Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.
Today’s website is Education Place. This site is owned by Houghton Mifflin. Houghton Mifflin is “one of the leading educational publishers in the United States.” Their website can come in very handy whether or not you use their products. You choose your state and then choose Educators you can view and download all of their teaching tools for each grade level. If you choose students ton of different things for kids to do. From games to field trips online, to more information on the themes in the books, and more. If you click on families you can get short down loadable units, demonstrations, vocabulary cards, and more. This is one of Jonathan’s favorite websites for games.
Word of the day: crux \KRUHKS\, noun;
plural cruxes, also cruces \KROO-seez\:
1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature.
2. Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain or solve.
This Day in History Oct. 7th
1571 Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish & Italians in Battle of Lepanto
1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Hts
1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC (http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/kingsmountain.html)
1886 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1908 Crete revolts against Turkey & aligns with Greece
1931 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
1938 Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J
1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1958 Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court
1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of USSR’s Luna 3
1960 “Route 66” premieres
1864 : Capture of the C.S.S. Florida
1864 : Battle of Darbytown Road (Johnson’s Farm)
1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1970 : Nixon announces a new peace proposal
1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by USSR
1990 Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens
2001 : President Bush announces military action in Afghanistan
2003 : Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California governor
Journal Prompt:
Some things my best friend and I have in common are…… Some thing my best friend and I don’t have in common are…..
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Note: At the time that this was written and published, the websites linked here are kid friendly. However, due to the changing nature of the web, we always recommend that the first time you visit a site, you check it out alone, without children present. This way, you are assured that the content is appropriate for your child.