Story of the World Week Two

Week two SOTW: West against East

We began week two by reading our chapter and then doing our map work. During class we discussed Commodore Matthew Perry and his black ships that arrived in Japan.We also covered the "peace of Paris" treaty, Russia's ambitions quenched and the war over the "Keys to a Church".

We did a couple activities that strayed from the book. Before class began I asked some of the older girls in Co-op to put embossing powder on their hands and go about the next 15 minutes responding, touching and sharing. I then began my class. We took some time to learn who Florence Nightingale was, where she was from, how she helped in the war effort and how her work changed hospitals around the world. Our big focus was germs!

I then asked each of the kids to partner up and give each other an inspection. I told them that the glittering embossing powder represented germs. They realized they were covered with it! This was a very good lesson for all age groups! Before lunch I even busted a couple of them who forgot to wash their hands!

 The discovery process