Abraham Lincoln

                                                  ABRAHAM LINCOLN  1809-1865

Born: February 12, 1809

Assassination: April 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, he led the United States Army through  the Civil War. He became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party Leader, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1846.

In Office: March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865

Assassinated: Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC.

Resting Place: Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, US.

Death by: John Wilkes Booth.

                                                JOHN WILKES BOOTH 1838-1865

John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor, he was born in May 10, 1838. He was on the the side of the Confederate, and after the war, he assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre. he broke his leg jumping off the balcony, landed on the stage, ran outside, and rode off on his escape horse, he died in

April 26, 1865. He shot himself in the chest inside a barn, and was paralyzed until death.

Resting Place: Green Mount Cemetery

Cause Of Death: Gunshot wound

The Founding of Longtitude

John Harrison was the son of a carpenter, and Harrison was a carpenter too, ships were trying to find the secret of how to be able to know how far away they were from their dock, so, if it was noon at the dock, and 2:00, they were 30 degrees away from the dock, because, every 24 hours Earth spins 360 degrees, every hour it moves 15 degrees. When Harrison was 21, the Longitude Prize was announced, whoever had the most successful way too count longitude would win 10,000,000, or ten million, when the Prize was announced, Harrison instantly wanted to compete in it, so he build a "sea clock" known as H1. When H1 failed, he build a new clock, H2, H2 didn't take up as much space as H1, but it was heavier. H2 was made, but in a war, and it was too important to go out sea, but Harrison found a flaw in H2, and stopped all work, Harrison then made H3, it performed very well, but not enough, then, for many years, he build H4, but he was too old to go on a voyage to test it, so his son, William Harrison, did it, and H4 won the prize, but, there was no official winner of the Longitude Prize.

My favorite thing this week - Science/History

My Favorite Things This Week

Science-Foodmaster and The New Way Things Work.
History-Story Of The World

Twenty One Balloons Chapters 1-8

1)  Describe the Restaurant Government?
There are 20 letters in the Krakatoa Alphabet, A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T, so there are 20 restaurants, (A-T) and there are 20 Krakatoa days, (A-T) so say, on T day, you go to the T restaurant, on O day, you go to the O restaurant, you get the idea. lt.



2)  Describe the Merry Go Round the children build.  What happens when it flies over the volcano?

8 boats, all connected, balloons folded up in bottom of boats, children go in a boat and unfold the balloon and connect it to the boat,  when all balloons are set up, it starts moving up and flies off a pole connecting the boats.  If it flies over the volcano the boats shake violently and start moving down.

James and the Giant Peach Book Report

                                                James and the Giant Peach

 Would you suggest this book to someone? Yes, I would suggest it because it is funny, but well made,

Did you like this book? Yes. Because it is funny and well made, I just told you!  ^

Characters: Aunt Spiker, Aunt Sponge, James Henry Trotter, Caterpillar, Miss Spider, Glow-worm, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Silk-worm, and Earthworm.

What happened next: Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge got up, squashed from a giant peach, and their money-box was crushed and pieces of money was everywhere, Aunt Spiker  went inside the house and looked down at the destruction, Aunt Sponge started wailing about how horrible she looked, and ran into the house and looked for new clothes. They suddenly heard a splash and water flying up far away in a cliff..

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun

How did Commodore Perry Change Japan? Do you think Japan would have stayed isolated forever?

Commodore Perry changed Japan by: Going to Japan with a treaty and to open to trade.
Showing them their steamships,Showing them their generosity, and,Telling them to let visitors (American ships) stay for some time,Showing them their ways of living,

I don't think Japan would be isolated forever because it shut them down from the world, they wouldn't know other new things (steamships, trains, electricity, etc.)

Poetry Memorization

Mom here:  Part of our school work this year will be on improving Levi's memory and some basic public speaking.  We are tying that into our poetry readings from the book Knock at a Star

The first poem Levi memorized was "Learning" by Judith Viorst and we videotaped his presentation. He seems very calm, because the first two tries he broke out into hysterics half way though and he is working hard to get all the way through this very silly poem.

If you want to see the actual poem, it is here: Learning

And then after we did that, he found another one line poem (unnamed) that he wanted to do as well.

He is such a goof ball. From Levi- ...Seriously Mom? Anyway, that is a lie, it had a name, HANDSAWWWWWW, I told you. :P ._.

Twenty One Balloons

The author believes balloon travel is best.  Do you agree or disagree?  Why?

I disagree, there are many problems that could happen, A) The wind could stop and you would fall. B) You would run out of fire. C) You would never make it there because the wind is to calm. Or D) The wind would blow you in the wrong direction. I personally think rail travel is best. Why? Well air travel always feels like your going to die, water travel has a chance of sinking, and subway travel is just plain scary, your inside a dark tunnel, and it feels like the roof will collapse any minute, and on rail travel, your on the ground, yes, it's loud, but it's not that bad when you get used to it, it's fast, so you won't be on it for years, and it rocks a bit, but to me it feels relaxing.

Alice in Wonderland Stuffz.

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What has a mouth with no teeth, is always in bed, and looks peaceful but is powerful?

Math is Delicious!

Today we learned about fractions and measurements by making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!

MATH = Mental Awesomeness to Humans

Alice in Wonderland Foods

Apples: Turn's the eater into a CHERRY! :D

PIE: makes you tiny.

MOOOOO: makes you look Chinese. (MOOOOO is Beef Teriyaki)

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies: Turn you into a duck.

Crackers: Make you tell a joke, (What do you call a box of ducks? ANSWER: A box of quackers)

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From Mom:

This blog is where Levi will do a lot of his school assignments this year - a running journal of what he is doing as an 8 year old Homeschooler.

This year -through his choice - we are focusing on Modern History starting approximately with the Industrial Revolution through the current time.  We also work hard to make Math and Science a more organic part of his life and not just taught through workbooks.  He also has a love or Art and Engineering so we work in ways to incorporate more of that.

His main curriculum choices are

Build Your Library Grade 4 - covers history, literature, poetry, writing, science and copywork
Living Math - Intermediate Level 4
Foodmaster teaches math and science through cooking - Grades 3-5
Life of Fred Elementary Math
Prodigy Math Game
Artistic Pursuits Level 4

His Timeline of things we have been studying is available here: Levi's Historical Timeline

We also go to a weekly STEM co-op http://makerstemcoop.com
He takes Karate classes at McCoys Action Karate, where he is a SWAT (helps out in lower classes)
He takes violin lessons at Joy of Music

Plus lots of other field trips!