Every now and then I hear about some random location in Europe that is being excavated for some reason, maybe to make a new parking lot, or maybe it's just the owner decided to fix something, and then we discover a new Roman Mosaic. It kind of amazes me how they pop up all the … [Read more...]
American Revolution Chapter books
This post is inspired by a new book series I found, inspired by a true story of a Texan teenager who participated in the American Revolution. It got my brain thinking of all the cool things I could do with it, and then I realized, "Ticia, you do not have time to create an … [Read more...]
Woven paper basket craft
This craft could be used in all sorts of lessons. I never followed through on having my kids weave a paper basket for history lessons, but it was on my to-do list at one point, especially when we were studying Colonial America. This could also make a great craft for a Bible … [Read more...]
Ancient Egypt activities for kids
In case you can’t tell ancient history is one of my favorite time periods for history lessons. I find the ideas and activities you can do with this time fascinating, the history, the people, the mythology. My bookshelves quite agree from the numerous books gracing … [Read more...]
Historical Thanksgiving picture books
Okay, this booklist came from an amusing source, as I was working on our Massachusetts unit I was finding all of these historical Thanksgiving picture books, so many that I had to severely limit what I picked up for our unit and I thought, "I should actually make a historical … [Read more...]
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