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Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord

June 14, 2018 By Ticia 14 Comments

Colonists stand up at Lexington and Concord

Do you ever think about what starts a war?  Some of the wars in history officially started for ridiculous reasons (War of Jenkins Ear comes to mind).  Then there are wars like the American Revolution.  There's not a single cause, and in many ways, they tried for so long not to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: All American History, American Revolution, hands on learning, Massachusetts, United States history, US history

Who else was in the American Revolution?

May 25, 2018 By Ticia 3 Comments

Nathaniel Greene mini book

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...]

Filed Under: geography, history Tagged With: American Revolution, middle school, New York, primary grades, printable, Rhode Island, United States history, US history

Hanukkah at Valley Forge

November 10, 2017 By Ticia 12 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: All American History, American Revolution, Mystery of History 4, Pennsylvania, United States history, US history

American Revolution unit study

August 16, 2017 By Ticia 1 Comment

Time travel to the American Revolution

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...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: American Revolution, US history

What happens when the kids write the Declaration of Independence from Mom?

May 5, 2017 By Ticia 4 Comments

Declaration of Independence history and writing lesson

“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...]

Filed Under: history, reading and writing Tagged With: All American History, American Revolution, modern history, Mystery of History 4, US history

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