BOOK LIST (to print) -- WORLD WARS
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Some of you may be calling it quits for the summer, but I hope not. If learning is part of life, and it's enjoyable, there's no need to stop just because school has let out for everyone else. Our bodies need constant nourishment and so do our hearts. I've allowed for a lot of flexibility and openness for the 3 months of summer.
Although Month 10's Forgotten Classics volume focuses on WWI, you can draw from anything pertaining to the 20th century. There are a lot of great classics about family like Pollyanna, Cheaper by the Dozen, Mother Carey's Chickens which Disney made into the movie Summer Magic, Understood Betsy, and the Five Little Peppers series. Introduce your children to simpler times when life moved a little slower. A popular recent book (written in 1950) is Little Britches, a true story of life in Littleton, Colorado in the early 1900s.
There are also a lot of interesting people to get to know, like Helen Keller, the Wright Brothers, inventors, war heroes and astronauts.
In the World War I stories, I included the inspiring story of Prince Albert of Belgium. You can read his story here. If your Middle and High Schoolers want to learn more about World War I, you'll find several good options in the online library.
When I was young, every Saturday my friend and I would walk to the Montrose Theater for a double feature matinee. We'd get there an hour early so we could have the front row seats. One of the movies that made one of the deepest impressions on me was PT109--the story of John F. Kennedy in World War 2. I haven't watched it for years....I wonder how it will fare today. I think I'll try and dig it up. I also enjoyed Father Goose starring Cary Grant and I think I've watched The Great Escape, the true story of a tunnel escape out of a Nazi POW camp, at least a dozen times. On the lighter side, there's The Music Man and for a good cry, West Side Story, a modern Romeo and Juliet movie. There are so many great movies to choose from. Do you have access to a projector? Why not project movies on the side of your house for some memorable summer night movie watching?
Although Month 10's Forgotten Classics volume focuses on WWI, you can draw from anything pertaining to the 20th century. There are a lot of great classics about family like Pollyanna, Cheaper by the Dozen, Mother Carey's Chickens which Disney made into the movie Summer Magic, Understood Betsy, and the Five Little Peppers series. Introduce your children to simpler times when life moved a little slower. A popular recent book (written in 1950) is Little Britches, a true story of life in Littleton, Colorado in the early 1900s.
There are also a lot of interesting people to get to know, like Helen Keller, the Wright Brothers, inventors, war heroes and astronauts.
In the World War I stories, I included the inspiring story of Prince Albert of Belgium. You can read his story here. If your Middle and High Schoolers want to learn more about World War I, you'll find several good options in the online library.
When I was young, every Saturday my friend and I would walk to the Montrose Theater for a double feature matinee. We'd get there an hour early so we could have the front row seats. One of the movies that made one of the deepest impressions on me was PT109--the story of John F. Kennedy in World War 2. I haven't watched it for years....I wonder how it will fare today. I think I'll try and dig it up. I also enjoyed Father Goose starring Cary Grant and I think I've watched The Great Escape, the true story of a tunnel escape out of a Nazi POW camp, at least a dozen times. On the lighter side, there's The Music Man and for a good cry, West Side Story, a modern Romeo and Juliet movie. There are so many great movies to choose from. Do you have access to a projector? Why not project movies on the side of your house for some memorable summer night movie watching?
Art credit: Generals Foch, Pershing and Haig by Robert Atkinson Fox