We are joining our friends the Mattson's and the Brame's for history and math. They are back in the Medieval time period, so it's giving us an opportunity to go over what we learned last year's memory work. I'm thrilled that they remember many of the sentences. Even Liam was able to sing the chant that went along with the time period we are learning about.
During the Hundred Years war, Joan of Arc and King Charles the Seventh, led the
french to defeat England in the Battle of Orleans. During the
late 1340's rat carrying the plague killed one out of three Europeans.
The Black Plague, death, the Hundred Years War, The Battle of Agincourt... what a wonderful way to get started in our new change of history learning....but, Jen and Christine had a great idea they got from The Story of the World book--a hunt for rats and fleas. They took Easter eggs (to represent the rats) and filled them with chocolate chips (to represent the fleas), then let the kids run and get as many as possible.
They are looking pretty happy with their extermination efforts. Or maybe it was the prospect of eating chocolate!
For lunch we ate currant buns, lenten soup (no meat in honor of lent) and salad. We learned that they had just begun to start eating this during this time period.
Enjoying a delicious meal and time with friends...this new change to our routine will be a good one!
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