Nora or Devereaux Cannon

When our now 24 yo boy was 9 he got into re-enacting/LARP, which
in turn led to many of his passionate interests and a few brief
side trips into things like archeology (hot dusty work that
doesn't let you got to the bathroom in comfort when you want to
according to him at age 14). This site has some links that will
get you started on Civil War re-enacting, which by my memory is
the most active of the "real life" groups in Iowa:
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#reenactors

Your SCA kingdom is here, if that seems more appealing (it was
briefly for our boy, though he moved on to full fantasy LARP):
http://calontir.sca.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bj4kids@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] GET A LIFE!


| You intelligent people crack me up!
| How much time can be wasted insanely arguing back and forth
| with a bunch of us trying to have decent discussions.
| Get each others private emails and email your arguments to each
other, would
| you?
| I am not wanting "to hear about it" really. (I only get the
emails in
| groups, not individually..)
|
| I like the stimulating conversations that engage us all.
| Have you ever heard your neighbors yelling outside at each
other and wished
| they'd keep it private?
| That is how it feels here, IN MY OPINION!
|
| So let's start talking about something new!
|
| New Topic:
|
| ** unschooling ideas for historical interests of 9 yr. old
boys.
| Any ideas or stories are welcomed. Thanks!
|
| Oh, I live in Iowa. Are you all aware of the Underground
Railroad being
| prominent here in our state? I just recently learned about
this. Very
| fasinating! Even went to a house/museum and toured it.
|
| How about Hoyt Sherman? Any one ever hear of him? His mansion
is set up
| here in Des Moines and has a fasinating story of women in Iowa
in the late
| 1800s wanting to get away from the prarie talk and more into
prestigious
| topics from their lives back east, including the art and
paintings. It ends
| up now, 100 yrs. later, the women still hold on to his home and
have millions
| of dollars of art in it.
| It is awesome. I just heard of it and toured it this summer.
|
| Let's chat!
|
|
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