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World War 2 bombing run simulation

January 12, 2022 Ticia 2 Comments

world war 2 bombing run

Last year I as we studied modern history I was excited to reach two particular events: World War 1 and World War 2. I had an excess of hands on history lessons I planned to complete with the kids. Our World War 1 unit was a huge hit, and our World War 2 unit was also a huge hit. … [Read more...]

history modern history, Mystery of History 4, US history, World War 2

Should we drop the bomb? WW2 history lesson

December 9, 2019 Ticia 6 Comments

World War 2 bombing of Hiroshima lesson

Almost 80 years later, we are still talking about the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When they did a showing of different World War 2 planes at the Smithsonian, the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki was still so controversial they had requests not to … [Read more...]

history Asia, modern history, Mystery of History 4, World War 2

Modern history lesson plans

September 9, 2019 Ticia Leave a Comment

Modern history lessons

A few years ago we studied Modern history. We went through history from 1700- current days for some really crazy history lessons. Modern history lessons cover a lot of material. The world changed a lot in the last 300 years. We saw the fall of almost every empire, the rise of … [Read more...]

history modern history, Mystery of History 4, US history

Space Race movies to use in your homeschool

July 2, 2019 Ticia 4 Comments

space race movies for kids

I wrote this Space Race movies post back when we last studied the space race, but with the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing coming up, I figured to update this with a few more movies (okay 1 movie), and add in a few links to relevant historical or science pieces. We are … [Read more...]

history, science astronomy, modern history, Mystery of History 4

Explore the trenches of World War 1 with this activity

June 6, 2018 Ticia 4 Comments

World War 1 trench warfare simulation

A few weeks ago in a blogging group, we got to talking about outside learning for the summer. Y'all Texas summer is hot, like it was over 100 last week for several days. Instantly I knew whatever I volunteered had to be outside, and then I remembered this World War 1 trench … [Read more...]

history Europe, modern history, Mystery of History 4, US history, World War 1

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