All About Abe Lincoln

This week was pretty intense, academically speaking. The kids have just finished studying Abe Lincoln and the Civil War, and they prepared presentations to share with their families/friends. As part of their history curriculum they memorized the Preamble to the Constitution and the first three verses of America the Beautiful. We incorporated these into their presentation night, and all four kids did an awesome job. I was really shocked with how smoothly everything went!

Emma and Karis memorized an abbreviated version of the Preamble, and recited it together.
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Ali and Jonah memorized the entire Preamble and recited it together . . . they even managed to stay together - something that they failed to achieve during practice! Way to go guys!
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For her presentation, Karis wrote and illustrated a book on Abe Lincoln. Here she is sharing one of her illustrations.

Emma made a timeline of the life of Abe Lincoln. You should hear her say "The Kansas-Nebraska Act" It took all I had not to laugh!

Ali wrote a report on the life of A.L. (which she read aloud) and also made a diorama of the Gettysburg Address.

Jonah wrote a report on A.L. and the Civil War. He also did a PowerPoint presentation to go with it - Amber controlled the power point. Jonah's original instructions to his mom were "When I tap my foot two times, that means go to the next slide." Amber and I looked at each other, and once again had to hold back the laughter. I could just imagine the little guy trying to inconspicuously tap his foot and read at the same time! In the end, he just looked at his mom when he was ready for the next slide.

We finished off with America the Beautiful. The only glitch was the CD skipping once. It threw them off a bit, but they recovered. We wrapped up out night with refreshments and visiting time. It was fun, but exhausting . . . one of those things that we are glad we did, but also glad it's over! : )