Tag Archives: jewellery
HISTORY LURE: FAMOUS JEWELS
Got a kid who likes jewellery? Some baubles come with history attached. https://tinyurl.com/y3v6wmlt
BOOK TIE-IN TRIVIA TRAIL: FAMOUS 15th-CENTURY JEWEL
Question: What is the name of the diamond-shaped gold pendant found near a famous castle in Yorkshire in 1985. Answer: The Middleham Jewel. Discovered five hundred years after the Battle of Bosworth, which took place on August 22nd, 1485. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/04/the-middleham-jewel-outstanding-example-of-medieval-craftsmanship-found-near-the-middleham-castle-in-north-yorkshire/ Generations Five: 15th-Century England was one of Generation One’s Time trips and the […]
HISTORY LURE: MAKE HISTORY SPARKLE
Kids with little interest in history can sometimes be drawn to it through something they are interested in. For girls who like jewellery, and boys who like rocks, a starting point might be birthstones. October’s is the opal, with a history that ranges from the opal mines of ancient Europe to the 1915 ‘Opal Rush’ […]
Time Travelling With Kids 