A school of fish

George Washington is one of my favorite people, and there are lots of good books about him. I loved getting the chance to learn even more a...

We learned how the soldiers made cartridges for their muskets---these were little pre-made packets of gunpowder and bullets that made loa...

I pretended I was Baron von Steuben helping the troops drill. For authenticity, I cursed at them in German. (Just kidding. I only wish I ...

Ben Franklin was the most amazing man, wasn't he? We spent a couple days just learning about him (and we'd already read quite a b...

What's a war unit without a discussion of spies and military intelligence? There are so many great little details about spying in the...

The children really love getting into the nitty-gritty of "soldier stuff"---things like which order the ranks go in, how many t...

This was a really simple game but surprisingly fun. We talked about militias and "minutemen," and then we played a game where y...

We had great fun re-enacting the Boston Tea Party! The children were delighted when they learned how un like our previous tea party th...