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Thanksgiving, November 22, 2012
We have updated our Thanksgiving Holiday Helps page. You will find background history information, primary source documents, units, an audio dramatization, art, book recommendations, copywork, music, poetry, crafts, recipes, and fun activities to help you and your family prepare for a day of Thanksgiving!
Our own unit studies, book studies and investigations that encourage research and independent learning.
Ten favorite mini-units from the archives: 1. The Oregon Trail 2. Montana 3. Audubon 4. Delaware 5. Gardening 6. Johann … Continue reading →
On this day, May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska act was signed into law, thus establishing the territory of Nebraska. It was divided from its sister territory of Kansas by the 40th parallel north. Its … Continue reading →
On May 16th in 1861, Irving Wightman Colburn was born. Colburn invented the method of inexpensively making large, continuous sheets of glass which has revolutionized the glass industry. Glass is … Continue reading →
