Friday History Class, Philosophy, & More

Things have been moving right along as we start wrapping up the school year.  The Friday History class we have been taking is progressing nicely.  Last week they continued  talking about the Greek Gods, The Norse Gods, and The Roman Gods.  Seeing where storied overlapped and why.

As you can see, the novelty of the train ride has worn off.

In Philosophy we shook things up a bit.  We tied it in to our Discussion Group.  In Group we did a unit on the Appellate Court and how it works.  Then they performed a brief play-The Big Bad Wolf sues The 3 Little Pigs for attempted murder.  It was a lot of fun.  We decided that the kids should watch 12 Angry Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/) and the philosophy teacher would discuss all the philosophical issues in the movie.  Mister B enjoyed the film.  Little Miss M found parts of it to be quite dull.  There were a lot of philosophical questions in the film.  From standing alone with your convictions to issues of prejudice.  There was a lot to talk about.  We are wrapping up our court unit with a trip to the courthouse this week.

And the more.....Music class.  Kids had a great time.  They learned about base clef and another kind of clef whose name is escaping me at the moment and how they are different.