Day 95

Today, we had a reasonable day. We went to orchestra, which went better than I expected, and we stayed afterwards for a while to let the kids play.

In the afternoon, we read a chapter from A Little History of the World. We then worked on our history timeline scroll at the same time, adding the historical events as we read them in the form of words, pictures, whatever worked.

The history timeline scroll is 55 feet long, is kept rolled up on either end so we can open up to the time period we are working on.  It starts at the beginning of history (Mesopotamia) and goes to the modern day, with one inch being equal to one century until close to modern day, then each inch equals one decade.

The idea for this timeline is not something I made up. I got it and a whole history curriculum which we loosely follow called Mosaic curriculum.  It has a poetry component that we whipped through pretty fast, but my guys love poetry, so that got read fast.  We did get the textbook that goes with it (we already had A Little History).  Luke loves the text, The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (Usborne Internet Linked), since it is internet linked and up to date.  It goes to a lot of sites with games, pictures, puzzles, and lots of info. 

It may not have been our most productive day, but it wasn't a bad one, and that counts for something!