History project- any ideas?

That is actually a good idea. I thought about having them research the game of Monopoly. It would be an easy one to find plenty of stuff for to do a project I would think.

Just to let everyone know they decided on Ben Franklin.

That might be a good subject too. I want them to have something that they are interested in and yet something that will be of some interest to others too. It could be a lot of fun to do this. I am hoping that they will enjoy it too.

Hey, if they enjoy bikes you could do the histpry of bikes.. Starting with one of those earlier ones with the LARGE fron wheel.

That is a good idea too. I think that they would enjoy doing colonial times and I thought that I might have them combine a couple of ideas from here. How about the study of toys that they play today combined to the toys that were played with in colonial times.

All of these are good ideas but not exactly what I was looking at. I think that they should do something a little more fun than just a regular history lesson and I think that it will have to be something that is of some interest to them. Thanks for the ideas though.

It would be nice to see them dressed up like that. I will suggest it to them when we start to work on this over this upcoming week. Thanks for the ideas!!

I always liked it when people dressed in those old costumes. When we lived in Saskatoon we used to go to the Old Museum where they had a town that looked like it was in the 1900s and when we went to Prince Edward Island, we went to Anne of Green Gable's cottage and saw how they lived then. It was very exciting finding how they actually worked in those days.
And if we do or I go to the States, I would like to go to Williamsburg to see how they lived in the 1700s.

I would like to go to Williamsburg at some time too. I think it would be a fun trip and that we would all learn a lot about colonial times. I have been to Virginia but never Williamsburg.

We passed through Virginia (or was it West Virginia) on our way back to Manitoba, but did not stop anywhere, just looked at the scenery. I hope to go there in the future, but it is hard with my husband having a stroke and not being able to get around. We do not have the car anymore. I do not drive. When I could have learned, it was either getting lessons and buying a car or finding a place to live. I did not make enough money to do both. So I guess it will have to be on a bus tour or with someone else who likes to sight see like me.

That is too bad that you didn't get to learn to drive. I hope that you get to go there someday. If I ever go, maybe we could go together. I would just have to drive to Canada and pick you up first. That gives me more of a vacation!!

That would be wonderful. I sort of like to go traveling and I wish I had enough money to afford a car, plus licenses, etc. When I was in my late teens, I lived with this family and they went camping all over British Columbia, and then went to Washington, and once to Oregon, but I discovered I never liked camping. You know the fairy story about the Princess in the Pea? That was me. If there was a pebble on the ground, I could feel it under the air mattresses.

I like to camp but not in a tent. I want a few more luxeries than that. I like the small campers that are just nice enough that you can enjoy the time that you are in the woods.

We used to have those cabins, but even they are not good enough. I like a bit of luxury as well. Yes let me stay at someone else's house or get a fancy motel, that's me.

I like the cabins and they are fine with me.