history – Army of Readers

A Promise Stitched in Time: Book Review

I requested A Promise Stitched in Time because I’m preparing to teach a WW2 study and hoped this would be a good addition to our read alouds for that unit. I would gladly add this to my lineup. The content is mature in nature in the sense that the holocaust is a mature subject regardless of theContinue reading “A Promise Stitched in Time: Book Review”

The Great Depression

The Great Depression is not one of my favorite subjects to teach but it had to be done so I tried to make it as hands on and light as possible. For Poetry Tea Time we made depression cake or I’ve heard it called crazy cake. The idea was to show how making a cakeContinue reading “The Great Depression”

The Roaring 20s: A Unit Study

We FINALLY wrapped up our WW1 study in history and have moved on to the roaring 20’s and the jazz age. I am far more excited about this study than the kids but that isn’t unusual since they have no idea what awesome plans I have in store for them! I introduced the kids toContinue reading “The Roaring 20s: A Unit Study”