Monthly Archives: July 2016
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR JULY
July’s history based or bygone era TV and/or movie suggestions: Anne Of Green Gables (1986) (Edwardian Era Canada) The Jungle Book (Disney Animated, 1967) (Indian Fable) Marco Polo (1982) (Medieval)
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
July’s history based or bygone era book suggestions. Ages 3-7 Players In Pigtails by Shana Corey (WW II) Robin Hood & The Golden Arrow by Robert San Souci (Medieval Legend) You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey (19th-Century Women’s Rights Movement) Ages 7-9 Betrayal by Ann Jungman (WW II) Hopscotch Histories: Hoorah […]
HISTORIC HEROINES: MOTHER SEACOLE
Almost everyone has heard of Florence Nightingale, but the Crimean War produced another nurse worthy of note. The mixed race daughter of a Scottish soldier and a traditional native healer, Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant) was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. She shared her mother’s interest in medicine, but also liked travel, and combined […]
HISTORY LURE: HISTORIC POSTERS
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The above poster didn’t really appear on walls and trees back in the fifteenth century, and the fleeing urchin article wasn’t really in any of the London newspapers back in Victorian Times, but kids can have fun this summer creating ‘historical’ posters, newspapers, and other documents. The ones featured relate to […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: JULY
July was once the fifth month on the Roman calendar, and was simply called Quintilis (fifth). It was later renamed Julius in honour of Julius Caesar.
