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  1. Thank you so much. I'll check into those two. I had found a PBS documentary on Winston Churchill in the library, which mentioned that the British empire was in decline, there was rationing and showed the destruction in south eastern England.
  2. I'm looking for a DVD or book that covers the impact of WWII on post-war Britain. I was hoping that Ken Burns covered the impact on Britain as he did with America in The War. Any suggestions? It's for a 10th grade girl. Thanks to Lizzie in MA, Sebastian, flyingiguana, Lynn G in Hawaii and others who drew up lists of books/movies, and thanks to the great search engine on the Hive. Note: I did ask this question on the General Board a couple of days ago and got no answer.
  3. I'm looking for a DVD or book that covers the impact of WWII on post-war Britain. I was hoping that Ken Burns covered the impact on Britain as he did with America in The War. Any suggestions? It's for a 10th grade girl. Thanks to Lizzie in MA, Sebastian, flyingiguana, Lynn G in Hawaii and others who drew up lists of books/movies, and thanks to the great search engine on the Hive.
  4. ISBN 0132013517 Dragonfly cover edition 2008 of Prentice Hall Biology Teacher's Edition is what I used.
  5. I caught the cookie thief!

  6. We used the McGee version too, and we thought it worthwhile. Dd still needs to work on time management skills though so we're going to watch it again in August. I'd be interested too in knowing if the new version has a different focus. From the catalog it seems that it does (more of a global approach?), but it is hard to tell for sure. I'm sure those folks at TTC write these course descriptions to entice one to "gotta have it." I've already bought three sets in the last two weeks! At least they were topics I've been waiting for more than a year to get at a better price.
  7. We’re “approaching†Lesson 21 of Henle First Year after having done one round of Henle in 8th grade, stopping at Lesson 12 because of the third conjugation (verbs) and the pronoun declension. We started again in 9th grade and finished Lesson 21, but still need to review. One really needs to memorize the declensions and conjugations, and to repeat the stuff out loud to succeed in Latin. I also bought my own set of Henle books (text and grammar) to study along with dd because it was just too difficult trying to follow the exercises/answer key for me without having the actual exercises in front of me. Plus it was just better to have my own copy to try to understand this a little bit better even though dd and I learn it together. I even started doing some of the exercises. I think that helped dd become more motivated to study too. Sometimes the Henle book just didn’t make sense so I had dd take a group class with a tutor who teaches homeschoolers and is a private school teacher of Latin. Turns out that Henle does have some mistakes in the exercises (it’s not major). The tutor grouped a concept from the text and explained it more clearly that the text of even the Teacher’s Manual did. Looking at the books I’ve gathered, I notice that I tend to overdo. These are the helps I use: English Grammar for Students of Latin: the Study Guide for those Learning Latin. 3rd ed. Norma W. Goldman. Olivia and Hill Press. ISBN 0934034346. Offers concise explanations. There are samples online at http://www.olviahill.com Teacher’s Manual for Henle Latin Series First and Second Years. Sister Mary Jeanne, S.N.D. Loyola University Press. 1955. No ISBN. Follows Henle lesson per lesson, and explains what some exercises are trying to accomplish. Gives some other helps when trying to explain concepts. Found it at http://www.olvs.org/ShopCart/InvList.aspx?a=54 Answer Key to First Year Latin (Revised 1945). Robert J. Henle, S.J. Loyola University Press. 1953. This is an expanded version of the original old answer key that is generally available. I tore out a lot of hair during 8th grade because I didn’t have this help. It saved me a lot of time for those exercises wherein the old AK just says “See Introduction,†or “See Grammar #.†Found it at http://www.olvs.org/ShopCart/InvList.aspx?a=54 Barron’s 501 Latin Verbs. 2nd edition. Pryor and Wohlberg. 2008. ISBN 9780764137426. Helped us see the big picture of the verb paradigms, and I so liked having the whole verb conjugation on one page per verb, since I have trouble myself keeping the tenses/moods straight. The Bantam New College Latin and English Dictionary by John C. Traupman. ISBN 0553573012. Although Henle has a good dictionary at the back of the book, we get curious about other words. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning Latin. 2nd ed. 2003. Natalie Harwood. ISBN 0028644506. Picked this up second-hand by chance. So far it has helped us see the big picture for the pronoun declension. Websites that have helped us: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/Latin.htm The Dowling Method. I started using this for basic understanding http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/tchmat.html Saint Louis University. Looks different since the last time I used it. It helped us see how to do translations in stages. It seems there is a lot more information there now. http://www.wheelockslatin.com/chapters/introduction/introduction.html Wheelocks’ Latin. Although it doesn’t match up with Henle, it is useful for pronunciation. I tell dd that pronunciation is not such a big deal anyway because we don’t really know how (roman) Latin sounded. http://www.nle.org/exams.html#previousexam Official website of the National Latin Exam. Dd did take the Introduction to Latin 1 exam and did well even though she didn’t know most of the words. It’s helpful to look at past exams. I’m sure that if you do a search on the Hive here, you’ll get other helps.
  8. Thank you sooooo much for all your replies. I'm definitely going to include my telephone number in the thank you note. And for Christmas, since it's traditional giftgiving season in the United States, I'll give them asian pears. The post from sgo95 really resonated with me; it has helped me better understand the "why" of dynamics in oriental culture. My brother-in-law worked in South Korea some time ago and was exasperated with them. I knew I did NOT want to ask his opinion or for his suggestions. You people are the greatest!
  9. Many, many thanks all! Your answers have helped me a lot. I'll keep the gift, write a thank you note and take it over with some fancy chocolates. Or is there a Korean goody that they would like better than chocolates? I've wondered about interactions in the past. He'll wave and say hello, but his wife NEVER looks our way nor says anything. She'll be standing 5 feet from me in the front yard watering her patch of lawn by the mailbox and never acknowledge my hello. Maybe she doesn't speak English or I don't talk loud enough. I thought she was deaf but I see and hear them converse together. Their college aged son speaks English very well, but he's not home that often.
  10. Last night my Korean neighbor gave me a gift for getting his water turned off. Both of our families were out of town for a day one month ago except we returned home hours earlier than they did. The hose of their washing machine burst and their house was flooded to the point that water was gushing out of the stucco. We live on a fairly busy street, but it was Sunday, and no other neighbors in front or on the other side noticed the gazillion gallons of water flooding my lawn and flowing into the street like a waterfall so I called the fire department because I could not find their shutoff. Damage was bad and they are staying in a hotel. Anyway, I've been given gifts of cookies before for doing something simple so I though the wrapped box had chocolates in it. It was a very expensive digital photo frame. I have to confess that it was something I have wanted for some time but would never be in our budget. I am going to write them a thank you note. But, for those who know Korean culture, would it be an insult to return this gift and tell them just to do something nice to another person who needs it?
  11. Your question made me think. It was a legitimate question. No need to apologize.
  12. I took the survey too. I didn't mark any bubble on the question about how many years I studied Latin, because I have never studied it before. I hope that doesn't mess up the survey.
  13. Thanks everyone for the quick replies! This helps me go for the wireless.
  14. I'm going to buy a new mouse for the (Toshiba) laptop and just wanted to get your opinion. For those of you who have a wireless mouse for your laptop . . . do you love it or hate it, and why?
  15. Hi jadedone80, We did Kolbe Hisitory and Literature (well, the whole 9th grade program) and we didn't use the CD's and did fine. I found that the CD's probably addressed one question in all of the tests. You could probably get the same information from a good library book. We used Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way to Western Civilization to understand the Greek outlook on life.
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