Co-op in Review: November 14, 2013

This week, our classes learned about the American involvement in World War II, and how our involvement really started to turn the tide of the war.  We learned about the utter brutalities of the war, the lives that were lost, the battles that were fought and the atrocities of the war--including the torture and killing of millions of Jews in concentration camps.  The Dialectic kids got out their sewing needles and made Garrison caps, like those the American soldiers wore.  The Upper Grammar class made propaganda posters, showing support for our troops and the Allied war effort.  The Lower Grammar class dug deep into the events of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, by making salt maps of Oahu, showing where each damaged battleship was located.  And, the Five in a Row class read the book, "Warm as Wool."  It's the story of a pioneer family and how they had to work hard and be very patient just to get a small amount of wool to keep their family warm.  The kids then made cute lambs out of cotton balls!