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Studying History Using Greenleaf Guide

Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 8:00 am  
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In this review on Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History, I talked about how Greenleaf has helped us tie the history of the Old Testament peoples together.  This study has made us realize that the Biblical characters were very real and were involved in the real world and were not a people by themselves. Now please don’t get me wrong when I say that.  I believe the Bible to be 100% true but reading the Bible as a part of history made the people come alive for me and my family. Other ways to enhance your study While I use Greenleaf for a guideline of what chapters to read, I also try and look for opportunities for a fun craft I could do along with out reading. (I have gotten away…

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Castles of Long Ago

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 2:24 pm  
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 Thursday the families that will be involved in our homeschool speech co-op day will be getting together to do a few projects related to the time period of the middle ages as well as to paint and build props for our speech day.  One of the props will be a castle – or at least a small portion of one. I decided to look on the Internet for castles from that time period. Here’s a few that I found… Lindisfarne castle is located in England on the border between it and Scotland.  Not only did it see the English and Scots fight but Vikings frequented the area.  Irish monks built the abbey’s foundation on a point of land that was accessible only during low tide.  All…

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