Thanksgiving Prep

If you haven't already, this week would be the perfect time to measure out the Mayflower in your street - like we did in August.

Bible memory review

Click here for a review crossword of Acts 17:24-28. You can also click the image below for a fill-in-the-blank on Matthew 6:19-27.

Boston Massacre for kids

Here are a few options this week:

• Watch the History Channel's video portraying the Boston Massacre from their series America: The Story of Us. More video links can be found scrolling down here.
• Watch the Liberty's Kids episode (#1) on Netflix that speaks of the Boston Massacre, and check out a site by the same name here with a good summary of the Massacre for easy research.
• Older kids may be able to watch the version on HBO's John Adams miniseries.
• Visit the Boston Massacre website, this site of lesson plans, or any of the links for kids on this page. Here's some more links to maps, Paul Revere's engraving of the massacre, and more.
• Check out the Discovery Channel's photo gallery on the Massacre.
• Ivivia has a sample of a computer game developed to teach high school kids about the Massacre.
• I also found plenty of links with a simple Google search on Boston Massacre activities, including a play, a "CSI"-type primary sources activity, and more.

Declaration fill-in-the-blank, week 14

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Weeks 11-14 Review Crossword

Click here.

James Cook for kids

To help you this week:

• A 3 minute video to learn about Captain Cook
• A cartoonish video made specifically for kids
• pages of links for kids and teachers from cybersleuth-kids!
• lesson plans

Replicas of Nina and Pinta in Little Rock

Only until early Tuesday morning (Nov 8.) the Nina and Pinta will be in Little Rock.  See more details here.
-Julie

Thanksgiving Resources

I know we have covered Thanksgiving in our history already but it's such a great holiday that we are going to spending some time on it again over the next few weeks here at Loften Academy. Scholastic has a content rich site that includes virtual field trips. Enjoy!

Reformation Day & Costumes

Quick Quiz:
Q: What happened on this day (Oct. 31) in 1517?
{We gave extra candy to trick-or-treaters who correctly responded.  Only one got it right}
A: Martin Luther hammered his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenburg.

And, the mark of a Comm. Central kid - he's wearing the Declaration of Independence as his Halloween costume.

He had people sign the back -

The idea was original when he was in kindergarten.  But he was waaaay more excited about it this year.

-Julie

James Watt for kids

Howstuffworks.com has this video demonstrating James Watt's steam engine, and this 02:44 video describes his contribution to the time period. Here's an animation of the engine, but there's no description. This is a clip of an actual antique engine by Watt; you can find a "high points" bio here. This 2:23 video briefly talks about the background and impact of the English Industrial Revolution.