Monthly Archives: June 2020
HISTORY SHARE: THE BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S MARCH
Marches for social justice have been going on for a long time. With all age groups. https://www.biography.com/news/black-history-birmingham-childrens-crusade-1963\
HISTORY TIDBIT: NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES
The name bestowed on you by your parents should be the one you legally have, but this has not always been the case for First Nations/Native American people once the Europeans took over and started all that legal stuff. Unable to pronounce, let alone write, native names, what had become the powers-that-be either gave them […]
HISTORY QUIZ: WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
Something parents & older kids can try. I personally only got half of them. My only excuse being that it covers fairly modern history, and my interests go back farther than that. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/08/moments-in-history-quiz-where-in-the-world?cmpid=email-hist-inside-history-2020-0511-05112020&om_rid=b5dee728e01b81a5b92a8ce9a148c3e62e9b36a28e538bbee7051c92dfaad0d2
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC FOOD SOURCE
For those in lockdown whose supplies might be running low. https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/snakes-and-lizards-0013852
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC ROYAL DOCUMENTARY
Documentaries about Britain’s royal family might abound now, but this was ground-breaking. And I remember watching it! https://www.history.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-1969-royal-family-documentary
HISTORY SHARE: SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Something to share with your kids at this time of world-wide protest about systemic racism. Primary/Elementary: https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/ruby_bridges.php Middle/High School: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/24/little-rock-arkansas-school-segregation-racism
Time Travelling With Kids 