While previous wars had newspapers, and political cartoons. World War 1 is probably the first war to have a newspaper made for just the soldiers (if you know otherwise I’d love to hear it). It was such a novel concept this even became a Horrible History sketch. Of course, we … [Read more...]
World War 1 nurse’s hat craft
By World War 1 nursing was finally recognized as a profession and as a noble service. There had been recent work to get medics universally recognized as non-combatants, so they were now, in theory, not going to be shot at while helping the wounded. This led to the universally … [Read more...]
how to make a World War 1 helmet
Picture books evoke emotions. When I picked out the books I wanted to use for our World War 1 unit for our week of funschooling history lessons, I picked out a book called “Midnight,” it was about a horse. I knew Princess would love this book. And then I read … [Read more...]
What happened because of the Seven Years War?
A few weeks ago I told you all about the Seven Years War, and why it happened. It made for a fascinating history lesson, but as I mentioned in that post, the Seven Years War changed how the world map looked. The Treaty redrew country lines on the map, transferred over … [Read more...]
Bring the Civil War to life with these Civil War picture books
When I was in college I took a children's literature class. One of the assignments was to read books from all different genres. One of the assigned genres was historical books. I distinctly remember reading Pink and Say (one of the books I’m gonna mention in a few lines). I … [Read more...]