January 29, 2016September 4, 2016elementary 4-6, history, junior 7-9 LANDMARK BOOKS GUIDE TO THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES No other books for children have so compellingly told the often exciting story of history than the Landmark book series published by […]
January 26, 2016September 5, 2016history THUCYDIDES ON HISTORY “History is philosophy teaching by examples.” Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War The History of the Peloponnesian War* in three volumes, […]
January 22, 2016September 4, 2016history AVOID THIS PITFALL “The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell
December 7, 2015September 4, 2016history A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, killing and wounding over 3500 Americans and crippling our Hawaiian naval base. The attack […]
November 24, 2015September 4, 2016government, history THOMAS JEFFERSON’S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION “Whereas the Honourable the General Congress, impressed with a grateful sense of the goodness of Almighty God, in blessing the greater part […]
November 6, 2015September 4, 2016elementary 4-6, history, junior 7-9 LANDMARK BOOKS GUIDE TO THE STORY OF THE ROMANS No other books for children have so compellingly told the often exciting story of history than the Landmark book series published by […]