History Day

Today was History Day at our house. Josie came up with the idea of choosing a historical time period to "celebrate." She chose Colonial America (1770's) because one of her favorite movies is "Felicity: An American Girl." Here is a picture from the movie.

She created her outfit with a little help from Amy and Ashly. She also made me wear a dress. Jake refused to participate.

We've learned about the colonies, loyalists and patriots and taxes. Josie is particularly interested in the clothing of the time and the difference in boys' and girls' education.

Josie served us tea--Jake did decide to participate in the tea party.

We also searched for Colonial recipes online. We found one for a Ham and Potato casserole, which we made along with corn-on-the-cob.

You might be wondering about our use of electricity and other modern conveniences. Josie decided we should still use the air conditioner but she did turn the lights off. By lunch, she decided that History Day should probably just be a half-day. Thankfully, I was allowed to change out of my dress. For our next History Day, we are using the Little House book series as inspiration and celebrating pioneer times.