The Civil War is an often talked about subject matter in our household. My husband is a buff when it comes to that era of history and if you get him really going on the topic, you just may not get him to stop.
I also grew up not far from Fredericksburg, Virginia so many of the war’s battlefields were places that I toured and explored throughout much of my life. Every visit to see my family includes a stop at one of the historical sites. We really enjoy it.
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The Boston Tea Party is one of the most memorable episodes in American history. The event involved the Sons of Liberty (180+), in Native-American costumes, who boarded three ships owned by the East India Company. They destroyed 342 chests of tea in their patriotic protest, which was inspired by what they considered illegal (and unconstitutional) taxes.
The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots’ name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. (wikipedia)
Unit Study Resources for the Boston Tea Party:
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This is Week 2 of the ABC’s of American History guest series. Join us each week for 26 different and fun American History topics!
Come back next week to see what new resources we have to share while we learn all about the letter C during the ABC’s of American History.
Today I am going to share some simple ideas about exploring heart rate with your children. This is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) post and is a part of STEM A-Z series organized by Sarah from Little Bins for Little Hands.
Why not explore something that you have right on your person, right? Well, you have to have a heart beat to stay alive. Your heart beat can tell you many things and this is what makes exploring heart rate and pulse a great activity. My husband has owned a stethoscope for some time and the kids are never allowed to play with it. Yes, we own those kiddie plastic ones but it is so much more fun to play with the real thing!
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Welcome to our first installment of our newest series called ABC’s of American History. Today’s post was compiled by Jen from Chestnut Grove Academy. She is a homeschooling mom of 4 just like me. Take it away Jen!
This unit study is a general unit on life in Colonial America and the 13 colonies (pre-revolutionary), other letters in this series may cover more specific areas and events.
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Since this year’s Classical Conversation Cycle 3 revolves around American History and many homeschool families study it, I wanted to help supply resources for American History. I did not love History growing up but thought that going through the alphabet would be fun. In this 26 part series each guest blogger will sign-up for a different letter about American History.
We will be kicking off the ABC’s of American History on Tuesday January 6, 2015. Be sure to come back each week to see what new topic post has been added as we learn about American History all through the alphabet.
If you would like to learn how you can participate in this series by becoming a guest blogger please contact me on Facebook or Twitter!
Jen from Chestnut Grove Academy
Esther from A Book Geek
Dusty from To the Moon and Back
Rebecca from Line upon Line Learning
Honey from Honey’s Life
Tracey from unSocialized: Free Learning Resources
Cindy from the Art Curator for Kids
Rachel from Adventures in Wunderland
Jackie from LJSkool
Sharla from Look At What You Are Seeing
Linda from Rose Academy Academics
Bonnie from WriteBonnieRose
Chelli from The Planted Trees
Ticia from Adventures in Mommydom
Thaleia from Something 2 Offer
