Noah Reports on TN History

Noah and Anna wondered aloud the other day about why Tennessee is called the Volunteer State.  And it just so happened around that time that Noah had a mini-report to complete for co-op about any TN history event of his choosing.  Once we read up about our state's nickname, we knew this topic would fit that bill.  Noah got to work reading,  paraphrasing, reordering, correcting, and finally writing up his finished draft.  It was a good first report to do and I was glad to discover that I wasn't doing all the work - just guiding him through all the editing steps.

 

Before calling it done, we got a video of him reading his report.  It took a number of tries after all the interruptions we have here in this house, but that's all well and good.  He needed the practice and was glad for it after presenting to his class.  He said others stumbled over their readings and he felt proud of how well he presented his ... because of all the practice I made him do.  Mommy for the win!!

Later that week, we swapped out field trip options we had for the day and visited a local monument honoring the very thing Noah reported on ... the stunning amount of TN Volunteers during the Mexican War! 

 

On the way there..

 

 My particular favorite detail from what Noah (and I) learned is the reason TN'ns were so eager to help.  It has to do with Texas history actually and The Alamo ... two topics that are near and dear to my heart, but those are blogposts/reports for another day.  Ha!

Kidding.  I won't do that to you.

After this stop, we hit up the library.  Then CFA.  Then swung by to get Noah's hair cut, where he told the stylist that he loves homeschooling because we get to go so many places. :}  Homeschooling for the win!