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History - Grade 1

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Days, weeks, years

Learn when day and night starts, how many days there are in a week and months in a year. You'll love this video!

Change poems

Art and poetry can help reveal truths and build self-awareness. Poetry helps us explore our inner selves and see the self we show others.In this activity, children aged 8-11 will write poems that describe who they are and how people change over time.

If I was there

"How do authors and illustrators weave information that they know into stories? Stories that are personally relevant help children understand the difference between fact and fiction.In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create figurines that represents themselves, then illustrate scenes from a story as they imagine “what if I was there?”"

History for Kids: Early Stage 1: Katie's History Box

Did you know that every family has lots of stories about exciting things that happened in the past? Join your new friend Katie, and learn about your own family’s history!Along the way, engage with this Key Inquiry Question from the syllabus:·         What is my history and how do I know it?

Resources

Life in the Past and Present

Norse women

A Norse woman explains what every-day life was like for them and describes the many chores they had to carry out; some were lucky enough to have a slave to help them.

Emmeline Pankhurst; becoming a suffragist

Emmeline Pankhurst introduces herself, her early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.

Family Life for Women in Ancient Greece

This short video gives a middle-class woman's view of life in Ancient Greece

Roles of Women in the Past

Make History come alive with dynamic narratives, vivid visuals, and interactive content to make the study of History a truly captivating and memorable experience.

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The fascinating history of Pirate Ships

We’re traveling to the oldest city in the US and we’ll find that it’s as active as ever. We can’t visit St. Augustine without letting you sample a drink from the Fountain of Youth! We show you the very spot where the city’s history began. Then we’re off to the Oldest Store Museum, to see some of the items available to turn-of-the-century Floridians. From there, we take a tour of the Lightner museum...where we’ll find more than just fine art on display. Then we take you to the Castillo de San Marcos. It is the oldest masonry fort in the United States. It has also taken quite a beating. If these walls could talk they would have incredible stories of battles and grim history. Finally walk the plank at the popular Pirate Museum. You’ll find a treasure chest full of pirate history and find out why they ruled the seas

The history and beauty of the Florida Keys

It’s island living we seek on this episode of Travel Thru History!  We visit a spectacular chain of islands off the Southern coast of Florida known as the Florida Keys. The keys have a rich history and culture distinct from the Florida mainland and her story is filled with pirate adventures, mystery and intrigue. The locals call it the Conch Republic and proudly hoist their flag in rebel defiance, just like their pirate past. First, we’ll visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum, named for the famous Treasure.  Mel and his dive crew discovered over $500 million dollars worth of Gold and Silver waiting patiently on the bottom of the Atlantic for over 450 years.  Next, we’ll set sail to the Dry Tortugas, a small group of islands discovered by the famous “Fountain of youth” seeker, Ponce De Leon. There, we’ll tour the incredible Fort Jefferson. We’ll learn how the Dry Tortugas got their name and what’s become of it over the last half-a century.  Finally American literature enthusiasts will enjoy a look at Ernest Hemmingway's Key West home, where some of his most famous works were penned.

Inside this museum to US History weaponary

We’re off to Louisville Kentucky on this episode home to the most famous horse race in the world, buckets of chicken and something called a hot brown. Saddle up, as we learn about Derby history at the Kentucky Derby Museum.  We’ll give you the skinny on the fastest two minutes in sports.  Louisville is home to a bunch of world famous brands. One of which is the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. We head to the Louisville Slugger Museum and factory to see how wood becomes priceless, and hold a little piece of major league baseball history.Then, we float like a butterfly and sting like a bee at the Muhammad Ali Center. Here we’ll learn not just about the accolades of one of the greatest boxers of all time, but also about this Louisville native’s personal struggles and achievements outside the ring.Next we get up close and personal with the armaments used in the history of human conflict at the Frazier museum as we take a look at these priceless original weapons of war.  Finally, we zip into history at the Louisville Mega Cavern. Kentucky is home to massive underground cave systems, but this Mega Cavern is man-made.  We’ll tell you the history of this massive underground structure.

The brief history of Philidelphia

We’re hanging out with our founding fathers on this episode of Travel Thru History as we visit the very place where revolutionaries, decried “Liberty will reign in America!”  Today Philadelphia is a booming city that is as alive with new ideas today, as it was in 1776.  We start our journey in Philly on foot with one of its best guides. Then we’ll get thrown in the slammer as we get locked up inside the Eastern State Penitentiary. This prison is creepy enough to make anyone penitent.  We’ll get our inner "Eye of the Tiger" on and run up the famous steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, just like our favorite Philly man, Rocky Balboa. But inside the museum is just as epic as we get immersed in Art like never before.  You can’t go to Philly without seeing the birthplace of American Democracy, Independence Hall. 

Transport through Time

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