Monthly Archives: June 2020
HISTORY-MAKING KIDS: BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S MARCH
Marches for social justice have been going on for a long time. With all age groups. https://www.biography.com/news/black-history-birmingham-childrens-crusade-1963\
HISTORY TIDBIT: NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES
The name bestowed on you by your parents should be the one you legally have, but this has not always been the case for First Nations/Native American people once the Europeans took over and started all that legal stuff. Unable to pronounce, let alone write, native names, what had become the powers-that-be either gave them […]
HISTORY CHALLENGE: WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? QUIZ
Something parents & older kids can try. I personally only got half of them. My only excuse being that it covers fairly modern history, and my interests go back farther than that. https://tinyurl.com/yyfrg7p9
HISTORIC FOOD: EDIBLE REPTILES
For those in lockdown whose supplies might be running low. https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/snakes-and-lizards-0013852
HISTORIC DOCUMENTARY: BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILY
Documentaries about Britain’s royal family might abound now, but this one was ground-breaking. And I remember watching it! https://www.history.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-1969-royal-family-documentary