Monthly Archives: May 2017
HISTORY TIDBIT: CHAUTAUQUAS
Before Netflix…before television…even before radio, there was…Chautauqua! Pronounced ‘Shuh-TAW-Kwa’, these popular tent shows made the rounds of rural communities in both the U.S.A. and Canada, giving people without access to big city entertainment a taste of culture. The first Chautauqua was a religious (Mennonite) summer retreat held on Lake Chautauqua in New York in 1874, […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: LEGALIZATION OF WOMEN’S TROUSERS
On May 28th, 1923, the U.S. Attorney General, Harry M. Daugherty, said it was all right for women to wear trousers. Even in public!
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC SEED STASH
Planting seeds is something people have been doing for a very, very, long time. http://nativesnewsonline.com/2017/04/10/archaeologists-dig-up-an-800-year-old-native-american-pot-what-they-found-inside-is-changing-history/ You’ll also find some ‘seeds of knowledge’ (historical knowledge) being showcased today on Janet Walters’s blog, The Eclectic Writer. (Namely, two of my Time Rose books!) https://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.ca/
GUESTING ON THE ECLECTIC WRITER
I’m the guest author on the Eclectic Writer today. https://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.ca/
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR MAY
May’s history movie suggestions are Victorian Era based: Around The World In Eighty Days (1956) Carry On Up The Khyber (1969) (Colonial India) Greyfriars Bobby (Disney, 1961) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) Oliver! (1968) Stalky & Co (1982 BBC Mini-Series)
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
May’s book suggestions are all Victorian Era based. Ages 3-7 Abroad by Thomas Crane & Ellen Houghton Alice Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Mother Goose Favourites: A Pop-Up Book by Ernest Nistor Ages 7-9 Chimney Child by Laurie Sheehan (Victorian Era) Hopscotch Histories: Grandma’s Seaside Bloomers by Julia Jarman The Lottie Project […]
HISTORIC BIRTHDAY THEME: VICTORIAN TIMES
Since this is Queen Victoria’s birth month (May 24th, 1819), a Victorian birthday party might find favour with kids born in this month. (Or even ones who just like Victorian Times.) COSTUMES For costume ideas, visit: http://www.ehow.com/list_6303335_ideas-homemade-victorian-costumes.html DECORATIONS & OTHER PARTY ITEMS Having small children grub up real linen tablecloths and napkins might not appeal, […]
