcakes.
Your book projects look GREAT!
We loved Cheaper by the Dozen. That book ranks up there with one of our favorites.
What fun winter books! You make me excited to get to Modern Times! We're still in the Middle Ages. I'm going to put Cheaper by the Dozen on my "list".
I love the kids winter project books. What a beautiful keepsake for them to look back at in furture years.
Oh, those books are amazing! Makes me wish I were crafty....
Your winter project books are beautiful. What a fun project. Thanks for sharing. I think I want to do one of these! Did you use pre made blank books, or did you make the books your self? Can you share how you did this project. Maybe I missed it. Is the information in your blog somewhere?
Iris
Thanks everyone for the nice comments. WildIris, no, I haven't shared yet the technicalities of how we made our books. We did not use a pre-made blank book because the kids wanted to type their pages. I learned how to make them when I taught in the public schools. I'll try to post something soon about how we made them.
What a week!!! Do you do unit studies? Seems like you do a lot of learning from just books, instead of text books... Looks great!!! I love your updates!
Tania,
We do read a lot of books, and I guess our history studies are more like unit studies. My personal favorite thing happens to be children's literature. I wanted to be a school librarian in another life!
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