Quarto and Terzo are compiling family history books as an exercise in learning how histories are put together. How do we know what we know from history? They have a page for each person in our immediate and extended family and had to interview people (or have mom send an email for them) to find the answers to the questions listed. Terzo interviewed me, and when we got to the question about what my school was like I told him, "My elementary/ middle school was very small. When I graduated from 8th grade, there were only 32 kids in my class... a lot smaller than my high school class of 575."
Terzo got a funny smile on his face and responded, "Mom, that's not that small. I am the fourth grade!"
True, that.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Disunion
One hundred-fifty years ago, the Civil War (War Between the States, War of Northern Aggression) began.
The New York Times is running a wonderful series in honor of the anniversary entitled Disunion. Every day, a this-day-in-history story will be posted outlining an event or figure and its impact on American history and the Civil War.
Today's entry: The Assassin's Debut - actor John Wilkes Booth takes the stage on Montgomery, Alabama.
The New York Times is running a wonderful series in honor of the anniversary entitled Disunion. Every day, a this-day-in-history story will be posted outlining an event or figure and its impact on American history and the Civil War.
Today's entry: The Assassin's Debut - actor John Wilkes Booth takes the stage on Montgomery, Alabama.
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