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The 4th of July

Posted by Sherry on Jul 4, 2010 in Celebrations, Christian History, General, History

Happy Fourth of July to all who visit Semicolon! My pastor put this video together using Ben Shive’s ballad, 4th of July and some footage of Japanese fireworks: Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are uppon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with [...]

 
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52 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day

Posted by Sherry on Jul 1, 2010 in --July, Booklists, Celebrations, General, History

1. O Beautiful for spacious skies . . .

 
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Countdown by Deborah Wiles

Posted by Sherry on Jun 5, 2010 in 2010, 2010 Projects, 48-Hour Book Challenge, Children's Fiction, General, History

Book #1 for Mother Reader’s 48 Hour Book Challenge Reading TIme: 2.5 hours Pages: 378 So Countdown is a “documentary novel” taking place in the fall of 1962 near Andrews Air Force Base. Franny Chapman is in fifth grade, and she has a lot going on in her life. Her best friend Margie is suddenly [...]

 
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Semicolon Book Club for March

Posted by Sherry on Mar 1, 2010 in 2010 Projects, History, Nonfiction, Semicolon Book Club, U.S. Presidents Reading Project, US History Project

The theme for the Semicolon Book Club for March is biography/autobiography, and the particular selelction for this month is David McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback, a biography of Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. The subtitle is “the story of an extraordinary family, a vanished way of life, and the unique child who [...]

 
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Texas Tuesday: Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Posted by Sherry on Jan 26, 2010 in 2009, General, History, Young Adult Fiction

What an inspiring and absorbing book! Ms. Smith writes about Ida Mae Jones, a self-identified “colored girl” who is light-skinned enough to pass for white. The book begins in late 1941, and of course, that means Pearl Harbor, and World War II. Ida Mae learned to fly airplanes from her daddy, who was a crop [...]

 
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Texas Tuesday: Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee by Patricia Beatty

Posted by Sherry on Jan 12, 2010 in 2010 Projects, Children's Fiction, History, Texas, Texas Tuesday

My Texas history class at homeschool co-op read this novel over the holidays. Patricia Beatty wrote over fifty books of historical fiction, and every one of them that I’ve read is a winner. Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee is no exception. Our hero is Lewallen, age thirteen, who’s been left to be [...]

 
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Sunday Salon: Twelve Projects for 2010

Posted by Sherry on Jan 3, 2010 in 2010 Projects, Advanced Reading Survey, BIble Reading Project, General, History, LOST Project, Newbery Project, Operation Clean House, Poetry Project, Prayer Project, Projects, Pulitzer Project, Semicolon Book Club, Sunday Salon, Texas Tuesday, U.S. Presidents Reading Project

For the last couple of years, instead of resolutions, I’ve been thinking in terms of projects, lots of projects that I wanted to complete during the year. I wouldn’t say I was any more or less successful with my projects than most people are with resolutions, but I like the tradition anyway and plan to [...]

 
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A Timeline of Cybils Historical Fiction

Posted by Sherry on Dec 28, 2009 in 2009, Booklists, Children's Fiction, General, History, Young Adult Fiction

1540: The King’s Rose by Alisa Libby. (YA) 1776: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. 179?: Den of Thieves: A Cat Royal Adventure by Julia Golding. c1800: Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy (Bloody Jack Adventures) by L.A. Meyer. 1840-1854: A Voice of Her [...]

 
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Christmas in New York, 1776

Posted by Sherry on Dec 19, 2009 in 2009, Children's Fiction, Cybil Awards, General, History, Young Adult Fiction

“The holly-bits were tied with pine branches and set on the sills of the street-facing windows. Glass bowls of red berries were set on small tables in the drawing room, library, and the front parlor. Madam had two soldiers hang a ball of mistletoe in the front hall. This provided great merriment amongst the men [...]

 
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Christmas at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903

Posted by Sherry on Dec 17, 2009 in Celebrations, Christmas, General, History

Western Union telegram, December 17, 1903, sent to Bishop Milton Wright in Ohio: Success four flights thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from Level with engine power alone average speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 seconds inform Press home Christmas. Orevelle Wright “This historic telegram was sent from the Kitty [...]

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