Napoleon
Fred, Proverbs 22, Piano in a Flash, Kipling, Almeyer, Einstein, Hayak
Connections
Math Mammoth, 1 hour reading (Pride, National Geographic, Treasure Island), 1 hour writing.
2 hours outside, sledding, cutting wood
3/4 hour work with youngest, astronomy and King of Ireland's son, oldest Apologia general science
No hobby hour, but oldest knitted hat, made fabric-covered box, and made treasure box, all from library book and internet site suggestions
Looked up "the little corporal".
Piano
Indiv. reading (now reading Little Women, Lord of the Rings, and Kristen Lavransdatter still; with dad reading another Brian book -- Brian's Winter, Nobody's Boy (Sans Familia), and Bartleby the Scrivener)
Quiz
1. Name one
thing Proverbs says about being rich (there are many possibilities).
2. Draw a whole
note.
3. Draw a half
note.
4. Draw a
quarter note.
5. Draw an
eighth note.
6. If a whole
note is worth 4 beats, how much is a half note worth?
7. A quarter
note?
8. An eighth
note?
9. Einstein’s
theories had much to do with laws of gravity. Who was the main scientist to describe laws of gravity
before Einstein?
10. Which
British author did they compare Kipling to in this part of his
autobiography? Name one book by
this author.
11. “What has
always made the state a hell on earth has been precisely that man has tried
to make it his ____________.” F. Hoelderlin
12. The first
socialists, says Hayak, developed their ideas directly after what revolution?
13. Hayak says
the first socialists believed socialism could only work under what kind of
government?
14. Hayak says
for socialism to appeal to people who liked democracy, socialists had to change
the meaning of what word?
15. Does Hayak
believe fascism and communism are very different things (softball question!).
Extra Credit
1. What
is the formula for the area of a circle?
2. Where were
the Congressmen going to do Congressional investigations in Fred? Why is that a joke?
3. For #10
above, name as many other books by that author as you can.
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