We had lots to talk about with Georgia from the civil rights movement, to salt marshes, to the Appalachian Trail. The kids also really enjoyed our virtual field trip to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, which has lots of live webcams to watch.
Books:
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights, James Haskins
Hard Work, But It’s Worth It: The Life of Jimmy Carter, Bethany Hegedus
My Daddy, Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?, Bonnie Bader
P is for Peach: A Georgia Alphabet
Georgia (A True Book: My United States) by Nel Yomtov
And the Tide Comes In...: Exploring a Georgia Salt Marsh by Merryl Alber
Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes
Native Peoples of the Southeast (Epic)
Dropping In On Atlanta (Epic)
John Lewis In the Lead, James Haskins
Art Project:
Georgia peaches |
The kids wanted to depict peaches for their Georgia art project. We looked at a lot of images online, and used a couple of photos for inspiration. They chose slightly different paths - one wanted to depict peaches on a branch and used sharpie and oil pastel, with water color only for the sky, whereas the other wanted to make a still life of peaches on a plate using pastel for outlines and details and water color for everything else.
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