Seven Ancient Wonders ~History

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“Voyage to the Pharos” is a great historical fiction.

We used all of the other books as a reference.

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“Brick Wonders” was my favorite book for learning about the Seven Ancient Wonders!

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I had the boys look at the pictures of the books version of Ancient Wonders and then build their own.

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The Seven Ancient Wonders of Lego Land!

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The Statue of Zues and the Colossus of Rhodes.

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

 

The boys really liked building these!

It helped them feel invested in the structures also so they wanted to learn about them.

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Their “Big Book of History” had a really good idea.

They had them write out a tour guide brochure for the Ancient Wonders!

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I had them document on this map what countries the ancient wonders were as well to go with their tour guide.

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Heyburn Lake, OK

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We went to Heyburn Lake for a hike on the day after Thanksgiving.

These boys had a lot of energy to burn.

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hunting

The Wildlife Management Area is open to hunting so that part of the trail is closed certain times of the year.

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There are still trails to hike that are within the park though.

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We took the trail down to the lake.

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The boys love to explore on the shore of lakes!

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It is always an interesting trick to keep from sinking in the mud.

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My oldest made a poor footing choice and lost his shoe in the mud at one point.

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river

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My youngest and I were trying to “beat” Nick.

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winners

We finally one!