Boiled beetles, arsenic, gemstones, and cow urine are just a few of the things we've used to make the world more colorful.
For early balloonists like James Glaisher, the sky was uncharted—and dangerous—territory
Professors are starting to orient Charles Darwin within a rich history of people from all cultures who have grappled with the mechanisms of life.
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image credit As we study the Middle Ages we are learning about the music of this time period. My children keep notebooks of their Story of the World activity sheets and any supplemental map work, journaling, lapbook elements, coloring, or notes. I've asked my oldest
Some of the biggest names in art history are featured in our Famous Artists Word Search Puzzle – Pollock and Picasso, Michelangelo and Monet.
As they had during World War I, people on the home front during World War II picked up their knitting needles almost as soon as the war began in September 1939. Only two months later, these girls a…
This is a printable map of Anglo Saxon kingdoms in Britain in about the year 700AD. Use it for homeschool history.
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were thousands of years ago.
More than $850 million — that's the estimated value of the legendary Mona Lisa painting. Nevertheless, one of the most famous paintings and an iconic Renaissance art piece is not for sale. Under French heritage law, an artwork declared priceless is prohibited from being bought or sold. Although you might not be able to take the painting home, you can still take a glimpse at the iconic smiling lady in the Louvre for less than the cost of a meal at Mickey D's.
Color this Scramble for Africa map with your kids, middle grades and up. The lesson starts with great library research choices then print . . .
Check out this fun free Japanese Culture Word Search, free for use at home or in schoolThis is a printable Japanese Culture Word Search” pdf...
The French artist's depiction of anonymity and claustrophobia is jarring in its harmoniousness; this tension speaks to us now, more than ever, argues Alice Bergin.
Unwrap the history behind a spooky Halloween favorite: mummies! With this reading worksheet, your child will learn all about mummies.
Creative Writing Worksheet – History (PDF) I have another worldbuilding worksheet for you! This one has two pages; the first will prompt you to detail all of the major turning points in your world’s history, and the second will question you closely about how your peoples record, study and interpret history. The nice thing about history is…
1. Philip van Dijk Jacobus Ioannes Eliza Capitein Dutch Engraving (1730s) Portrait of Jacobus Capitein; a black man seated half-length, wearing gown and bands, pointing at a book in front of him;...
There were two types: Angular and domed. The framework of the former was made by settings poles in the ground at an angle to form a cone. The other was made by tying branches together to form a dome. They were called wigwams.
The Ancient Roman Costume and Fashion History. Roman culture. The Toga, Tunic, Stola. Roman warfare, armor, weapons.
I found this image while flipping through The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception written by Max Heindel.
"Bitch I might be." — Hamlet.
Check out the LEGO version of the famous terracotta army!
