Today, we started the classic story of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I know some of the students have read the book before or seen the movie, but I believe they will still thoroughly enjoy digger deeper into this classic.
To begin our study, we actually started with a history lesson. Although the C.S. Lewis story is a fantasy story, it starts with a very real event nick-named "Operation Pied Piper." Last year, my eyes were opened to the horror that the British faced during WWII as they were so close to the front lines. I must admit that I had been quite naive as to how involved they were. In 1939, the citizens of London and the other large cities were evacuated of over 3 million children as they feared bombs would destroy the large cities. The children were sent off to homes where they did not know their host families and were sometimes separated from their brothers and sisters.
Talk with your child to learn more about this historic event which is the start for this great story. The students were in awe this morning and full of inquiries about this event.
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