Thursday, February 17, 2011

President's Day Curriculum

Picture Study:
George Washington Crossing the Delaware
Abe the Rail Splitter

Copywork:
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. --George Washington
A house divided against itself cannot stand. --Abraham Lincoln

Stories:
The Cherry Tree
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance

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"Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?" — C.F. Potter, signer of Humanist Manifesto 1930

"Open war is upon you whether you will risk it or not!" — Aragorn, "Return of the King"