Ukraine
This Ukraine country study presents folktales, living history books, and biography. Each book is accompanied by a video and an elementary level activity!
Europe
Best picture and chapter books about Vikings
Cycling back around to Vikings! This time, we read books about Vikings as they fit into European Medieval history.
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Books about Medieval Manuscript Illuminations
We had so much fun with these books and an activity. Trying our hand at gold leafing really made us feel like monks making medieval manuscript illuminations.
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What does Sisu mean: The Finnish Way to Happiness
When we studied Finland, I encountered the concept of sisu through author Katja Pantzar. What is sisu? Here are 10 ways I’m incorporating it in our homeschool.
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Discover Finland Happiest Country: What we read and made
Discover Finland: A Norse Land of Sisu and Sauna A land of extremes, Finland has topped the charts as the happiest country in the world for the past five years! Is it their concept of sisu, or resilience? It is due to the practice of taking a sauna, alternated with an icy cold water dip?
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