Tag: lego history
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The great unknown world war, the Seven Years War
My kids now joke, “The Seven Years War, which only took 10 years to happen,” because that’s what happens when you are raised by a history buff: you make jokes no one else will get. The Seven Years War is one of those wars no one knows about, but in reality is the first World…
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Lego history of Thanksgiving
We all know the story of the history of Thanksgiving right? I grew up acting it out in school. We made the paper bag vests, and half of us were natives, and the other half were Pilgrims. The Pilgrims had a hard winter, and the first year they had a good crop they threw a…
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Here’s to accidental discoveries, and the discovery of Australia
Have you ever thought about the number of things we take for granted that are discovered by accident? Christopher Columbus discovered an entire continent by accident. Penicillin was discovered by accident. Much like these other incidents, Australia was discovered by accident when looking for something else. supplies for our discovery of Australia maps you can…
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Henry Hudson lesson
Did you ever have something that you loved doing and it didn’t really matter who you were doing it with? Well, Henry Hudson had something he loved to do, and he didn’t really care who he did it with. To find out just who he was exploring for we pulled out our Legos, some maps,…
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Ferdinand Magellan Lesson
Did you ever have a dream? Christopher Columbus had a dream. He believed if you sailed far enough West, you would reach India. He never succeeded. History records his discovery of America (with a few caveats in modern history books), even though he never set foot on the continent. Columbus did pass his dream on…