The older girls have studied early American History in their home school curriculum. Since the East is full of history we took the opportunity to explore some of these sights. One cool thing we 'discovered' that all the National Historic parks offer a junior ranger badge for free! The girls get a booklet with questions about the relevant historic site, once completed they get a ranger badge. We ended up doing six badges in total. What a great way to learn history! (Do those trip count as homeschooling field trips?)
- Ford Mansion (NJ)
- Thomas Edison (NJ)
- Federal Hall (NY)
- Presidents Park (Washington DC)
- Monuments (Washington DC)
- Independence hall (Philadelphia)
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| Ford Mansion where George Washington spends a winter |
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| We were able to have tour inside the house |
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| George Washington's 'office' |
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| Ranger (with Kate) |
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| Mrs Ford's bedroom, she gave up her house to George Washington and his men |
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| Kitchen |
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| Servants sleeping quarters |
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| More sleeping quarters |
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| In front on the mansion |
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| In the information centre |
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| A map of Jockey Hollow. This is where George Washington's men spend the hardest winter on record |
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| A soldier's hut. This is how they managed to survive the winter despite the lack of food. |
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| This hut was actually inside the information center, quite impressive |
One of the gardens
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| Kate and Michaela working on their badge work |
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| Grace |
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| Albert and Zara, notice her badge |
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| Supervising! |
Ford Nonsense
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| A ford on top of a hill that was never used. |
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| View to the town |
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| Walking/tracing the Fort walls - Albert and Kate |
Jockey Hollow - The hard winter
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| The actual Soldiers huts |
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| Reading the history! |
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| Papa, look at those fences, no nails! |
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| In front of the hut |
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| Bunkbeds |
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| Kate |
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