United States 1 - High School:
Wyatt has been studying the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts,
Common Sense, and Bunker Hill this unit. The meshing together of resources such as
America: The Last Best Hope, Never Before in History, and
The American Testimony DVD gives such a powerful memorable look at these events. After reading about the Boston Tea Party leading to the Parliament's passage of The Intolerable Acts from the viewpoints of several resources, Wyatt reread Patrick Henry's speed in a "bold, vehement, and animated: manner, as this was how this speech was historically described. He then took notes on these events as he watched his American Testimony DVD. He has really enjoyed this DVD and the visual component it adds to history. I enjoy his learning to take notes from a media source, as this is an important skill in today's world...
After reading
Great Documents in U.S History, Wyatt pondered the provided Critical Thinking questions and wrote his answers in his HOD U.S. 1 History journal. These questions definitely encourage higher level thinking, and I have enjoyed reading his responses. I feel all of the written narrations he did previously within HOD's guides prepared him well for this type of thinking, as did the reading of rich, living books for each subject. Wyatt gave a talking points oral narration on his reading from
America: The Last Best Hope. He prepared an index card with his talking points ahead of time, and then used the card as he orally narrated to give sequence and substance to his narration. We then had a great discussion using the making connections questions provided in
Great Documents in U.S. History...
For Bible, Wyatt is reading the book of Acts and answering questions each day within his workbook
The Most Important Thing You'll Ever Study. This systematic progression through the Bible is so important. I want my children to have the mindset that daily reading of the Bible, and progressing through reading the Bible from cover to cover again and again is like oxygen to a living, meaningful, ongoing relationship with the Lord. The Bible cannot be read too many times. Nor is one ever 'done' with what can be learned from reading it. Something special happens each and every time one is in the Word daily - it is God at work in one's heart and soul. The Scripture Wyatt is memorizing from his own Bible and the hymns he is singing with
When Morning Gilds the Skies alongside the personal private natures of his prayer journal all work together to bring him closer and closer to Jesus. This is what true 'knowledge' is all about, for if one has no faith in God, all is lost and no amount of 'earthly' wisdom matters. I am most thankful for the Christ-centeredness of HOD in these teen years for my precious son...
Other favorites of Wyatt's are the Constitutional Literacy course and his Chemistry course. He likes the narrative way these are written...
Finally, another wonderful living book Wyatt is enjoying reading is
Give Me Liberty. Here is one of his double-entry journal assignments on this book...
In Christ,
Julie
Finally, another wonderful living book Wyatt is enjoying is