Monthly Archives: July 2018
HISTORY SHARE: JUST FOR FUN: FIRE GUIDE FOR CAVE PARENTS
Image From Phil Martin Clipart https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/limiting-your-childs-fire-time-a-guide-for-concerned-paleolithic-parents
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR JULY
July’s history based or bygone era TV and/or movie suggestions: Dangerous Exile (1957) (French Revolution) El Cid (1961) (Medieval) (14 + Violence aside, younger kids would find it too long.) Johnny Shiloh (Disney, 1963) (American Civil War) Summer Magic (Disney, 1963) (Early 20th Century)
TRIVIA TRAIL: CHILD SOLDIERS
Question: Who was the youngest person to serve in the American Civil War? Answer: Edward William Black. Soldiers were supposed to be at least eighteen, and while some boys did successfully manage to enlist by lying about their age, little Edward was only eight, and couldn’t get anyone in the 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry to […]
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
July’s history based or bygone era book suggestions. Ages 3-7 All The Way To America by Dan Yaccarino (Generational) Laundry Day by Maurie J. Manning (Early 20th Century) Mirette On The High Wire by (19th-Century France) Ages 7-9 Canadian Flyer Adventures # 6: Pioneer Kids by Frieda Wishinsky (Early 20th Century) Margo Conquers The […]
HISTORIC WORTH A VISIT: GOATHLAND
If you live in the UK, or plan to be there this summer, this little English village might make an interesting day out for Harry Potter and/or Heartbeat fans. http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/attractions/goathland
HISTORY TIDBIT: GOOD CAREER MOVE
Upon leaving school at the age of seventeen, a lad named Isaac Newton was originally supposed to take up farming, but he wasn’t very good at it, and an uncle persuaded his mother that the family farm would do better if young Ike just went to college or something. He did, and would later formulate […]
Time Travelling With Kids 