There's nothing that I hate more than being sick! This past week we've had our fair share of sickness. All 5 of us ended up coming down with a nasty bug. On days we were feeling better we managed to get some school work done.
This week's in history we studied the end of the Middle ages. We read about King John (brother of King Richard "the lionhearted") and the Magna Carta. Then we read about Joan of Arc, bubonic plague, Genghis Khan and the 100 year war. Finally,we learned about Marco Polo and the discovery of the compass.
Sis did a short written narration about the compass. We also added 3 new entries to our timeline. Next week we will begin studying modern times beginning with the discovery of the new world.
Last week we learned about Gothic churches and this week Sis history project was to make a stained glass window. She drew the window and then a picture inside. Then she divided the picture up into shapes like pieces of glass and colored each piece a different color using crayons. We turned the picture over and rubbed vegetable oil on the back. When it was dry we hung it in a window so that the light could shine through. (yes that is snow on the ground in April...kind of depressing!)
This was Sis last week to do long division in math, so she was happy about that, although she has to take a test on it next week. We skipped science this week and a lot of other things, so there's not a lot to post. I can gladly say that we are all feeling better now though. Hopefully next week we can get back on track and have full school days.
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