The Full Corn Moon and Moon cycles and how slaves and Harriet Tubman used specific Moons to begin their flight to freedom. Modern Farming and Amber Tamm, Why Great Coaches are Great Teachers, ART project. Render, draw, color. Black, White and one more color drawing.
It's the start of a new school year. 2020-2021
Let's make it great. Find what interests you and expand. Look closer and find connections to build upon. Have some fun, exercise, eat the rainbow of healthy foods, and challenge yourself each new day.
My Blog is about pulling learning resources from as many sources as possible. This blog began as a way for me to pull all the information I have used, gather, and come across from my knowledge base and anything else I find of interest and or come across daily. I have a Masters in Elementary Education 1-6, my undergraduate degrees are in Communications, (Graphic Design concentration) and International Relations. I have raised two daughters of my own, 24 and 19, as well as work with kids in the schools in our town for 25 years on a part time, volunteer, as a mentor, or as a Substitute Teacher over these years. Sports are also a big part of our lives and wellness also. We love museums, Aquariums, Libraries and any National Park, or other source of learning. All of these interests have become my lens and or perspective.
I use maps and dictionaries often, I like paper to view the whole picture and the addition of online resources for the convenience of access and comprehensive quality that can be found by amassing information by looking to the web. However, I believe it is important to check sources, site information and content, give credit to those who did the research and look for truth in the articles I read. Always correct me if you feel I haven't elaborated enough. I try to make sure I convey information in a responsible manner.
Best wishes for adapting any information and websites found here to your learning, wherever you may happen to be. This is mostly some interesting information I find in my inbox and build upon. I have known people in every different educational format.
This blog originated as we all went into lockdown and I wanted to find a way to give back to all the students I had worked with in the classroom, and to give them a place to find information and hope.
Best wishes for your greatest success yet.
Today is the day a dear child who was like a daughter to me died. Her name was Becca and she was riding a horse with a friend. Please wear a helmet for everything you do. They are the most important part of whatever sport you engage in. Safety is important. I was surprised to see a lot of kids in the past few days riding bikes without helmets. I wish for their safety and for their families to find them a helmet.
I told my daughter last week: "This year is about learning to cope with not knowing. That’s your job in fifth grade."
SARA SHUKLA, WRITER
One of my favorite Assignments in the Masters Program I took during one weekend a month for the greater part of 2.5 years, through Lesley University, was to make a Moon Journal, complete with drawings and notes for the duration of a writing class. During this time I was moving, building a home, and life, and having my first child.
I remember so much more about this class because I was actively engaged in observing something and journaling about it. I was learning something new about my environment each day. I still notice where the Moon is each night, how it changes in the sky for my location, during different parts of the year, and the names of the full Moons and when a Blue Moon occurs (A second Full Moon during a calendar month)each year. Observation is a great way to bring learning into your life each day, and brings growth and interest to expand upon as well.
History, and Science, The Underground Railroad, Escaping Slavery.
When was the best Moon to Run away from being a slave on? Understanding the moon phases. -blog post inspiration Developed from a Farmers Almanac article on the Full Corn Moon, which mentioned Harriet Tubman's navigation skills, prowess at living in the woods and navigating at night and bringing scores of slaves through the wilderness to freedom via the Underground Railroad. There is a monument to her in the South End of Boston I found with my girls one sunny Fall day 13 years ago.
https://www.lunarplanner.com/aboutLunarPlanner.html
The Full Corn Moon, or Bulgar Moon happens in September or October, then the Harvest Moon will be next.
-this is the link that inspired this entire post.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/moon-phases/
https://science.howstuffworks.com/moon4.htm
Math and English Language Arts.
Vocabulary to learn.
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-perigee-apogee-close-and-far-moons
perigee-
apogee-
The moon’s distance from Earth varies throughout its monthly orbit because the moon’s orbit isn’t perfectly circular. Every month, the moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth – and then, some two weeks later, to perigee – the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.
