Cirocco Jones

Here's Daniel's other history fair booklet. He researched, wrote, typed, picked illustrations, and arranged the layout. I mostly just pointed out a few major errors, scanned the pictures, and helped him with the layout a bit. And pointed out that one of his maps was just a bit... completely incomprehensible. Even after three tries. In part because neither of the boys has a smidgen of artistic talent when it comes to drawing, but in part because Daniel just wasn't paying attention. We left the incomprehensible map in, as a lesson in why you need to do your best, as well as a lesson in living with the consequences when you don't do your best.

The fair was not without some angst. We all took some life lessons from it ;)

( Nine big pictures behind the cut-link )

I've also scanned in Justin's religion book, for those who took a look at it online but wanted to know what it looked like printed out. I had just scanned in the pictures and tried to arrange them around the text the way Justin had them arranged in the booklet, but it didn't translate well on lj. What's in this link is a scan of the Religion booklet pages themselves.

And here's a picture of ( their display ) at the history fair. They have their books for people to browse through, plus a collection of things from when they studied the Romans last year: a "Things We Got From the Romans" display, togas, a Roman road in four stages of preparation, and a mosaic (not authentic - we tried to have them make their own and it was a dismal failure, so I ended up buying premade ones from Toys 'R' Us). There's also a few other things from later projects, like a Russian religious icon and a Byzantine Easter egg. They were wearing their togas, though Justin's spent most of its time wadded up around his waist.

For me and the kids to use:
Religions, by Justin
Great Buildings, by Daniel
Empires, by Justin

Here's one of Daniel's History Fair booklets, "Great Buildings." He did his own research online and in our textbooks/history books, wrote and typed his entries, picked the illustrations and did the layout. I mostly just corrected a few of the more obvious errors and then printed :)

( Great Buildings, by Daniel, ten huge pictures behind the cut )