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Providential History: July 2007
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Saturday, July 28, 2007. X-Ray Painting and Bark Art. The last study we did was on what is termed "X-ray painting." Animals and people were painted on various surfaces in amazing detail, but seemingly from the inside out. We started by looking at all the photographs of fossilized fishes at Photo. It was a mini-science lesson as the children looked at the impressions these ancient fishes made on the rock. We then looked at this piece of art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. And Aboriginal Art Online. What ...
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Providential History: Learning history through art
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Monday, July 23, 2007. Learning history through art. Every culture has its own symbols and ways of sharing its heritage. Gen 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. For more on the foundations of art and the general viewpoint I teach from,. We perused the offerings at this gallery. In this lesson you can also see a little of how I teach multiple age levels. All three children sat near me while we looked at the artwork. Al...
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Providential History: Individuality and the Emu
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Saturday, June 23, 2007. Individuality and the Emu. For this lesson, we started with one of my children's favorite songs, Old Man Emu. By John Williamson, a popular folk artist:. At the end, Williamson sings,. Well there is a moral to this ditty - Oom ba da little da da da. Thrush can sing but he ain't pretty - Oom ba da little da da. Duck can swim, but he can't sing, nor can the eagle on the wing. Emu can't fly, but I'm telling you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo. We will be studying more about the...
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Providential History: Australia - Land Down Under
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Monday, June 11, 2007. Australia - Land Down Under. We began by reading Esther, chapter 6. Because we are looking specifically at the purpose of studying history, we copied a portion of Esther 6:1. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. It reminded him of the past. RESEARCH [Fr. recherche. To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently for the truth. By Men At Work. An Australian band that was quite popular in the 80s. (The l...
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Providential History: September 2007
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Winston Churchill is said to have described the tradition of the Royal British Navy as nothing but "rum, buggery and the lash." Whether factual or modern fable, the description is certainly applicable to the character of the officers in charge of the convicts who first came to Australia. We began this unit looking at a ballad written by a convict, possibly at the time of Captain Logan's death which this ballad celebrates. The text of the ballad is available here. Because Aus...
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Providential History: X-Ray Painting and Bark Art
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Saturday, July 28, 2007. X-Ray Painting and Bark Art. The last study we did was on what is termed "X-ray painting." Animals and people were painted on various surfaces in amazing detail, but seemingly from the inside out. We started by looking at all the photographs of fossilized fishes at Photo. It was a mini-science lesson as the children looked at the impressions these ancient fishes made on the rock. We then looked at this piece of art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. And Aboriginal Art Online. What ...
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Providential History: Moreton Bay
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Winston Churchill is said to have described the tradition of the Royal British Navy as nothing but "rum, buggery and the lash." Whether factual or modern fable, the description is certainly applicable to the character of the officers in charge of the convicts who first came to Australia. We began this unit looking at a ballad written by a convict, possibly at the time of Captain Logan's death which this ballad celebrates. The text of the ballad is available here. Because Aus...
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Providential History: Captain Cook's voyage to Australia
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Saturday, August 11, 2007. Captain Cook's voyage to Australia. Captain Cook, on the other hand, appears to have been a remarkable leader. From the introduction to his log book:. From the stories of the seamen, they had a remarkable trust in him, claiming he could smell land before anyone sighted it. While reading the introduction about his life, the children colored picture of Captain Cook. Day two, since we were reading about Botany Bay, they colored a eucalyptus tree with a koala in it. As much as i wa...
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Providential History: Our study: A Vision and an Outline
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Our study: A Vision and an Outline. My educational philosophy states that I am educating my children for liberty. Thus liberty is a frequent underlying theme in all of our studies, and an important historic principle according to the biblical principle approach. You beat your drum. You drink your rum. You threaten' me with hangin'. After all, they were only convicts. Alongside the documents, we will also be utilizing a number of Australian folk songs, well-known poems, and other p...
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Providential History: Coming up next...the Aboriginals
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Saturday, June 30, 2007. Coming up next.the Aboriginals. I just realized that it has been a week since we last updated this. We have been studying Australia's geography as we laid out in this entry. Suddenly, it became obvious to my daughter just why most of the population is concentrated along the East Coast of Australia. By Carl Lumholz who spent four years among the Aboriginals in Queensland and wrote about his experiences back in 1889. That is a difficult and somewhat charged discussion to try to get...