King John: The Phony King of England?
Last week we took a week off for a funeral. Not very fun, but it was nice to visit with family. This week we jumped… Read More »King John: The Phony King of England?
Villains From History
I wanted to teach a history class for our co-op that would be fun and engaging for the kids, so I thought, “why not villains!”
We will be learning about some of history’s most well known villains, such as Nero, Bloody Mary, and Blackbeard. As we learn about them we will do some note booking with pictures so the kids can remember what we learned about each villain.
What I’m most excited about with this class is we will be creating our own villain Trading Card type game – giving attributes to each villain that then having them face off in battles or challenges. We will also be creating a timeline game.
Attila the Hun: A Bit Bloodthirsty?
It was fun to teach about a villain this week that most of the kids had heard of before. Most knew the name, Attila the… Read More »Attila the Hun: A Bit Bloodthirsty?
Nero
Today we learned about Nero. In researching him, I realized that in order to understand Nero, we would have to backtrack and also study his… Read More »Nero
Caligula
Today we learned about Caligula. I’ll be honest, I almost didn’t cover him because it was really hard to dial him down to a kid… Read More »Caligula
Qin Shi Huang
We started out our Villains From History class learning about the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Before the class I spent some time… Read More »Qin Shi Huang