Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 20 : Half a Hundred Acre Wood

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All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 3 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 3 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. You will not find memory work verbiage in my links lists or in my documents.

Cycle 3 Reading Plans

For a reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 3 with an emphasis on America’s foundations of faith along with an integrated study of U.S. history, geography, and fine arts (along with science studies from a Christian worldview), check out our Mission: Lasting Liberty Curriculum Plan. (Although Mission: Lasting Liberty is not directly correlated to the memory work, it includes a more complete study of anatomy, chemistry, and U.S. History.)

For a reading plan/schedule that corresponds more directly with the Classical ConversationsⓇ Foundations Program, visit our Cycle 3 Reading Plans page.

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For a simple example of how to use these resources, download our Cycle 3 Second Quarter Sample Activity Plan. {I have not had the time to put something like this together for third or fourth quarter, but you can use this as a guideline.}

We provide this “Link Buffet” as a service to other homeschooling families. This is simply meant to be a reference site to pick and choose what you wish to do!

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These resources correlate to both the Foundations Guide 4th Edition and the Foundations Guide 5th Edition.

The Link Buffet – CC Cycle 3 Week 20

Presentations
Idea: Science Topic
Skill: Speaking loudly and clearly
Presentation Prep: Skills & Ideas

Recommended Books
I Have a Dream (Book & CD). Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful words paired with Kadir Nelson’s stunning illustrations – this is one of my absolute favorite books related to the Civil Rights Movement. Includes a CD with MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. (Ready-to-read Level 2). As a child MLK embraces his father’s words that “friendship has no color.”
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. Well-told firsthand account of school integration (along with media quotes) for grades 3+. For younger children use The Story of Ruby Bridges.
Draw Write Now Book 5: United States From Sea to Sea Moving Forward. Step-by-step instructions for drawing patriotic images and symbols along with historical persons such as George Washington and Lewis & Clark as well as wagons astronauts and more.
Erie Canal by Peter Spier. Text is taken from the lyrics of the old folk song with an informative page in the back on the history of the canal.
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal. Starting with a brief summary of why and how the canal was built this book recounts the celebrations as the parade of boats floated down the canal when it first opened.
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (A Math Adventure). Sir Cumference books are a great teaching tool for math concepts. This one explains diameter / radius / circumference in a memorable way.