Before Mount Rushmore, there was Stone Mountain. Located near Atlanta, Georgia, Stone Mountain is the largest exposed granite face in the world and depicts a carving of three Confederate heroes of the Civil War: President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The carved surface measures three acres, larger than a […]
Early America History Trip: Northeastern Loop
We’ve finished 48 of 48. Talk about #scheduleinterrupted! When I started looking at our upcoming summer activities this summer, it dawned on me that we’d have to interrupt the end of our school year to go on the trip we’d been planning for this summer. So… it’s been quiet here for over a month due […]
American History Picture Books
Welcome to our family’s list of favorite picture books focused on American history and geography, anatomy, chemistry, and fine arts. After investing in many books over the past several years, we’ve decided to let you in on what our favorites have been! After many hours of reading books, we’ve selected the following books as our […]
Ten Thousand Miles?!?
It’s been pretty quiet over here at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood lately. That’s because we’ve just completed a 38-day road trip with over 150 stops in 20 different states crossing 4 different U.S. time zones and traveling a total of 10,334 miles (all in a minivan). And somehow I thought I was going to continue writing and posting […]
Famous American Artists Art Study & Project Ideas
Here we provide a collection of artwork, lessons, and art project ideas for American artists Grandma Moses, Pablo Picasso, Normal Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jim Davis, along with the link to a notebooking packet we created that includes notebooking pages for each of these artists. Visit this post to grab the notebooking […]
Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 15
All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 3 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 3 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. You will not find memory work verbiage or other copyrighted information in my links lists or in my documents. Cycle […]
American Art & Composer Notebooking Packet
This packet contains notebooking pages for studying music theory along with a small selection of artists and composers as follows: Tin Whistle Music Theory Grandma Moses Norman Rockwell Georgia O’Keeffe Andrew Wyeth Roy Lichtenstein Jim Davis Tchaikovsky Debussy Stravinksy Note: For some of the artists, I was unable to quickly find copyright-free images in the public […]
Touring Atlanta with Kids!
My husband recently had a training trip in Duluth, GA, which gave us a chance to tour a bit of Atlanta. Honestly, I can’t believe how many photos I’ve included in this post, but there was just so much to see and do in this bustling city! For every place we went, there are at […]
See Rock City (and 7 states at once)! {50 states}
Rock City near Chattanooga is one of our favorite touristy Tennessee/Georgia hotspots! I mean, where else can you look across seven states at the same time (with a cheatsheet right in front of you to help you identify what’s what)? The landscape, trails, and rock outcroppings are beautiful… and include things like Lover’s Leap, […]