There’s an interesting thing about the Southwest United States, there are a lot of overlap because of the Spanish/Mexican influence. However, you can also see some very distinct differences between each state. Texas certainly learned that when we attempted to convince New Mexico … [Read more...]
Who else was in the American Revolution?
Nathaniel Greene lesson A few years ago when listening to the History of Rome podcast he mentioned all of early Roman history has been simplified down to, "Who started this military or cultural idea? Romulus. Who started this religious idea? Other Roman whose name I'm not … [Read more...]
Texas Geography Unit
This past year we’ve been studying Texas history. Here’s the thing, I’m a firm believer in understanding geography to understand history. The geography of a state or country effects how things happen. Why am I telling you this? So you’ll understand why the very first unit of our … [Read more...]
Scotland Field Trip! Kind of…
Before reading “Clash of Swords” if you were to ask me about Scotland I would have said, “That’s where Braveheart is from, and in the 1600s they helped cause the English Civil War over the Book of Common Prayers. Oh and the Loch Ness Monster.” Oh, and I have large numbers of … [Read more...]
Where is the baby plant in the peanut?
I wanted to do something for peanuts with Georgia because I remembered that Georgia is one of the largest peanut producing states in our country and since one of my goals for our geography lessons is to teach the kids what the states are known for. I thought for a little bit, … [Read more...]
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