A few weeks ago in a blogging group, we got to talking about outside learning for the summer. Y'all Texas summer is hot, like it was over 100 last week for several days. Instantly I knew whatever I volunteered had to be outside, and then I remembered this World War 1 trench … [Read more...]
Great Depression movies you can watch with the whole family
Now that we’ve moved into the 20th Century there are many movies you can watch to gain a feeling for the eras we’re studying. As a family we love to watch movies together, and it’s fun to watch movies to learn about the Great Depression. I’ve got some real favorites … [Read more...]
They didn’t teach you this about World War 2 in your history class
When I was in high school I was a huge Star Trek fan. That love has slightly abated, I don’t read all Star Trek books obsessively, but I still love Star Trek. In high school I read George Takei’s autobiography, To The Stars*. It was the first time I ever heard of the … [Read more...]
World War 1 writing assignment
While previous wars had newspapers, and political cartoons. World War 1 is probably the first war to have a newspaper made for just the soldiers (if you know otherwise I’d love to hear it). It was such a novel concept this even became a Horrible History sketch. Of course, we … [Read more...]
World War 1 nurse’s hat craft
By World War 1 nursing was finally recognized as a profession and as a noble service. There had been recent work to get medics universally recognized as non-combatants, so they were now, in theory, not going to be shot at while helping the wounded. This led to the universally … [Read more...]
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