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It’s a Wrap!
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A Younger Child: “Hey, Momma, did you know that all of the Anderson’s have the flu?”
ME: “I didn’t. When you talk to Katie, find out if they need anything.”
Younger Child: “Okay.”
An Older Sibling: “Did you know that our great-great-grandmother died from the flu? Nana was born in 1912, so she was only six when her mom and her little brother died in 1918.”
ME: “The worst plague in America was the Influenza Epidemic of 1918. More people died from the flu in that year than died in all of World War I.”
Younger Child: “She was younger than me.”
ME: “She was. Then, her dad died when she was just 12. She was your sister’s ages living through The Great Depression.”
Older Child: “1929-1939 or 41, or something?”
Younger Child: “What’s The Depression?”
ME: “I’ll tell you what, after breakfast, I’ll show you some pictures of kids during The Great Depression. I’ve got a book, someplace. I’ll find it. It’s called Children of the Great Depression. Just the photographs will give you a good idea of what The Great Depression was, but we’ll talk about it, too.”
At this point, my brain is charging ahead with plans for today and tomorrow, and beyond.
THINKING: “I’ll make breakfast a little hardier than I initially planned, so I can just give them bread & water for lunch. Seriously, hunger was real during The Depression. Maybe we’ll follow a bare-bones-potato-soup recipe for dinner and eat by the light of an oil lamp.”
I know my older ones read The Great Depression, America 1929-1941, by Robert S. McElvaine, but the mids haven’t, yet.
THINKING: “I’ll pull that out and we can read excerpts from it, to everyone, but they can work on reading the whole thing, themselves, over the next week. They’ll definitely need to start a vocabulary/spelling list. I have some Penmanship/Copywork pages I can add for the younger ones and an essay assignment for the oldest.”
DANCING INSIDE MY HEAD: I can download an instant e-Book from Zeezok Publishing! One of their Z-Guides to the Movies for the Depression era. I’m pretty sure they have one for Kit Kittredge, and since we already own the movie we could actually work on it this week. They love that movie, but with the Z-Guide they’ll see it in a whole new light.”
Books, movies, the internet. The library, Netflix, museums. I use them all. Anything and everything that I can get my hands on and afford, that will stimulate my children’s desire to learn and successfully educate them.
Zeezok Publishing has been providing materials for the homeschooling community since 1993. They’ve published government and history texts, and sixteen classic biographies on the great composers. In 2010 they introduced us to Z-Guides to the Movies.
Each Z-Guide is developed for a specific movie. We’ve found many of the movies at our local library; most are available for rent on Netflix, Zeezok sells a few and some you may already own. There are more than 30 Z-Guides available, now, and another 25 are due to be released in the spring.
$12.99 gives you access to an instant e-Book download, of your choice, or you can have a CD shipped. Many topics and time-periods are covered -
16th, 17th, 18th & 19th Century Europe
American and French Revolution
The Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression
World Wars 1 & 2 and Post-WW2
and the Vietnam War
You’ll get a topic, time-period overview; a movie synopsis, giving you an understanding of the relationship between characters, events and situations. A list of review questions to be discussed and answered as the movie is being watched, and additional activities prompting research and writing. My favorite section of every Z-Guide is the Filmaker’s Art and Dramatic License Activity. I do not have the ready knowledge that I find in this section. Even as my children are learning, so am I.
“The Filmmaker’s Art activity helps the student recognize the tools being used to influence the viewer.” Without the Z-Guide, I don’t always discern these as clearly. “The various guides discuss how filming techniques, music, lighting, humor, character development, irony, foreshadowing, and even character names are used by the director and producer to influence the viewer to get their agenda across.” Z-Guides to the Movies has changed the way we see a movie and that’s their goal. They “want the student to be able to discern not only the agenda of the movie, but also how they are being influenced by it. The goal is that when the student goes to the theatre and watches a movie, he walks out not thinking it was an entertaining movie, but understanding the bigger message behind each film.”
My children are enhancing their critical thinking skills. Besides movies, they now look at reading material differently, and also examine the influence and impact they may have on others with what they personally write or visually and musically produce.
I think Z-Guides are impressively thorough. In 2011, I used one with The Hiding Place. Click the link to read my review.
Recently, we did, indeed, use the Z-Guide for Kit Kittredge. Written for elementary and middle school, it was easily adaptable to include our K5 through high school and adult.
Topics and Activities covered ~
The Great Depression
Journalism
Prejudice
Family Unity
and Hobo Life
It was a perfect wrap to an interesting study!
The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Review Crew has had the opportunity to review several different Z-Guides. Click on the banner below to read what my crew mates thought of each one.
Comments or Questions?
Contact Zeezok Publishing
email -
info@zeezok.com
write -
P.O. Box 1960
Elyria, OH 44036
call -
800.749.1681
or
440.782.1193
and
The next time you study, tie everything together with a Z-Guide and a family movie night!
