Author: Reed Karman

Mom went to her dentist appointment in the morning so we did together stuff late. When we did we learned about Otis I in History who wanted to revive the Roman Empire from Germany and instead founded the non-Roman, non-holy Holy Roman Empire. We also learned about Charlemagne who was the grandson of Charles the Hammer. Charlemagne actually means Charles the Great in French. We read three more poems about city functions and advantages.

In History we learned about the Franks against the Muslims and Charles the Hammer. Charles and the Franks won because the Muslims were greedy. We read four poems about city functions like the library, the zoo and the aquarium.

In Bible we read the first part of Joseph’s story to the part where they tell us about Potifer. In History Spain was conquered. We read four poems about mailmen. In Science we learned about waves but nothing new.

In Bible we read the genealogy from Esau. In The Children’s Bible Field Guide we learned about how life was in Judea in Jesus’s time. In History we read about the Franks and how they adopted Roman customs and basically were like the Roman settlers they conquered. We read four poems about random things. In Science we learned about temperature and heat. The heat of something is dependent the temperature of it and how much there is. That is why it is harder to heat or cool a larger body of something.

Isaac died at least 20 years after Jacob tricked him into giving his blessing. In History we learned about the ancient Japanese. We were supposed to read two poems about George Washington but Mom did not read the second one because she could not stand the poor grammar. In Science we learned about SEMs and weather balloons.

In History we learned about Jacob and Esau meeting and Esau not killing Jacob like he thought. In History we learned about the Polynesians and their migration to New Zealand. We read six poems about the city and cars. I finished school before lunch. It only took them 100 years to go from living in Samoa to settling in Hawaii 5,000 miles away.

In Bible we read about Jacob being afraid of his brother and splitting his party also about him getting the name Israel. In History we read about Aboriginals. We read three poems about the country. In Science we learned about power.