E&E On the Road
{photo by Charles Jackson via flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0} Did you know there are many interesting and historical places to visit, all within a day’s ride from (or even
Category: Home Schooling
Wednesday Wonders: What a Year
{photo by Jeannett Gibson} Today’s Wednesday Wonder comes from Track A mom Jeannett Gibson. She and her husband Andy have two of their four kids at SLOCA – Henry (4th
Monday Mix-Ins: Lexington & Concord, Paul Revere, General Washington
Statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus E. Dallin, in the Paul Revere Mall, North End, Boston, Massachusetts. {photo by Wally Gobetz via flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0} Today’s mix of
Monday Mix-ins: The Boston Massacre and Tea Party
The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor Lithograph depicting the 1773 Boston Tea Party by Nathaniel Currier, 1846 {source: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain} Now things are really heating up
Monday Mix-Ins: Prelude to Rebellion
{photo by the National Museum of American History via flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0} We are well on our way to revolution now… the American Revolution, that is. This week
An Indispensable Resource for This Year’s History and Literature
Isn’t our librarian clever? {photo by Jenny Bischoff} Today we will once again hear from our ever-helpful librarian, Emily Ferrarini, who is going to fill us in on SLOCA's supplemental
Monday Mix-ins: More on the Colonies
Shipping scene in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1770s {Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons} We found a few more supplemental links about the American colonies leading up to the Revolution, and
Wednesday Wonders: Love of Latin
{photo by Stephanie Ridley} Today’s Wednesday Wonder comes from the Ridley family. Stephanie and Bryan Ridley have two children at SLOCA on Track B: Isobel (6th grade) and Sibylla (3rd
Monday Mix-Ins: Colonial Slavery and The Seven Years’ War
{The Death of General Wolfe (1770) by Benjamin West / Public Domain} This week we’ll look a bit more at Colonial life, and slavery in the American colonies. Plus we’ll
Wednesday Wonders: Character Sighting
{photo by Jenny Bischoff} Today I (Jenny) thought I'd share a small wonder that happened a couple of weeks ago on our first home day. One of the assignments on
