Monthly Archives: August 2017
HISTORIC FACT vs. FICTION: VIKING BERSERKERS
To find out what these, reputedly, ultra ferocious, Viking warriors were really like, visit:
HISTORY SHARE: VIKING WARFARE
Whether it was on land or on sea, Vikings were a force to be reckoned with. https://thevikingherald.com/article/viking-warfare-what-did-viking-battle-tactics-look-like/84 https://jmvh.org/article/viking-warfare-ships-and-medicine/
HISTORIC CEREMONIES: VIKING FUNERALS
Honouring deceased Viking warriors by pushing their remains out to sea in a blazing longboat makes for good movie / TV drama, but wasn’t the send-off most Vikings had. https://primaryfacts.com/354/viking-burials-facts-and-information/ https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-vikings-honor-their-dead But, even if not totally authentic, the next time one of the kids’ pet goldfish expires …. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/primary-school-students-scotland-gave-dead-goldfish-viking-burial-180962368/
HISTORIC WORTH-A-VISIT: VIKING PLACES
If you’re a Viking fan, and happen to be in Scandinavia, you can visit these places: http://thedockyards.com/5-spectacular-viking-village-museums-from-scandinavia/ http://thedockyards.com/saga-viking-longhouse-iceland-documentary/ And in the UK, these ones: https://www.rabbies.com/en/blog/so-you-want-be-viking-guide-best-viking-spots-england
HISTORIC LANGUAGE: MEDIEVAL SPEECH REPRODUCTION
The remains of England’s last Plantagenet king were discovered in a Leicester parking lot in August, 2012 and reburied in Leicester Cathedral on in March, 2015. Since then a recreation of what Richard III might have looked has been made, and the University of Leicester has also produced a recording of what he and his […]
HISTORIC BRITISH TRADITION: HIGH TEA
Not in my budget, and there are definitely less expensive options, but if you’re in the UK and want to splurge… https://www.therichest.com/luxury/london-high-tea-most-expensive-finest-locations-hotels/ And in that bastion of Britishness, Victoria, B.C., Canada, these are the places to go: https://www.bcliving.ca/best-afternoon-tea-services-in-victoria When my mother and I were in Victoria back in 1988, we indulged in the ritual at […]
HISTORY DEBATE TOPICS: GETTING KIDS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS
One way to connect modern kids to history is to call their attention to events that happened in the past that are still going on today, and ask their opinions as to whether this is good or bad, should still be going on or shouldn’t still be going on, and why they think this is. […]
HISTORIC PHOTOS: WARTIME ROMANCE PHOTOS
Ah, wartime romance! My parents had one of those. They met in February, 1942, and were married by August. Short courtships were common during that period. Most of the marriages lasted, though, including theirs. They were together for sixty-three years. Today would have been their 75th anniversary. http://www.kickvick.com/love-romance-wartime-photos/
HISTORY-THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTIES: VIKING AGE
COSTUMES By now, almost everyone knows Vikings did NOT wear horned helmets, but chances are young guests will still turn up in them. You therefore have two choices. (1) Be a purist by specifying ‘no horns’ beforehand and stand ready to deny entry to any kid sporting such headgear or (2) Realize the image is, […]
Time Travelling With Kids 