In this post, beneath the illustration below, we list the year’s 14 apogees and 13 perigees. Yes, the moon’s apparent size in our sky does change across this cycle of the moon. The variation in the moon’s apparent size is akin to that of a U.S. quarter versus a U.S. nickel.
Also in this post, we share with you a little-known fact about the intriguing cycle of close and far moons.
This year’s farthest apogee comes on March 24, 2020 (252,707 miles or 406,692 km), and the closest perigee occurs some 2 weeks later, on April 7 (221,772 miles or 356,907 km). That’s a difference of about 30,000 miles (50,000 km). Meanwhile, the moon’s mean distance (semi-major axis) from Earth is 238,855 miles (384,400 km).
Harriet Tubman, wise and sagacious leader to freedom.
sa·ga·cious | səˈɡāSHəs |
adjective
having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd: they were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation.
DERIVATIVES
sagaciously | səˈɡāSHəslē | adverb
ORIGIN
early 17th century: from Latin sagax, sagac- ‘wise’+ -ious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Tubman was born Araminta "Minty" Ross to enslaved parents, Harriet ("Rit") Green and Ben Ross. Rit was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess (and later her son Edward). Ben was held by Anthony Thompson, who became Mary Brodess's second husband, and who ran a large plantation near the Blackwater River in the Madison area of Dorchester County, Maryland. As with many enslaved people in the United States, neither the exact year nor place of Tubman's birth is known, and historians differ as to the best estimate. Kate Larson records the year as 1822, based on a midwife payment and several other historical documents, including her runaway advertisement,[1] while Jean Humez says "the best current evidence suggests that Tubman was born in 1820, but it might have been a year or two later".[4] Catherine Clinton notes that Tubman reported the year of her birth as 1825, while her death certificate lists 1815 and her gravestone lists 1820.[5]
Modesty, Tubman's maternal grandmother, arrived in the United States on a slave ship from Africa; no information is available about her other ancestors.[6] As a child, Tubman was told that she seemed like an Ashanti person because of her character traits, though no evidence has been found to confirm or deny this lineage.[7] Her mother, Rit (who may have had a white father),[7][8] was a cook for the Brodess family.[4] Her father, Ben, was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work on Thompson's plantation.[7] They married around 1808 and, according to court records, had nine children together: Linah, Mariah Ritty, Soph, Robert, Minty (Harriet), Ben, Rachel, Henry, and Moses.[9]
Rit struggled to keep her family together as slavery threatened to tear it apart. Edward Brodess sold three of her daughters (Linah, Mariah Ritty, and Soph), separating them from the family forever.[10] When a trader from Georgia approached Brodess about buying Rit's youngest son, Moses, she hid him for a month, aided by other enslaved people and freedmen in the community.[11] At one point she confronted her owner about the sale.[12] Finally, Brodess and "the Georgia man" came toward the slave quarters to seize the child, where Rit told them, "You are after my son; but the first man that comes into my house, I will split his head open."[12] Brodess backed away and abandoned the sale.[13] Tubman's biographers agree that stories told about this event within the family influenced her belief in the possibilities of resistance.[13][14]
Legacy from wikipedia
Widely known and well-respected while she was alive, Tubman became an American icon in the years after she died.[174] A survey at the end of the 20th century named her as one of the most famous civilians in American history before the Civil War, third only to Betsy Ross and Paul Revere.[175] She inspired generations of African Americans struggling for equality and civil rights; she was praised by leaders across the political spectrum.[176]
American Voting Rights Advocate Amber Tamm
Inspired, https://modernfarmer.com/2020/08/meet-the-modern-farmer-who-grows-food-to-heal-herself/
A traumatic event triggered Amber Tamm’s journey into farming. How farming can be healing to your soul.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer
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From Twitter, the Gates Foundation.
