We are heading back to ancient history this coming year in our history lessons, and this past week I've been working on my plans for the Minoans. I remembered how much fun we had with our Minoan lessons, and our great attempt at learning how to be bull jumpers (that went as well … [Read more...]
Who shot first at the Battle of 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...]
Creation lesson activity Mystery of History 1
Future Ticia here, in the fall of 2018 we're cycling back to Ancient History for the last time, and I wanted to see what we've done in the past in our history lessons. Since we'll start off with this Creation lesson, I thought this would be a good place to start looking at, but … [Read more...]
Leaf Men come forth to rescue us!
With spring arriving and all the new leaves unfurling, it's time to revisit a darling book we read way back when the kids were in preschool/kindergarten. We read this as part of our botany study for My Father's World (leaf and apple theme). Of course this book is a bit more … [Read more...]
The Battle of the Alamo
When you think of Texas, nothing is more iconic than the Alamo. It became the battle cry of the Texas Revolution, "Remember the Alamo!" It's a major tourist attraction, and when we reached the Battle of the Alamo in our history lessons as we cover US history, I knew we had to do … [Read more...]
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