March 2015 (20 days)

Weeks 19-21 for CC

Timeline
Lincoln's War between the states
Reconstruction of the southern states
Dominion of Canada
Otto von Bismarck unifies Germany
Boer Wars in Africa
The Spanish- American war
The progressive era
Australia becomes a commonwealth
Mexican revolution
WWI and President Wilson
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
US Evangelist Billy Graham
Modern period of the arts
The great depression and the New Deal
WWII and President Franklin D Roosevelt
Stalin of the USSR and the Katyn Massacre
The United Nations formed
The Cold War
Gandhi and India's Independence
Jewish State Established
Mao and Communist Victory in China

History
Tell me about NATO.  In 1949, the US and its allies formed NATO to resist the spread of Soviet Communism.
Tell me about Brown vs. Board of Education.   In 1954, in Brown v Board of Education the  US supreme court ruled that the segregation of public schools by race is unconstitutional.
Tell me about US Astronauts.  In 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

Geography
Trails: Cumberland Road, Santa Fe, Mormon, Gila, Old Spanish Trail, California ,Oregon
Canals: Erie, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio, Ohio and Erie, Miami & Erie
Territories & Terrains: Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Plateaus, Northwest coast, California & Great Basin, Southwest

Math
circumference of a circle
area of a circle
associative law for addition and multiplication

English
predicate is that part of a sentence that says something about the subject
a phrase is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and a verb and may be used as a single part of speeach.  a clause is a group of words that does contain both a subject and a verb.

Science
What do the heavens declare? the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands (psalm 91:1)

What is the theory of evolution? the belief that life began as a chance combination of non-living things

What is uniformitarianism? the belief that the earth's past geological changes can be fully explained by current processes.

Latin
John 1:5-6
and the darkness comprehended it not there was a man sent from God whose name was John this man came for a witness
et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen erat Johannes