Monthly Archives: January 2020
HISTORY SHARE: RARE FOOTAGE OF LIFE IN NAZI AUSTRIA
Not all of Germany’s WWII allies wanted to be allies. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-amateur-film-collection-challenges-narratives-about-life-nazi-austria-180957193/
HISTORY SHARE: AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS
For Holocaust Memorial Day. https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium-the-muslims-who-saved-jewish-children-during-wwii-1.5402402
HISTORY SHARE: THE PICTS
Meet The Picts: The Ancient Blue Wildmen Who Protected Scotland From The Roman Empire
HISTORY SHARE: DRAFTY DWELLINGS
Even those who lived in a castle didn’t have it all that great in days of yore. https://www.ranker.com/list/what-life-was-like-in-medieval-castles/shanell-mouland?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pd&pgid=642850749204637&utm_campaign=Living_in_Castles_What_it_was_Really_Like_STRONG&asid=23842671189270195&psid=946303415526034
HISTORIC WORTH A VISIT: CORNWALL’S FUGGY-HOLES
Already planning your summer hols? Well, should they take you to Cornwall in the UK your kids are sure to enjoy checking these out. https://cornishbirdblog.com/2018/08/09/halliggye-fogou-one-of-cornwalls-mysterious-subterranean-tunnels/ https://www.ancient-origins.net/events/earth-mysteries-cornwall-s-fogous-0013102 http://www.ancientpenwith.org/fogous.html
HISTORY LURE: ANCIENT TOOLS
Got any budding Mr. or Miss Fix-Its in the house? They might be interested in learning about tools of bygone days. https://kidzfeed.com/stone-age-tools/ https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/stone-age
HISTORY SHARE: BABY NAMES
The parents of most babies born this year will be able to call them anything they like, but some countries are a bit fussy about that. And even if the government doesn’t object, a priest might at the christening. Back in WW II, my mother said the vicar of her little English village church flat […]
HISTORY SHARE: THE FORMING OF GREAT BRITAIN
The upcoming Brexit deal (or no deal, depending), has parts of the United Kingdom not feeling all that united. But here’s how they came to be so in the first place. https://www.history.com/news/united-kingdom-scotland-northern-ireland-wales
Time Travelling With Kids 