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Eastern Hemisphere/Non-Western Cultures cont. |
WEEK 19 Russia Reader: Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess (Royal Diary) RA: Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky CG: 402-405 GSA: Earth’s Landforms (rivers) FILM: Fiddler on the Roof |
WEEK 20 Central Asia Reader: Daughter of the Mountains by Rankin RA: Rebel: A Tibetan Odyssey by Cheryl Whitesel MW: pg. 72-79 (Bhutan), pg.96-105 (Uzbekistan) CG: 406-411 DK Geography: 160-165 GSA: Earth’s Landforms (rivers) Trail Guide to World Geo - Central Asia week 20 BG: Tara Shabanu Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Staples Pakistan Khan’s Daughter by Yep FILM: 7 Years in Tibet - Lib. FILM: Kundun - Lib FILM: Himalaya FILM: Little Buddha - Lib FILM: Himalayan Adventure - Lib. |
WEEK 21 Southeast Asia Reader: The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho RA: The Land I Lost by Nhuong MW: 80-95 CG: 472-479, 504-512 Children Just Like Me pgs. 68-73 GSA: Earth’s Landforms (lakes) Trail Guide to World Geo - Southeast Asia week 23 Geo Thru Art pg. 23 (Hmong story cloth) So Far from the Bamboo Grove(Korea) by Yoko Watkins Sing for Your Father, Su Phan by Stella Pevsner N. Vietnam Little Brother by Allan Baillie Silk Umbrellas by Marsden Monsoon Country - Pira Sudham Thailand FILM: The King and I FILM: Anna and the King MENU: Coconut-Curry Pork Satay Roasted Chicken with Coconut Lime Glaze |
WEEK 22 India Reader: Neela-Victory Song by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni RA: Mother Theresa - Sister to the Poor by Giff MW: pg. 64-71 CG: 454-463 DK Geography: 166-173 Children Just Like Me: 56-58 GSA: Earth’s Landforms (ocean movement/coastlines) Geo Thru Art pg. 25 (Mughal Indian painting), pg. 27 (elephants in India), pg. 25 (TajMahal), pg. 26 (Batik) |
WEEK 23 India Reader: Just So Stories RA: Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan GSA: Earth’s Landforms (ocean floor) Trail Guide to World Geo - South Asia week 21 |
WEEK 24 India Reader: Around the World in 80 Days by Verne (use unit in Trail Guide to World Geography) RA: Shiva’s Fire by Suzanne Staples (lib) GSA: Earth’s Landforms (deserts) India: The Culture Trail Guide to World Geo unit on Around the World in 80 Days Road to Agra--Aimee Sommerfelt |
WEEK 25 India Reader: Around the World in 80 Days (Cont.) RA: Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan Trail Guide to World Geo Around the World in 80 Days unit cont. Ghandi FILM: A Passage to India FILM: Around the World in 80 Days |
WEEK 26 India Reader: Jahanara, Princess of Princesses by Kathryn Lasky RA: Hero’s Walk by Badami BG: Sarasvati India: The People Film: Gandhi |
WEEK 27 India Reader:Lawrence of Arabia (Landmark) RA: BG: Lakshmi |
WEEK 28 Arabia Reader: Ali and the Golden Eagle by Grover RA: Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher CG: 440-448 DK Geography: 152-159 Count Your Way Through the Arab World Haskins, Jim Arabs in the Golden Age by Moktefi RILM: Lawrence of Arabia FILM: Arabian Nights |
WEEK 29 Middle East Reader: Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian NIght Stories RA: Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Cohen MW: pg. 226-247 CG: 412-439 DK Geography: 146-151 Children Just Like Me: 60-63 GSA: Earth’s Landforms BG: Isis One More River by Lynn Reid Banks Israel The Boy from Over There by Tama Bergman The Answered Prayaer and Other Yemenite Folktales by Sharly God and Mishael Maswari Caspi Against the Storm by Gaye Hicyilmaz FILM: Aladdin (Disney) |
WEEK 30 Middle East Reader:The Breadwinnerr by Deborah Ellis (Afghanistan) RA: Shabanu by Staples Trail Guide to World Geo - Middle East week 19 Haveli by Staples (sequel to Shabanu) Parvana’s Journey by Ellis (Sequel to Breadwinner) |
WEEK 31 Africa - North Reader: King of the Wind by Henry RA: Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer MW: pg.13-21 CG: 129-167 DK Geography: 204-219 Trail Guide to World Geo: North Africa week 14 Geo Thru Art pg. 44 (camel saddle), pg. 49 (cats in Egypt), pg. 48 (Pyramids of Gizeh), pg. 49 (how to draw like an Egyptian) Story of Albert Schweitzer Daniel, Anita Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, John One Small Square: African Savanna Silver, Donald It Takes A Village Cowen-Fletcher, Jane Kai: A Mission for Her Village, Africa 1440 (Girlhood Journeys) by Dawn Thomas (RL3-5) At Her Majesty's RequestAn African Princess in Victorian England by Walter D. Myers (RL5-8) The Butterfly Lion--Michael Morpurgo (RL3-6) Song of Be by Lesley Beake (YA) 3 Brothers and 3 Sisters by Reba Mirsky Poeff FILM: Born Free FILM: The Gods Must be Crazy FILM: The Gods Must Be Crazy II FILM: Snow of Kilimanjaro FILM: African Queen FILM: King of the Wind FILM: Living Free FILM: Gorillas in the Mist FILM: Out of Africa FILM: To Walk with Lions FILM: LIon King MENU: Moroccan Chicken and Lentils |
WEEK 32 Africa - West Reader: Queen Nzingha-Warrior Princess of Matamba by-Patricia McKissack )Royal Diary) RA: Baboon King by Anton Quintana MW: pg.28-35 CG: 168-192 DK Geography - 220-231 Children Just Like Me: 34-45 Trail Guide to World Geo - W. Africa week 15 Geo Thru Art pg. 51 (sculpture), pg. 43 (coffin art), pg. 47 (masks), pg. 46 (golden staff) |
WEEK 33 Africa - Central Reader: Song of Be by Lesley Beake RA: Thunder Cave by Roland Smith CG: 193-225 DK Geography: 232-245 Trail Guide to World Geo: Central Africa week 16 BG: Oya Geo Thru Art pg. 55 (Mt. Kilimonjaro), pg. 43 (butterfly art) One Small Square: African Savanna Silver, Donald |
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