These are websites, books, videos, and other resources that correlate with CC Cycle 2, week 15 New Grammar. A few quick disclaimers: I have used every resource that I list, but I may not have used it as intended. (For example, you’ll see a note under the Latin heading about a file folder game I printed and slipped into a page protector for reuse as a printable each week.) Also, I am very comfortable editing books that I read to my children on the fly. If you are concerned about the level or content of a book or resource, please peruse in advance. Some links may direct to affiliate sites. For other CC-related posts and weekly resource links on this blog, click here.
SCIENCE
A great video on kinetic and potential energy.
This page from Math Is Fun starts with simple examples and definitions, but goes deep (and mathematical) for Masters and beyond).
PBS’s online roller coaster simulation is fun for all ages.
This rubberband lesson and this one using a matchbox car are my personal favorites. All students can participate, the set up is minimal, and the impressions are lasting.
Even Abecedarians can get into this balloon-powered Lego car from Little Bins for Little Hands. Multiple principles of physics are explored here, but you can easily concentrate on this week’s topic.
If you have an older student with an engineering bent, dig into this lesson from TeachEngineering.
HISTORY
Video primer on which countries fought in WWI.
Add some period music to your study! This site has songs and lyrics for popular American tunes.
Extra History has a great video on the WWI Christmas Truce.
The BBC has pages with extensive details on Britain’s role in WWI, Russia and the war and the ensuing revolution,
A timeline of WWI in France.
For Masters students, this PBS site on The Great War is excellent.
Interested in viewing primary source documents with your kids? This site is for you!
FirstWorldWar.com is a visual exploration of the entirety of WWI, from causes, to players, too events.
Sow the Seeds of Victory! was a program of the American Food Administration during WWI. These propaganda posters ignite fascinating conversations with students about the realities of war on the homefront.
This outline map of Europe in 1914 can be printed and compared to the current map in your Foundations Guide.
In Flanders Field is the quintessential WWI poem. This site provides a guided lesson plan if you need help discussing it.
A very simple, two-color map showing who sided with whom in Europe.
HomeschoolLessonPlans.com has a detailed plan available for studying WWI. It’s easy to cherry pick the plans for your own family, especially since she uses the acronym MAIN to give kids an understanding of the causes behind the war. My own high school teacher did that years ago, and it stuck with me!
You can’t discuss WWI without introducing Cher Ami, especially to your Abecedarians.
Books
Eddie Rickenbacker: Boy Pilot and Racer, Kathryn Cleven Sisson
Great Battles for Boys: Bunker Hill to WWI, Joe Giorello
**I have an Idea List on Amazon with more of our favorite titles.
ENGLISH
Mrs. Prince and Co. has a FREE flip book on the four purposes of sentences.
If Essentials hasn’t convinced your Masters student of the “why” behind the purposes, try this page.
Printable worksheets for practicing identifying sentences purposes.
MATH
Worksheets for measuring, aligned with multiple grade levels.
A list of scavenger hunt ideas (designed for a classroom). The principle is simple; give your kids a ruler, and ask them to measure things!
Metric conversion is catchy thanks to this song.
A lesson plan (and memory device) for learning about the metric system. This is a favorite around here.
A metric conversion game using playing card from Education.com.
GEOGRAPHY
This catchy video helps you memorize the Levant countries.
National Geographic Kids has pages on Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
Ducksters has pages on Cyrpus, and Syria
Lonely Planet Kids has a great selection of videos for so many Geography locations throughout the year.
I fell in love with those beautiful Montessori-inspired pin map sets, but they are decidedly not in the budget. The Homeschool Den has a DIY version that fits the bill, and can be customized to your studies!
LATIN
This week, we’re back around the horn on tenses! Time to start reviewing, reviewing, reviewing!
Latin Tutorial on YouTube provides just that for Masters and possibly Journeymen.
Half A Hundred Acre Wood has a printable to help keep all those tenses straight!
Family Style Schooling has this extensive set of Latin worksheets designed to help kids get ready to Challenge A! I’m using them as a precursor to the Henle Prep workbooks recommended by a good friend who is already navigating the Challenge years.
I love Half-A-Hundred Acre Woods Latin Match-up Game. I actually use it in page protectors in my kids’ binders, and have them write in the answers. (She also has a Latin Alphabet coloring book my younger kids get a kick out of.)
Latinata.com has some basic games for review.
FINE ARTS
The Tate has a great biography of Degas for kids, as does the Met.
An InsideTheLines lesson on Degas Dancers. Fabulous!
A website dedicated entirely to the work of Degas.
The Degas House in New Orleans is now a museum you can tour in person and view on the web.
WikiArt has 622 pieces of the artist’s work available for viewing online.
I have an Idea List on Amazon of some of our favorite titles.
My Morning Basket Plans, which bring hymns, poetry, classical music and great art into your Cycle 2 day, are available on my daughter’s Etsy shop, Sewing Seeds Designs.