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