Comments on: History That’s Fun to Watch http://writtenbyallof.us/2008/03/24/291/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:06:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Clay Parker Jones http://writtenbyallof.us/2008/03/24/291/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Clay Parker Jones Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:28:07 +0000 http://writtenbyallof.us/2008/03/24/291/#comment-370 Another way of making history fun to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_DsL1x1uY Another way of making history fun to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_DsL1x1uY

]]> By: Rich Dettmer http://writtenbyallof.us/2008/03/24/291/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Rich Dettmer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:35:30 +0000 http://writtenbyallof.us/2008/03/24/291/#comment-331 My wife and I are watching the series with my children. Amazingly, the series has so far raised great conversation in our family about our founding fathers. Some interesting observations and questions from my children: Nick (age 11): John Adams' wife should have been in the continental congress. Why wasn't she? Nick: Our teachers didn't tell us that that didn't all get along in the congress. Why didn't South Carolina want freedom from England? Mac (age 13): Why did it take until the 1960s for all Americans to be free? Mac: If we are all inherently equal, why do some people have specific laws that make them more equal? Mac: If Thomas Jefferson truly believed every word, why did he own slaves? Brendan (age 17): Those wigs are lame. Why in the world would people wear those? I have personally enjoyed the series and the conversations it has started with my children very much. My wife and I are watching the series with my children. Amazingly, the series has so far raised great conversation in our family about our founding fathers. Some interesting observations and questions from my children:
Nick (age 11): John Adams’ wife should have been in the continental congress. Why wasn’t she?
Nick: Our teachers didn’t tell us that that didn’t all get along in the congress. Why didn’t South Carolina want freedom from England?
Mac (age 13): Why did it take until the 1960s for all Americans to be free?
Mac: If we are all inherently equal, why do some people have specific laws that make them more equal?
Mac: If Thomas Jefferson truly believed every word, why did he own slaves?
Brendan (age 17): Those wigs are lame. Why in the world would people wear those?

I have personally enjoyed the series and the conversations it has started with my children very much.

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