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August 3, 2008

Outline Maps: Ancient Egypt and Greece

We're studying Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece with TruthQuest history this coming school year, so of course we'll be studying their geography as well. But to do that, I need a good, basic outline map of each country.
I thought I might be able to find what I was looking for on the outline map CD [...]

May 26, 2008

Communism for Kids

We've been reading through volume 4 of Story of the World—actually reading two to three chapters a day; we're fast-tracking it through the end of this volume because we're going to be starting TruthQuest history for the next school year. I have absolutely loved SOTW, and so have the kids; we have all learned so [...]

April 21, 2008

Those Confusing Centuries

While reading to the kids from our history book today, I came across the term "18th century," so I asked the kids to which years that was referring. Jaden responded correctly almost immediately, but Jerah just gave me a puzzled and confused look.
Suddenly aware that the direction of our lessons needed to take a small [...]

February 23, 2008

Make your own Ancient History coloring sheets

I found these fantastic (and free) ancient history fonts that are great for making your own coloring sheets. These would be great to use with Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World: Ancient Times (the wonderful history curriculum we use).
It's easy to make the coloring sheets. All you have to do is:

Download and install the [...]

February 6, 2008

Rome's gonna fall? So what!

It's hard for children to grasp what it would mean for their country to be absorbed into an empire such as Rome. Likewise, it's difficult to understand the implications of that empire suddenly losing its grip on their land.
I'm reading Jack Whyte's The Camulod Chronicles, and I came across a passage in the first book, [...]

October 18, 2007

Awesome website

Jeff showed me a website late last night that we'll likely be referring to for school. Click the "History of Religion" map at the top to watch a visualization of the spread of various religions over the ages. Very interesting!