Last year as we studied Texas history, we covered the Age of Exploration again, but this time it was explorers you only tend to cover for Texas history. I wanted a fun way to review all we'd learned before and in my explorations, I found a great Age of Exploration printable … [Read more...]
These courageous explorers changed the course of history, the Age of Exploration
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...]
War of the Roses lesson
Can I just say that a few weeks ago when we got back into our history lessons I was incredibly excited? I've been eagerly looking forward to digging into all of the fun of the Renaissance and Reformation (huh, I thought I had a landing page for this), and we kicked this year off … [Read more...]
How did France get the Edict of Nantes?
I’ve often heard it argued by atheists, if you took away religion and all of the problems arising from it, you would eliminate half of the wars and murders that happened. While I disagree with the argument behind this, there are some valid points in the statement. I would amend … [Read more...]
Sometimes religion is just the excuse for the war
We all talk about the confusion and the craziness of World War 1 and how the sides chosen was confusing as all get out. Well, let me take you back about 400 years for a confusing piece of history called the Thirty Years War. We are actually coming up on the 400th anniversary of … [Read more...]
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