Tag Archives: history
Women’s History Month
Slavery did not just end, it evolved…
My Thanksgiving presentation
This presentation is about the history and the modern traditions of Thanksgiving, not forgeting the tragic native American angle.
Click here to open presentation: THANKSGIVING
(click on the link above to open the presentation, not on the picture)
Big Ben’s restoration
“In Flanders Fields”, poem for remembrance
Remembrance Day: the poppy story (in Scotland)
100 years of maternity fashion
Short history of St Valentine’s Day
The history of Saint Valentine’s Day
President Obama remembers 9/11 victims
Artists reclaim Rio’s African roots and slavery history
“Ben-Hur” official trailer
10 mysterious lost ancient cities that were found
Harriet Tubman’s life
Harriet Tubman was a slave who ran away to freedom, then helped many other slaves to escape. She is an American heroin.
Her face will appear on the new 20 dollar bills!
Anne Franck could have been a refugee
Martin Luther King, Jr – a man and his dream
Rosa Parks biography cartoon
Halloween traditions explained
History of the holidays: Halloween
Remembrance Day: the Scottish Poppy story
Women’s makeup throughout History
50th anniversary of historic civil rights march
50 years ago, brave people marched across a bridge to demand equal rights for Black people in the USA. This weekend we honor their action gratefully. See President Obama speak in Selma, Alabama.
▶ Selma to mark 50th anniversary of historic civil rights march, ‘Bloody Sunday’ – YouTube.
Never again… we need to remember!
25 fascinating facts about Egyptian pyramids
Rosa Parks Day
The history of Thanksgiving
How the Internet is like ancient Egypt…
