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    Posted at 12:29 am by Charlotte, on January 25, 2019

    Here is the Monicofamilytravels classroom for the past 10 days, in which the girls impressively managed decent concentration despite extreme proximity to the beach, and constant interruptions from Micha the cat!

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    Without further ado, I present the magnificent Monicofamilytravels history timeline which takes us all the way from the Egyptian pyramids of 2500BC to the NYC skyscrapers of today.

    Construction utilised bins of sea-water, sand, drift wood and anything else we could scavenge from the beach (plus a slightly scary moment where Bella tested out the saw function of her new pen knife):

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    And some of the triumphant constructions included:

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    Stone Henge

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    The first man on the moon

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    The Parthenon

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    The Pyramids

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    The birth of Christ (even though the symbolism seems to be his death…)

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    A working roman aqueduct

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    A highrise skyline

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    And the whole thing in revers order!

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    And the whole thing from start to finish……..with a few victory poses!

    As ever, our immense thanks go to Rob for the ingenuity, creativity and fun he injects into the girls education.

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    Author: Charlotte

    | 8 Comments |

    8 thoughts on “Constructing a history timeline Monicofamilytravels style!”

    • Wendy A Hanson

      January 29, 2019 at 4:03 am

      Such creativity!

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    • Dinnie

      January 29, 2019 at 11:54 am

      What a splendid way to get the perspective of history ( and I loved the blog and videos of education in Argentina too: how amazing to have such a wonderful teacher!). Perhaps next year your travels should be to visit all those places – I have not been to Bethlehem or the moon,can I come with you there? Bon voyage to Japan xxxx Dinnie

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      • Charlotte

        February 2, 2019 at 8:14 am

        I love it when you set us a big challenge Dinnie!!! xxx

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    • Matteo Marzano

      January 30, 2019 at 11:27 am

      WOW !

      I admire your ability to synthesize: thousands of years summarized in a few words (with beautiful images)!

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      • Charlotte

        February 2, 2019 at 8:13 am

        The girls and Rob get all the credit! x

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    • Grandpa Suffolk

      January 31, 2019 at 5:57 pm

      I do wish my history lessons had been like that………what amazing fun but really constructive (in both senses of the word) at the same time.One minor error, the Parthenon has got an awful lot of scaffolding on it last time I saw it! I see your point about the Jesus one but that’s how it goes (or more accurately comes to us all in the end! I love the aqueduct, water is great stuff to play with but more seriously I suspect great economies have been built on the basis of water and getting it to the right place. Well done Rob and all of you. PS, can you do the same in snow please?

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      • Charlotte

        February 2, 2019 at 8:12 am

        We would have needed a lot of drift-twigs to make the scaffolding, but the dream team of monicofamilytravels is yet to be defeated! I thought you would like the aqueduct 😉

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    • Lella

      February 1, 2019 at 7:12 pm

      I agree with Grandpa, I wish my history lessons had been as fun! Beautiful constructions! Xxx

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