Rest Area ONE: video on MS

Is your Mississippi map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations and welcome to the 20th state in the USA!  

Click on the picture...

to see the Blue School Bus Video in Mississippi

Read the poem below, and send me a tiny email with the line number and what you noticed about that stanza (line).  Or if you had a question about the stanza (line).  I will talk about the poem tomorrow.

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Freedom

1                              Give me the long, straight road before me, 

2                              A clear, cold day with a nipping air, 

3                              Tall, bare trees to run on beside me, 

4                              A heart that is light and free from care. 

5                              Then let me go! – I care not whither 

6                              My feet may lead, for my spirit shall be 

7                               Free as the brook that flows to the river, 

8                              Free as the river that flows to the sea. 

                                                                                                Olive Runner

Day 6 - Mississippi map and travel video on IN

Is your Indiana map and scroll "neat and complete?"

Congratulations welcome to the 19th state in the USA.  

Click on the picture...

Here's your ticket for the Blue School Bus Video to Indiana!

Get ready for Mississippi - color, research and learn... 

Get your map and scroll and complete these steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Thank you to Scholastic for copyright waiver in the pandemic of 2020. 

Mississippi  Extension/Enrichment Activities (after map/scroll complete...)

• An excellent overview of MS in this Homeschool Pop Video 
• Mississippi's National Park Service Sites  Or a historical overview of the Natchez Trace
• Get behind the wheel of an automobile and drive on the Natchez Trace Parkway
• Mississippi PBS special about Natchez and the Emerald Mounds 
• Come see the woods of MS through the eyes of kids with cameras
• Hear a couple poems by James Autry, and a poem about Mississippi 
• Did you know that Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog are from Leland, MS?
• Order a free tour guide of MS to be mailed to you!
• Use Google Earth to visit MS - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Learn the basics about MS in this Socractica Video
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in MS. 

Day 5 - Indiana map, and travel video on LA

If your Louisiana scroll is neat and complete...

then come see the Louisiana travel video here...

Then research and learn about Indiana ...

Get your map and scroll, and follow the steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, watch out for those "floaties and sinkies" please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copywright waived thanks Scholastic during the 2020 pandemic.

Indiana Extension/Enrichment Activities (after map/scroll complete...)

• An excellent overview of IN from in this Socractica Video.   
• Click around to learn more about IN's state history site. 
• Go to a website of a famous IN university:  Notre Dame, Indiana University or Purdue 
• Use Google Earth to visit IN - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Fossils in Indiana - check out these special fossils.
• Learn the basics about IN in a Homeschool Pop Video
• Baseball fans can check out the first Pro baseball game happened 140 years ago in IN. 
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city via webcams in IN 

Day 4 - Louisiana map and travel video on OH

If your Ohio scroll is neat and complete -

then it's ok to check the OH video here...

Before heading to Louisiana - the Pelican State...

Get your map and scroll, and follow the steps:

1   Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2   Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3   Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4   Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5   Complete your Explorer's Scroll, watch out for those "floaties and sinkies" please...

6   Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Thank you to Scholastic for copyright waiver in the pandemic of 2020. 

Extension/Enrichment Activities (after map/scroll complete...)

• Click around and check out this interactive state map of LA
• Traditional Choctaw dances and regalia
• Learn more about Robert de la Salle and see colonial sailing ships.   
• Use Google Earth to visit LA - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Listen and learn about Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 
• Learn the basics about LA in this Homeschool Pop Video
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city webcams in LA 

Day 3 - Ohio Map, and travel video on TN

Day 3: Check that your Tennessee Exploration Scroll is COMPLETE, 

please click here for the Tennessee video in review...

Time to get ready for Ohio - the Buckeye State !

Get your map and scroll, and follow the steps:

1.) Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2)  Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...

3) Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4) Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5) Complete your Explorer's Scroll, watch out for those "floaties and sinkies" please...

6) Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!

Copywright waived thanks to Scholastic in the 2020 pandemic.

Extension/Enrichment Activities (after map/scroll complete...)

• Click around and check out this interactive state map of OH 
• Learn about the Wright Brothers born in OH, the older born in 1867.
• Use Google Earth to visit OH - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
• Listen and learn about the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. 
• Learn the basics about OH in this Homeschool Pop video.
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city webcams in OH. 
• Consider this Read Aloud biography of Johnny Appleseed

Day 2 - Tennessee Map, and travel video on KY

Day 2 - On to Tennessee...

With your Kentucky Exploration Scroll COMPLETE, 

Click here for the Kentucky video in review...

Then get your Tennessee map, and remember our steps:

1.) Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2) Then put this picture on your biggest screen

3) Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ? 

4) Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

5) Complete your Expolorer's Scroll...

Extension/Enrichment Activities after map/scroll complete...

• Get your own big TN map - ask the Chamber of Commerce 
• Use . Google Earth to visit TN - find a place you noted on your scroll!
• Listen and learn about Nashville's famous: Grand Ole Opry. 
• Learn a little about TN in this homeschool pop video
• Choose a city and check out a discuss what you notice on a city webcam in TN. 
• Consider the biography of Davy Crockett

Stuck in the Cumberland Gap, KY

SNOW Day - We're stuck and staying put in Kentucky until the weather clears...we can't make it through the Cumberland Gap and are awaiting Daniel Boone to help us through.

Discuss with your families - do you think Pioneers and Settlers had snow days?
How did snow affect travel?  How did they stay warm? Did they even have mittens?

 

Dear Parents/Friends/Caregivers,

We hope this note finds you well and seeing the imaginative possibilities of armchair travel at a time when so many are feeling confined.  Several have reached out to thank me for the our virtual "travel plan" which is easy to follow day-by-day.  Thank you, and thank you for helping me keep education lively and fun for these two classes which I miss very much.

Just check the blog and continue on our virtual cross-country field trip. It's important that you keep up with us on the journey.  Like a wagon train, we don't want folks to fall behind. We'll fare better (and have better discussions) when we travel together from state to state.

Please spread the word and tell your classmates to get on board for the cross-country trip.  If you have any questions please send me an email: ccassell@rivendellschool.org

Kindly,
Mr. Chris

Day 1 - Kentucky Map

Day 1 - Welcome to Kentucky...

Get your map, and remember our steps:

1.) Read and underline wonder words on both sides

2) Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? Is KY on the coast? 

3) Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...

4) Complete your Expolorer's Scroll...

Extension/Enrichment Activities after map/scroll complete...

• Ask the Chamber of Commerce for your own big map!  www.kentucky.gov
• Visit KY on... Google Earth
• Listen and learn about Bluegrass Music: Upham Family Video
• Answer the question - What do you notice on the Webcam from La Grange, KY. 
• Understand the land and Daniel Boone.
• More about Daniel Boone's life...
• And a "myth busters" view of his life here from "Mr. Beat"

KiCK OFF - Starting the Trip !

Ready for a virtual cross-country trip ?!
Click on the Photo and open the garage!






click the photo ->

 Let's start the journey!

Personal Dictionary and Atlas Projects...

Are you ready ?!  We're going to blast off.

Welcome to the Bluegrass State - 15th State in the Union!