Rimmy's Week 7

Rubens: The Fall of Phaeton

c. 1604-1605 (probably reworked 1606-1608) 

oil on canvas 98.4 x 131.2 cm 

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

Week 7: October 26-30, Days 31-35

Rimmy's Narration Document

Day 31

Religion: Doctors: Anselm. {read half} Narrate.

English: PPE -- GM: Voyage of Bran

History: WH -- Roberts: "Technological innovation"; "Daily life"; "The heart of a civilization." Narrate.

Economics: Kirk -- Economics: Work and Prosperity: Pp 13-16.

Day 32

Religion: Bible -- Judges 13-15; Psalm 20; John 5:1-39. Narrate.

English: Dante, Inferno, Cantos I-II + notes. Discuss. Dictation and Spelling with Mom.

History: NH -- Churchill: Chapter 29: The Revolt of Parliament pp 315-324 (end of chapter). Narrate.

Geography: -- Curated Articles:

required

• UCAR Center for Science Education: Where Monsoons Are Found

• The Weather Gamut: Weather Lingo: Rain Shadow

• National Geographic: Stranded on the Roof of the World (February 2013 magazine)

• Independent: Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth (21 January 2008)

for additional information and interest

• National Geographic: Domestication

• National Geographic: Steppes (reference)

• BBC: Cashmere and climate change threaten nomadic life (5 March 2020)

• BBC Earth: The world’s last truly wild horse is making a comeback (11 November 2015)

• BBC News video: Mongolia: A toxic warning to the world (24 March 2019)

• BBC News: Tibetan altitude gene inherited ‘from extinct species’ (2 July 2014)

• National Geographic: World’s Toughest Horse Race Retraces Genghis Khan’s Postal Route (August 7, 2014)

• World Heritage List: Landscapes of Dauria 

Day 33

Religion: Bible: Judges 16-18; Psalm 21. Narrate.

English: GM: Welsh Pwyll Prince of Dyfed. Narrate.

History: CH -- Vidmar: "The Final Break," "The Barbarians," "The Christian Response to the Barbarians."

Government: PS -- John Adams, Dissertation on Feudal and Canon Law

Day 34

Religion: Bible: Judges 19-20; Psalm 22. Narrate.

English: Dante, Inferno, Cantos III-IV + notes. Discuss.

History: WH -- Roberts: "The European Initiative"; "The Renaissance"; "Discoveries". Narrate.

Geography: Earth Studies -- Seashell Ch 7. Narrate.

Day 35

Religion: Spiritual Reading -- Chapters 3-4, and finish Anselm, Proslogion (I). Narrate.

English: GM: Math I. Narrate.

History: NH -- Churchill: Chapter 30 The Axe Falls pp 325-332 (stop before, "The English Republic had come...").