The Winter at Valley Forge is credited with being the hardest winter of the entire American Revolution. General Washington was striving to keep together an army with no money, no food, and precious little to keep his soldiers from dying of hypothermia. Yet he persevered. … [Read more...]
American Revolution unit study
At a formative point in my childhood, almost 12 years old, I went to Colonial Williamsburg for the first time. We had part of a day to go there, and I remember distinctly reveling in the milieu of Virginia right before the American Revolution. It fascinated me, and so I wasn't … [Read more...]
What happens when the kids write the Declaration of Independence from Mom?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights…” Thomas Jefferson wrote those words a couple hundred years ago and with the flick of a pen set in motion events that changed the … [Read more...]
Spies changed the course of the American Revolution
When I think about spies, I think about James Bond and Cold War era spy vs. spy. Recently I learned George Washington had an entire spy network during the American Revolution. This inspired our history lesson for our co-op, Spies in the American Revolution. {This … [Read more...]
What happened because of the Seven Years War?
A few weeks ago I told you all about the Seven Years War, and why it happened. It made for a fascinating history lesson, but as I mentioned in that post, the Seven Years War changed how the world map looked. The Treaty redrew country lines on the map, transferred over whole … [Read more...]
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