Co-op in Review: April 17, 2014

The Dialectic class studied the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st president this week. The main conflict he dealt with was the Persian Gulf War.  Iraq, with it's dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded nearby, oil-rich Kuwait and took it over.  However, it didn't take long for our forces to mobilize and with the help of the US and our allies, Kuwait was freed.  It was a decisive and quick military victory for the US and made Bush a hero.  But Bush's popularity was short lived due to an economic recession and rising taxes.  The Dialectic class did an interesting study on propaganda and specifically how it was used during the Persian Gulf War by both sides.   Both of the Grammar classes studied the geography and people of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  They learned about the fall of Communism and how these countries are having the opportunity to rebuild themselves and establish new, democratic forms of government.  Traditionally, Matryshoka are very popular in Russia.  These little wooden dolls nest inside each other.  The kids in both classes made their own little Russian nesting dolls out of card stock.  The Five in a Row class read the book, "The Duchess Bakes a Cake."  The Duchess decides to make a lovely, light, luscious cake and doesn't take anyone's advice when she does it--adding way too much of everything.  The kids had a great time making their own lovely, light, luscious cake--but they do it the right way and it's delicious!