Easy Art History & Appreciation
Art appreciation (or the study of art history) need not be difficult. You don’t need a fancy curriculum or a complicated plan.
Archive for the "History" Category
The Farm Letters: A Depression Era Family Chronicle
In her 80s, Martha Linsley bought a small typewriter from Montgomery Ward, taught herself to type, and transcribed the hundreds of letters she and her husband and their two children wrote to one another.
Mother Home-Schooled “Problem” Student: Later Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics
It was the Great Depression in rural Minnesota. From her small cabin with no utilities, Martha Linsley, a certified teacher, fought school district administrators for the right to home-school her two children. Defending her gifted son, who would eventually be nominated for a Nobel Physics Prize, she was threatened with fines – and even jail time.
Give Your Child the Gift of the “History Habit”
If you’re like me, you hated history when you were young, but as an adult you’ve come to appreciate that there’s a lot more to history than there seemed to be based on the way we were taught. Sadly, however, because we weren’t properly taught history as children, putting together a good history program for our kids can be tortuously difficult.
Zap History Boredom – 8 Ways to Captivate Your Kids
Make history come alive for children. Learn about eight different ways to captivate your children while studying the past: from costumes and puppet shows to interviewing historic people.
