We have had an exciting week! We took a day off from school to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama. We spent the day at the grandparents house watching as the United States ushered in a new president. Brianna watched the inauguration without threat and seemed to have an understanding of its magnitude. Sydney and CJ were not as eager and required encouragement. They all were intrigued by Sasha and Malia. The day prior to the inauguration, our family watched Disney’s Kid Inauguration. I believe this helped to include them in this important event and provided a venue of celebration they could appreciate. As part of her writing assignment, Brianna has begun creating a weekly newsletter. She is very eager to write this week’s newsletter because of the shift in the political power in the US. Sydney and CJ are enthusiastic about our plans to write a letter to congratulate President Obama.
Now nearly at the end of week 20 we have begun studying the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they discovered the American West. We have had many conversations about Black history as well although that subject will be covered in great depth next school year. Two weeks ago we had a Tribute to the Revolution luncheon/tea which concluded the study of the Revolutionary War.
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