CC Sync'd Booksets for Homeschoolers
Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Activities Page
(tab down to do 5 activities for each book)
CYCLE 2 -
Colbybooks.com
Instructions:
1. Order 24 books and obtain live activities links at www.colbybooks.com
2. Shelve the books, numbered with the Cycle 2 week for which it corresponds. Grin!
3. Print out bookmarks and let kids use them to keep track of progress.
Summer Read - Easter Island
Week 1 - Use Bible or summer read
Week 2 - Great Pyramids
Week 3 - Taj Mahal or Parthenon
Week 4 - Who was George Washington Carver
Week 5 - Joan of Arc or Rachel Carson
Week 6 - Leonardo DaVinci
Week 6b/7 - William Shakespeare
Week 8 - Ferdinand Magellan or Jacques Cousteau
Week 9 - Queen Elizabeth
Week 10 - Leif Erickson
Week 10b/11 - Marie Antoinette or Malala Yousafzai
Week 12 - Napoleon
Week 13 - Henry Ford
Week 14 - Nicolai Tesla
Week 15 - Albert Einstein
Week 16 - Charles Monet
Week 17 - Tuskegee Airmen
Week 18 - Winston Churchill
Week 19 - Wright Brothers
Week 20 - Hindenburg
Week 21 - Eiffel Tower
Week 22 - Coretta Scott King
Week 23 - Marie Curie
Week 24 - Nelson Mandela or Where is Mt. Rushmore (presidents)
CYCLE 2 -
Week 2
Sync: Wk 2 (Timeline: 7 Wonders)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Find the hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn2w937QLSs
(2) Take a tour inside the KIng's Chamber with PBS - https://www.pbs.org/ancient-invisible-cities/home/
(3) Build your very own lego pyramid (and hide treasures inside) - http://creeksidelearning.com/lots-more-egypt-stuff-lego-pyramids-and-more/
(4) Or make an edible version with Rice Krispies - https://sloclassical.org/2013/09/29/ricecrispypyramids/
(5) Explore ancient Egypt in depth - https://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/exploring-ancient-egypt-timelines-maps-projects-and-more/
CYCLE 2 -
Week 4
Sync: Wk 4 (Science: Food Chain)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) What is a king without a sandwich? - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/What_Is_a_King_without_a_Sandwich.pdf
(2) 20 peanut butter recipes to make (and not a drop of jam!) - https://www.messforless.net/peanut-butter-recipes/
(3) Dance the food chain - Prey (Shake 'em off) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqEre3VPPbs
(4) Want to hear what Mr. Carver sounded like? On ego and self - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9CK22ajSI
(5) Make a shoebox biome and show the food chain in action - https://sciencing.com/make-shoebox-biome-school-4486192.html
CYCLE 2
Week 6
Sync: Wk 6 (History: daVinci)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Oh the books you can read! - https://ourjourneywestward.com/da-vinci-unit-study/
(2) Trip a mousetrap with 6 simple machines in one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVP5zVHGSYo
(3) Enjoy this Animated Hero Classic on daVinci - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuCi1hL0zE
(4) Can you do a 2 handed speed drawing of daVinci ? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW0MR7s0pPo
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 8 Alt. Title
Sync: Wk 8 (Science: Aquatic Biomes)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Hear a bedtime history of Jacques Cousteau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwQu3Fqa28
(2) Make an underwater sea art project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPmtTN_cx3s
(3) Watch some funny kids at the aquarium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHDk2ui94Y0
(4) Pull together a tide pool aquarium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvTIV9qzX0
(5) Find out how a car crash led to a lifetime of underwater exploration - https://www.biography.com/explorer/jacques-cousteau
CYCLE 2-
Week 11 (10b)
Sync: Wk 10 (Timeline: French Revolution)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Match famous hair to famous heirs - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Historical_Hair.pdf
(2) Guillotine - who in the world made this thing up? - https://www.britannica.com/topic/guillotine
(3) Oh Marie, you were so misunderstood - https://news.nationalgeographic.com/.../marie-antoinette.../
(4) Go ahead and cry at this rendition of Bring Him Home, a song from Les Miserables - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsYnhVITf9E
(5) Is it really possible to have your hair turn white overnight? - https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/can-hair-turn-white-overnight.htm
CYCLE 2 -
Week 13
Sync: Wk 13 (History: Industrial Revolution)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Draw your dream car with Henry Ford - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Driving_with_Henry_Ford.pdf
(2) Teaching the 10 commandments song with simple finger signs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX925ZMQ4CY
(3) Watch Charlton Heston's Moses - Let my people go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkwQhQZWG8
(4) How to make a Cycle 1 History notebook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOcE60X5m4
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 16
Sync: Wk 16 (Fine Arts: Monet)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Find daVinci and Monet in a word find - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Great_Artists.pdf
(2) Amazingly easy bridge art with tape and your fingerprints -https://thecraftyclassroom.com/crafts/famous-artist-crafts-for-kids/monet-craft-for-kids/
(3) Watch Charlton Heston's Moses - Let my people go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkwQhQZWG8
(4) How to make a Cycle 1 History notebook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOcE60X5m4
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 - Summer (Bonus)
Sync: Summer read or Week 1 (Geography: Pacific Ocean).
