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Australian States and Territories

Kids Chant Posted on 21 February, 2018 by Veronica Brandt21 February, 2020

Copied over from oraprono.biz – attempting to let go of some old domain names. This shouldn’t come up in amongst the regular posts – it should be there with the Courses. I’ll change the date to hide it. Work in … Continue reading →

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Term 1 2016 – Middle Ages (mainly Europe)

Kids Chant Posted on 14 December, 2015 by Veronica Brandt31 August, 2019
THE BAPTISM OF WITTEKIND

Following Charlotte Yonge’s book on Roman History has been great this term. She strikes a good balance between brevity and interesting detail with a Christian perspective. It is easy enough to cross reference with other websites plus our Historical Atlas. … Continue reading →

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More wars: Samnites and Pyrrhus

Kids Chant Posted on 6 November, 2015 by Veronica Brandt31 August, 2019
Murmillo and Samnite

All the short histories of Rome skip to the Punic Wars, so I wanted to read about Pyrrhus by the end of the week. In Charlotte Yonge’s Book we read through chapters 13-16 today. There were lots of incidents to … Continue reading →

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Rome – Coriolanus, Cincinnatus and the Decemvirs

Kids Chant Posted on 3 November, 2015 by Veronica Brandt31 August, 2019

Continuing with Charlotte Yonge’s book, chapters 9 and 10 describe Coriolanus, Cincinnatus and the Decemvirs. This continues under the Early Republic The conflict between patricians and plebians reminded me of the parable about a kingdom divided. kingdomdivided Coriolanus – doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Ancient Rome – government

Kids Chant Posted on 20 October, 2015 by Veronica Brandt31 August, 2019
Cicero, author of the classic book The Laws, attacks Catiline for attempting a coup in the Roman Senate.

We read chapters 7 and 8 of Charlotte Yonge’s book Young Folk’s History of Rome. This described the developing political structure of the Roman Republic. There are many, many diagrams to try explain the structure, but as the structure changed … Continue reading →

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The First Fleet

Kids Chant Posted on 21 August, 2015 by Patrick Brandt21 August, 2015

The Aborigines thought that the white people were gone for good, but that was not the case. In 1787, the First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, set out from Britain on a long voyage to Australia. When they arrived in … Continue reading →

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Captain Cook

Kids Chant Posted on 14 August, 2015 by Veronica Brandt14 August, 2015
Dalrymple's map

Here’s the quiz: And here’s the book: The Voyage of the Endeavour by G Arnold Wood Have fun!

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Ancient Greece

Kids Chant Posted on 10 August, 2015 by Veronica Brandt11 August, 2015

Martin Joseph Kerney writes a great outline of history in A Compendium of Ancient and Modern History. The quotes below all come from that book. If you’d like to read the rest, I have made a newly typeset excerpt here. … Continue reading →

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Australian History

Kids Chant Posted on 31 July, 2015 by Veronica Brandt21 February, 2020

To take some words of Fr. Martin Joseph Kerney: Before studying the history of other countries, we should become well acquainted with the history of our own. For it would be a great shame for our little readers, if they … Continue reading →

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History

Kids Chant Posted on 29 July, 2015 by Veronica Brandt31 August, 2019
Behistun Inscription

As a first course, how about History – such a huge subject. And should be something that can be added to and filled out over time.

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