Blessings,
This product was given to me, free of charge, in exchange, for my honest review, as a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew. I receive no other compensation for my reviews on this blog. The opinions expressed are my own.
I am not affiliated with Netflix and I receive no compensation for references.
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I appreciate your encouragement. Thanks for your comments. PK
A Hope of Publication
Posted by: | CommentsIn our home it wouldn’t be difficult to find a writer or composer, a photographer or three, or a designer, an engineer, an architect or a young inventor. I could show you stories and poetry, music and lyrics, photographs, sketches, drawings and paintings, structures and gadgets built out of Legos, or Lincoln Logs, tin cans and wooden pallets. Presently, there are few copy righted, less recorded and none published. It’s difficult enough for adults to break into their field, but often it is even harder for a teenager to find a respectable outlet for their work.
We’ve made a recent discovery, though, and it’s one that gives us hope. Aletheia Writing Magazine is a Christian magazine for teens, by youth, ages 13-19 years old. Pronounced Ah-Lay-thei-uh, it is the Greek word for “truth” or “unveiling.”
Click graphic to read FAQs
A one year subscription, published quarterly, costs just $26 when delivered to an address in the United States. That’s four issues, 40 color pages, including shipping and handling. My children found it interesting that many of the writers and artists, contributing to the magazine, have been homeschooled. They were also pleased that they did not find this publication full of cookie-cutter stories and articles. Yes, faith and hope are evident throughout, and the publishers state that they “will not accept work that contains profanity, tasteless violence, or inappropriate sexual content,” but you can see the individual author in his writing or art.
You’ll find – stories, poetry, articles, reviews, photographs and contests. Every issue features: a Writer’s Challenge, the Featured Contributor, a book review, Glory to God for the beauty of nature, Ancient Ink, and an interview. Aletheia Writing Magazine has made their entire Spring 2011 issue available for you to preview, for free. It is full of energy, creativity and a bold freedom of expression.
Content page from the current issue – Fall 2011
Comments or Questions?
writealetheia@gmail.com
or
Aletheia Writing Magazine
P.O. Box 1602
Lansdale, PA 19446
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You can also read other reviews of Aletheia on The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew Blog.
Although, we hope that a submission will be accepted for publication in Aletheia Writing Magazine, the opinions expressed in this review are my own, and were not coerced in any way.
This product was given to me, free of charge, in exchange, for my honest review, as a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew. I receive no other compensation for my reviews on this blog.
Blessings,
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Wordless Wednesday
Posted by: | Comments“From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of The Lord is to be praised!” Psalm 113:3
May the peace of The Lord be with you,
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Wordless Wednesday
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“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105
Blessings,
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Thank you for your comments. May your life be enriched for having stopped here. PK
Wordless Wednesday
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HIS ATTITUDE
Colossians 3:23, 24
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for men,
since you know that you will receive
an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
~ New International Version ~
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James 1:17
“Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from The Father of the heavenly lights,
who does not change like shifting shadows.”
~ NIV ~
The clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, the shoes on our feet, the food in our belly’s and more -
Most often, through the gifted and skilled hands of the artist-craftsman;
husband and father.
Blessings to you and yours,
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. PK
Wordless Wednesday
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“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” Ephesians 5:1-2
Abundant Blessings,
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Thank you for your comments.
Wordless Wednesday
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A Herald of Spring ~ Yellow Forsythias
“…and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?’ or “What shall we drink?’ or “What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:29-33
Blessings,
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Thank you.
Wordless Wednesday
Posted by: | CommentsA Sumptuous (which is just another word for fancy-Nancy) Birthday!
“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18
Blessings,
Friday’s Fave Five – #101
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Living to tell The Story sponsors Friday’s Fave Five Meme. An opportunity for me to pause and note 5 Favorite moments of my week or to give thanks for 5 wonders or blessings or …
1.) I’m sincerely grateful for this meme and the possibility of the personal archive of memories that may be built from it.
2.) Daffodils – everywhere – and the hope of spring, right around the corner.
3. I am married to a man after God’s own heart and his banner over me is love.
4.) I know that no matter what circumstances come against my family, we [individually and collectively] have a firm foundation on The Rock that holds and God will see us through. My thoughts and prayers are for Japan’s earthquake victims and their families and those in the path of the tsunami. May God have mercy on them.
5.) I have a little, inexpensive digital camera, but I was able to capture a lovely picture for my Wordless Wednesday post, this week. It reminds me of tea time with my Father God ~ a cup of peace in the midst of the day to day turmoil of life.
Counting my blessings and hoping you will count yours, too.
With a heart of thanksgiving,
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Wordless Wednesday
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John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Sweetest Blessings,
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