Monthly Archives: February 2018
HISTORY SHARE: QUEEN VICTORIA’S AFRICAN DAUGHTER
Do you and/or your kids think Meghan Markle is going to become the first ‘black royal’ when she marries Prince Harry? Not so. http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/real-stories/the-african-princess-sarah-forbes-bonetta/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5161773/amp/The-remarkable-story-Queen-Victorias-adopted-princess.html And Sarah wasn’t the first one, either. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC THEFT: THE SLAVE WHO STOLE A SHIP
Most people have heard about the Underground Railway. But not all slaves escaped by land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQvFi8zHoEs
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR FEBRUARY
February’s history based or bygone era TV and/or movie suggestions: Anna & The King Of Siam (1999) (13 +) (Victorian Era) Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? (1967) (Mid-20th-Century) (14+ Younger kids will be bored.) Susannah Of The Mounties (1939) (Canadian Frontier)
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
February’s history based or bygone era book suggestions. Ages 3-7 Follow The Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter (Pre-American Civil War) The Fox & The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren (Timeless) The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett (Fairy Tale Adaptation ) Ages 7-9 Back Of The Bus by Aaron Reynolds (Segregation Era America) Canadian Flyer […]
Time Travelling With Kids 