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These courageous explorers changed the course of history, the Age of Exploration

October 8, 2019 By Ticia 10 Comments

Age of Exploration unit

Hey, this is Future Ticia of 2019, I originally wrote this post in 2016 a few years after the last time we studied the Age of Exploration and went through our Age of Exploration Unit for Elementary School (or middle school since this was designed for my 5th grade kids). Now my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: 5th grade, 7th grade, 9th grade, Age of Exploration, high school, middle ages, middle school, Mystery of History 2, Mystery of History 3, Renaissance

Joan of Arc unit

May 31, 2019 By Ticia 11 Comments

Joan of Arc history lesson with legos

Ticia of 2019 here, I first published this Jan. 1 of 2016, but we went and saw Henry V last night, and this Joan of Arc unit is the only history lesson I have from the Hundred Years War. That is a tragedy of epic proportions that must be remedied, especially since we covered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: Europe, lego history, middle ages, Mystery of History 2

Teaching Medieval History for High School

May 15, 2019 By Ticia Leave a Comment

beautiful feet books medieval history high school

I have always been intrigued by teaching history through literature. I love reading historical fiction, and any primary sources I can get my hands on, which can include what was then realistic fiction. You can learn so much about a time period from reading books, but I've always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, reviews Tagged With: 8th grade, high school, middle ages

War of the Roses lesson

April 8, 2019 By Ticia 7 Comments

War of the Roses lesson

Can I just say that a few weeks ago when we got back into our history lesson lessons I was incredibly excited? I 've been eagerly looking forward to digging into all of the fun of the Renaissance and Reformation, and we kicked this year off with a bang with the War of the Roses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: 5th grade, Europe, middle ages, Mystery of History 3, Renaissance

Rome to Reformation history lessons

June 21, 2017 By Ticia Leave a Comment

Middle Ages unit study

You know what is a fascinating time period? The middle ages. The time from the early Roman Empire to the start of the Reformation have so many fun hands-on history lessons you can go through.  So let's call this Rome to Reformation history lessons. Mainly because I like how that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history Tagged With: ancient Rome, middle ages, Mystery of History 2

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