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Soul of the Empire Board Game, Roman history

June 14, 2019 Ticia 3 Comments

Soul of the Empire

My son, Superman, is a huge fan of Ancient Rome. This is probably an understatement, but he has quite a lot of ancient Rome stuff, and he's why I've got a big huge ancient Rome history section on my blog. When I saw the same people who made Commissioned (which I apparently need … [Read more...]

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Ancient Sumeria Books

June 10, 2019 Ticia 3 Comments

Ancient Sumeria books book list junior high 8th

This past year we went through ancient history at a breakneck pace, and that meant I made lots of book lists for our history lessons. Once we finished off our Worldview Unit, we started into Ancient Sumeria, and of course, I went to our library and got every single book they had … [Read more...]

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The Great Wall of China is made of play dough

April 22, 2019 Ticia 17 Comments

Great-Wall-of-China-lesson

Little known fact: The Great Wall of China is made of play dough.NO really.  That's what we learned in our homeschool history lesson this time. It's a little-known fact from ancient history. Future Ticia 2019 here, the kids and I are diving into Chinese history this week, so I … [Read more...]

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Jacob finds a wife Sunday School lesson

March 13, 2019 Ticia 3 Comments

Jacob and his wives Genesis Old Testament Bible 12 Tribes of Israel

Jacob is a fun character……..  One that I find a bit of affinity for. I like trickster characters, and if there's one thing that describes Jacob, he's a trickster.  When last we saw him in our Sunday School lessons he was running from his brother. Now, Jacob married … [Read more...]

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How to write a research paper

April 12, 2018 Ticia 13 Comments

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Recently I assigned my kids a very simple research paper.  One that still allowed them plenty of imagination.  But, the concept behind this early elementary research paper is still sound.  Then I set about teaching how to write a research paper. Update from Future Ticia, my kids … [Read more...]

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