If you're like me and are just a bit fond of The Wizard of Oz, you'd be amazed at the homeschooling lessons you can do based on this old favorite. Firstly, if your kids are not familiar with the original story or movie you'll want to read the free e-book (link below) and check your TV stations, cable service, local library or video store for the movie. Want to watch it over? You can obtain your own movie copy, and lots of other Wizard of Oz stuff besides at Amazon.com.I looked through some of the study options and picked out these favorite resources:
- WizardofOz.info - has a huge array of ideas which includes every conceivable subject from science and math to psychology and language arts. Armed with this you could spend the whole year on The Wizard of Oz if it sustained your attention.
- Reach some highbrow discussion and college level assignments from Web English Teacher.
- LiteraturePlace.com offers a downloadable guide for grades 4-6 at a cost of $12.95.
- Download the original story on e-book from Project Gutenberg.
- A 7th-8th grade drama unit from Yale.edu.
- Oz artifacts at the Library of Congress.
- Party ideas for 1-9yr olds at BirthdayPartyIdeas.com.
- More lesson plans from LitPlans.com.
- Items selling on Ebay.
- Usborne's Young Reading Wizard of Oz - perfect for 1st and 2nd grade young independent readers
- Teach with Movies - Wizard of Oz - suggested by Julie.
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6 comments:
Great list - thanks for that. We shall enjoy this! Also spotted a lesson plan for the movie at
http://teachwithmovies.org/samples/wizard-of-oz.html
best wishes, Julie.
Great post! What a great Idea to homeschool children with.
Did you know that L. Frank Baum (author of the Wizard of Oz said:
"To write fairy stories for children, to amuse them, to divert restless children, sick children, to keep them out of mischief on rainy days, seems of greater importance than to write grown-up novels. Few of the popular novels last the year out, responding as they do to a certain psychological demand, characteristic of the time; whereas, a child's book is, comparatively speaking, the same always, since children are always the same kind of folks with the same needs to be satisfied."?
Martin Gardner has written a book called, "The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was" as well as the forward to, "The Annotated Wizard of Oz."
You might want to check them out.
Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at MathMojo.com )
Dont we just!
Its amazing what study options are out there.
Hi Brian, thanks for the reading suggestions. I'll have to check my local library to see if they have those. I like what L. Frank Baum wrote about children's stories - I still read them myself. Maybe I'm like Peter Pan!
Casdok, if only there were enough time to use all the study options out there...
Thanks for the link Julie, I'll add it to the list.
Hi Allison, Thanks for visiting and for your nice comment on my blog! I'll be back to visit you again! I'll also have to check out the link you gave for the Wizard of Oz, it sounds like fun!
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