{"id":1727,"date":"2013-01-22T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2013-05-22T08:26:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T15:26:20","slug":"what-are-the-kids-doing-for-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/2013\/01\/22\/what-are-the-kids-doing-for-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the kids doing for school?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s the first or second question people ask us when they learn we are travelling throughout the world for 12 months. And some of you asked that question too before we left home. If you want to know more, here are the details:<\/p>\n

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I did not subscribe to or purchase a specific curriculum program for our 7th<\/sup> grader and our 8th<\/sup> grader. Rather I looked at the specific learning outcomes their teachers would cover if they were at their brick and mortar school. Then I found materials that covered the educational outcomes. For all subjects except math, they have the same curriculum, including assignments and tests, even though they are in different grades. As you can see from the lists below, the books come from a variety of sources and most of them, fortunately, are available on kindle or other e-readers.<\/p>\n

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Math Books for Eryn:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Algebra II Essentials for Dummies<\/i> (kindle)<\/p>\n

Algebra II Workbook for Dummies<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

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Math Books for Ethan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Algebra I Workbook for Dummies<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

Algebra Practice<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

8th<\/sup> Grade Use It! Don\u2019t Lose It!<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

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Science Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spectrum Science Grade 7<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

Spectrum Science Grade 8<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

Elements and the Periodic Table<\/i> (workbook)<\/p>\n

Mystery of the Periodic Table<\/em> by Benjamin Walker and others<\/p>\n

Phineas Gage: Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science <\/i>by John Fleischman<\/p>\n

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Writing Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fearless Writing Essay Guide<\/i> (middle school level) by Danielle Denega<\/p>\n

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Reading and Religious Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Topic<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Title<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Author<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Adventure, survival<\/td>\nLost \u00a0 in the Barrens<\/i><\/td>\nFarley Mowatt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Responsibility<\/td>\nRed \u00a0 Kayak<\/i><\/td>\nPriscilla Cummings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perseverance<\/td>\nEric \u00a0 Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold<\/i><\/td>\nJanet Benge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
God\u2019s Leading<\/td>\nFinding \u00a0 Waldo<\/i><\/td>\nKen Smith, David Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
God\u2019s love, survival<\/td>\nChild \u00a0 of the Crossfire<\/i><\/td>\nRuth Alycon Fleck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faith, perseverance<\/td>\nZion \u00a0 Champion for God<\/i><\/td>\nJoy Matthews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perseverance, survival<\/td>\nFar \u00a0 North<\/i><\/td>\nWill Hobbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Literature<\/td>\nHoles<\/i><\/td>\nLouis Sachar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intelligence, Fortitude, Courage<\/td>\nAdventurous \u00a0 Women Eight True Stories<\/i><\/td>\nPenny Colman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Books about Countries or Continents We Visited:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Topic<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Title<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Author<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Australia (optional book)<\/td>\nNew \u00a0 Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories<\/i><\/td>\nBill Marsh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Namibia<\/td>\nHyena \u00a0 Nights & Kalahari Days<\/i><\/td>\nGus and Margie Miller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\nIn \u00a0 the Company of Cheerful Ladies<\/i><\/td>\nAlexander McCall Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana (optional book)<\/td>\n20 Chickens for a Saddle<\/i><\/td>\nRobyn Scott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n50 \u00a0 Flippen Brilliant South Africans<\/i><\/td>\nAlexander Parker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa (optional book)<\/td>\nDon\u2019t \u00a0 Look Behind You<\/i><\/td>\nPeter Allison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South America<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Case of the Monkeys that Fell From the Trees<\/i><\/td>\nSusan E. Quinlan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\nGalen & the Gateway to Medicine<\/i><\/td>\nJeanne Bendick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\nArchimedes & the Door of Science<\/i><\/td>\nJeanne Bendick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Social Studies Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homework Helpers US History 1492-1865<\/i> by Ron Olson (kindle)<\/p>\n

Homework Helpers US History 1865-present<\/i> by Ron Olson (kindle)<\/p>\n

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Social Studies Books \u2013 Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Topic<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Title<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Author<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

