In this short video, master spinner Hollie Grauel demonstrates the spinning wheel. The video is part of the Maestro Heights online course The Spinning Wheel and the Daughters of Liberty. You will find the course here.
Category: HistoryQuick
February 15, 1798: A Brawl In the (Congressional) Hall
The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. If you didn’t catch this story in history class, the image a powdered wigs and fisticuffs might surprise you. Here’s the video. [A link to a printable History Quick unit study about the event is HERE. Video Highlights Politics. It’s always been a…
October 7, 1780: A Letter from Horatio Gates to William Blount
Historic artifacts and documents intrigue me. The more I know about something, the more I want to find out. I wrote a short biography of William Blount as a History Quick unit study. Blount was what we could call a “complicated” man. Deeply devoted to his family, he was a patriot in the Revolutionary War,…
February 16, 1903: A Guest of Honor
In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt made a politically bold decision when he invited African-American leader Booker T. Washington to have dinner with the Roosevelt’s at the White House. People of color worked in the White House but never before had an African-American man been an invited guest to dinner. Roosevelt received support and rebuke for…