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Famous Family Trees by Kari Mauge – History for Kids

October 13, 2018April 9, 2022 ellen Leave a comment Books
Famous Family Trees by Kari Mauge - History for Kids

Have you ever wondered about a fun way to teach history for kids?  Memorizing dates and names is never fun. But, there are still a lot of important people from history that children should have a basic understanding of. With Famous Family Trees by Kari Mauge, learning history can be fun. Famous Family Trees – […]

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Masterpiece: The Collection with Special Features on Blu-Ray

November 6, 2017April 9, 2022 ellen 2 Comments Movies
Masterpiece: The Collection with Special Features on Blu-Ray

Have you ever seen the miniseries Masterpiece: The Collection on PBS? I’ve always had a love of French fashions so I saw this originally when it was on television. However, I missed part of it. So, I knew I absolutely had to have this so that I could watch the whole thing again start to finish. […]

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Young Adult Fiction: Suspect Red by L M Elliott

November 4, 2017August 24, 2022 ellen Books
Suspect Red by LM Elliot

I had no idea that Disney had books like Suspect Red. When I think of Disney, I think of children’s programming and toys. But, Suspect Red by L M Elliot is a young adult book that takes place during the “red scare” of the 1950s. Since I’ve always been fascinated by that time in our […]

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Poldark Revealed: The Real Life Stories Behind the History

September 9, 2017March 12, 2022 ellen Movies
Poldark Revealed: The Real Life Stories Behind the History

Have you heard of the DVD Poldark Revealed? Have you ever watched the PBS series Poldark? You may remember that I reviewed Poldark Season One a few years ago for you. My husband and I love this series and it’s one of our favorites from PBS. I received a DVD for review.  This post contains affiliate […]

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African History DVD: Africa’s Great Civilizations

June 5, 2017October 1, 2022 ellen 4 Comments Movies
African History DVD: Africa's Great Civilizations by PBS

If you’ve been looking for an African history DVD, I wanted to share something new available from PBS. I have always enjoyed learning more about our history. We can learn so much by watching what we’ve done in the past and learning from it. History is the base of our art, literature, music and culture. […]

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Influential Women in History

November 16, 2015April 8, 2022 ellen 6 Comments Books
9 Influential Women in History - a reading list

There are many influential women in history and no list could possibly cover them all. Check out my reading list. I’m not sure there are many women who haven’t felt sometimes that being a man would be easier. I don’t hear as much about women’s rights today as I have read about historically. Influential Women […]

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