Part Thirty-seven--Once Upon a Time: Sons and Daughters of a King 2006-2007 part 2

 GLORIANA: Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, and their times

After learning some key points about the queen and her court, the girls wanted to make a timeline. I read aloud while the girls created it. 

This was one of the best books we read. I think I found it in the thrift shop in Panguitch, Utah! It's a child/young adult chapter book, and sometimes those are the best. Maybe we were all just really interested in Elizabeth and the crown, but it was so fascinating. We loved it! 

Creating shields for the timeline.

We didn't have a space long enough for a timeline, 

so I drew this connecting banner on brown poster paper.

The girls did the rest. 

We have never had a fixed timeline for school. 

I always wanted moveable pieces so that we could add to our timeline.

IT'S GREEK TO ME: Antiquities Plays

Julius Caesar

Antony and Cleopatra

This is a picture mind map of the elements of a play in the form of the Globe. 

I called it The Play's the Thing from Hamlet. 

When we discussed a play we put the key elements here.

Field Trip to The Getty Villa

Giselle, Autumn, Haley, Annalise

Autumn wore Jasmyn's Marianne Dashwood's dress. 

It's neoclassical, so it worked. Giselle and I put her outfit together from some material.

Listening to a self-guided tour

A travel magazine writer was visiting the Villa, and saw Giselle sketching while in costume. She asked me if she could interview Giselle and take some photos of her. People have been taking photos of my costumed children for years, so I was fine with that. The writer was inspired to see an 11 year old so excited and engaged in learning about the antiquities. 

I think this was my first trip to the Getty Villa and I fell in love with it all. 

Annalise, Autumn, Haley

Chase was there, but didn't care for wearing sheets to the Villa! 

Autumn in the shadow theater

Giselle

Years before we visited this Cal State San Bernardino Egyptian museum for another school year. These kids were too young to remember that. For a small museum, it's impressive.

On the way home from a family trip to Oak Glen we stopped by this historical weapons shop. 

Chase was allowed to try on this Roman soldier paraphernalia.  

Another fabulous field trip was going to the Brass Rubbings in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach. It is only available one month of the year. It was perfect for us.

The church turns their great hall into a medieval/renaissance hall for the event.

A docent taught us about the brasses, and gave us instruction how to create a rubbing. 

Then we were free to find which brass and which type of paper to create our rubbing. 

The prices varied according to size. 

Autumn was brave and made a copy of this brass on white. Once you go off the lines, you cannot erase anything off the white paper. This is much more difficult than it looks. Autumn didn't go outside the lines. Hers still hangs framed on my wall.

Giselle loved this field trip so much she wanted to go again. She had never chosen something to do for her birthday date with dad, so he brought her back here two days later. She was also ambitious and did this large brass in many colors. It also hangs framed on my wall.