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Try your hand at leatherworking!

March 22, 2021 Ticia 1 Comment

historical trades leatherworking colonial trades

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...]

history 6th grade, colonial America, middle ages, modern history, US history

Princess Diaries book club

March 18, 2021 Ticia 1 Comment

Princess diaries book and a movie 6th 7th

Way back when I was recently graduated from college and was still in that magical time of life when you have all the free time in the world, the Princess Diaries movie came out. I went and saw it because that's what you do when you have endless free time. Then I found out there … [Read more...]

reading and writing 6th grade, 7th grade, book and a movie

Hunger Games book club

February 22, 2021 Ticia 1 Comment

Hunger Game book and a movie 6th 9th speculative fiction feature

Last year I decided to focus on speculative fiction for our assigned reading. One of the final books we read was Hunger Games. I planned out our books for the year over a year earlier, and as we read Hunger Games when the Quarantine was just starting and the kids were finding a … [Read more...]

reading and writing 6th grade, 9th grade, book and a movie

Napoleonic wars history lesson

September 9, 2020 Ticia 3 Comments

napoleonic wars history lesson modern 6th lego

As we started our Napoleonic wars history lesson, I jokingly said, "It's all his fault we got World War 2." Then the kids looked at me like I was slightly crazy, and I thought, "Challenge accepted!" Then proceeded to gather up some legos, a map, and some vis a vis for our history … [Read more...]

history 6th grade, lego history, modern history

Colonial games and pasttimes

August 28, 2020 Ticia 3 Comments

colonial games lesson

Future Ticia 2020, I finally added in the last few Colonial games into this post. This is like the third time I've added more to this Colonial games post. Deep sigh, finally done. When you look back at Colonial America, one thing we think about is how their life is different … [Read more...]

history 1st grade, 6th grade, colonial America, primary grades, US history

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