Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Welcome Back....


The School year has begun and we are off to another great year in history...
Mrs. Olsen finally got the password back for the blog so I hope to have it updated each week.

For European History, students will be learning about the mysterious BOG people whose remains were discovered in the peat bogs of Northern Europe. Were they thrown in as punishment--or some sacrificial ritual--who knows, but the chemicals in the peat preserved the bodies so we can see astonishing details.

Beowulf and all the Northern legends reflected the geography of Europe, the dark, cold, wet forests. Even The Lord of the Rings was inspired by the ancient druidic ruins found in the British Isles and Normandy.