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Monkey's Fiddle (audio) South African folk tale
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salt dough map of Africa (with link to great Africa study ideas for kids)
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3 Crafts for learning about Russian culture-
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My Place in the World Project- Great way to make teaching your address and location in the world very real and concrete for your learner.
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In Ancient Egypt, many animals were thought to be the embodiment of certain gods and goddesses; cats were believed to represent the goddess Bastet. Consequently, they were raised in and around temples devoted to Bastet. When they died, they were mummified and buried in huge cemeteries, often in large communal graves. From about 332 B.C. to 30 B.C., animals began to be raised for the specific purpose of being turned into mummies. The mummies were sold to people on their way to worship a god and left at the temple as offerings. Scientists have uncovered a gruesome fact: many cats died quite premature and unnatural deaths. Two- to four-month-old kittens seemed to have been sacrificed in huge numbers, perhaps, as due to their smaller form they would fit into a mummy container better. X-rays show that the cats were often killed by having their necks broken. They were then elaborately wrapped with the forelegs lying down the front and the hind legs drawn up beside the pelvis. The bodies were then dried out using Natron salt, this process was similar to that used for human mummification. In the late 1880’s in England, a company bought 38,000 pounds of cat mummies to pulverize and sell as fertilizer. This shipment alone probably contained 180,000 mummified cats.
See a world time line for the humanities, and download it for FREE! Great for your school room even if you don't use Tapestry of Grace
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Pitsco Education’s homeschool department produces Robotics Packs, Alternative Energy Packs, Engineering Packs, Historical Packs and more. Each pack includes everything needed to complete an educational project.
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paper dolls from different eras and cultures
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Notebook timelines -- Hands on and visually easy to see the history.
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Continents in a box. I love the idea that children can explore the continent (looking through pictures of places, animals, people, etc). Maybe try to stack them so they are located where they would be on a map. AWESOME IDEA TO BEGIN EXPLORING A CULTURE WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT :) can I say PRIOR KNOWLEDGE STIMULUS :)
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Some kids need to see and work with maps. This is a great way to create trip using yarn and pins. Marking state capitals, or where they were born. Using the cork means you can keep changing without destroying your map!
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Great 3-D way to make a map of a country or region! Love that it is so touchable!
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