Posted in It Happened This Month on Feb 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
From the History Channel, This Day in History:
February 23, 1945 – U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima
Josh has begun studying WWII in depth and so this entry was especially interesting to him. A few weeks ago, Josh, his dad and I, went to a viewing of Letters from Iwo Jima.
Almost a 3 hour movie, it [...]
Posted in It Happened This Month, curriculum on Nov 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
This morning we added our latest entry to our “happenings this month”. (Please excuse my dirty door. Goodness, you never realize these things until you have a photo in all it’s honesty lol)
Once a week for Math, Josh and I read a biography about a mathematician along with his skills work. I use this site [...]
Posted in It Happened This Month on Nov 14th, 2006 No Comments »
Nov 13, 1982
Vietnam War Memorial Wall dedicated
Before Josh headed out to college this morning, we read from our daily email about the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall on this day in 1982.
I brought out the POW/MIA bracelets that my mom and brother and sister and I wore during the war and a newspaper article I [...]
Posted in It Happened This Month, curriculum, fun stuff on Nov 9th, 2006 4 Comments »
We are finally back on track with our “It Happened This Month.”
We have two entries so far, of course, both have to do with Joshua’s latest passion for History:
Nov. 6, 1917 - The Third Battle of Ypres
This addition to the wall fit right into Joshua’s latest interest in World War I. It came from our [...]
Posted in It Happened This Month, curriculum on Sep 18th, 2006 5 Comments »
This is the name of our “new” wall look for the school year. After fumbling through these first few weeks trying to accomplish all I need to do, I realized that our “Weekly Wall” will have to be something we turn to for our summer studies. I just don’t have the time to devote [...]