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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ on hold for a couple of weeks

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ on hold for a couple of weeks

Hi everyone! As you noticed, I didn’t get up a post for Wednesday’s Around the World last week and I won’t be getting one up this week or next either.  For the last couple of weeks, I have had some major dental issues.  Last week, they began a root canal on one tooth and then 3 days later noticed I had an infection in another tooth.  I went on an antibiotic and then went back to the dentist on Monday for them to begin a root canal on the tooth that had an infection.  That tooth ended up having more than the root canal done on it and I have been in a lot of pain since.  They even changed me to a stronger antibiotic because they think I still might have an infection in it.

We have been doing school, just on a more relaxed basis.  We have still been reading our lessons, I just haven’t been able to do any projects or activities with the kids.  The kids have been great about helping me out.

I am also behind in writing and doing reviews for books and curriculum, so I will be trying to catch up on those as well.

With saying all of that, I am putting Wednesday’s Around the World on hold until April 3rd.  I plan on having a giveaway on that day as well.  So be sure to be working on your history and geography lessons, so you can link-up and enter the giveaway!

Have a blessed week!

 

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Wednesday’s Around the World~ Nahum and Zephaniah

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Wednesday’s Around the World~ Nahum and Zephaniah

This week for Wednesday’s Around the World, we read about Nahum and Zephaniah, two prophets sent by God to warn of the destruction and doom to those who did not follow the law of God.

Nahum was a prophet God sent during the time of King Josiah.  Nahum was sent to warn the Assyrians.  Do you remember the Assyrians?  They were known to be brutal warriors.  They treated their prisoners horribly.   The capital of Assyria was Nineveh and it was a very strong city.  They had walls that were 100 feet wide and could support three chariots, side by side on top of that wall.  They had 1500 towers that were 200 feet high!

Nahum warned the Assyrians about their wickedness and told the Ninevites exactly how God would destroy them!

Claire sharing her “chariot”.

Zephaniah was also a prophet during Josiah’s time as King.   His message wasn’t towards the Assyrians, it was towards Jerusalem and surrounding nations.   He talked with those who only outwardly showed love to God, but were lost inside, their heart.  Zephaniah loved to write and wrote to those,  giving them hope in things that were to come.  However, just like Nahum, he also told what would happen if they did not turn to their wicked ways.

The activity for this lesson, we chose to build a wall and a tower.  We got the Lego’s and Lincoln Log’s out and the kids had a blast building, especially Sammy!  He loved seeing how high of a tower he could build.

Sammy working on his tall tower.

So what have you been learning about in History and Geography?  I would love for you to link up and share with us!  Also, be sure to check out those who link up.  I know I have learned a lot by reading what other homeschoolers have done!


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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ King Josiah

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ King Josiah

Thankful that the sickness has left our home, we are now back with our Mystery of History lessons.  I enjoyed sharing lessons from other homeschool families and I am now excited to share a lesson this week with you for Wednesday’s Around the World.

I really enjoyed this weeks lesson on King Josiah.  King Josiah was Manasseh’s grandson.  You remember who King Manasseh was?  He was an evil King in his younger years, but finally came back to God when he was older.  He repented and God forgave him.  He then did his best to turn the kingdom around before he died.

Josiah was very young when he took over as king.  He was only 8 years old.  They said by the time he was 16, he really loved God.  King Josiah loved God so much that he started going all over the country of Judah and destroying any false idols, false wooden images and alters to Baal.   When Josiah headed back to Jerusalem, he started to restore the Temple that Solomon had built and made an amazing discovery.  They found the Book of the Law!  That’s right, the first 5 books of the Old testament!

Josiah decided that the book would be read to everyone.  Once that started happening, it is said that a revival took place.  They even held a Passover Feast!

Our project for this lesson was to make scrolls.  Scrolls are what the books were written in back in that day.  The first thing we had to do was make tea stained paper.

soaking paper in tea.

I boiled the water and then put in two family size tea bags.  I let it steep for about 10-15 minutes, then added 6 crumbled up pieces of white paper.  I then let the paper soak in the tea for about 15 minutes and it was almost too long.  The paper started to rip as I was trying to straighten it out.  I then laid it out flat on the dryer, to dry.  This also took longer than what I had planned.

Writing Jeremiah 29:11.

Our next step was choosing a scripture to write on the scroll.  I chose Jeremiah 29:11.

