Hello dear ones! How are you? Last month we began our Pilgrims, Patriots, and Pirates study with Draw and Write Through History. We also started Book 3 of Story of the World. Here’s how we did week 2 of the 1600’s a.k.a 17th century.
- We read about New Amsterdam which later became New York. It was a Dutch colony in the New World. Peter Stuyvesant was the Dutch governor until the English took it over. Michael colored two Dutch children and we made a tp roll windmill.
- We read poetry by Alexander Pope. We also learned about Thomas Savery, the inventor of the steam engine. Trains use steam engines so we made a thumbprint train and a candy train.
- We listened to Bach. I found musical games online. I’ll include links at the bottom of this post.
- We read about slavery in Africa and the African Queen Nzinga. She held back the slave traders in her area for awhile. She was a fierce warrior. Michael made an African mask and necklaces. We read about the colonies and the Mayflower. Michael drew a pilgrim (not pictured). We read about Abbas I, Shah of Persia.
- We made a salt dough map of the Americas and painted the territories. Michael read “Who Was Magellan?”
- We learned about the 30 years war between the Catholic King Ferdinand II and the Protestant German princes. It later became a fight with Denmark, Sweden, and then France. King Ferdinand riled everyone up when he started persecuting the protestants. Everything worked out in the end but only after years of bloodshed. Michael tried the German art of paper cutting and made beautiful Easter rabbits.
- Meanwhile, Japan closed it’s doors to Christianity and the rest of the world. Christians were persecuted and Buddhidsm became prominent. The Manchu took over in China causing the Han Chinese much frustration. I had planned on doing a Bonsai tree craft but we never got to it.
Well, God bless & remember the High King lives! ~Amber Dover
Links:
Africa Pinterest
Europe
The 1600’s etc…
Music lessons
My Posts:
The 1600’s Week 1:
https://amberdover.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/the-1600s-week-1-the-flying-dutchman-sumo-wrestling/
The 1600’s Week 3:
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