The Texas Revolution was a strange one. It was relatively short, less than a year-long, and the revolution was won more by accident than by plan. One of the more unusual "battles" of the Texas Revolution was the Runaway Scrape. We recreated the Runaway Scrape as part of our Texas … [Read more...]
Mother Teresa lesson
As I prepared to teach a new country I take some time to look up famous people from there, which is what led to this Mother Teresa lesson. I never thought of Mother Teresa as controversial until I started researching her. First, what country is she from, did you know there's an … [Read more...]
Chagall art history lesson
When looking up Belarus for our geography lessons I did my usual search for interesting things to study, and came up with very few things of note. So, I turned to my friend Natalie and said, "What should I study?" She immediately said, "you should check out Chagall", and I … [Read more...]
Lewis and Clark lesson
In elementary and middle school we all have the Lewis and Clark lesson. They talk about Lewis and Clark hiking across the Western United States with Sacagewea leading them with her baby strapped to her back. It's a fascinating story. Unfortunately, it's not a happy ending, and … [Read more...]
Napoleonic wars history lesson
As we started our Napoleonic wars history lesson, I jokingly said, "It's all his fault we got World War 2." Then the kids looked at me like I was slightly crazy, and I thought, "Challenge accepted!" Then proceeded to gather up some legos, a map, and some vis a vis for our history … [Read more...]
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