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Move Over Luke Skywalker, These Boys Have Swords

After hours of Star Wars viewing, and even more hours of loud and active light saber battling,  my boys couldn’t contain their excitement upon hearing of a Cub Scout Go-See-It entitled Swordsmen Rendezvous!  Swordplay was a must-know skill for every 18th century gentlemen, and Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria, Virgina was a center of social and…

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Dig It! Games Roman Town: A TOS Crew Review

Roman Town by Dig It! Games is an computer game that allows children and adults to oversee  an archaeological dig, manage a team of diggers, and experience the thrill of uncovering ancient objects, all while learning about ancient Roman art, architecture, language, history, and culture.    This interactive, educational game targets 5th to 8th graders, but…

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Easy Classical Press: Early Modern History Schedule: Planning Assistance for the Classical Homeschool Family

“How do you do it?”  “Does the school provide you with a curriculum to follow?”  “I know I couldn’t teach my children at home.”  Comments like these are common in response after acknowledging that, “Yes, we homeschool.”  Fortunately, we are homeschooling in a time when there are numerous products available to support and ease the…

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History 101: Celebrating Independence, Exploring a Declaration

  When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to…