I find it appropriate that this post is my 800th posting for History Is Elementary . Memorial Day is one of my favorite holidays, so it ma...

I found out this morning in a roundabout way the high school I graduated from will be hiring an art teacher for grades 4, 5, and 6 for the f...

Without a question…..without a doubt history and time are inexplicably intertwined. You can’t have one without the other. During my 49 years...

Well, the Royal Wedding is almost upon us. Many of us wish we could be on the guest list to have one of the treasured seats in the congregat...

Occasionally a former student or a young friend will contact me and want to interview me about my writing. Recently a young friend had an as...

You reader, put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in your office--six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this request:...

I walk over to my laptop and make a quick “click”. The sounds of Aretha Franklin fill the classroom…. Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, c...

I visited my father a couple of weekends ago and walked over some of his property. Today, most of it is heavily wooded, but in the early day...

I can remember how the painted wooden planks of our front porch felt on my bare feet during the hot and lazy days of July. I can remember th...

I’ve been in a fog since Christmas. I know the New Year has come and gone. I know that I should have hit the ground running with resolutions...

The Spanish American War tends to be the event where the term yellow journalism arises, and in my opinion it is an appropriate spot to discu...

The White House theme this year for Christmas decorations is “Simple Gifts”…. emphasizing what Mrs. Obama says are the simple things at Chri...

I love the premise behind the National Treasure movies where members of the Gates family feel compelled to solve a series of historical clu...