Category: history

  • How Martin Luther King jr. inspires kids today

    How Martin Luther King jr. inspires kids today

    As part of looking up different things about the state of Georgia I found out that Martin Luther King Jr. is from there.  So, was Jackie Robinson, but I ended up deciding to study Jackie Robinson for New York, since that’s where the team he played for was from. Ahhh the tricky questions you have…

  • Georgia and the Trail of Tears

      As I was researching Georgia I learned that the Trail of Tears originated here.  So, I decided making a Chreokee Rose and explaining its significance when paired with the Trail of Tears seemed like a perfect lesson. Then I found Trail of Tears (Step into Reading) {affiliate link}.  Now I remember reading this book before…

  • Thomas Edison lesson

    Thomas Edison lesson

    Does anyone else confuse Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein in their heads?  I know they’re two completely separate people, but I keep confusing their names. I have no clue why, which can make for some very confusing history lessons for the poor kids I’m teaching. And I would be remiss if I didn’t add this…

  • Ezra and Nehemiah told in LEGOs

    Ezra and Nehemiah told in LEGOs

    Sometimes when we’re doing our Sunday School lessons at home, I like to be silly.  This particular time I decided to tell the entire story of Ezra and Nehemiah in Legos. Originally when I wrote this I couldn’t remember the name working with Nehemiah, so as I wrote this homeschool history lesson post I wrote “someone else,”…

  • Battle of Gettysburg lesson

    Battle of Gettysburg lesson

    “Four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.  Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.  We…