One of the few books I studied in school that I actually liked. https://bookanalysis.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird/historical-context/ https://time.com/3947242/life-intro-go-set-a-watchman/
Try here if you’re looking for some resources for Orange Shirt Day coming up at the end of this month: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/teacher-resources.html https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/orange-shirt-day-powerpoint-ca-ss-1629306476
We now have a new Prince of Wales. This one, like many of those before him, is English, but there were Welsh Princes of Wales long before the English Monarch, Edward I, bestowed that title on his heir, the future Edward II. According to legend, the Welsh weren’t especially chuffed about being under English rule, […]
Though I lived in England as a child, I didn’t experience a local royal visit until I was a teenager and our family had moved to British Columbia, Canada. The above picture was taken in Kelowna in 1971. R.I.P., Your Majesty. In the medieval tradition: The Queen is dead. Long live the King. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-funeral-watch-king-charles-1.6576646 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/queen-elizabeth-monarchy-wherry-analysis-1.6576628 […]
https://www.insider.com/back-to-school-traditions-around-the-world-2018-8 https://www.sweetescape.com/en/blog/ideas/first-day-of-school-traditions-around-the-globe And if your country doesn’t have any particular traditions, try this site: https://www.goodto.com/family/first-day-of-school-traditions-287700
Question: Why do most schools in the northern hemisphere start their school year in September, instead of January? Answer: It was all to do with child labour. Before school was compulsory, farm kids had to help out on the family holdings, and schools worked around the harvest so that parents wouldn’t be deprived of the […]
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