The Second Battle of Ypres was a defining moment in the First World War. The Germans, who were forging their way through Belgium, were fighting for control of the city of Ypres. Of course, the Belgiums wanted to stop them. The British Empire and the French came to their aide, to thwart the Germans’ advance…
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How to Make Princess Mary’s Christmas Tin
In this post, I will describe how we made a replica of Princess Mary’s Christmas Tin. Mary, 17 at the time, wanted to show the soldiers her appreciation and gratitude for them fighting on the frontline. At first, her goal was to pay for them herself. But she soon realised that was not going to…
Mystery Of History: Lesson Nine – Gilgamesh
Having already covered Gilgamesh during our Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Study with the littles a couple of years ago I wondered if I should maybe skip it. I mean, we had studied it quite in depth. But then I began to toss around some ideas, and figured why not! They were very young before, and we…
Mystery of History: Lesson Seven – The Sumerians
I am very familiar with the Sumerians, having studied them in-depth with my older children during our Mesopotamia Unit Study. It was interesting all those years ago and I was looking forward to digging in this time. An extremely advanced people, the Sumerians built cities, created the sexagesimal counting system as well as the very…
Sherlock Holmes Museum {Victorian Unit Study}
Do you remember when the teens did their Around London in 8 Destinations? One of their destinations was the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I promised I would post the photos and up until now had completely forgotten! As we are currently looking into the late 19th century, when these books were being created, I thought it…