Monthly Archives: September 2019
NATIONAL BRITISH HOME CHILD DAY
Today is National British Home Child Day and 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the first group of Home Children coming to Canada. Beacons of Light Ceremonies: https://apps.z.facebook.com/groups/Britishhomechildren/permalink/2252819248141369/ https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/landmarks-to-light-up-in-memory-of-the-15-000-scots-children-shipped-to-canada-1-4987136?fbclid=IwAR2TJrPgqsBA-u64ee-ghuPLPigsoU8ptz291fPb_E7RfOMV4TiHZewjeKM
HISTORY-IN-THE-MAKING
The first major climate change strike to heighten awareness of climate change and protest the lack of action in this regard was held September 20th, 2019. Another takes place today, following on the heels of the soon-to-become historic United Nation’s emergency summit meeting at which teen-age activist, Greta Thunberg, spoke so passionately. And so well. […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: COMMON COINAGE
Still on the subject of coins, there is a noticeable difference between English coins minted before the English Civil Wars & those minted after, during of the Commonwealth period. The difference being that Commonwealth currency didn’t have the image of a king’s head on it. (Although devotees of Oliver Cromwell – who was king in […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: FIRST COIN COLLECTIONS
Question: Who is thought to have been the world’s first numismatist (coin collector?) Answer: Caesar Augustus, first emperor of Rome (27 BC to 14 AD). And Gussie didn’t just collect them in the form of tax money. (Though he did that, too.) No, he liked coins for their own sake and put aside any he […]
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC HOARD
Why it pays (yes, literally pays) to dig around in back yards. https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/26/couple-find-5000000-one-biggest-ever-treasure-hoards-10631042/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.facebook&fbclid=IwAR1858ntPh7SyLlqitwcGoaTVWRIrhDTK0Goq3Un8HKogPqbRupEaP9QcI8
HISTORY SHARE: KID-FRIENDLY HISTORY WEBSITES
Kid-oriented history information for all those history assignments that are now probably starting to roll in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/history/ http://www.historyforkids.net/ https://www.ducksters.com/history/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C2gPqsmAc For kids who like to put forth their own ideas on history: https://historicaldebatesociety.home.blog/2019/07/14/ancient-greek-week/ This site is not only kid-oriented, but created by a nine-year-old boy. (And kudos to him for it!) And […]
LITTLE KNOWN HEROES HISTORY SHARE: MAHARAJA DIGVIJAYSINHJI RANJITSINHJI JADEEJA
Did you know that a Maharaja in India saved the lives of six hundred and forty Polish women and children in WW II? https://www.thebetterindia.com/52118/maharaja-digvijaysinhji-ranjitsinhji-jadeja-nawanagar-ww2-little-poland-in-india/
TRIVIA TRAIL: HISTORIC CORRECTION METHOD
Question: How long have people been using rubbers /erasers (depending on where you live) to remove errors from written work? Answer: Since 1770, when an English engineer by the name of Edward Nairne discovered a piece of rubber worked better than the pieces of bread he’d hitherto been using. http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-eraser/
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC FREEBIE: SCHOOL MILK
My relationship with milk ended when I tossed my bottle at the age of eleven months because – I was told – I didn’t like the new nipple. Despite parental efforts to soften same, I would have nothing more to do with my bottle or its contents. My mother did later manage to get milk […]
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC EDUCATION: BOARDING SCHOOLS
When a friend and I were reminiscing about being child devotees of books like Enid Blyton Mallory Towers, Naughtiest Girl, & St. Clare’s series, and Anthony Buckeridge’s Jennings series we both admitted to thinking that life at boarding schools sounded like great fun and had wanted to go to one ourselves. “That’s because you bloody […]
Time Travelling With Kids 