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Final Civil War Wrap Ups
The Rowhouse is on vacation for a couple of weeks. We’re taking off for a little while, both from school and the city. There was a final, furious finishing up of things before we left town. Workbooks wrapped up and … Continue reading
Historical Fiction Overload
We’ve been a little overloaded with historical fiction read alouds for American history this year. In the middle of the last book, both kids gave me a pleading look and declared that they were done. They wanted something different so … Continue reading
American History Field Trip Check In…
I committed last year to do a year of field trips for American history. Um, sort of achieved and sort of not. Here’s the post I made with the checklist last year. Here’s how we’re actually doing with it. Field … Continue reading
Westward Ho!
Forget the books. Okay, don’t forget the books, but apparently we haven’t been doing enough projects for history lately. Too many field trips and books. So once we started learning about prairie schooners (that is, wagons), Mushroom and BalletBoy immediately … Continue reading
Getting Back to American History
We are resuming our study of American history finally. We’ll be diving into a lot of good fiction that will cover the Civil War, Western expansion and general American nostalgia. First up, I’ve been convinced we have to read Farmer Boy. … Continue reading
I Wish I Had a Big Bulletin Board
Oh, wait, I can do one better! I have a pocket door. Just sitting here at the dining room table, looking at our timeline of the Revolutionary War. And now, as I put it away, I can see Mushroom about … Continue reading
Colonial Books
Did I mention that we’re drowning in the colonial and revolutionary books? Well, we really, really are. I felt like we managed to read all the things I wanted to read about Jamestown and Plymouth, as well as books about … Continue reading
Colonial Times
We’ve been so immersed in books about the American colonies and the Revolutionary War that you might say we’re drowning in them. I’m struggling to find time to read everything that appeals to me from this time period. I’ve also … Continue reading
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Goofing Off at Mount Vernon
We’re still slowly working our way through our Great American History Expedition Checklist. Seven down. Thirty or so to go.
Native American Books
We’re being a bit slow with history this year, so we’re still in our opening unit on Native Americans. After we did explorers and pre-Columbian empires, we made our way up here to do a little unit study on first … Continue reading
