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...]
Post your own 95 Theses
This is a quick Protestant Reformation Activity you can do with your kids When Martin Luther went to nail his 95 theses on the Wittenburg door he did not do so because he was bored, or he wanted to upset the apple cart. He truly wanted to explain what he saw wrong with the … [Read more...]
Try this interactive Spanish Armada lesson
Before we can discuss the Spanish Armada, we need to set a few ground rules for this history lesson. A few hundred years ago there was a great upset in the balance of the world. The formerly very Catholic King Henry VIII decided he wanted a divorce to marry a new woman he was … [Read more...]
Cooking Around the World with your kids
A few years ago I participated in a Cooking Around the World group with a bunch of other bloggers. We traveled to all of the different continents, and had a lot of fun eating around the world. It gave us a chance to try out some recipes we wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and some … [Read more...]
Explore England from the Comfort of a Good Book
I am a sucker for a good children’s book. Our library has an amazing collection of picture books, and when I was searching for children's books on England our library had more books than I was allowed to put on my list (30 books) and more than I could check out at a time (45 … [Read more...]
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