Medieval
Tea Lover Denise
This reminded me of the three years we lived in the Aleutian Islands, on
the island of Adak. We were part of the civilian population there, and
the schools were State of Alaska public schools. They were great. I
think one of the reasons was because they were "away" from the "powers
that be," and teachers had a lot of independence. The whole mindset of
people living in Alaska is one of independence; we liked that.
Anyway, one year a traveling Medieval "fair" was flown in for a
week-long "unit study" with the schoolchildren AND families. My kids
(now 23, 21, and 17) still talk about it. The kids studied about and
then built a castle (this was a big deal!) on the playground; heraldry
was studied and each family designed and created their own family crest;
a Medieval banquet was prepared and the kids ate without utensils; the
music and art of that period was taught; etc. It was one of the most fun
(and probably most "educational") weeks my kids ever spent in public
school.
Hope you and your kids have fun with your study!
Denise in South Carolina
<I don't remember studying anything medieval in any depth in school...
-Brooke>
the island of Adak. We were part of the civilian population there, and
the schools were State of Alaska public schools. They were great. I
think one of the reasons was because they were "away" from the "powers
that be," and teachers had a lot of independence. The whole mindset of
people living in Alaska is one of independence; we liked that.
Anyway, one year a traveling Medieval "fair" was flown in for a
week-long "unit study" with the schoolchildren AND families. My kids
(now 23, 21, and 17) still talk about it. The kids studied about and
then built a castle (this was a big deal!) on the playground; heraldry
was studied and each family designed and created their own family crest;
a Medieval banquet was prepared and the kids ate without utensils; the
music and art of that period was taught; etc. It was one of the most fun
(and probably most "educational") weeks my kids ever spent in public
school.
Hope you and your kids have fun with your study!
Denise in South Carolina
<I don't remember studying anything medieval in any depth in school...
-Brooke>
FUN (Billy & Nancy)
Denise,
Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that I
come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
A few summers ago, we had a group of homeschoolers meeting at our house
regularly to do activities like build a castle out of cardboard from
refrigerator boxes, heraldry, learn to play the recorder, and other things.
It culminated with a visit from Queen Elizabeth (from a local Renaissance
fair).
We had a lot of fun. One of the excellent books we used for activity ideas
was "Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide" (formerly Huzzah Means
Hooray). Many of the other books we found useful are described at:
http://www.FUN-Books.com/world_history.htm#Middle_Ages
Billy
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Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that I
come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
A few summers ago, we had a group of homeschoolers meeting at our house
regularly to do activities like build a castle out of cardboard from
refrigerator boxes, heraldry, learn to play the recorder, and other things.
It culminated with a visit from Queen Elizabeth (from a local Renaissance
fair).
We had a lot of fun. One of the excellent books we used for activity ideas
was "Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide" (formerly Huzzah Means
Hooray). Many of the other books we found useful are described at:
http://www.FUN-Books.com/world_history.htm#Middle_Ages
Billy
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tea Lover Denise [mailto:jalecroy@...]
>Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:37 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Medieval
>
>
>From: Tea Lover Denise <jalecroy@...>
>
>This reminded me of the three years we lived in the Aleutian Islands, on
>the island of Adak.
>
>Anyway, one year a traveling Medieval "fair" was flown in for a
>week-long "unit study" with the schoolchildren AND families. My kids
>(now 23, 21, and 17) still talk about it. The kids studied about and
>then built a castle (this was a big deal!) on the playground; heraldry
>was studied and each family designed and created their own family crest;
>a Medieval banquet was prepared and the kids ate without utensils; the
>music and art of that period was taught; etc. It was one of the most fun
>(and probably most "educational") weeks my kids ever spent in public
>school.
FUN (Billy & Nancy)
Denise,
Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that I
come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
A few summers ago, we had a group of homeschoolers meeting at our house
regularly to do activities like build a castle out of cardboard from
refrigerator boxes, heraldry, learn to play the recorder, and other things.
It culminated with a visit from Queen Elizabeth (from a local Renaissance
fair).
We had a lot of fun. One of the excellent books we used for activity ideas
was "Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide" (formerly Huzzah Means
Hooray). Many of the other books we found useful are described at:
http://www.FUN-Books.com/world_history.htm#Middle_Ages
Billy
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Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that I
come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
A few summers ago, we had a group of homeschoolers meeting at our house
regularly to do activities like build a castle out of cardboard from
refrigerator boxes, heraldry, learn to play the recorder, and other things.
It culminated with a visit from Queen Elizabeth (from a local Renaissance
fair).
We had a lot of fun. One of the excellent books we used for activity ideas
was "Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide" (formerly Huzzah Means
Hooray). Many of the other books we found useful are described at:
http://www.FUN-Books.com/world_history.htm#Middle_Ages
Billy
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tea Lover Denise [mailto:jalecroy@...]
>Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:37 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Medieval
>
>
>From: Tea Lover Denise <jalecroy@...>
>
>This reminded me of the three years we lived in the Aleutian Islands, on
>the island of Adak.
>
>Anyway, one year a traveling Medieval "fair" was flown in for a
>week-long "unit study" with the schoolchildren AND families. My kids
>(now 23, 21, and 17) still talk about it. The kids studied about and
>then built a castle (this was a big deal!) on the playground; heraldry
>was studied and each family designed and created their own family crest;
>a Medieval banquet was prepared and the kids ate without utensils; the
>music and art of that period was taught; etc. It was one of the most fun
>(and probably most "educational") weeks my kids ever spent in public
>school.
Lyn Goodnight
"FUN (Billy & Nancy)" wrote:
going there that in Adak there was a girld behind every tree. Too bad there were
no trees! After all these years, whenever the winter weather gets bad in
Illinois, Dad will just say "Hey, I did Artic Survival on Adak, I can take
this!"
~~Butterflye
> Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that IMy dad was stationed there in 1951. He said the big joke was to tell new guys
> come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
going there that in Adak there was a girld behind every tree. Too bad there were
no trees! After all these years, whenever the winter weather gets bad in
Illinois, Dad will just say "Hey, I did Artic Survival on Adak, I can take
this!"
~~Butterflye
Lyn Goodnight
"FUN (Billy & Nancy)" wrote:
going there that in Adak there was a girld behind every tree. Too bad there were
no trees! After all these years, whenever the winter weather gets bad in
Illinois, Dad will just say "Hey, I did Artic Survival on Adak, I can take
this!"
~~Butterflye
> Wow! I lived in Adak for 4 years back in the 60's. It's not too often that IMy dad was stationed there in 1951. He said the big joke was to tell new guys
> come across someone who has even heard of it much less been there.
going there that in Adak there was a girld behind every tree. Too bad there were
no trees! After all these years, whenever the winter weather gets bad in
Illinois, Dad will just say "Hey, I did Artic Survival on Adak, I can take
this!"
~~Butterflye