Bringing The Crucible to life for College Literature Class
When my daughter was frustrated by her mid-century modern assignment for her 17th-19th century literature class, I had an idea.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: costume
1836 Romantic Gowns: One in Yellow and another in Lavender
An analysis of glamorous styles of gowns galas in 1830s Texas, for my yellow Romantic Era gown as I represent a Texas pioneer who founded La Grange, Texas.
Texas Independence with Tocqueville, Lafayette and Napoleon
I portrayed a founder of an 1837 Texas town named La Grange, the county, Fayette, and the streets, Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, and Madison.
Shooting Longbows while Imagining the Hundred Years War
Learning from a highly informative gent that ongbows were distinctly English and decidedly effective, he invited us to a longbow tournament in Williamsburg.
Bill of Rights, Fencing, and Dancing: Colonial Williamsburg
On the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the historical interpreters for Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson stepped out of character.
My Kids as first EFT Skypers: Colonial Williamsburg
I received a surprise e-mail from one of the producers of Colonial Williamsburg’s EFTs inviting my kids to be the first Skypers on Thursday’s program.
Don’t you want to be Lafayette?
It was time to plan costumes for our next history presentation. When I saw the cover of the Jean Fritz book about…
French Renaissance Table for an Awana Club Banquet
The banquet theme was Around the World. The serving teens would wear elaborate costumes and provide coordinating table decorations.
Becoming Pocahontas, Squanto, and a Praying Indian
Using IEW my kids wrote a 10-page research paper on the settling of the Thirteen Colonies, which they used to create a power point presentation.
My Son the Apprentice Bootmaker
My son, who wanted to be Robin Hood for the Medieval Feast, made his own bow and arrow…and his own boots.
Meanwhile I made the rest of his costume.
