Monthly Archives: August 2020
HISTORIC SCHOOLING: SCHOOLS DURING THE 1918 PANDEMIC
Since schools in many countries have either already re-opened, or are about to do so, here are some interesting sites to visit. If your kids are among those starting/returning to school (presumably with stringent restrictions and precautions in place), please take care. For those whose kids aren’t going back just yet, I will go on […]
BOOK PROMOS: TIME ROSE BOOK 1-5 AND THEIR PREQUEL, GENERATIONS FIVE
My latest book, Generations Five, is the prequel for the five-book Time Rose Series that focusses on the time trips of the Wolverton family’s fifth Generation. The other books are: Time Rose Book 1: The Disappearing Rose Back Cover Blurb: What happened to the two young princes who disappeared from the Tower of London […]
HISTORIC ARTWORK: VIKING ART
https://tinyurl.com/2zryr6a9 In Generations Five, Viking Era England was one of Generation One’s Time trips.
TRIVIA TRAIL: DISCOVERY OF 15th-CENTURY JEWEL
Question: What is the name of the diamond-shaped gold pendant found near a famous castle in Yorkshire in 1985. Answer: The Middleham Jewel. Discovered five hundred years after the Battle of Bosworth, which took place on August 22nd, 1485. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/04/the-middleham-jewel-outstanding-example-of-medieval-craftsmanship-found-near-the-middleham-castle-in-north-yorkshire/ In Generations Five, 15th-Century England was one of Generation One’s Time trips and the […]
HISTORY SHARE: DUTCH RESISTANCE TO NAZI OCCUPATION
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/dutch-citizens-resist-nazi-occupation-1940-1945 TOP 10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT DUTCH WINDMILLS In Generations Five, WW II Holland was one of Generation Three’s Time trips.
HISTORY SHARE: NORMANS AND SAXONS
https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-the-anglo-saxons-keep-rebelling-against-william-after-the-norman-conquest/https://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/norman_conquest.php In Generations Five, Post Conquest England was a Generation Two time trip.
HISTORY SHARE: IRON AGE BRITAIN
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-iron-age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdpXeqDkIhM In Generations Five, Iron Age Britain was a Generation Four time trip.
HISTORY SHARE: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8TdHt1PFA In Generations Five, Pre-Civil War America was one of Generation One’s Time trips.
TRIVIA TRAIL: REAL TIME TRAVELLERS
Question: What were the names of the two Edwardian ladies who claimed to have travelled back to the time of Marie Antoinette while visiting the Palace of Versailles? Answer: Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain. https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/01/16/the-accidental-time-travel-incident-with-marie-antoinette/ Unlike the young time travellers in my latest novel, Generations Five, those ladies didn’t even have to use an […]
Time Travelling With Kids 