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The Battle of Round Mountain Educational Day ~Yale, OK

I found out about the Battle of Round Mountain Winter Encampment in Yale, OK right before it took place last year and did not make it!

So this year I was determined to get out there.

Friday is the educational day, Saturday and Sunday they have a battle re-enactment.

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It is hosted at the Assemblies of God church in Yale.

You park in the church parking lot, go behind the church and you will see the trail sign.

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There is a path that leads to the camp.

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This was a wonderful setup.

She was so nice and shared so much information with us about the food during that time!

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She really wanted the boys to touch everything!

We ended up buying some Molasses Cookies from her and it was like I was back at my Grandma’s house.

She loved Molasses cookies.

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There were a couple of shops with some clothing, candy, and toys to buy.

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My oldest wanted to know if the pants were pajamas.

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This man loved to share and teach.

He wanted to show the kids everything.

I am so thankful for people like this, that share their love of history with kids.

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His son was there as well and gave us a demonstration on his drum!

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If you would like to hear what it sounded like, I posted a short video I took on YouTube, here.

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We remember seeing this guy last year at the Honey Springs Re-enactment.

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My oldest was pretty excited to see an artillery sign.

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He likes the big guns…

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Not sure where to start getting your children excited about history?

Check out how I introduced a love of history to my boys, here.

Or some of my favorite books for kids on the civil war, here.

Homeschooling ~The Civil War

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These are some of the books we read for our study of the Civil War a couple months ago (better late then never,right?).

We did the reading guide in the Magic Tree House Lesson Plan to go along with “Civil War on Sunday“.

This is the second book we have done that for and the boys really seem to enjoy seeing how much they remember from each chapter.

B is for Battle Cry” is one I own, it is a really good overview of the war.

It is also an easy way to introduce young children to the subject. The pictures are vivid and it is written to rhyme.

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We of course had to get the Interactive story guide.

The boys always look forward to reading this series!

I love a series that makes history come alive!

 

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There were so many great books on boys of the civil war.

“The Last Brother” by Trinka Hakes Noble, made me cry.

Read it to see why….

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The boys have found all of this book series very funny and are willing to sit through facts just because of the crazy characters.

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Have you heard of the “Graphic Library” series?

They are so good!

They look like comic books but they are about historical events or people!

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My oldest was so interested in the Hunley after reading this one that we got more from the library.

The Story of the H. L. Hunley and Queenie’s Coin”

“Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley”

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These are just a few of the amazing books out there on this subject!

It is a hard subject to leave because of all the beautiful stories!

Have a great day tomorrow celebrating our Independence!

War of 1812

Last month we learned about the War of 1812.

Here are some of the books we used.

The Town that Fooled the British and The Battle for Saint Michaels are about the same event.

It is about a town that hung lanterns above their houses so the British ships would fire to high.

They saved the town.

It is an amazing piece of history and both books were really well written so I did not mind reading about it twice!

I had my oldest read The Battle for Saint Michaels for his reading.

I was really excited to introduce the boys to the story behind the Star Spangled Banner!

It is a piece of history that really stuck with me when I was a child and made the song come to life.

The Star Spangled Banner Illustrated by Peter Spier has pictures to go along with the song.

I was really wanting a book that did that so the boys would see what the words were saying.

We also listened to the Audio story about it from Adventures in Odyssey’s American History series.

SO GOOD!!!

I cried…

I do not remember hearing the story of Jean Laffite before.

It is amazing.

The pictures are beautiful and the story well written.

It also introduced the boys to Andrew Jackson so I really liked that.

Do you have any favorite books on the War of 1812?

The only downside of learning about this war and the Revolutionary War is my sons think the British are evil.

It is really hard to explain big pictures and something being a long time ago to a 5 and 6yr old!

I am hoping they do not attack someone when they say they are British…

I forgot!

I found this really good site with a great game for kids to play about the war of 1812!

Check it out!

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