tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post1723231803126597530..comments2024-01-04T09:56:16.420-07:00Comments on Frolic and Farce: Our History Units and BooksAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14301232211779225287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-27380130824665238022015-02-02T20:31:46.545-07:002015-02-02T20:31:46.545-07:00Thank you so much for posting all of your history...Thank you so much for posting all of your history lesson plans. They are saving me!Anna@Exasperationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748829024844409392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-46216426621440831862012-09-28T17:38:14.245-06:002012-09-28T17:38:14.245-06:00Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660260561751089972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-70559891696863576372012-09-27T22:01:37.174-06:002012-09-27T22:01:37.174-06:00I also wanted to comment that you should consider ...I also wanted to comment that you should consider studing the Byzantine Empire as well. I think it's a interesting especially the different beliefs that led to the split between Catholicism and Greek Orthodox churches. Not that your kids would be interested in that, but the Byzantine Empire itself is interesting. Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577797801455966552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-54232954122435237682012-09-27T21:58:14.222-06:002012-09-27T21:58:14.222-06:00Here's one on the Silk Road that I thought loo...Here's one on the Silk Road that I thought looked good. The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History. It talks about the Taklamakan desert ("Its name means 'if you go in, you won't come out'"), how could you not want to go there? Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577797801455966552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-29206152123427039802012-09-27T21:52:04.554-06:002012-09-27T21:52:04.554-06:00I really just like adventurer/explorer stories. Ap...I really just like adventurer/explorer stories. Apparently.Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577797801455966552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364208679169851823.post-51513433018359844732012-09-27T21:50:45.500-06:002012-09-27T21:50:45.500-06:00Andrea, dude. You don't have Africa on there ...Andrea, dude. You don't have Africa on there at all. Ruff. Also, you should read 1491 before you decide to spend only 2 hours on North America--and what the heck happened to South America?? That's where all the cool Inca and Mayan stuff is. But I really could care less about Asian history so feel free to briefly cover that. (My own arbitrary interests.) And you MUST add this book to your China list: Adventures of the Treasure Fleet: China Discovers the World. (I haven't actually read it, but I looked up a kid's book with a 5 star rating on Amazon about an explorer I remembered reading about in the National Geographic just FOR YOU. Don't you feel special. Cowen will love it.) Oh, and I found this as well. Sounds fascinating. Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354. And you should read a book about the Silk Road and Marco Polo. Okay, well, all of those might actually be considered too recent to be ancient history, but for that matter, all of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations would be contemporary to those books. Anyway, I'm rambling. I just want your kids' education to be complete (in areas that I like. Hee. Hee.)Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577797801455966552noreply@blogger.com