Tag: American Revolution
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History Games for School
Regular readers of my blog will tell you we are BIG fans of history lessons here as well as gameschooling. I love finding new and unique ways to teach history lessons, and games often fills this challenge. Though many history games are not intended for young kids. Why play history games: Similar to my math…
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American Revolution Chapter books
This post is inspired by a new book series I found, inspired by a true story of a Texan teenager who participated in the American Revolution. It got my brain thinking of all the cool things I could do with it, and then I realized, “Ticia, you do not have time to create an American…
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Family friendly American Revolution movies
The American Revolution is a hot topic right now. Whether it’s because you’re a fan of Hamilton or because you’re comparing current events to events leading up to the American Revolution. Either way, we’re fascinated by the events and men surrounding that time. We’re in the middle of studying the revolution right now, and towards…
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Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Do you ever think about what starts a war? Some of the wars in history officially started for ridiculous reasons (War of Jenkins Ear comes to mind). Then there are wars like the American Revolution. There’s not a single cause, and in many ways, they tried for so long not to start a war. The…
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Nathanael Green lesson
A few years ago when listening to the History of Rome podcast he mentioned all of early Roman history has been simplified down to, “Who started this military or cultural idea? Romulus. Who started this religious idea? Other Roman whose name I’m not remembering offhand.” He wondered how long before American history is similarly simplified.…