The purpose of this blog is to keep myself organized as well as to help anyone else out there who is struggling with teaching California's history with out a good curriculum. I want my son to really have a firm understanding of our state and how we came to be here. I don't want the same old boring history and complicated projects that are beyond his grasp. I want this to be a year of exploring and hands on learning. Let's not just read about it - let's go see it! Let's live it!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Lesson 2a - Construction & Power Point
Since we are building the little houses this takes a separate day. My son took pictures of his final house and uploaded it to a new power point and then wrote a description of the house.
Here is our sad little house for the Northwestern region. It is sporting the pitched roof and front porch made of rocks. It is also showing the 18" circular opening. Please note that I am not going all "Perfectionist" here (which is really hard for me). I'm doing it quick and moving on. The idea is that he learns about the natives and it gets stuck in his brain - not that he hates history and crafts. The only reason we are doing this is because he wants to. :)
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