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Princess Bride book club

February 22, 2022 Ticia 1 Comment

Princess Bride book and a movie reading 7th 9th

Inconceivable! Princess Bride is one of the most quoted movies in my house, and a great many other houses. It's also one of the rare movies, people don't know for sure if the book or the movie was created first because the movie is so incredibly perfect, that and it was the same … [Read more...]

reading and writing 7th grade, 9th grade, book and a movie

Galveston Flood of 1900 lesson

February 11, 2022 Ticia 1 Comment

Galveston flood of 1900 Texas history lesson 7th modern US history

Oh gosh, almost 10 years ago, because Jeff and I went there for our 10th anniversary, we stayed in the Hotel Galvez in Galveston. It's the oldest hotel in Galveston, and in the basement it has a museum to the history of the island, AND a history of the Galveston Flood of 1900. I … [Read more...]

history, science, Texas 7th grade, engineering, modern history, Texas history, US history

Great Depression dice game

December 29, 2021 Ticia 3 Comments

Great Depression dice simulation 7th history games modern us Texas

It wasn't until I was in college I realized the Great Depression was a worldwide event. It's taught quite a lot in US history, but when you reach the 1930s in world history, it's all, "Let's get ready for World War 2!" So, while we played this Great Depression dice game as part … [Read more...]

games, history 7th grade, Texas history

Age of Exploration Game

October 18, 2021 Ticia 3 Comments

Age of Exploration dice simulation game

Last year as we studied Texas history, we covered the Age of Exploration again, but this time it was explorers you only tend to cover for Texas history. I wanted a fun way to review all we'd learned before and in my explorations, I found a great Age of Exploration printable … [Read more...]

games, history 4th grade, 7th grade, Age of Exploration, Mystery of History 3, Texas 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

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