Tuesday, August 18, 2015
8/18/2015: TpT Sale- August 19th!
Ready for back to school? Haven Hill Learning is participating in Teachers Pay Teachers one day sale on Aug. 19th For one day only, enjoy 20 % off products in my TpT store and then use code MORE15 to get additional savings!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
8/5/2015: Nelson Mandela and the Dream of Freedom
On August 5, 1962 anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested by South African police. In October of that year he tried and sentenced to five years in prison. While Mandela was still serving this prison sentence, in 1964, he was placed on trial for sabotage, high treason and conspiracy to overthrow the government and sentenced to life in prison.
Mandela was released on February 11, 1990,after 27 years in prison. In 1993 he received the Nobel Peace Prize along with South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk for their efforts to peacefully end apartheid in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was elected the president of South Africa in 1994. He is held in deep respect throughout South Africa where he is often referred to as “the father of the nation”. He is also honored throughout the world for his lessons of patience, love, and tolerance.
Learn more about this remarkable activist and politician with my original readers Nelson Mandela's Dream of Freedom (for 1st- 4th grades) and Nelson Mandela: Father of South Africa (for 3rd-6th grades)
Saturday, August 1, 2015
8/1/2015: Happy Birthday to Francis Scott Key!
Happy Birthday to Francis Scott Key!
The author of the “Star-Spangled Banner” was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1779. During the War of 1812, on September 13–14, 1814 he watched Fort McHenry being bombed by the British forces in the Battle of Baltimore. In the morning, Key could see that the American flag was still flown over Fort McHenry, showing that the Americans had not lost possession of it. The inspired Key’s to write a poem, which became “The Star-Spangled Banner”
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