Let’s talk about the origin of Valentine’s Day. One of my favorite ways to make geography and history relevant is to explore the origin stories of our holidays.
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We dove into Ancient China with books about science, history, art, food, music, and folklore. Check out this huge booklist!!
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There are so many inspirational picture book biographies featuring the events of the Summer Olympics! Here are the ones that I managed to nab from the library. We are going to read these picture books about the Olympics in the week leading up to the opening ceremonies. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may
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For our study of the New Kingdom, we explored hieroglyphs, made a clay pot, and had a book party!
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We are finished with our study! Here are the Ancient Egypt historical fiction chapter books that I offered to my 6th grade twins.
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We continued crafting while learning about the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The most interesting thing we learned was related to the Bible.
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We had an incredible amount of fun learning about the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Check out the activities we did, videos we viewed, and the books we read!
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We read bits and pieces from these as we worked through our study on Ancient Egypt. These were appropriate for my kids ages 7 through 11.
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It’s the Year of the Dragon for this Lunar New Year cycle! Here’s a compilation of books about dragons, from scientific to just plain silly.
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We are currently studying Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in our history cycle. In addition to interesting picture books, historical fiction chapter books, crafts, food, and art, I found these geography board games! I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again: Geography is the best interdisciplinary subject! Geography Board Games that are Actually Ancient Games
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