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The Acropolis Today: The Parthenon

We are currently studying Ancient Greece! We will be acting out the Persian Wars. Then we will be fighting our way through the infamous Peloponnesian Wars between Athens & Sparta. Finally, we will lay our unit to rest with the amazing, one-and-only Alexander the Great!

We are currently reading Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. For this novel, students are working together in literature circles.

Excellent Websites on Red Fern: Karly L.;

Be sure to proofread your literature work before submitting. Did I...:

• Check for proper capitalization?
• Check for proper end punctuation?
• Correct fragments and run-on sentences?
• Re-state the questions in my answers?
• Proofread!
• Print my work?

It's not a dress if I've got a pirate hat on!

Mommy, will you get me off of here already? No more embarrassing me!

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The History of Israel; The Torah; Yom Kippur; Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year); Hanukkah (The Festival of Lights); What is a Maccabee?; The Maccabees; Jewish Virtual Library; Israel; Postcard Game; Jerusalem; Israel Timeline; Presidents of Israel; Israel Fast Facts; Games; The Ten Commandments (also in Hebrew)

Ancient India, The Buddha; Geography; Early Hinduism; The Indus Valley; Writing, Ancient Indus Valley; Gandhi; Journey Through India: Kids' Zone; PBS: The Story of India; The Flag of India; Mahatma Gandhi

Ancient China; Crafts & Artisans; Geography; Timeline; Tombs & Ancestors; Writing: Maoists; Qin Dynasty; Han Dynasty; Confucius;