Five (5) great options after you read this sync'd "Who Was" book: Where is Easter Island?
(1) Is the narrator right about the statues being transported by trees? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhEeh_BcADg
(2) Maybe not! Find out how scientists made the statues walk on Easter Island - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE
(3) Make an Easter Island Statue craft - https://www.survivingateacherssalary.com/easter-island-statues-history-craft-for-kids/
(4) Learn how to draw the moai statues in 5 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMV4xABPvcQ
(5) Test your geography knowledge on Quizlet - https://quizlet.com/333908113/classical-conversations-cycle-2-geography-flash-cards/
CYCLE 2 -
Week 3
Sync: Wk 3 (Timeline: India)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) View the outside of the TAJ site in 3D - https://vimeo.com/53063748
(2) Spend 19 seconds standing in line - https://vimeo.com/257490173
(2) Sample a stunning taste of modern day India - https://vimeo.com/257490173
(3) Learn about the postmaster who built another TAJ for his wife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxL7g1t_Ra8
(4) Draw a simplified TAJ in 5 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AReIXmt5NJ0
(5) Bring color to the TAJ and an art project to the refrigerator - https://thecraftyclassroom.com/crafts/india-crafts-for-kids/taj-mahal-art-project/
CYCLE 2 -
Week 5
Sync: Wk 5 (Timeline: 100 Yrs War)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Watch Animated Hero Classic - Joan of Arc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWW3z1DqhYo
(2) The Wandering Schoolhouse's history cheatsheet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNKjLNZy6s
(3) Deep dive alert. Unit study on Joan (use it all or just pull ideas) - https://adventuresinmommydom.org/joan-of-arc-unit/
(4) Major sweating action! A video shoving how to dress in, and wear, armor (harness) from late 14th century -https://www.facebook.com/ola.onsrud/videos/1077329025654887/
(5) What do fleas on rats carry...?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk88JUozP6c&feature=share
CYCLE 2 -
Week 7 (6b)
Sync: Wk 6b (History: Shakepeare)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Test YOUR knowledge of great authors like Shakespeare - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Great_Authors.pdf
(2) Make sure you sketch his beard just so... - https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/william-shakespeare-coloring-page/
(3) To be or not to be (in a play). Quick plays to put on after supper! - http://www.kidsinco.com/complete-list-of-playscripts/
(4) A kid explains Shakespeare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLdUOajRpY
(5) Get your fix! Another history cheat sheet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjBhQuwmz4M
CYCLE 2 -
Week 9
Sync: Wk 9 (History: Absolute Monarchs)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Help Elizabeth escape the Tower of London - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/God_Save_the_Queen.pdf
(2) Boy meets modern day Queen Elizabeth... and runs away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTmwFY2Tndw
(3) Queen Elizabeth raps? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYgignMYD3k
(4) Queen Elizabeth looks good in red (paint) - http://adventuresinmommydom.org/queen-elizabeth-lesson/
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 - Week
11 (10b) Alt. Title
Sync: Wk 10 (Geography: Pakistan)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Shot at age 16 by the Taliban - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvs1vwiD0M
(2) Malala's magic pencil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrC-GNbjQg
(3) Apply for a visa at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul (Afghanistan, not Pakistan) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8dB_lJvSU0
(4) Pack your bags.. and learn why India, China and Pakistan dispute the lines on your map - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqP2fiqlVok
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 14
(1) Why didn't Tesla's inventions make him famous? And what is this about a feud with Edison? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snQl_rmpavg
(2) Exactly how does a plasma ball work? - https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-plasma-ball-work
(3) Tesla coils sing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93T0mVddBgM
(4) It's time to make some wireless energy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12oFWA-bSww
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 17
Sync: Wk 17 (History: WWII fighters)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Ten Commandments copywork - http://www.homegrownlearners.com/.../ten-commandments...
