A school of fish

I've been wanting to have a unit on Shakespeare for a long time. My parents took me to Shakespeare plays from the time I was about f...

Apple pie! A fine and verifiable American tradition, and thus the perfect dessert to accompany our final celebration. Here are a couple g...

The Battle of Trenton (and of course George Washington crossing the Delaware River) is one of those things I feel like I've always heard...

This field trip was so awesome. I have a friend that is an expert spinner and weaver (she's even in Guilds and things) and she agreed...

Another soldier activity! I told you my children loved military stuff . I wonder if this will be different in a few years, when I'm...

Did you know Thomas Jefferson is the source of the first known American recipe for vanilla ice cream? Yet another reason to love the man....

I know Betsy Ross is one of those semi-apocryphal characters that books always feel inclined to give you caveats about ("of course w...

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...