We went to Pea Ridge National Military Park to learn more about the Civil War. We have a couple of battlefield parks here where we live, and we find it sobering to stand where so many lost their lives. It’s also very interesting. Pea Ridge has excellent interpretive exhibits examining… Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day is an extremely popular holiday in the United States, in part because such a large number of Irish people immigrated to the U.S. More than 45 million Americans can claim Irish heritage, making this group the second largest in the nation. And yet the chances are good… Continue reading
“18 Wheels on a Big Rig” was produced with permission from Trout Fishing in America and composer Heywood Banks, and you have our permission to use this in your classroom, too. Animation by Sean Sallings of Silver Fox Design Group. Continue reading
Meet standards for art, social studies, and physical education all at the same time with a study of Irish dance. Irish step dancing has been practiced widely in Irish-American communities throughout the U.S. for many years, but it only came to the notice of the general public when Riverdance became… Continue reading
Woody Guthrie wrote this wonderful song. The lyrics are at WoodyGuthrie.org. Continue reading
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Olive, the Other Reindeer, by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh, is a wonderfully fun Christmas book. Olive, a little dog, hears “All of the other reindeer” on the radio and decides she must be a reindeer. She heads for Santa’s workshop, where her adventures naturally include saving Christmas. The… Continue reading
“Thanksgiving Day,” or Over the River and Through the Wood,as most of us usually think of it, is a poem by Lydia Maria Child, written in 1844. Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather’s house we go; The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh, Through the… Continue reading
A ballad is a poem that tells a story, typically sung, though we often just read ballads in English classes. We have a ballad for you to work with, “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry.” It’s in a video at the bottom of this post, if you’d like to… Continue reading
