Monthly Archives: February 2017
HISTORIC PERSECUTION: KU KLUX KLAN
Black History Month teen/adult history share. (Younger kids should perhaps be allowed to remain innocent of such things a while longer.) https://daily.jstor.org/history-kkk-american-politics/
HISTORY SHARE: MEDIEVAL WINTERS
Despite the myriad complaints about winter from Lady Trixie, Lord Lucky, and the rest of us, we certainly didn’t have to endure what our ancestors did. http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/surviving-winter-in-the-middle-ages/
HISTORY-THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTIES: MARDI GRAS
Like most Christian festivals, Mardi Gras (French for ‘Fat Tuesday’) probably had pagan origins before becoming yet another Roman Catholic tradition that Europeans transported to the New World. Originally a time of feasting and celebration taking place just before the Lenten season, (during which both of those were very much frowned upon), Mardi Gras has, […]
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY 2017
Wretched rodent saw his shadow here. And tomorrow’s forecast? Snow.
Time Travelling With Kids 