January 5, 2009

2009 already!

Science
Dan-dan and Zeb. Read Almost like a whale: intro chaps 1 & 2

(3 + 3 articles)

History:
Zeb we're continuing with the Constitution. Read Articles 5,6, and 7

Dan-dan: This week and next week we are looking at the US in the period between the Revolution and the Civil War. Four main trends here: expansion westward, conflicts with native americans, rapid economic growth, and the problem of slavery.

Dan-dan in A Nation of Nations
SKIM (read lightly, as you please) through pages 219-240
READ 240-243 on the doubling of the national size
SKIM 244-247
READ 247-252 on the Second War for independence

MATH
big books, math practice books

CHINESE -- both of you!

ENGLISH
Do your writing practice books.

This week we are going to look at the Shakespeare Play MacBeth. It is about a noble in Scotland who meets three witches that foretell his future. He then kills the king and takes over the throne, as the witches foretold. In the Macbeth book on the table, read Act 1, Scene 1 (it is very short). Read it out loud. Then watch it on Youtube.

Ask mom to find MACBETH, any version, on Yahoo.com. Particularly good is the 1971 Polanski version, but any will do.

Michael