Tag: Mystery of History 3

  • What is the ideal school day like?

    What is the ideal school day like?

    Recently I’ve been listening to a few history podcasts that have been talking about how different educational philosophies were dreamed up, and what the ideal school day looks like.  This reminded me of a history lesson from last year talking about the father of modern education.  After reading the lesson in Mystery of History 3*…

  • Lego history of Thanksgiving

    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…

  • Here’s to accidental discoveries, and the discovery of Australia

    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…

  • Henry Hudson lesson

    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,…

  • Ferdinand Magellan Lesson

    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, even though he never set foot on the continent.  Columbus did pass his dream on to a Portuguese sailor, Ferdinand Magellan.  What does…