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Camp Internet
News from the Director
September 24 - October 1, 2006
Timothy Tyndall - Director - Camp Internet
Weekly News from the Director of Camp Internet.
Channel Islands Literature for this week:
Famous Writers and Legends about the Channel Islands .
The Channel Islands region is rich in historical and imaginative stories - some from real life, others from the minds of well known writers, and still others passed down from generation to generation since native times.
The Chumash Rainbow Bridge legend and the Gabrielino Coyote Stories are examples of the history keeping and mythological view points of the native Channel Island inhabitants. Island of the Blue Dolphins is a tale of based on the historical accounts of The Lone Woman of San Nicolas - a true story.
The famous story of El Zorro is set during the years just before the transition from Spanish to Mexican rule. Zorro is a legendary figure who, like Robin
Hood in England, helped the poor of California to overcome the oppression they experienced under tyrannical military rulers.
Follw this link to the Literature Portal
(or go to: http://www.rain.org/campinternet/channelhistory/stories for the Literature Portal
Learn about the Fall Equinox.
Fall Equinox was September 22.
For Fall Equinox studies go to the Global Garden class at http://www.rain.org/global-garden/equinox.html
The Astronomy Class is getting underway at http://www.rain.org/campinternet/astronomy
History studies this week continue our study of California Tribal Groups. Last week we began study of
the Chumash Tribe. This week we will explore the Gabrielinos.
Follow this link to
your Gabrielinos Studies class
Rock Art Quiz still active this week!
Click Here to explore now
You will find fascinating Rock Art units in many parts of Camp Internet.
The link above takes you to a Rock Art quiz unit which is
part of the Channel Islands "Activities" link.
"Activities" links will always at the very top of the Camp Internet
web page. Activities include the special Camp Internet "Digs" which use our chatroom for guided study. Subjects from Zoro to
Mammoths are covered in the Camp Internet "Digs".
The Ancient Southwest Exploration has an "Activities" unit which will take you through Chaco Canyon,
Ancient Southwest Geography, the Ice Age and much more.
Go to:
This Portal Link to see what is in the Ancient Southwest Activies Unit.
For the Channel Islands Activities
web go to: by clicking on this portal link
Let's look at some of the areas you can explore as School starts up.
Explore First Peoples in the Ancient Southwest unit
Ocean Studies
Part of the larger Environmental Studies within Camp Internet, the Ocean Studies unit links you to resources, projects and interesting online video.
Civics - American Government Studies
Goto our Forms
and Printable Materials.
Now - let's look at the Course work still active from last week:
Science
We will study Geography this month. Goto:
Channel Islands Science to begin. Materials in english and spanish. Storybook format for K-3.
Goto:
for California BackCountry Geography studies
Goto:
for Ancient Southwest Geography studies.
History
Goto:
this link for Homeschool History Class
If you have any questions send them over to camp@campinternet.net
Where would you like to explore this week?
Camp Internet
Global Garden
Video Library & Broadcasting
Homeschool Campus
American
History
ESL
Ocean Studies class
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