Before we can discuss the Spanish Armada, we need to set a few ground rules for this history lesson. A few hundred years ago there was a great upset in the balance of the world. The formerly very Catholic King Henry VIII decided he wanted a divorce to marry a new woman he was … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 big … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
What is your passion? Henry Hudson’s passion was exploring
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, … [Read more...]
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