Monthly Archives: April 2017

HISTORIC FIRST: FIRST SURVEILLANCE STATE

There’s been a lot of talk about ‘spying’ in the news the last little while, and although spies have been around ever since different groups of people started to be at odds with each other, older kids might be interested in learning about the first actual ‘spy network’. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queen-elizabeth-is-vast-spy-network-was-the-original-surveillance-state

HISTORY SHARE: WORLD WAR TWO’S WOMEN WARRIORS

Image of Susan Travers: Levin01/Wikimedia Commons. http://www.upworthy.com/15-badass-women-of-world-war-ii-you-didnt-learn-about-in-history-class?c=ufb2    

TRIVIA TRAIL: CODEX SINAITICUS

Question: What is the Codex Sinaiticus? Answer: A fourth-century version of the Christian Bible. Handwritten in Greek, it contains the earliest complete copy of the New Testament.

HAPPY EASTER 2017

HISTORY DEBATE TOPIC: DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?

Something teens and adults might like to investigate on this Good Friday. http://y-jesus.com/wwrj/6-jesus-rise-dead/

HISTORIC HEIST: THE STONE OF SCONE

On Christmas Eve, 1950, Scottish Nationalists broke into Westminster Abbey and carried off an oblong block of red sandstone called, in Gaelic, Lia Fail. Also known as the Stone of Scone and the Stone of Destiny, the kings of Scotland had been crowned sitting atop it since about the ninth century AD (although not in […]

HISTORIC EXHIBIT: THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS

If you’re going to be in or near Seattle in the upcoming months, don’t miss the Terracotta Warriors: Guards For Eternity exhibit. In 1974, some peasant in Lintong, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China unearthed pieces of pottery dating from the Qin Dynasty (211-206 BC) and archaeologists moved in to dig more extensively. This led to the discovery […]

HISTORY-THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTIES: TITANIC

The ‘unsinkable’ luxury liner, Titanic sunk on April 15th, 1912. If you think kids can’t have a great time recreating a historic tragedy, well, you’re wrong. As long as the birthday girl or boy and the guests are amongst the survivors, kids 5 to 9 are usually really into it, and older ones (especially teens) […]

HISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN: JOE MEDICINE CROW, WAR HERO AND WAR CHIEF

During the Second World War, Germans learned what American pioneers already knew –Crow warriors were a force to be reckoned with. Especially this one. In addition to his war exploits, Dr. Joe Medicine Crow was the first member of the Crow tribe to obtain a master’s degree. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3525855/Crow-Tribe-war-chief-buried-veterans-cemetery.html

HISTORIC HOAXES: APRIL FOOL’S DAY FUN (FOR SOME)

http://www.cbsnews.com/media/15-best-april-fools-day-hoaxes/2/  

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