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

We then took toilet paper rolls and taped them to the scrolls.

taping toilet paper rolls to our paper

The final step of this project was then rolling them up and tying it with a piece of string, ribbon or yarn.

scrolls rolled up

What all have you been learning about in history?  Have you done any projects lately to help your children understand the lesson better?  I would love to have you join and link up with me!  While you are linking up, be sure to check out the others that have linked up.  We had some great lessons and projects join us this past week!

 


****disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan. There are affiliate links in this post.

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Wednesdays Around the World~ when sickness hits the family

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Wednesdays Around the World~ when sickness hits the family

I am truly enjoying Wednesdays Around the World.  I love seeing others link up with what they have been learning.  This week, I will be highlighting what others have been learning in history.  You see, just when I think we are in the groove with school, something happens.  My children and I ended up sick!  I ended up taking a child to the doctor yesterday because he just was not improving.  He is now on an antibiotic and breathing treatments, as needed.  It is a nasty Upper Respiratory infection.  We are finally on the mend and will begin a full day of school tomorrow.

Now on to sharing what others have been learning in their history lessons.  Lindsay, from Bytes of Memories and her son studied about Joshua, The Battle of Jericho and Rahab.  I loved how creative Lindsay got with this activity.  To help explain the lesson, Lindsay and her son built a city of blocks and used little playmobil men.

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho from Lindsay at www.bytesofmemory.com.

Just head on over and visit Lindsay, her son to see how they learned about The Battle of Jericho!  I know I will be re-doing this lesson with my kids just so we can do her activity!

Ticia and her kids from Adventures in Mommydom learned about what it was like in the Trenches of World War I.  I love how Ticia takes the time to share with her kids that war is not as glamorous as what we are lead to believe.  I love the imagination used, by using pillows and cushions to build the trenches and then using rolled or balled up socks as mortars.

Ticia and her kids building trenches.
http://adventuresinmommydom.org

Be sure to visit Ticia at Adventures in Mommydom to read the full lesson!

I am looking forward to diving back into our history to see what new lessons we can learn.  I would love to have you share with us what you have been learning as well.  Just link up below!

****disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.  

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Athens, Sparta, Manasseh and The Powers of Mesopotamia

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Athens, Sparta, Manasseh and The Powers of Mesopotamia

I am really enjoying the Wednesday’s Around the World link-up.  Not only do I love history and geography, it also helps hold me accountable for our lessons.  Athens, Sparta, Manasseh and The Powers of Mesopotamia is what we have studies this last week in our  Mystery of History: Volume 1 book.

We began reading about The Rise of Athens and Sparta.  Sparta was a very strong city-state.  They trained men, women and even children to do battle.  They didn’t allow people in and out of their city because they feared their neighbors.

Athens was also a large city-state, but they were a little different than the Spartans.  They enjoyed cultural things.  They loved the arts! The people of Athens enjoyed music, drama and were even known for their love of pottery.  They decorated the pottery they made with all sorts of designs.

For our activity, we were to draw a design of our own on a piece of pottery.  I could not find a terra-cotta clay pot, but did find some that were already painted a solid color and fired.  I let the kids choose their color of pot and they also decided to use colored permanent marker instead of a black marker.  I love my kids imaginations!

Claire choosing her colors

Once they chose their pot and markers, they started drawing their designs.

being creative and making their own designs

Claire and Samuel both decided to draw trees and flowers on their pots.

finished pottery designs

The finished products turned out great!

Next we read about King Menessah, the son of Hezekiah.  We learned that he was nothing like his father.  He was a very bad and evil king.  The sins he committed were horrible, including using the Temple that Solomon built as a place for God, and he put his own idols to worship, in there.

We also see a change though after 22 years.  King Manasseh was captured by the Assyrian Army and taken to Babylon in hooks and chains.  While he was in prison, Kind Manasseh began to pray!  He really prayed to God.  God heard his prayers and forgave him.  Once King Manasseh was released, he spent the rest of his life trying to fix all that he did wrong.  He tried to turn his kingdom around for God.

The next lesson we studied was about “The Powers of Mesopotamia”.  Two groups, the Assyrians and the Babylonians were in Mesopotamia.  They were very similar to Sparta and Athens.  How?  The Assyyrians were like Spartans.  They didn’t trust anyone, and were very war-like.  They were terrifying to other places around them.  The Babylonians were similar to the Athenians.  They were very educated in math.  In fact, they created several things that we still use today!  The number of minutes in an hour and the number of degrees in a circle!  It is so amazing at how smart these people were with the little they had!

Now it is your turn to link up and share what all you have been learning about in history and geography!


****disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.  This post also contains affiliate links.

 

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