When I was in high school, my youth pastor used The Scream as the theme for a youth retreat. And then it became a thing in pop culture. I don't know if you've ever seen that, but there are all sorts of great parodies of The Scream (which I'll link to some in this art history … [Read more...]
Teach history by creating memes
I love memes. I regularly screenshot memes that amuse me and text them to my kids. I've been known to do this while they're sitting in the same room as me. I'll giggle, screenshot, send the text, and sit there waiting for them to get the notification. Yes, I am weird. My … [Read more...]
World War 2 movies to watch with your kids
A few years ago we were studying World War 2, and we watched a lot of World War 2 movies with my kids. I wrote down all of the movies I watched with my kids (the movies for all ages, because my oldest were in 1st grade). I wrote down all of the World War 2 movies I knew about and … [Read more...]
Klimt artist study
I'd seen Gustav Klimt's artwork before. It's one many people enjoy parodying, and like many famous artists, you can see his original work and the work someone found to be fun. Our Gustav Klimt artist study was part of our Austria unit (one of our geography lessons), but it's also … [Read more...]
Try your hand at leatherworking!
If you were to sit down and start listing historical trades, you'd probably say farmer, blacksmith, and then sit for a few minutes, and come up with a tailor or maybe butcher. It fascinates me the number of trades that were common in "ye olde times" and were absolutely necessary … [Read more...]
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