Every so often I find something that really makes me glad the kids are studying at home...
Today I was browsing a local English language bookshop (in reality a bookshop with a nice English section-do read that as English, not just the language but imported from the UK) and as I passed by the extensive map section I noticed a cute looking laminated map with portraits in the border. (As you can tell from an earlier post I like a good laminated map.)
What had I found? Why a map of the world with portraits of the major explorers in the margins. And beautiful colored lines showing their routes with dates and all. Even Polar Expeditions with the sled dogs depicted!
What a bonus to our TOG Year 2/SOTW2 program! I'm glad I have the opportunity to help make history exciting and relevant for the kids rather plodding through a text book. We can use real objects, pictures, and even maps to bring history alive.
Did I forget to mention this? We are Chartwell Academy and we are biblio/curricula/manipulatives junkies.
Hey-maybe that c-h-a-r-t in Chartwell was more appropriate than I thought.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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