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Mayborn Museum: Egypt Exhibit
One of our “local” (and by local I mean an hour and a half away in Waco) museums, Mayborn Museum, had an Egyptian exhibit here recently complete with a real mummy. Considering we made one last year,...
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How to make a mummy doll
Because it’s scary, or I could claim it’s to study mummies from the Egyptians…….. But, we made the chicken mummy……… So, I guess this is just for fun. Supplies: medical tape, fabric cut into strips...
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Bible Alive: Nehemiah
The kids and I read about Nehemiah last year as part of our history, then we acted it out with Legos. This time around was a much bigger hit for everyone. They haven’t stopped asking to play it...
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A-Z of Hands on History, Day 1
A is for Athens, Ancient Greece Archimedes- Re-enact his famous experiment and discover density. No need to also run through the streets naked, or another idea for Archimedes Battle of Marathon- run...
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A to Z Hands on History, day 5
U is for United States This is going to be a catch all for a bunch of random things I thought were cool to do for US history, in no particular rhyme or order other than it occurred to me: Civil War...
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Bible Study: Abraham’s Call
One of the things I love about the patriarchs is they’re not perfect. The Jewish faith likes to say “We came from Abraham, look at Father Abraham.” (Who else got the song in their head now?) They...
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Genesis: Abraham and Lot
This past week we’ve been learning about Abraham and Lot. I like this story because it gives us three different ways to respond to problems that are all Biblical. And there’s some really easy...
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“Pre-history” of man, Creation to the Flood
The first two weeks of Mystery of History 1 feel like Bible history. They’re almost all lessons we’ve covered recently. When it came time to come up with something different I was at a bit of a loss....
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Ancient Sumerian activities
We spent the past week in history studying Ancient Sumerian. Which of course led to lots of Ancient Sumerian activities. Ancient Sumerian Activity 1: Tower of Babel First we read about the Tower of...
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Hands on Minoan lesson plans
We read the lesson on Minoans in Mystery of History, and it’s good, but I wanted to do more this time. I looked ahead in our Illuminations {affiliate link} lesson plans and the next week was Isaac,...
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Ancient Olympic activities
It’s always nice when things work out well, and this week things worked out perfectly. We reached the Ancient Olympics just as the Olympics were gearing up in the real world, so it made our ancient...
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India lesson (and some Hinduism)
I was at the library looking for some books on Chinese New Year, and they were all checked out, but I found a great book on Buddhism, and thought, “Score!” That’s our next history lesson, the “Ancient...
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Greek Columns lesson for elementary
I remember learning about Greek columns in high school, and being amused by the different lessons. When I saw in our Illuminations schedule we were starting the Greeks I immediately ran to the...
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How the catapult changed history
I went through several renditions of what I should call this post, but finally settled on “How the catapult changed history.” Catapults are a simple machine, essentially you’re using a lever under...
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Xerxes lesson for elementary kids
Our Xerxes lesson is actually one we completed almost 5 months ago, but I haven’t been able to sit down and explain just what we did. Who is Xerxes? Xerxes is important for a couple of reasons, first...
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Alexander the Great lesson
Alexander the Great is one of those great stopping points in history. His ascent to glory occupies many great “What if” questions, as does his death, and his reign. That’s one of the fun things about...
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Greek mythology lesson (Poppins Book Nook)
We are reaching one of my favorite parts of Ancient history, Greek and Greek mythology. I was blessed enough to go to Europe in high school, and while there I found the most awesome book about Greek...
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A great resource for your Ancient Greece unit study
Several months ago I shared about our hands-on history Ancient Greece unit study we did a few years ago. At the time I thought I had a pretty definitive list of cool history lessons for ancient...
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Ancient Olympic activities
It’s always nice when things work out well, and this week things worked out perfectly. We reached the Ancient Olympics just as the Olympics were gearing up in the real world, so it made our ancient...
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A great resource for your Ancient Greece unit study
Several months ago I shared about our hands-on history Ancient Greece unit study we did a few years ago. At the time I thought I had a pretty definitive list of cool history lessons for ancient...
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