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20 Ancient Greece books to inspire a love of history

July 6, 2016 Ticia 8 Comments

ancient greece books

There is something magical about finding the book that keeps your child’s attention.  For Superman the very first book that kept his attention was an A to Z mystery book.  With each new homeschool history unit I try to find at least a small bit of that same magic.  I found a … [Read more...]

history, reading and writing Ancient Greece, ancient history, book list, Mystery of History 1

Be a Time Traveler: How to teach an Ancient Greece Unit

June 28, 2016 Ticia 6 Comments

Hands on Ancient Greece Unit Study

One day during my high school career I went up to my favorite English teacher and asked her a rather esoteric question about Greek mythology.  She looked at me and said, "Actually Ticia, if I wanted to know more about Greek mythology I would go to you.  You've probably read more … [Read more...]

history Ancient Greece, ancient history, Mystery of History 1

Cave paintings of Lascaux lesson

March 9, 2016 Ticia 8 Comments

Cave Painting of Lascaux art history lesson Europe ancient history

Our geography lessons study of France turned mostly into a homeschool art lessons about famous French artists, and what I’d tentatively written in my notes for publishing today I had no interest in writing, so instead I wanted to share our cave paintings of Lascaux … [Read more...]

arts and crafts, history ancient history, artist study, Europe, Mystery of History 1

Lego History of Hanukkah

November 25, 2015 Ticia 6 Comments

The Lego history of the Maccabean revolt

So, I've had these pictures sitting in my homeschool history folder for two years. TWO YEARS, but thankfully this year I was organized enough to write all about the history of Hanukkah in LEGOs. Because Lego history is always better than normal history. ALWAYS better, that's … [Read more...]

history ancient history, lego history, Mystery of History 1

Creation story unit

August 23, 2015 Ticia 4 Comments

Creation Story Unit Bible Genesis

For the entire time I’ve been blogging, I’ve also been writing Bible lessons in one form or another.  I’ve also been using Christian homeschool history curriculum that routinely covers the Creation story.  So, I’ve got lots of posts on the Creation story, and I figured to put … [Read more...]

Bible ancient history, Genesis, Mystery of History 1, Old Testament

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