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Mystery of History Volume One Bundle PackThis auction includes the textbook as well as the Printable Reproducibles CD. The book shows little wear and comes from a smoke free home.My child loved this curriculum and it was so easy to adapt for all ages and grades.I am also selling the audio book in a seperate auction.In Volume I of The Mystery of History, it covers world history from Creation to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The text spans the incredible stories of ancient times, ancient lands, and ancient peoples.

One of the many reason I homeschool is to be able to teach my children about our faith in Yeshua (Jesus). I wanted to blend chronological biblical history with our history studies. I looked at lots of history curriculum and I found one that I fell in love with.

The Mystery of History is a history curriculum written by Linda Hobar. Its really for all ages really! It's published by Bright Ideas Press. This curriculum contains clear instructions for how to use it as well as activities for different age levels at the end of each lesson. There are pretests and quizzes, maps, book and video lists, and an answer key in the back. It's so easy to just pick up the book with a little bit of materials gathering and use this curriculum. Even if you don’t do the extra activities it will be worth it and still lots of fun. Bug and even Little Man love it as much as I love it. Next year we will be going through Volume II and I will be cycling back through all the volumes when we repeat our history rotation and using the projects for older children at that time.

Volume I* Creation to the the Resurrection.

Volume II* is The early church to the Middle Ages.

Volume III*Renaissance, Reformation, and growth of nations.

The forth volume is in the works. Revolutions, Rising Nations, and the Present day: 1708-Present Day

*Every volume has Reproducible CD (which is the same as the back of the book, which I liked the CD so I can just print it off the CD instead of dealing with printing from the book.)

*Audio set of the series if you kids are more auditory and you can do school in the car while driving if you like.

*Craft pak CD rom which has some paper type of activities. Which I have not used.

*Downloadable coloring pages. Which is new and I didn’t use. I spent a lot of time searching for coloring pages and Volume II is in the works. I hope its done when I start.

*Also new is folder books. Which from the samples I seen are lapbooks. Look at the samples, I have a link on my sidebar. These look like a lot of fun.

The series can serve as a complete history program in and of itself, or it can easily be supplemented with historical literature or use with another curriculum (which I also use Sonlight).

Every lesson has activities these activities are ranked according to difficulty (younger, middle, older students). We have done many of them and added them in our notebook.
Some of the activities are extremely easy and require no extra materials. Some have some paper fold activities. For example, in Lesson 24 of Volume 1 on Ramses the Great, we made a “kingdom folder” that categorized the four major kingdom periods of Ancient Egypt. Other activities are making a wall out of blocks to knock down. it’s a mixture of many different things. A few of the suggested activities are more complicated, but well worth the effort. For example, after Lesson 17 in Volume 1 on the Israelites in Slavery, making sun-dried “bricks” from straw and salt dough. We will be getting together this summer with a friend who is also loving Mystery of History to make these. I will post pictures when we do it.

After every third lesson, you do both timeline and map work exercises as well as a review exercise or quiz. We did all of the timeline work (but we used Adams SynChronological Charts or map of history.
We already do a timeline book with Sonlight. Mystery of History has a neat set up for a timeline. We also did the map work, and we skipped the review exercises.

I didn‘t do the “memory cards”,(Since writing is hard for bug.) but I think they are worthwhile, and I hope to do them eventually. After every three lessons, the author recommends writing 2-3 sentences about each of those lessons on individual index cards with the titles and the dates. After filing them chronologically in an index card binder, you can go back over them periodically to review.

Overall, the Mystery of History program is thorough, well-written, and appeals to a wide range of ages and learning styles. We look forward to Volume II!

I highly recommend Mystery of History. You will love it. If you do decide on this curriculum, then consider joining one of the yahoo support groups for The Mystery of History. Linda Hobar is frequently writing on the list answering questions and giving updates on what is happening with the other books in the series. It has been a good place for me to glean ideas and learn from others.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryofHistory1/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryofHistory2/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryofHistory3/


If you do not want a biblical point of view in your history curriculum, then Mystery of History is not for you. Have a blessed day.

I did not receive payment for this review, I blog with integrity and the opinions in this review are my honest opinions on this product.

With support from Lufthansa, Rail Europe, Deutsche Bahn and organizations such as the Historic Highlights as well as its hotel partners, the German National Tourist Office is bringing the SATW members to Germany for 19 pre and post convention tours ranging from a culinary tour of the Black Forest with cooking classes led by Harald Wohlfahrt; a castle hotel tour; a trip to the beautiful towns of Bad Kissingen and Bad Woerishofen of Kneipp fame; and a golf tour to the top courses in northern Germany. On other popular tours, participants will explore the natural beauty of the Baltic Coast; experience the River Rhine, its castles and lore; learn about emigration; discover the capitals of Munich and Berlin; view the beauty of Franconia and the glass road in eastern Germany; view masterpieces of Bauhaus architecture; bike along Lake Constance and follow in Luther’s footsteps. Many participants also have opted for individual tours to the 14 charming towns, including Heidelberg, Muenster, Regensburg and Augsburg among others, that comprise the Historic Highlights association. www.historicgermany.com

