2021-22 Homeschooling Projects

 

Eric completed the portions of Khan Academy's World History Project - Origins which were listed in the Massachusetts requirements for 7th grade History (as well as some of what he might have studied in 6th grade). I required a 75% on quizzes (3 of 4 questions correct) and an 85% or higher on unit tests if he completed the entire unit. If he did not complete an entire unit and so didn't complete the unit test, the quiz "thermometers" will look half full at 75% and mostly full at 100% since to fully top off the "thermometer" you need to get the applicable unit test questions correct.

Kyle completed the portions of Khan Academy's US History unit which matched the Massachusetts requirements. I required at least a 75% (3 out of 4 questions correct) on the quizzes, though he preferred to push to 100% correct on quizzes (which will display as "almost full" since to fully fill the quiz "thermometer" you need to also pass the applicable questions on the unit test).

The ancient greek epic, The Iliad, is commonly assigned in school, but is very long to read and longer without a translation. In this essay I will go over two sources for a summarized look at the story. The Iliad, written by the poet Homer, takes place during the Trojan Wars™ and begins with the gods forgetting to invite the goddess of chaos to a wedding. Extra Credits is a YouTube channel that makes videos about history, mythology, and game design. SparkNotes is a website that provides simplified study helpers for many books and subjects. There are several similarities between Extra Credits' retelling and SparkNotes' retelling.  Both versions cover events that change the course of the story, but in simplified version. In addition, they both have the omniscient narrator perspective, which is where the narrator does not focus on only one character's perspective yet can still show their thoughts.   Yet they aren't exactly the same, there are many differences too. Extra Cr...

  We had an assignment about making poems in the style of Beowulf or Emily Dickinson, and I wrote a Emily Dickinson poem, using her poem "I Have Never Seen Volcanoes" as a template. I have never seen “Potatoes” But, when Farmers tell-- How that old bland ground becomes much blander-- Usually so tasteful-- Bear within in appealing Ordnance Fried, mashed and stuffed -- Being Eaten for breakfast And appealing men-- If the stillness is Draining In the human face-- When apon a hunger Titanic-- Potatoes carve their place.

  Compare/Contrast The books that I will be comparing and contrasting are ‘Five Smooth Stones’ by Kristiana Gregory and ‘The Sign Of The Beaver’ by Elizabeth George Speare. The first book, ‘Five Smooth Stones’, is about Hope, a girl that is about ten years old and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives with her mother, brother, and later in the book, her little sister Strawberry. The time that the book is set in is 1776-1777 at the revolutionary war. The perspective is a first person view of the events that are happening at the time.  The other book that I read is ‘The Sign Of The Beaver’ whose main character is Matt, a 12-13 year old boy who made his cabin from scratch with his father. The year in which this book is set is approximately the year of 1770. His father went away for 3 months to go fetch the rest of his family. The place in which it is set is the Maine frontier. The perspective is third person. These stories are similar in that they both have characters th...