Ancient History
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Thanksgiving History- History and the Holidays
History and the Holidays- Thanksgiving Through History Do you know when and where our celebration of Thanksgiving began? Did you guess that the first Thanksgiving happened in 1621? Did a picture of a group of Wampanoag Indians gathered together with some of the Pilgrim settlers from Plymouth for a feast giving thanks for the fall harvest pop into your head? If it did, you aren’t wrong… But was that really the FIRST Thanksgiving?
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The Middle Ages- 21 Fascinating Facts !
Middle Ages Marvels: 21 30 Fascinating Facts About the Middle Ages ! Ready to get excited about History? The marvels of the Medieval era will shock and amaze you! If you’ve been following along with our FREE History Curriculum series, I think you’ll love the fifth part of the 21 Fascinating Facts series! If you need a little boost to get everyone excited about ancient history this year, try these Middle Ages fascinating facts history teasers to start your studies each day! This quick guide was specifically made to use along with each day’s lesson in the FREE Middle Ages Curriculum (or if you aren’t studying the middle ages this year,…
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History Songs For Kids
Top 10 Teaching History Helps: History Songs For Kids! Welcome back to the “Top 10 Teaching History Helps” series! What do you remember about History from your school days? Was it a fun hands-on project that brought George Washington’s Christmas crossing on the Delaware to life? Maybe a teacher who stood on a desk to recite Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech? Or maybe you weren’t fortunate enough to have a teacher like that, and you just snoozed your way through History. No matter what our own experiences may have been, we can make History exciting, memorable, and ALIVE for our kids! This series is packed…
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Top 10 History Podcasts For Kids
Welcome to Part 1 in the “Top 10 Teaching History Helps”: History Podcasts For Kids! Welcome to the very first post in the brand new “Teaching History Helps” series! Whether you are gearing up for the new school year and looking to add some fun to your history study, halfway through your homeschooling year and needing a little boost to your history curriculum, or if you are just feeling like history is one of those boring subjects that can’t possibly be FUN, these teaching history helps posts are JUST FOR YOU!! What are these posts about? If you have followed Fields of Daisies for very long, you know I am…
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History Timelines For Kids
Top 10 History TIMELINES For Kids! Welcome back to the “Top 10 Teaching History Helps” series! Quick History test! No Googling! What was the date that the Civil War began? How about World War I ? And can you recall the date that the Wright Brothers took off from Kitty Hawk? Maybe some of you were able to pop up these dates right off the top of your head… but most of us would have had a harder time remembering the EXACT date. Now go back and look at those 3 events. Can you put them in the correct chronological order? I bet we all can do that!…
