Adventures in HomeSchooling

  The Origin of  the Dream Catcher  Their exists a legend among the Ojibwa people that has been passed down from generation to generation’s it is the story of the dream catcher. The Ojibwa (Chippewa) Nation believes that there are both good and evil dreams. It is said when you hang a dream catcher above the place you sleep that it moves freely in the night air and catches the dreams as they float by. The good dreams are said to know their way through the opening in the center off the web and said to slide down the soft feather to the person below. And the bad dreams, not knowing their way are caught in the web and destroyed at first light. It was traditional to put a feather in the center of the dream catcher; it means breath, or air. It is essential for life. A baby watching the air playing with the feather on her cradle-board was entertained while also being giving a lesson on the importance of good air .The lesson comes forwar...

 Brief Summary, Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929- April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. On April 4, 1968, civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was at Loraine Motel in Memphis, standing on his balcony in front of his room. Without any warning, he had been hit by a 30-caliber rifle bullet that had entered his right check that traveled to his neck and would stop at his shoulder blade. Martin Luther King Jr. was rushed to the nearest hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. After word got out about his death violence followed the African American people was outrage over his murder. Soon took to the Streets across the United States rioting. The FBI investigated his murder and linked it to an escaped convicted name James Earl Ray, was arrested for the crime and later Ray would plead guilty to the crime and sentenced 99 years in the Tennessee Penitentiary . President Lyndon had issued a nat...

Today I challenge my kids to name me 30 American heroes. I told them they could be men or women, young, old from the past, or present, living or dead.  I expressed  to make sure whoever they pick had to make an exceptional and positive contribution to or world. At first, my kids came up with a few people that they had study on. Then my son said mom one of my heroes, is Spiderman I explained to my son that Spiderman was an imaginary hero, not an American hero. I knew coming up with a list of 30 wasn't going to be easy, for them. I told my kids to think of some men and women that they admire and look up to. I told them there is list of groups to choose from such as artist, aviators, scientists, journalists, inventors, athletes; I told them some are well known. And others deserved to be known. I told my kids who they choose should share admirable qualities: exceptional talent, and fierce determination. I explained to them that the American heroes should be cour...

Make your own list of the Seven Wonders of the World If you were to turn the pages in a Magazine or look on line, you would see a top ten list. It might be a year’s top ten list of places to visit or maybe it is a list of top ten fashion styles   in my case it would be a list of top ten homeschool blogs one of the oldest list is actually a top -seven  list! A Greek poet, Anti-pater of Sidon, made this list over 2,100 years ago; he made this list of what he thought was most spectacular creations of his day. Most of them he has never seen! A lot of people are unsure to why he created this list Maybe he thought this list would help visitors along the Mediterranean. His list had consisted of two tombs, a temple a garden, a wall, and two statues. The first person to refer to the seven wonders was Herodotus in the 5th century B.C. he made a list with Hanging Gardens of   Babylon and the pyramids were a few among other on his list. During the time of the Renaissan...

March 10th is Harriet Tubman Day ! Harriet Tubman is a woman that is worth celebrating and teaching my kids about I was pleased to know she had her Own Holiday, President George Bush declared March 10 Harriet Tubman day.2003 Governor George Pataki  of New York declared it a state holiday. In celebration of her life we should remember her commitment to freedom and her extraordinary courage as well her struggle to abolish slavery. Harriet Tubman was born March 1820 and Died March 10, 1913 at the age of 91 Harriet Tubman was a woman who escaped slavery and led hundreds of slaves to safety using the Underground Rail Road she made 19 trips through the underground. She had served as a Nurse a Scout, Cook and she was even a Union Spy for the United States Army during the Civil War, she had risked her own freedom  and safety to help others to safety, She would continue to work for  justice and human dignity. Harriet Tubman was a brave and selfless  Here i...

 How would you like to go back to a  much simpler time were you can live like a pioneer and learn how life on a farm was in the 1700, 1850,and 1900  see the past come to life threw  Historical Reenactments  learn about the heritage breeds, the plants, seed cultivation,  traditional, and other practices  food ways learn about food recipes and so much more if you  like to experience it first hand  and your  answer is yes you should check out  this List of Living Farms  Museums Alabama Landmark, Park Dothan  http://www.landmarkparkdothan.com/explore-landmark-park/ The park features a 1890's living history  farm and they have a One Room School House,General Store,and turn of the Century Church Alaska they offer Alaska Alaskan Native  Heritage Center, Anchorage,  http://www.alaskanative.net/ A place were every one can come learn about Alaska indigenous people. California Orcutt Ranch Horticulture ...

For the Month of March we will be learning about women who  have made History  the kids wanted to learn about the first woman Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell  here is links for  free worksheets http://www.lessonplanet.com/teachers/elizabeth-blackwell-american-pioneer-vocabulary http://www.lessonplanet.com/teachers/elizabeth-blackwell-february-3-1821 Biography      Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female in the United States to receive her medical license and the first female to be on the Medical Register in the UK .She was the first  woman to graduate from medical school she was also a pioneer for women in the medicine field she was a social and moral reformist in the United States as well in Britain Her sister Emily was the third woman to get her medical license in the United States. Biography  Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in   Bristol, England she was the 3 child out of 9 kids. Her f...

In 1949 a man name Frank X MC Namara had a constructed a way for customers to use one credit card for multiple stores MC Namara had discussed the idea with a two colleges which led all three of them pulling money and starting their own company in 1950 they had named this company the Diner Club. The first of the cards were given in 1950 they were made out of cardboard they were given  to 200 people mostly  acquaintances of MC Namara  and somewhere friends .The credit card was excepted at 14 restaurants in New York. The idea of the credit card grew at the end of 1950 over 40,000 people were using the Diner Club Credit Card this is known as the first credit card. Frank X MC Namara  And soon after that Business begun to use the Diner Credit Card in other county's making it a form of payment and that how and this made it the first international credit card in 1953. By the time 1959 came around over one million people had a Diner Credit Card. In 1981 Citicorp took...