Monthly Archives: June 2024
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’: KIDS BOOKS ONLINE
Time to start thinking about summer reading! A lot of books set in bygone eras can be found online. Even the stories themselves can be historic, in that they were written long ago, often in a fashion different to the modern approach, which can make them intriguing in and of themselves. https://tinyurl.com/2humto9v
HISTORY TIDBIT: FLAG FLYING FLOP
When the Germans took over Paris in the June of 1940, they found that the dastardly French had disabled the Eiffel Tower’s elevators. Soldiers had to climb to the top to hoist a large Nazi flag. Within a couple of hours, it blew off, and had to be replaced with a smaller one. I don’t […]
HISTORY MYSTERY: ENGLAND’S BOY KING, EDWARD V
The 22nd of June, 1483 should have been the coronation day of England’s twelve-year-old King Edward V. But it wasn’t.
HISTORIC PEOPLE: BEOTHUKS
Happy Summer Solstice, and Happy Aboriginal Day! But not for Beothuks, a Native American tribe now sadly extinct, but the derogatory ‘redskins’ label some Europeans once used for all Native Americans is thought to have originated with the Beothuk practice of using red colouring on themselves. https://www.bigorrin.org/beothuk_kids.htm https://kids.kiddle.co/Beothuk https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/indigenous/beothuk-disappearance.php
HISTORIC STRUCTURES: TEEPEES & WIGWAMS
Yes, there is a difference. https://kids.kiddle.co/Tipi https://www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_homes.php https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-history-early-first-nations
TRIVIA TRAIL: SCALPING ORIGINS
Question: Were Native American tribes the only people to scalp their enemies? Answer: No. Some American settlers went in for it as well – for money. But America wasn’t the first place that scalping was practiced. It happened in Europe and the Middle East centuries ago. https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/anthropology-and-archaeology/customs-and-artifacts/scalping https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/scalping
HISTORIC OBSERVANCE: WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
“You can’t regulate child labour. You can’t regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.” – Michael Moore Teens in developed countries might look forward to getting a summer job, but much younger kids in underdeveloped countries have no choice about whether or not to work, year round. https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-day-against-child-labour/background https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labour/campaignandadvocacy/wdacl/lang–en/index.htm
HISTORIC ORNAMENTS: GARDEN GNOMES
’Tis gardening season, and if your garden doesn’t have gnomes, it should. But you mustn’t just go out and buy some. Gnome magic only works if you (or your kids) make them, or they were a present from someone. Gnomes even have their own special day, celebrated on June 10th by some people, and later […]
HISTORIC 80th ANNIVERSARY: D-DAY
My father was stationed in England throughout WW II, and remembered passing some American barracks on D-Day and having some of the soldiers call him over to listen to a report of the invasion on their radio. https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/d-day_invasion_of_normandy.php https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/commemorative-events/significant-events/d-day-normandy-80
Time Travelling With Kids 