(2) Teaching the 10 commandments song with simple finger signs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX925ZMQ4CY
(3) Watch Charlton Heston's Moses - Let my people go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkwQhQZWG8
(4) How to make a Cycle 1 History notebook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOcE60X5m4
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 1 Read Bible
Sync: Wk 1 (History: Days of Creation)
Five (5) great options after you read the Bible account of the days of creation.
(1) Make a Days of Creation craft for grandma (or anyone special) - https://theideabook.blogspot.com/2011/06/days-of-creation-homeschooling-project.html
(2) Did you know you could age this animal by checking out its ear wax? https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/0000015d-3233-d466-a57f-babb832e0000
(3) Singalong with Ross King's WONDERFUL creation song -https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-1-1-27-King-Things/dp/B07VMDHPN6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Ross+King+music&qid=1565825004&s=gateway&sr=8-1
(4) 101 games about creation (teach one to your family) - https://encouragingmomsathome.com/fun-activities-teach-kids-creation-biblical-worldview/
(5) Present on this book on community day. Let Colby teach you some presentation skills - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 3 Alt. Title
Sync: Look ahead to Wk 4 (Timeline: Rome Founded )
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) It's not homeschooling without some Ancient Rome Lapbooking - https://www.homeschoolshare.com/docs32466/ancient_rome_unit.pdf
(2) Attend Gladiator School and show your brother/sister who's boss - https://travel-with-my-kids.com/rome-gladiator-school/
(3) Draw the Colosseum with flair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZK-kEnhp-8
(4) Watch Ancient Rome for Kids - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tClxdOsC_JY
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 5 Alt. Title
Sync: Wk 5/7 (Science: Water Cycles; Pollution)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Make your own water pollution model - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRsJeQrJHo
(2) Can you tell it is polluted by looking at it? Playing with water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfhRAH2LyM
(3) Tour the world's most polluted river - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkSXB-lRAp0
(4) One girl's take on Rachel Carson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj5CjLNDr0o
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 8
Sync: Wk 8 (History: European Explorers)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Map out the known world with Magellan - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Mapping_the_World.pdf
(2) Young child's view of explorers - https://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/
(3) Can you navigate in the Age of Exploration?- https://www.historyisfun.org/.../Navigation-worksheets...
(4) A mini-bio of Magellan - https://brookdalehouse.com/medieval-history-videos/
(5) Can you make up your own cup song about Magellan? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4j0sS666cQ
CYCLE 2-
Week 10
Sync: Wk 10 (Timeline: Leif Erikson)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Blob map the world with the best of them - http://www.solagratiamom.com/2012/08/geography-teaching-drawing-maps.html
(2) A kids explains "going on a Viking" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTf4aqCCC3M
(3) No GPS? How DID they find their way across the ocean? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlNhbkPiYY
(4) Viking song. Flee or flea, or both? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvkhUx2k5Qs
(5) Is it true? Did Leif beat Christopher to America? - https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/leif-eriksson
CYCLE 2 -
Week 12
Sync: Wk 12 (History: Battle of Waterloo)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Napolean sings a little song about penguins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RxikiufMBA
(2) Watch the Lego Napoleonic war in stopaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tsECG64W7g
(3) How to make a Napoleon Minion out of playdoh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LuoxI_PJg
(4) Did Napolean save France or bring it to its knees? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aq_gRfmjgY
(5) 7 things you may not know about the Battle of Waterloo - https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-battle-of-waterloo
CYCLE 2 -
Week 15
Sync: Wk 15 (Science: Forms of Energy)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Test your brain against Albert! - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Famous_Brain.pdf
(2) After reading the book, write down two true facts about Einstein and one false fact, all starting with “I am Einstein, and I . . .” Read 3 statements out loud and have your parents guess which is not true.
(3) Watch Charlton Heston's Moses - Let my people go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkwQhQZWG8
(4) How to make a Cycle 1 History notebook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOcE60X5m4
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube
CYCLE 2 -
Week 18
Sync: Wk 18 (History: UN: Churchill)
Five (5) great options after you read this Colbybooks.com sync'd book.
(1) Learn how to "Keep Calm and Carry on" with Winston - http://www.whowasbookseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Keep_Calm.pdf
(2) Teaching the 10 commandments song with simple finger signs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX925ZMQ4CY
(3) Watch Charlton Heston's Moses - Let my people go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkwQhQZWG8
(4) How to make a Cycle 1 History notebook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOcE60X5m4
(5) Let Colby teach you how to use this book to give a great presentation on community day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzjn5RZTvo&feature=youtube