Smart Play Home School Group

MAY 16, WEDNESDAY

HISTORY - the first emperor of China and the Great Wall. they are fascinated by the Chinese. they all want our army and the rest of the world to tell China to be a democracy. we had a long discussion about how the emperor burned Confucius' writings and that's a sign of bad government because people should have freedom to read what they want. freedom of the press is a hallmark of a free and educated society. david knew that some scholars had copied Confucius' work and buried it (yeah Scott!) and so we have some of his writings still today. they thought the idea a building a wall around the country was pretty silly because we all know that there are ways in, like over the top or to break it down. we looked at a lot of pictures of the wall, how it was constructed and how it's used today. they really are interested in this subject so it might be good to explore from other resources.

SCIENCE - the deep sea and the ocean floor. visit the reading room again for this lesson - it's a really cool exploration in a submersible. they wanted to watch it several times. they still remembered some the ocean life from preschool - angler fish and sea tubes. talked about how the landscape of the ocean floor is similar to the earth's surface. really good lesson