United Kingdom, Week 2

I'm way behind in blogging, but here's week 2 schedule for our study of the UK:

Day 1: British Isles puzzle (purchased at a charity shop here in England), Peoples of the World book, page 40 discussion, and began an overview of some famous British authors. Today we did Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I read a short sample from Hamlet and then showed a short movie clip from Hamlet (the Mel Gibson version). Next, I read a sample (and showed a movie clip) from A Christmas Carol.

Day 2: Castles: Discussed some of the castles we've been to in England, Scotland, and Wales. Authors: Jane Austen (honestly, Isaac didn't seem to mind!) and Beatrix Potter. I read a sample and showed a clip from Pride and Prejudice (though he has actually watched it with me before--LOL), and I read a sample from The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and then showed a video clip from the Tale of Tom Kitten, both by Beatrix Potter. We also looked at a website on currency. We use British currency of course, but I had never noticed that they change the backs of the pound coin every year--it's one of the protections against counterfeiting.

Day 3: Today we discussed C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. We read samples and watched clips from Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and also from Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring (not the scary parts of course). Isaac drew a sheep from Draw-Write-Now, Book 1 and wrote about sheep in England.

Day 4: Today's authors were Lewis Carroll and Robert Louis Stevenson. Our reading samples and movie clips were from Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island. Isaac colored his sheep picture from yesterday.

Day 5: Journey Through Britain game (another charity shop find). We also looked at some more websites on Britain (one had a quiz) and listened to "God Save the Queen" (national anthem).

On Saturday, the kids had fish and chips to finish off Isaac's study of the UK. I didn't quite finish my plans for the UK before it was time to study Turkey, so we did one activity LATE (right in the middle of studying Turkey). We had an English tea (of course we've had one many times, but it's nice to do it after a study on the UK). Our English tea was made up of scones with strawberry jam and cream and of course tea with milk. Isaac didn't seem to care for the tea, though.


I'm linking this post to "History and Geography" at All Things Beautiful.