1/19/14

ANZAC page

finished Gallipoli

1/18/14

Reading hour -- Tolstoy oldest (short stories, definitely preview before, he's not graphic but he is very dark and adult);  Treasure Island middle, and working on speech for co-op;  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon for youngest, really loving it.

Hayak -- now to page 68

Einstein -- now to page 137

Usborne WWI -- to page 61

Movie, Gallipoli -- with MAJOR omissions.  This is not a movie kids should see without parent preview and supervision, in addition to "adult content" which we just skipped completely, there is mild language and the story line is exceptionally tragic, sensitive kids could be distressed.  Still, it's a great movie for seeing the method of warfare and the new conditions of WWI.

Quiz (60% required to watch movie)

Quiz 1/18/14

1.  The experience of gravity is equivalent to the experience of a_____________.

2.  What’s stronger, the force of gravity or the force of electricity?

3.  The ‘strong’ equivalence principle of Einstein is that the laws of physics should be

__________________________________________________________________.

4.  Why did astronauts put reflectors on the moon?  Be complete.

5.  Hayak sees it as a problem of socialism when people in a democracy vote for legislators (Congress or Parliament) and tell them they want them to create a central economic plan, but they can’t agree on what they want the central economic plan to accomplish.  He thinks this means people will get frustrated with the legislature for not being able to “make things better” with central planning, and they’ll start calling for what change in government?

6.  What country does Hayak believe this happened in prior to World War II?

7.  Why did World War I spread to places like Africa and Asia?

8.  What empire was centered in Turkey?

What was its nickname?

9.  Which Christian minority group did the Turks deport and imprison, leading to the death of 800,000?

10.  “Genocide” means the murdering of a group because of its __________.

11.  Describe how chlorine gas worked and why it was effective.

12.  Tell me briefly (one sentence) the story of the Lusitiania.

13.  What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on the U.S.?

14.  What was a zeppelin, and what did the Germans do with them in the war?

Extra Credit:

1.  Robert Dicke’s theory was that over time the force of gravity grew __________.

2.  Explain how the Boers in South Africa were conflicted in the fighting against Germany in WWI.

3.  If you didn’t have a gas mask, how could you protect yourself from breathing chlorine gas?

4.  Why did Churchill think that striking at the “soft underbelly” at Gallipoli might help win the war?

1/17/14

Orthodontist appointment
Math Mammoth in car
Writing hour in car, completed at home
Ice skating
lunch
library
lots of library book reading
listened to "The Guns of August" -- very, very hard but so rich with info

individual reading -- oldest Wool, middle Gathering Blue done,  Fairy Tales

1/17/14 Orange

Outside time

1.
Math
History SOTW
Writing- narration of Alfred the great
Memory work- ozymandias, charge of the light brigade, destruction of sennacharib
Violin practice
Nerf gun geography (shooting at a map)
Science- exploratorium sound app

2.
Math
Reading
Dictation (easier sentences from the phantom tollbooth)
Violin practice
Science- ditto

3.
Reading
Painting
Nerf gun geography

1/16/14 Orange

Co op day

1.
Latin
History
Music
Science
Choir

2.
Music
Book discussion- phantom tollbooth
Science- sound, ear, nature notebook
Math
Choir

3.
Reading
Read aloud

1/16/14

co-op day, second session

not counted as school

kids taking:

oldest:  nursery help
drama
girls' club
general science, apologia

middle:  writing critique
cooking
speech
piano

youngest:
arts and crafts
chess and Spanish
ASL
piano

1/15/14 Orange

1.
Math
History read and discuss
Writing- hypothesis about life cycle of Alien
Memory work- light brigade finished
Bday card making
Violin lesson

2.
Math
Reading
Writing- book list, summary
Memory work
Card making
Violin lesson

3.
Reading

1/13/14, 1/14/14 Orange

1/13/14
1. -
2.
Math
History (finished Hudson book)
Narration
Memory work- Columbus poem for getting the date down
Reading
3.
Reading- d'Aulaire Greek myths
Hudson

1/14
1.
Math
History- seven wonders book
Writing- seven wonders brief descriptions
Memory work- general rehash, charge of the light brigade
Violin practice

2.
Math
Narration- Thornton burgess book
Memory work
Book list
Reading
Violin

3.
Reading- Greek myths
Cake making
Painting

1/15/14

For oldest, notes on the silly lady novel

Carving

skating video

1/14/14

Textile art

Finished second to last CD, Story of the World
Math Mammoth
One hour reading, oldest finishes Pride and Prejudice
ice skating, swimming
still working on illness

1/13/14

1 hour writing

Quiz:

 

1/13/14

1.  The effect of of gravity is similar to the effect of a_____________.

2.  If you are in a spaceship accelerating  “up” and you shine a light across the spaceship against the far wall, it will shine on the wall on a space a little lower than it left your flashlight.

Why?

4.  It’s easier to understand why all objects, no matter their weight, fall at the same rate if instead of thinking of the objects falling towards the earth you think of the earth as what?

5.  Who explained that all objects, no matter their weight, fall at the same rate of speed (in a vaccuum)?

6.  The philosophy of individualism doesn’t say people should only be concerned about themselves, or that it’s o.k. to act selfishly, but that we are limited in being able to see only the needs of the sector near us, and not able as individuals to properly understand the needs of what?

7.  Were the Germans able to take Paris?

8.  Name two of the battlefields we have studied so far.

9..  What was a trench?

10.  What does going “over the top” mean?

11.  Who ordered the Christmas Truce?

1/12/14

1 hour writing
Hayak, Einstein, Usborne WWI

Oldest, Drimmel wooden bead making
piano
drawing
whittling
earring making

Individual reading -- oldest "Wool", "Brideshead Revisited";  middle "TLOTR", "Gathering Blue"; youngest "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "I Saw Esau"