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50 State Study: Virginia state study

November 12, 2011 Ticia 5 Comments

ARGH!  I had this almost 100 percent done and then it disappeared on me!  Evil evil computer.  Now to reconstruct, but how will I rewrite the brilliant quips?  Oh the brilliant quips on my Virginia state study post.

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George Washington– I’m still amused at how much they liked making fake teeth.  But I guess any activity with play dough is fun.  The piece here is a 3 page book with one fact on each page.

 

Chincoteague pony– or in the boys’ case, the amazing Technicolor pony

 

Thomas Jefferson-or design your own house.  The boys houses still amuse me, dedicated Halloween room indeed……

 

Patrick Henry– Two months later my kids still remember that he failed as a farmer and a store keeper but he was good at arguing.

 

Robert E Lee- I’m still amused and find it interesting that he was actually against slavery, but felt he should help his fellow Southerner.  Imagine how much sooner the war would have been over if he had fought on the North’s side.  Or maybe he was a child of Rome, and that’s why he fought on that side (okay, who got that reference?).  If you want pictures to make your own piece, they can be found here.  I just folded half a piece of paper and had them write a fact about him.

 

Civil War soldiers from Junior General – I also found a copy of the Monitor and the Merrimac, which I was very happy to find.  They’re two of the famous battleships from that war, and I was very sad my library didn’t have any good books on the subject.

 

Promise Quilt– I think this was almost Princess’ favorite activity, cut paper into lots and lots of small pieces and glue it on, yes please.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    November 12, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    You do such a wonderful job on your lesson with the kids!
    Little Wonders' Days

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  2. Phyllis says

    November 12, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Ticia- I love how you weave your history lessons in your state studies!

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  3. Christy says

    November 13, 2011 at 1:23 am

    Very nice!! Virginia is a great state to study, look forward to doing it soon!!

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    November 13, 2011 at 4:00 am

    Yes, Virginia has a lot of history. I have to remember all those good books you dug up for this state. Thanks for joining WMCIR!

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