A practical plan. Another example of how we can use innovation to fight inequality is in digital financial inclusion. This year, Melinda Gates outlined a series of recommendations to the G7 that shows how we can empower more than 400 million people on the continent by providing access to digital services, including mobile payment platforms and digital identity systems. It also lays out a strategy for how governments in Africa can build their capabilities to be more digital-ready and embrace new technologies that will allow them to deliver services more efficiently to citizens. It’s a practical plan for creating a world that is both more prosperous and more equal for everyone for equality that we can start implementing right away.
On a personal level, I feel incredibly fortunate to have been working for an organization whose mission is to help everyone, everywhere to live a healthy and productive life. In my nearly 20 years with the foundation, I’ve had the chance to travel to all parts of the globe. One of the most gratifying experiences is to revisit these places and see how much progress has been made and to meet with people on the frontlines effecting this change.
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Some soothing books to look into.
from Outside Magazine online
art project.
use black and white, with one more color like the swans below. (from Pinterest)
find an animal you would like to explore the shape of.
- a bevy or game of swans....
start with one rendering. A drawing of one, or a part of one animal. Challenge yourself. Aim to draw something each day.
then continue to fill the page with a whole...
flock,
gaggle,
A ZEAL OF ZEBRAS....in a drawing of these zebras you could add brown to the zebra's eyes or to their coats.
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html
look up the names of as many gatherings of animals, write them down on another piece of paper,
- Apes: a shrewdness
- Badgers: a cete
- Bats: a colony, cloud or camp
- Bears: a sloth or sleuth
- Bees: a swarm
- Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy
- Camels: a caravan
- Cats: a clowder or glaring; Kittens: a litter or kindle; Wild cats: a destruction
- Cobras: a quiver
- Crocodiles: a bask
- Crows: a murder
- Dogs: a pack; Puppies: a litter
- Donkeys: a drove
- Eagles: a convocation
- Elephants: a parade
- Elk: a gang or a herd
- Falcons: a cast
- Ferrets: a business
- Fish: a school
- Flamingos: a stand
- Foxes: a skulk or leash
- Frogs: an army
- Geese: a gaggle
- Giraffes: a tower
- Gorillas: a band
- Hippopotami: a bloat
- Hyenas: a cackle
- Jaguars: a shadow
- Jellyfish: a smack
- Kangaroos: a troop or mob
- Lemurs: a conspiracy
- Leopards: a leap
- Lions: a pride
- Moles: a labor
- Monkeys: a barrel or troop
- Mules: a pack
- Otters: a family
- Oxen: a team or yoke
- Owls: a parliament
- Parrots: a pandemonium
- Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs), or a sounder or team (older pigs)
- Porcupines: a prickle
- Rabbits: a herd
- Rats: a colony
- Ravens: an unkindness
- Rhinoceroses: a crash
- Shark: a shiver
- Skunk: a stench
- Snakes: a nest
- Squirrels: a dray or scurry
- Stingrays: a fever
- Swans: a bevy or game (if in flight: a wedge)
- Tigers: an ambush or streak
- Toads: a knot
- Turkeys: a gang or rafter
- Turtles: a bale or nest
- Weasels: a colony, gang or pack
- Whales: a pod, school, or gam
- Wolves: a pack
- Zebras: a zeal
To expand your vocabulary even more, YourDictionary can help you learn some animal names in Spanish.
if you don't know the meaning of the descriptive words, look into them more.
Write a story about your grouping, where they live, why they live in groups or alone,
When they have their young, and what they are called.
Take breaks,
exercise the mind and the body.
walk, jog, then run around your place of study if it is safe to do so.
Touch the sky, then the ground.
Make circles like the orbits of the planets and moons.
Connect information for greater understanding of our world and how we are connected to it.
Expand like the Universe and Dark Matter always bringing the information full circle.
Look at Maps and Illustrations to bring comprehensive understanding to the subjects and principles you study each day.
Build on your knowledge and keep going.
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