USA<\/td>\nHorrible \u00a0 Histories \u2013 The USA<\/i><\/td>\nTerry Dreary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colonial<\/td>\nHorrible \u00a0 Histories \u2013 Cranky Colonials<\/i><\/td>\nElizabeth Levy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth I<\/td>\nBeware \u00a0 Princess Elizabeth<\/i><\/td>\nCarolyn Meyer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Queen of Scots<\/td>\nMary \u00a0 Bloody Mary<\/i><\/td>\nCarolyn Meyer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Franklin<\/td>\nBen \u00a0 Franklin (10 Days)<\/i><\/td>\nDavid Colbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revolutionary War<\/td>\nFunny \u00a0 But True History \u2013 Revolting Revolutionaries<\/i><\/td>\nElizabeth Levy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revolutionary War<\/td>\nAmerican \u00a0 Revolution<\/i><\/td>\nBruce Bliven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revolutionary War<\/td>\nSecret \u00a0 of Sarah Revere<\/i><\/td>\nAnn Rinaldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abigail Adams<\/td>\nAbigail \u00a0 Adams Girl of Colonial Days<\/i><\/td>\nJean Brown Wagoner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Late 1700\u2019s \u2013 Yellow Fever<\/td>\nFever \u00a0 1793<\/i><\/td>\nLaurie Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sacajawea<\/td>\nSacajawea<\/i><\/td>\nJoseph Bruchac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
War of 1812<\/td>\nBilly \u00a0 Green Saves the Day<\/i><\/td>\nBen Guyatt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Industrial Revolution1780\u2019s +<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Industrial Revolution: How Science & Technology Changed the World<\/i><\/td>\nCarla Mooney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas Alamo<\/td>\nVictor \u00a0 Lopez at the Alamo<\/i><\/td>\nJames Rice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davy Crockett<\/td>\nDavy \u00a0 Crockett: Young Rifleman<\/i><\/td>\nAileen Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Underground Railway<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Freedom Stairs<\/i><\/td>\nMarilyn Weymouth Sequin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil War<\/td>\nShades \u00a0 of Gray<\/i><\/td>\nTim O\u2019Brien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil War<\/td>\nHear \u00a0 the Wind Blow<\/i><\/td>\nMary Downing Hahn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil War<\/td>\nAcross \u00a0 Five Aprils<\/i><\/td>\nIrene Hunt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil War<\/td>\nElijah of Buxton<\/i><\/td>\nChristopher Curtis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reconstruction Era<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Coffin Quilt<\/i><\/td>\nAnn Rinaldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Exploration<\/td>\nJason\u2019s \u00a0 Gold<\/i><\/td>\nWill Hobbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early 1900\u2019s – Ukraine<\/td>\nDays \u00a0 of Terror<\/i><\/td>\nBarbara Smucker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1900s – Typhoid<\/td>\nDeadly \u00a0 <\/i><\/td>\nJulie Chibbaro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theodore Roosevelt<\/td>\nTheodore \u00a0 Roosevelt Up Close<\/i><\/td>\nMichael L. Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20th<\/sup> Century<\/td>\nHorrible \u00a0 Histories \u2013 20th<\/sup> Century<\/i><\/td>\nTerry Deary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women\u2019s Suffrage<\/td>\nYou \u00a0 Want Women to Vote Lizzie Stanton?<\/i><\/td>\nJean Fritz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW1<\/td>\nHorrible \u00a0 Histories \u2013 Frightful First World War<\/i><\/td>\nTerry Deary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW1<\/td>\nUnraveling \u00a0 Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During WWI<\/i><\/td>\nAnn Bausum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Depression<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Mighty Miss Malone<\/i><\/td>\nChristopher Paul Curtis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2<\/td>\nHorrible \u00a0 Histories \u2013 Woeful Second World War<\/i><\/td>\nTerry Deary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2<\/td>\nWe \u00a0 Were Heroes: Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, a WWII Soldier<\/i><\/td>\nWalter Dean Myers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2 Pearl Harbor<\/td>\nUnder \u00a0 Red-Blood Sun<\/i><\/td>\nGraham Salisbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2<\/td>\nRosie \u00a0 the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front<\/i><\/td>\nPenny Colman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2<\/td>\nNavajo Code Talkers<\/i><\/td>\nNathan Aaseng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holocaust<\/td>\nI \u00a0 Have Lived a Thousand Years<\/i><\/td>\nLivia Bitton-Jackson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holocaust<\/td>\nShadow \u00a0 of His Hand (<\/i>Daughters of Faith \u00a0 series)<\/i><\/td>\nWendy Lawton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After WW2<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Circuit<\/i><\/td>\nFrancisco Jimenez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil Rights Movement<\/td>\nMy \u00a0 Louisiana Sky<\/i><\/td>\nKimberly Willis Holt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil Rights Movement<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963<\/i><\/td>\nChristopher Curtis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil Rights Movement<\/td>\nI \u00a0 Am #4: Martin Luther King Jr.<\/i><\/td>\nGrace Norwich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnam War<\/td>\nAll \u00a0 the Broken Pieces<\/i><\/td>\nAnn Burg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnam War<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Cracker: Best Dog in Vietnam<\/i><\/td>\nCynthia Kadohata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cold War<\/td>\nSmuggler\u2019s \u00a0 Treasure (<\/i>The Wall book 3)<\/i><\/td>\nRobert Elmer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communist China<\/td>\nRed \u00a0 Scarf Girl<\/i><\/td>\nJi-Li Jiang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communism<\/td>\nThe \u00a0 Seventh Escape<\/i><\/td>\nJan Doward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reagan<\/td>\nRonald \u00a0 Reagan Up Close<\/i><\/td>\nJames B. Sutherland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9\/11<\/td>\nThunderdog<\/i><\/td>\nMichael Hingson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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