Propaganda posters went up all across Europe at the start of the war. At first, the posters targeted recruitment and assured a swift victory. As the war waged on, propaganda …
The Start of The Great War (WW1)
Vocabulary: Nationalism – Strong patriotic feelings for one’s own county. Alliance – Agreement between 2 or more parties to help each other Neutral Country – One that does not take …
World War 1: a really brief overview
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry was killed, which ignited a world war on a scale that no one had ever seen before. There is some neat actually video footage from the …
Llama, Llama, Duck! & Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Science for the younger two today was a lesson about Camels, Llamas, Deer, and Caribou. So of course, we had to play the Llama song. Enjoy. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCm793CFZo] Then during …
Daylight Savings Time Explained and Time Zones
This was a neat little video explaining Daylight Savings, how & why it started, and the debate about it’s continued usefulness. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4] Also, a nifty Animaniacs video about Time Zones …
Read With All The Colors of the Alphabet
This just amazed me. I’m doing All About Spelling with my 9 year old, who was just dx’d dyslexic. Today we were going to work on writing the letter when …
The Angel of the Battlefield
Some nice videos: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msIUnLrbAGc] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkQMtR3BtyU] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TbZvRkJwFQ] You can find a lot of information about Clara Barton online. Some good places to try are: The American Red Cross The Clara Barton …
The Industrial Revolution & the Spanish American War
I didn’t get to prep much for these lessons, but I did find a few fun videos to go along with each topic.For the Industrial Revolution, it’s this one with …
High School Art – Space
** My oldest has started high school courses! For art, we’ve chosen ARTistic Pursuits. The first lesson is on the use of space in art. Here are some resources I’ve …
The 50 States
No offense, but this chapter of the Heritage Studies book is a bit dry, especially since I don’t shell out the extra dollars for the BJU workbook. However, I have …