History/Church History
We learned a lot about Muhammad this week, it was very interesting. At the rhetoric and dialectic level we read portions of the Quran and compared verses from it with similar verses in Scripture.
Government
We read an article that was written by Ghulam Ahmed Parwez, a Pakistani scholar who founded the Tolu-e-Islam movement. This reading is included in the Tapestry of Grace Key Documents in Government studies CD which I very strongly recommend for those with rhetoric students or if you are working that level yourself. In fact, I will use this post as opportunity to state how much Ben and I are enjoying our government discussion, if you can at all squeeze government into your schedule I think you will not regret it.
Literature
Lower Grammar - I read the Zeman book to Ethan, beautifully illustrated.
Dialectic - Zachary continued with his reading of 1001 Arabian Nights. His literature worksheet included literary terms and we used the Bedford-St. Martins Glossary of Literary Terms to assist with that assignment.
Hands-on
We looked at tessellations which are very prominent in Muslim art.
Ethan colored an M.C. Escher illustration and played with his lizard tessellation puzzle. I forget where I got it from, but here it is.
Zach made his own tessellation using the web site tessellations.org for guidance.
We spent a little time studying Escher too.
Memory Work
Ben and Zach are still working on The Lord’s Prayer in Koine.
Ethan is memorizing The Apostles Creed.
Copywork
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord
Dictation
Patience is the key to contentment. - Muhammad
Recitation
Who is the liar buthe who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. ~ I John 2:22-23
This blog is a look into our homeschooling journey as we use Tapestry of Grace. You'll also find stories from various books I have collected that are now in the public domain and real life slipping in occasionally. Most posts from the public domain books have a pdf that you may download and print. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
