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Tag: 7th grade
Princess Bride book club
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 author for…
Galveston Flood of 1900 lesson
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 stored…
Great Depression dice game
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 of our…
Age of Exploration 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 game. (This post contains…
Runaway Scrape Fight, Texas History
The Texas Revolution was a strange one. It was relatively short, less than a year-long, and the revolution was won more by accident than by plan. One of the more unusual “battles” of the Texas Revolution was the Runaway Scrape. We recreated the Runaway Scrape as part of our Texas history lessons, and years later…