Classical Conversations Week 14

History
School House Rocks Mother Necessity (Video)
Andrew Carnegie Biography ( Video)- 46 minutes
Cornelius Vanderbilt Biography- Reading a few paragraphs
Gustavus Franklin Swift- Reading 2 paragraphs- basically he came up with refrigerated railroad cars
John D Rockefeller biography

Turning Points in History -Industrial Revolution Video (3 minutes)
Wright Brothers Animation

History of Oil 

History Channel The industrial Revolution
Thomas Edison Animation

Science 

The elements song

The Periodic Table of Videos (thanks to Brandie at halfahundredacrewood@blogspot.com)

my kids are really enjoying watching these different videos on the elements

Geography

Mt. MiKinleyNational Geographic: Denali National Park- full version available on Netflix instant download

Pacific Northwest Travel Guide Cascade Mountains, WA- short beautiful video

The Seasons of Mount Rainier

Mt St Helens: Back From the Dead- 52 minutes online or netflix instant download
U.S. Geography Online interactive games

Math
Khan Academy Perimeter and Area Basics


Reading Supplements
Story of Inventions, McHugh. 
Thomas Edison Great American Inventor,Egan
George Washington Carver Innovative Life, MacLeod. 
First Flight, Jenner. 
Wright Brothers, Reynolds
The Story of the Wright Brothers & their Sister. 


For more great resources:

http://c3campus.com/
http://www.halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/p/classical-conversations-resource-link.html