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History
This page outlines the topics we've covered, as well as the resources and external courses that we've used.
Trips & Workshops
Hadrian’s Wall v other famous walls
After reading about the building of Hadrian’s Wall (CGP study book pages 24-25), we did some research to compare Hadrian’s Wall with The Great Wall of China and The Berlin Wall. I love bringing different eras together in one activity as it helps the girls understand the timeline of history. It also means we can ... Read more
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Roman shield designing
After looking at the different roles in the Roman army (CGP Study Book pages 12-13) we had a go at designing our own shields. We googled what shields looked like, what designs and colours were included on them and what certain things symbolised. The girls then set to on coming up with their own version ... Read more
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World Book Day 2021
I thought since we were now a home ed family, I’d get out of sorting World Book Day costumes but it appears not! The girls had to make do with outfits created from things they could find in the cupboards this year. Aggie dressed as Con from The Explorer and Peggy as Aslan from The ... Read more
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There’s been a murder in Dobcross!
With hot chocolate in a flask and a box of homemade cornflake cakes in our rucksack, we ventured out to have a go at a murder mystery trail from Treasure Trails. It involved a circular 2.4 mile walk round the village of Dobcross finding answers to clues to work out who murdered Morris Blackamore, the ... Read more
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Mayans – religion and stars
We looked at the Mayan creation story, their Gods and about their thoughts on life after death. The girls were very interested in Pok-A-Tok, the game the Mayans used to play. Aggie tried to do it in the garden but found it really hard. We watched several YouTube videos of modern Mayans playing it. It’s ... Read more
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Mayan – trade and food
The most important topic when the Wints do history is food! The main crop for the Mayans was corn so we made some tortillas with homemade chilli and guacamole followed by hot chocolate with cinnamon, again using recipes from Twinkl (and all whilst wearing their PJs!). The tortillas tasted nicer than they looked! We would ... Read more
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Mayan – Rulers and Fashion
We looked at the responsibilities of Mayan rulers and were very happy to see some city states had female rulers. The girls were especially interested in the strange fashion ideas the Mayans had. The Mayans thought a pointed and flattened head was beautiful and so parents would press their babies heads between boards which over ... Read more
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Mayan Maths!
The Mayans invented a new number system using only three symbols : a shell for zero, a dot which meant one and a dash which meant five. The girls were fascinated with this and so we spent a whole session doing maths the Mayan way. There were several worksheets on Twinkl which we used within ... Read more
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Mayans – Cities
We read through what Mayan cities would have looked like and then recreated our own out of Lego. We also had a look on Google Earth to see the ruins as they are today. That clearly showed how easily these huge structures could have been hidden for so long in the rainforests. We then watched ... Read more
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The Ancient Egyptians are in Bolton!
Daddy had a day off work so we found the only museum to be open near us – Bolton Museum. The girls had both learned about Ancient Egypt at their old school but we still learned plenty of new things. I can’t recommend this museum enough. It has really good child-friendly displays and the staff ... Read more
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