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These courageous explorers changed the course of history, the Age of Exploration

October 8, 2019 Ticia 10 Comments

Age of Exploration unit

Hey, this is Future Ticia of 2019, I originally wrote this post in 2016 a few years after the last time we studied the Age of Exploration and went through our Age of Exploration Unit for Elementary School (or middle school since this was designed for my 5th grade kids). Now my … [Read more...]

history 5th grade, 7th grade, 9th grade, Age of Exploration, high school, middle ages, middle school, Mystery of History 2, Mystery of History 3, Renaissance

Joan of Arc unit

May 31, 2019 Ticia 11 Comments

Joan of Arc history lesson with legos

Ticia of 2019 here, I first published this Jan. 1 of 2016, but we went and saw Henry V last night, and this Joan of Arc unit is the only history lesson I have from the Hundred Years War. That is a tragedy of epic proportions that must be remedied, especially since we covered … [Read more...]

history Europe, lego history, middle ages, Mystery of History 2

How we got a Christmas tree, or who is Saint Boniface

November 26, 2018 Ticia 7 Comments

Saint Boniface LEGO history lesson

Have you ever wondered where the tradition of the Christmas tree comes from?  It’s an interesting bit of church history that seems rather appropriate at Christmas time.  This Saint Boniface lesson was one of our homeschool history lessons last year (2014, from when I originally … [Read more...]

Bible, history Christmas, church history, lego history, Mystery of History 2

Forerunners to the Protestant Reformation

October 24, 2017 Ticia 4 Comments

forerunners of Martin Luther

To hear many people talk about history lessons it’s always a foregone conclusion the events will turn out the way it happened in the history books. In reality, there’s a bunch of smaller steps that you need for a particular event to take place. Take the American Revolution, it … [Read more...]

Bible, history church history, Mystery of History 2, Mystery of History 3, Protestant Reformation

Rome to Reformation history lessons

June 21, 2017 Ticia Leave a Comment

Middle Ages unit study

You know what is a fascinating time period? The middle ages. The time from the early Roman Empire to the start of the Reformation have so many fun hands-on history lessons you can go through.  So let's call this Rome to Reformation history lessons. Mainly because I like how that … [Read more...]

history ancient Rome, middle ages, Mystery of History 2

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