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Michelangelo art history lesson

May 8, 2023 Ticia Leave a Comment

Michelangelo art history lesson Renaissance artist study

Michelangelo is famous for many things. He was a brilliant artist, and I deliberately use artist because he was great at painting AND sculpture. His David is one of the most famous sculptures ever, there are hundreds of postcards for it, many in questionable taste. Then there is … [Read more...]

history 9th grade, artist study, Renaissance

Good Omens book club

April 5, 2023 Ticia 1 Comment

Good Omens book and a movie reading 12th 9th

We broke our rule with Good Omens. It came out when we were up in Iowa visiting Tara and she LOVES Terry Pratchett, grew up reading them with her Mom, and so of course we watched it with her. Then we returned home and during our speculative fiction year of reading we had our Good … [Read more...]

reading and writing 12th grade, 9th grade, book and a movie

Bolivia Unit

March 10, 2023 Ticia 1 Comment

Bolivia unit geography South America 9th

This Bolivia Unit made a great geography lesson for us. (there are affiliate links in here) Bolivia Unit resources Here you go. Not so many resources but I did find some fun Bolivia fact sites. Seriously, the titles people come up with for country facts are … [Read more...]

geography, recipe 10th grade, 9th grade, main dish, South America

Animal Farm book club

February 22, 2023 Ticia Leave a Comment

Animal Farm book club book and a movie 9th 10th

As a Freshman in high school I read Animal Farm. I remember being something of a history buff and reading the chapter where the animals went through the farmer's house and thinking, "Wow, I bet this is what the peasants felt like going through the Romanov palace after the Russian … [Read more...]

reading and writing 10th grade, 9th grade, book and a movie

Zookeeper’s Wife book club

October 26, 2022 Ticia 1 Comment

Zookeeper's wife book and a movie feature 9th 11th high

A few years ago Jeff was looking for a movie we could watch for Mother's Day. He picked Zookeeper's Wife, and we got about halfway through it before The Artist got overwhelmed with the darkness of the story and wasn't emotionally ready to see the light and hope buried under all … [Read more...]

history, reading and writing 11th grade, 9th grade, book and a movie, modern history, World War 2

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