Katie Campbell
Autor/a de Icons of twentieth-century landscape design
Obres de Katie Campbell
The Steadfast Tin Soldier 11 exemplars
British Gardens in Time: The Greatest Garden Makers from Capability Brown to Christopher Lloyd (2014) 10 exemplars
Moon Behind Clouds: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Sir Claude Francis Barry (1990) 7 exemplars
The steadfast tin soldier 5 exemplars
Countdown to Christmas 1 exemplars
British Gardens in Time - Nymans 1 exemplars
The Steadfast Soldier 1 exemplars
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- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Professions
- journalist
fiction writer - Biografia breu
- Katie Campbell is a journalist and fiction writer; her plays have been performed on stage and radio and she has published a novel, a collection of short stories and several books of poetry as well as Icons of Twentieth-Century Landscape Design (Frances Lincoln, 2006) and Policies and Pleasances: A Guide to the Gardens of Scotland (Barn Elms, 2007). She writes about art and landscape and lectures at Birkbeck College, London, and Bristol University. From Frances Lincoln publishers website http://www.franceslincoln.com/Contrib... Campbell
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Penetrating stories of real life that paint a sad picture of relationships. After reading these stories i am even more grateful to be older and past love, sex, betrayal and emotional trauma. It can't be called nostalgic because, though I hold the memory of times like these, I am very happy they are so far in the past and will never revisit my life.
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- Obres
- 17
- Membres
- 94
- Popularitat
- #199,202
- Valoració
- 3.3
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 17
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One of the first homeschooling books I read was "The Well-Trained Mind." I liked the classical method, especially the chronological history. However, as I considered the history schedule, I didn't like the idea of my son not knowing about the United States until he was in third grade. So, I looked for a simple overview of the United States that we could do for kindergarten and found "Simply . . . Stated."
Simply . . . Stated, written by two homeschooling moms from Kansas, takes a Charlotte Mason approach to studying the states by using living books. The bulk of the curriculum is a reading list for each state, organized by region. The books include beginner readers, picture books, children's biographies, juvenile fiction, and some nonfiction. The topics range from history, geography, social issues, and slice-of-life stories.
While reading about the East Coast states, we relived the founding of our nation. We saw the hardships of slavery and the Civil Rights movement when we read about the South. The Plains States stories taught us about the perseverance of the pioneers. Stories of the West included Native American tales and information about wildlife. Washington State included a book about Mount St. Helens.
The curriculum offers a brief instruction guide with a list of supplementary materials, extra learning activities, a recommended 4-day weekly schedule, and a planning calendar.
We did one state a week, starting on Flag Day in June 2004 and finished the summer of 2005. During the first week, I read "America: A Patriotic Primer" by Lynne Cheney to him as an overview of the United States. Then, we started with the East Coast and worked our way west.
I used "The Usborne First Book of America" to provide an overview of each region and "Rand McNally's Kids' U.S. Road Atlas" to take a closer look at the state we were studying. We would also find the state on our U.S. wall map. Then, using a black line map from "Uncle Josh's Outline Maps CD-ROM," I'd help my son find the capital city, and he'd place a star sticker on the outline map. Then, I'd draw the major mountain ranges and major bodies of water on the map. We hung these outline maps on our family room wall for future reference, one region at a time.
We spent the rest of the week reading books. We also made recipes for each state from "The United States Cookbook." It contains some great recipes, but all three of us decided we did not like grits. As supplements, we also used the "Highlights Which Way USA?" series and played "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?" board game.
We had a great time learning about various people who shaped our nation and about ordinary people who lived and worked in each state. The King County Library System owns most of the books listed in the curriculum. If your family enjoys the literature approach to learning, this curriculum will work for you. (currently out of print)… (més)