The conference days will be filled with the SATW’s professional business meetings, networking opportunities and professional development classes emphasizing new media, freelancing with video and making money with mobile phone applications. In the evening, the members will be treated to special concerts at the Frauenkirche in Dresden; private tours of August the Strong’s treasure chamber, the Green Vault; as well as a dinner in the environs of the exotic Assisi Panometer and the racy Porsche factory outside of Leipzig. www.saxonytourism.com

A myriad of half and full day tours will take the journalists and media professionals by boat, steam railway, foot, bus and bike to experience Saxony’s land of Christmas in the Ore Mountains where the wooden toys and Christmas decorations are created for Germany’s Christmas markets; to the famous porcelain workshop in Meissen; the beautiful Sorb towns of Bautzen, Goerlitz and Zittau with their original architecture and tapestries. An Elbe river cruise will float the group past the Proschwitz Castle and vineyards and still others will explore where WWII prisoners were kept in Castle Colditz as well as hidden aspects of Cold War history hidden in outside of Leipzig. Not only will the journalists witness historical milestones such as where the beginning of Germany’s peaceful revolution and reunification took place but also walk on the pivoting edge of today’s modern art scene at Leipzig’s Spinnerei, the former cotton spinning factory.

Hosting the SATW Convention 2010 in two different, yet connected places in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony is a new and exciting approach to this annual event. Dresden and Leipzig are less than one hour away from each other and together display a wide range of Germany’s diversity with palaces, beautifully restored historic city centers, fascinating history from royal glamour to reunification. The ambience of Dresden and Leipzig has tension and excitement as the cities are rooted in the past but have embraced the future.

The GNTO welcomes the unusual opportunity to greet so many journalists at one time and to have the opportunity to show off the diverse aspects of the German culture while at the same time highlighting unifying aspects such as affordability, warm hospitality and ease of transportation and accessibility. Situated between nine European countries, Germany is in the heartland of Europe, a perfect nexus for any European trip, and the ancestral home for so many Americans and American traditions.

July 29, 2010   Posted in: Germany, Travel Industry Info

New concert room and library Leipsig (Leipzig) Saxony Germany, c. 1890s, (M) Library Image Library Images: This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. This custom made, authentic reproduction would make an elegant gift or tasteful addition to the home or office.

Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Title on item: Leipzig. Neues Concerthaus & Bibliothek. Print no. 8158. Views of Germany

HISTORY OF PHOTOCHROM PRINTS

The photochrom process was initially developed in Switzerland and was spelled without an “e”, so the correct original spelling was actually “photochrom”. Once the process was introduced in America, the “e” was added to aid pronunciation. A Photochrom is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative. The final prints were created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. The stones used by the publisher Detroit Photographic Company were imported from Bavaria and coated with a special Syrian ‘asphaltum’ substance that would be chemically sensitized to light, put in contact with a photographic negative, exposed to the sun for up to several hours, then “developed” in oils of turpentine. A separate stone would be made for each color to be used. A minimum of four stones and as many as fourteen stones might be used for a given image.
(Passage: American Photochrom Archive, Image: Library of Congress) New concert room and library Leipsig (Leipzig) Saxony Germany, c. 1890s, (M) Library Image

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Some of these sites are the history of the kites. Not taking the time to look into the subject hopefully you will look into the sites and see the ones that mention patterns. From what I have seen they are quite elaborate and would have to be made by a skilled kite maker unless you have the talent and hopefully you do and you can make one for yourself.
Kites and Kite Flying – History of Kites and Kite Flying
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Posted By Susan on April 14, 2010

The kite is widely recognized as having originated in China. For this reason, one can safely say that the origin of the Chinese kite is synonymous with the origin of the kite, period. The first kites were what we today would call prototype kites: they were made of light wood and formed in the shape of a bird. It was of course logical enough to attempt to mimic a creature designed by nature for flight, and, indeed, the first European attempts at constructing a “flying machine” involved strapping artificial “wings” onto a human’s arms, though human arms proved to lack the strength necessary to flap wings large enough to support the weight of the human body.

The later development of the traditional kite as we know it today, i.e., a device with narrow ribs, or veins, made of light but strong, pliable material and with a thin material such as silk cloth stretched over the ribs, was surely inspired by observing the accidental flight of broad, thin objects such as leaves (which also have veins, between which are stretched the thin green photosynthetic material that absorbs sunlight and CO2, releasing oxygen), or broad, thin pieces of silk that were perhaps blown out of the carrier’s grip – or even a hat – that ended up taking an involuntary flight for several meters if not hundreds of meters. Things rarely come to humankind via fiat; they instead have their origin in observed natural phenomena that is mimicked by man.

It requires, however, an advanced society in order to have the sufficient surplus so that some individuals in society may devote at least part of their time to such frivolity as playing around with flying objects. And ancient China did indeed have a well-developed social structure that fostered a division of labor that would not only produce famous inventions and memorable literature, but would make possible the pursuit of flight in the form of the humble kite.

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