Kindergarten, History, Week 20

Monday

• I read chapter 16 from Child's History.
• Found Italy on a globe and map (we could see the boot shape better on the map)
• Items to note:
• Romulus killed his brother because they both wanted to build a city.
• Rome was settled by escaped prisoners.
• The escaped prisoners stole wives from a neighboring city.

Tuesday

• I read The Book of Jonah
• Be sure to draw the connection that the ship Jonah was on was a Phoenician ship. We have learned about the Phoenicians previously.
• The last pages of the book has a map and other great information.
• I read some fables from Aesop for Children.

Wednesday

• I read Jonah from the Bible
• We looked at pages 42 - 45 in Ancient World

Thursday

• I read chapter 17 from Child's History.
• Make sure your child understands that this is the same place that Jonah went to.
• Find Assyria/Nineveh on a map.
• Items to note:
• The Assyrian kings fought their neighbors to have more land and power.
• Nineveh had the first public library.
• The books were made of clay.
• Babylon and the Medes attacked Nineveh and destroyed it.

Friday

• We worked on our time line