Social Sciences - The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, economics, human geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology.
History -
We will be continuing our journey into ancient cultures and first stop in the fall will be China! Though we will be continuing to loosely follow the Complete Book of World History, I was pointed toward History: The Definitive Visual Guide and I am seriously thinking about switching over to that, but I will make sure to keep you all posted on that!
For China we will be using the Ancient China Thematic Unit and focusing on Between the Dragon and the Eagle. We will then move onto the Ancient Americas.
Geography -
Our co-op will be doing a full year Geography class, loosely following the Trail Guide to World Geography and I will be supplementing with a few resources.
Cultural Studies -
As well as touching on the cultures of areas that we go over in geography we will be doing some specific cultural studies as well starting with Investigating the First Thanksgiving and Holiday's Around the World.
Investigating the First Thanksgiving website
Holiday's Around the World Websites -
- http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSChristmasAroundtheWorldK1.htm
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/
- http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson213.shtml
Oooh, ancient China! We will be exploring it a little bit as well this year.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe you are already thinking about Thanksgiving but, wow, it is September... Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Oh my gosh! It really is time to talk about all of this once more!
What is your daily/weekly schedule look like. I am wondering how to structure our days. S went back to school but hates it so i have a feeling I will be bringing her home.
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