Studying ... US/American History

Videotapes
Portrait of America: Alabama (VHS)
Portrait of America: Mississippi (VHS - 49 miutes)
note - The Portrait of America series was checked out from the County of Los Angeles Public Library system (colapublib.org)
Roots

Book on CD
Land of Lincoln (Adventures in Abe's America) - Andrew Ferguson 11 hours
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas - Russell Freedman

Easy Readers
The Library of Living and Working in Colonial Times Series:
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Indigo Planter - Laurie Krebs
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Lighthouse Keeper - Laurie Krebs
Cornerstones of Freedome: Yellowstone National Park - Deborah Kent







Picture Books
Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth - Jane Yolen

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

A Teacher's Motto (via 365 Meditations for Teachers)

Each and every day...
Each and every child.
I have the power, the passion, the skill, and the
knowledge
to make a difference.
Each and every day...
Each and every child.

- Sandra McBrayer
1994 United States Teacher of the Year

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes
Sports Immortals: Jesse Owens - William R. Sanford & Carl R. Green

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale
The Songhai Princess
Kwanzaa Kwest

A Thought To Ponder

Education is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible - Robert M. Hutchins

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale

A Quote For the Day

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new - Og Mandino

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. (Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93

Studying... Poetry

Picture Books
Shape Me A Rhyme (Nature's Forms In Poetry) - Jane Yolen/Jason Stemple
Behind the Museum Door (Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums) - selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Count Me A Rhyme (Animal Poems by the Numbers) - Jane Yolen/Jason Stemple
Here's A Little Poem (A Very First Book of Poetry) - Collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters
Poems About the Planet: The Sun in Me compiled by Judith Nicholls


Audiobooks
CD: John Keats - Selected Poems (Read by Frederick Davidson)

Studying... Health

Here are some of the resources we used while studying Health & Fitness. All of the books and DVDs were found at the library. Please don't overlook the library as a low cost resource.

Picture Books
Brianna Breathes Easy - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Asthma)
My Sister Then And Now - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Mental Illness)

Books
HEALTH ZONE SERIES:
Stay Fit! How You can Get in Shape - Matt Doeden

DVD
Life's Greatest Miracle - PBS/NOVA
Life Cycles - Discovery School (Grades 3-6)

Websites
www.nutritionexplorations.org

Quote for the Day

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values. - Dean William R. Inge

Quote for the Day

It's not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn - Hannah More

Quote for the Day

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. - Sarah Caldwell

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. (Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93