Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 19 : 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.}

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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 19

Presentations
Idea: Instrument family or other orchestra topic
Skill: Strong introduction and conclusion
Presentation Prep: Skills & Ideas

Recommended Books
Christmas from Heaven. Story of Gail Halvorsen – a pilot in the US Army Air Corps during the Berlin Airlift – in which US forces flew supplies into Soviet-blockaded Berlin. Includes directions for creating your own Candy Bomber parachutes.
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot . The true story of a seven-year-old girl named Mercedes who lived in West Berlin during the Airlift and of the American who came to be known as the Chocolate Pilot (Gail Halvorsen).
The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations Peter Sís shows what life was like to be born at “the beginning of it all on the Red side―the Communist side―of the Iron Curtain.”
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 and circumference in a memorable way.
Books to introduce children to the Orchestra:Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD
A Child’s Introduction to the Orchestra: Listen While You Learn About the Instruments the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!
Can You Hear It? with CD Also includes pictures for picture study.