This month, let’s dive into Vikings and more knights! HERE’S A CHECKLIST FOR THIS WEEK! Each month in this class you will LISTEN, WATCH, LOOK, and CREATE. (Moms, remember that this is a resource for you and you are free to adapt or leave things out as fits your week!) LISTEN WATCH 2. Watch this […]
Author Archives: Melissa Lee
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Nov
Nov
— Required assignments: 0. Read: this blog post (including the very important Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip above ☝️)1. Short writing assignment on last class’ story2. Short writing assignment on last class’ video3. Sherlock Holmes and “common knowledge”4. Scripture search5. JUST ADDED, DO NOT MISS: Read the short conversation between the gate-keeper and the curate(6. […]
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Nov
Nov
Thank you all for your hard work today! You did great! Keep working on all your lines, and songs as practice tracks become available, at home. If you have any questions you can contact Traci or Melissa, or Machiel for dance questions. NOTE: If you are going to Journeyman you need to ride back in […]
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Oct
Oct
Hi everyone! You did amazingly yesterday at rehearsal! You moved where you needed to be and kept up with the madness, helped others, worked hard, and learned a ton! Thank you and way to go! Thank you for working on your lines, that is really paying off and will prevent you from having to cram […]
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Oct
Oct
On we go with the month of Masters horror! Brace yourselves for this one — it is a very intense story. The assignment this week is to either read or listen to Bram Stoker’s Dracula Stoker did not invent the idea of the vampire, but in the English tradition he certainly established the archetype (look […]
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Oct
Oct
Hello Robin Hood cast! We have a lot to accomplish before Christmas break! It’s going to be fun and fulfilling. Please keep working on all your lines, and songs as practice tracks become available, at home. Here is the schedule for our rehearsal this Thursday. This week we will have three time blocks at 12:10, […]
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Oct
Oct
This month we will learn about a couple of famous kings, how they ruled, and what life was like inside castles and out. One of the kings really lived, and one has been obscured by the mists of legend. You’ve probably heard of him! Each month in this class you will LISTEN, WATCH, LOOK, and […]
03
Oct
Oct
— Required assignments: 0. Read: this blog post1. Read: Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief2. Watch/listen: Two Babies in the Womb Discuss the After-Delivery…3. Take lots of notes and have lots of deep thoughts(4. Additional suggested activities are at the end of the post) — (0) Greetings, Vanguardians! We are embarking upon a year-long exploration […]
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Sep
Sep
I’m so excited to go on a journey with you this year through the exciting times of the Middle Ages, Reformation, and Renaissance! Think kings and queens, faithful monks, knights and castles, adventures and daring, battles and honor, soaring cathedrals and charming tales, new discoveries and brave explorers, and oodles and oodles of beautiful art, […]
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Feb
Feb
Remember the how at the end of the Greece Time Compass episode, they talked about the Mayas building great cities in the Ancient Americas? Let’s check in with what was happening in the Western Hemisphere with the Incas and the Mayas. Here’s a checklist to help you keep track this week. Don’t forget to keep […]