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Fantastic Band Concert
Last night, we were treated to a really nice band concert! Both Nik and Jake played in the beginning band and I was quite impressed with how it sounded. They have only been playing for about four ...
King Tut
Of course, we all know that King Tut became king of Egypt at a very young age…only seven years old! What I didn’t realize though was that he had been raised in Amenhotep IV’s home. ...
Amenhotep IV the Monotheist
Amenhotep IV was married to Nefertiti and had inherited the throne from his father. Like all other pharaohs before him, he was polytheistic which means he worshipped many gods. However, somewhere a...
Hatshepsut
Photo by Son of Groucho When I was six my father Thutmose the First lifted me up to sit beside him on his throne of Amen. He said, Flower of Egypt, you will be a ruler. –from H...
Thutmose the First
Ahhh….we’ve come to the time where we are going to be studying some of the well-known pharaohs! the first pharaoh on our list is Thutmose the First. Thutmose I was one of the dudes who ...
Hyksos
We have really been learning about some interesting people in our ancient history studies. This week we did just one history section which was about the Hyksos. This group of people were Asiatic ...
Ancient Nubia
Yesterday we read about Ancient Nubia which was south of Egypt. Nubia was also known as Kush. We discovered that Queen Tiye became the queen of Egypt when she married the pharaoh Amenhotep III. We ...
Sandstorms, Camels and Tuaregs
photo by TeecNosPos So folks…I’ve been away for a bit…not a long time but just enough time to go cyber traveling quickly through the Great Sahara Desert. We’ve been studying...
Farming in Ancient China
Yesterday, in history, we discussed farming in ancient China. Of course we discussed rice farming, but we also discussed how rice was not grown in northern China because the land was too dry. I jus...
Silk Worms
I forced the kids to watch a video about silk. It was horrible and terrible and no one should force their kids to watch something so boring and blah blah blah….so say my kids. However, I will ...
