Ancient Saharan Trade Routes
Most of Africa south of the Sahara is cut off from Northern Africa and Europe by the desert. The biggest desert in the world, the Sahara covers 3.3 million square miles! It is desolate, with very...
View ArticleBuilding the Sphinx
Along with our recent study of ancient Egypt, we built this cool model sphinx from a kit. The instructions were non-existent. The whole thing was kind of a puzzle with lots of pieces in 3-D. At one...
View ArticlePyramid Shape Books
To go along with our study of ancient Egypt the boys wrote reports about pyramids. My little ones wrote their reports on Pyramid Report pages, shaped like a pyramid. Each page only has a sentence or...
View ArticleAncient Rome and the Legend of the Capitoline Geese
This legend, which is at least true in the basic details, took place in 387 BC after Rome became a Republic but before it became an Empire. We’ll tell the legend of the Capitoline Geese, which you can...
View ArticleThe Legend of Horatius at the Bridge
This activity has kids making printable Roman helmets, completing a coloring sheet, and memorizing a stanza of Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas Babbington. We’ll start with the story. The Legend of...
View ArticleBook of Years
We keep a Book of Years and add to it at the end of each history unit. I love teaching history in the right order, and making a Book of Years has helped us to see the overall context of the world and...
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