..today was a PERFECT day for our study of the Wizard of Oz . First Christopher read the chapter on Frank Baum in History of the Us book 8.
Then we discussed if The Wizard of Oz was an allegory for the late 1800's/early 1900's. Discussing William Jennings Bryan, prohibitionist, the gold standard, Ft Knox , why we can't print more money then we have gold, the intro of silver, and industry during that era.
We also observed literary techniques such as foreshadowing,framestory & irony. Discussed symbols in the movie tornado , ruby slippers ( which were originally silver) etc.
Discussed questions based on the movie from Teach with Movies
we only answered the adult questions but if you were using this for youngers the whole battery would be great!
Talked about special effects then and now.
He also read in All Quiet on the Western Front
Played Guitar for awhile
Cooked Jambalya for lunch
Continued discussion on nutrition and food and did internet research.
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