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Deuteronomy 32:2

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Sunday, August 4

Second Grade, History, Set Five

I read chapter 70 from Child's History. It covered:
  • James I
  • Parliament
  • Divine Right of Kings
  • King James Bible
  • Jamestown
  • Captain John Smith
  • Slavery
  • Mayflower/Plymouth
In addition we read:
  • Explorers of North America by Brendan January -- pages 29 - 41; this covered Cartier and Hudson and French exploration of North America
  • A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla -- about the journey to Jamestown on the Sea Adventure. Being stranded in the Bermudas, and finally getting to Jamestown by building two small ships. They arrived after the "starving time".
  • Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla -- the story of Pocahontas' life. This book mentioned the "starving time" and the ships that came from Bermuda, so we were able hook the two books together.
  • If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern -- this book presents the information about the Mayflower and the first year of life in America in an interesting, conversational manner.
  • The Pilgrims at Plymouth by Lucille Recht Penner -- this book covers a lot of the same information that If You Sailed. . . has, but it has more and better illustrations.
  • Samuel Eaton's Day by Kate Waters -- takes you through a day with a colonial boy from getting dressed in the morning to bedtime at night.
  • Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters -- both these book have more photographs than text, making it an ejoyable book to look at.
  • Squanto: Friend of the White Men by Clyde Robert Bulla -- Squanto's biography told as a story.
  • John Billington: Friend of Squanto by Clyde Robert Bulla -- this was a book I'd never read before. It was very interesting -- in fact we read it in one day.
Activity Book -- American Kids in History: Colonial Days by David C. King
This book talks about a fictional family in 1732, and has games, crafts, etc. that they would have played or made.
  • We used a sea gull feather to make a quill pen and bluing and water to make blue ink.
  • Make Cranberry Ice, on page 46
  • Pomander Ball, page 105
I read chapter 71from Child's History. It covered:
  • King Charles I
  • Oliver Cromwell
  • Charles II
  • Plague and Great Fire (1666)
  • William and Mary Stuart
  • Bill of Rights (1688) and the Glorious Revolution
I could not find books in the library at K.'s age level on these subjects, so we looked at Tudor Theater by Gillian Glements.

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