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Right after David and I moved in together David’s son Travis bought me Monopoly Elvis Collectors Edition. No, matter how many times Travis comes in and out of our lives I’ve held onto this Game because I love Elvis and it came from Travis. This week Charlie and I will be studying Elvis in our Homeschool and playing this game. As I put together Charlie’s lesson plan I thought you might want to check it out for your students.
Would you like to join us on our Family Game Night and we can play on Tuesday and Charlie can prepare Tacos in our Homeschool Cooking Class for Taco Tuesday and we can listen to music by Elvis and watch one of Elvis movies. I think we should watch Jailhouse Rock.
Vie to own the best of Elvis, including Graceland, GI Blues, and the ’68 Comeback Special. The first-ever Monopoly game dedicated to a rock-and-roll legend comes with custom pewter pieces.
Let’s learn about Elvis:
Elvis Aaron Presley[a] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the “King of Rock and Roll“, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley’s energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was aged 13. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley’s classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley’s first RCA single, “Heartbreak Hotel“, was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans[6] led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of white American youth.[7]
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Reading Class:
Set the Board Game up and ask the players to sit down at the table. Ask your student to get the instructions out and read the rules to the players. Ask the players questions to make sure they understand what is going to happen. Then have them ask you questions to make sure you understand what is going to happen and why.
Write down notes inside your Reading Journal of who played the Game with you and who won. Include fun facts that happened when you were playing.
For reading this week Charlie will be reading Elvis ’68 Comeback: The Story Behind the Special and Elvis Magazine Issue 32 The King’s Tragic Legacy for 30 minutes each day.
Once Charlie finishes reading the books he will write 2 facts he learned inside his Reading Journal to be turned into a report on Friday. He reads to his parents.
Math Class:
Using the Money inside the Game make up 5 math problems for someone in your home to work out. Then have them create 5 math problems for you to work out. Write the math problems inside your Math Journal.
Then the rest of the week look up facts on Elvis from his movie career to his singing career and turn the facts into Math problems for someone in your home to work out.
Then have them create Math problems for you to work out.
Write the math problems inside your Math journal.
Spelling Class:
Elvis, Singer, Musician, Music, Rock n Roll, Monopoly, Collectors Edition, The King of Rock n Roll, Ultimate Opportunity, Tribute, Captivate, Guitar, Leather Jacket, (TCB) Taking Care of Business, Pink Cadillac, Elvis Sunglasses, Leather Jumpsuit, Priscilla, Lisa Marie, Family, Tupelo Mississippi, Twin, Singer, Entertainer, Movies, Cadillac, Marshal Arts, Mob, Taking Care of Business
Monday: Write the Spelling Words inside your Spelling Journal in ABC order.
Tuesday: Write your Spelling words inside your Spelling Journal and include a definition for each word.
Wednesday: Use your Spelling words a story and include a illustration for the story in your Spelling Notebook. Or use your Spelling Words in a sentence.
Thursday: Take a Pre-Spelling Test. Write any words you miss 5 times each and re-take the test on Friday. If you made a 100 take Friday off.
Drama Class:
Monday: Act out a scene that happened in the Game and explain what your acting out and why. Write the description inside your Drama Journal.
Wednesday: Or watch one of Elvis movies and act out a scene from the movie. Write what you acted out in your Drama Journey.
Friday:
Act out something Elvis would have done and write a description in your Drama Journal.
For a Field Trip go to a Vintage Clothing Store or Thrift Store and pick out a outfit Elvis would have wore for your performance.
Take a picture of you in your outfit and put it inside your Drama Journal.
Art Class:
Tuesday:
On Monday create a piece of Art based on what happened in the Game. You can use the tokens in your pictures and include a description of what you drew inside your Art Journal.
Friday create a piece of Art based on the information you collected using different art supplies.
Write a description of your Art Work in your Art Journal and include a picture with your Art Work.
Cooking Class:
Create a Snack that Elvis would have eaten that can be served while playing the Game. Charlie says he wants to make a Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich which I don’t know who is going to eat because Charlie and I don’t want to. Would you like this Sandwich?
Write the recipe inside your Cooking Journal and include a masterpiece of your creation which will be turned into a Cook Book at the end of the year.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
