Sunday, February 24, 2013

Wolfie's Curriculum



Math -
Teaching Textbooks
Supplements: 
XtraMath and Kahn Academy

Language Arts - 
Personal Reading - 
Read one chapter, or more, in your book and, after completing the book, critique it.  (Critique Form)

Vocabulary - 
1. Write each word 10 times
2. Write the word with the definition
3. Write a sentence for each word

History - 
1)   Education Portal: History 101 Western Civilization I
Supplemental Movies:
a)   Titanic: The Complete Story
b) Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower (Netflix dvd)

c) Prince Among Slaves (Netflix dvd)
d) Slavery: The Making of America (Netflix dvds 1-4)
f) The Men Who Built America (Netflix dvds 1-3)
g) The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (Netflix dvd)
h) WWII in HD (Netflix dvds 1-3)
i) Ken Burns' Civil War (Netflix dvds 1-5)
j) The Presidents (Netflix dvds 1-3)
Other Supplements:

Current Event:

Read the news for the week, choose a topic of interest, and journal about it.  Remember to title your writing with the title of the news article.

Websites for reference follow:

                  Time for Kids
                  Dogo News
                  National Geographic for Kids
                  CNN for kids
                  Here,There, Everywhere
                  Teach Kids News

                  Yahoo News for kids
                  GoGo News

Geography - 
1) How the States Got Their Shape
Supplements: 
1) Place the State game (by The History Channel)

Science -
Computer -Create a game with Unity, Blender, and UDK 



Physical Education
 

Driver's Education

Required Reading - 
Lit2Go
1) The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (J.W. Johnson)
2) The Gettysburg Address (Lincoln) 
3) The Invisible Man (Wells)
4) Great Expectations (Dickens) - watch
5) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving) - watch
6) Treasure Island (Stevenson) - watch

Reasoning - 

1) The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning 
2) The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-five Lessons that will Build your Reasoning Skills
3) The Art of Argument 

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