http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/11/17/history-as-stories/ life-long learners Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/11/17/history-as-stories/#comment-1113 One thing leads to another and to a gift | homeschooling adventures the wright way Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:46:27 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/11/17/history-as-stories/#comment-1113 [...]  In this earlier post, I mentioned the fun Josh was having reading from the book, The Greatest War Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer. One entry in the book tells about how Britain’s “thirst for tea” leads to a drug war with China. Josh told everyone in the family about the entry including his older sister. (She is the same sister who is his co-conspirator to turn on the History Channel whenever they get the chance.) Said older sister was at the bookstore recently and came upon the book, The Opium Wars by W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello. Well knowing a little brother who would be interested in the story, she bought the book for him and he delved into it the minute she gave it to him. The whole family is learning more than we ever could about this time period and event between these two countries. [...] […]  In this earlier post, I mentioned the fun Josh was having reading from the book, The Greatest War Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer. One entry in the book tells about how Britain’s “thirst for tea” leads to a drug war with China. Josh told everyone in the family about the entry including his older sister. (She is the same sister who is his co-conspirator to turn on the History Channel whenever they get the chance.) Said older sister was at the bookstore recently and came upon the book, The Opium Wars by W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello. Well knowing a little brother who would be interested in the story, she bought the book for him and he delved into it the minute she gave it to him. The whole family is learning more than we ever could about this time period and event between these two countries. […]

]]> http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/11/17/history-as-stories/#comment-1099 lapazfarm Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:55:45 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/11/17/history-as-stories/#comment-1099 Those sound pretty cool! Those sound pretty cool!

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