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I just bought my copy of Fever 1793 today and I am very excited to start reading it. It kind of reminds me of zombies and I do not really know much about the history of yellow fever. I decided for this book I am going to look at some of the lessons or activities on the web to see how teachers have used this book in the classroom. In this process I found a ton of resources for both Fever 1793 and other books by Laurie Halse Anderson. One website I found has links to lessons, summaries, tests…

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George Wombwell, (December 24, 1777 – November 16, 1850), was a famous menagerie exhibitor in the Victorian Britain. He founded Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie. George Wombwell was born in Wendon Lofts, Essex in 1777. Around 1800 he moved to London and in 1804 became a shoemaker in Soho. However, when a ship from South America brought two boas to London docks, he bought them for £75 and began to exhibit them in taverns. He soon made a good profit. Wombwell began to buy exotic animals from…

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I'm hoping these don't come back in this summer. Plague doctors mask from about 1700 AD. German Museum of Medical History. Whats super interesting about these is they predate discovery of viruses by almost 200 years but provide a pretty workable solution for keeping germs away from the face. The conical nose was filled with aromatic scents, herbs, straw, and spices.

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Last fall, I shared with you our plans for learning American History with my 6 year old American Girl Doll fan and her friend. You can click over to that post to see our list of resources. We began with the first book in the historical series, Kaya. More Information About How We Used the Book Each week I read a chapter to my 6 year old daughter. She is not yet reading at the level of the AG books but she is interested in them. While I read, she often acted out the story with her Kaya’s…

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C'était le 25 mai 1720. Un navire venant de Syrie accoste à Marseille, à son bord des étoffes précieuses. Alors qu'il y a de nombreux morts suspects pendant le voyage, les armateurs bafouent les règles sanitaires. 100 000...

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I've had this post in my draft folder since January and I am finally getting around to posting... Sometimes I feel like it is harder to round up all my pictures and find the extra time to actually blog about our projects, than it is to do them! ;) Anyhow, as I've mentioned before, this year we have been making Lap Books to go along with each of our six Unit Studies for American History. Our third Unit was based on The American Revolution. While the girls were working on their Josefina Lap…

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