Learning should be specific and personal with Author Lynn Dean of Discover Texas Online

Intro 

Author Lynn Dean wrote Discover Texas Online because she hated history! She remembers only how bored she was and nothing else! Her husband loved History and felt terrible that she hated it so much and one day asked her a question that would change her perspective forever! Was there nothing that you liked about History? Then she remembered one teacher bringing in a coffee washed stained sheet and the hand painting she did in 3rd grade! That's when she realized learning history can be fun if you could experience it; and so Discovertexasonline.com is born! 

Top three takeaways 

1. Learning should be specific and personal.  
2. When learning history or any subject you can make it multicurricular by finding the different subject tucked in History.  
3. That during the Spanish Inquisition there was a surname that came into existence in the US and only exists in the US and it is the surname Hidalgo; which is a mash up of three words Hijo de algo; and this came to be because during the inquisition Spain was stripping people of everything they had and those who wanted to leave a legacy came over the US so they could have land etc. Since last names usually came from where you lived or some type of inheritance when they came to the US Hijo de algo means son of something thus we got Hidalgo! 

Call to Action 

Resources: http://www.discovertexasonline.com/ 

Promotions: FREE family tree chart: http://www.discovertexasonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/FamilyTreeChart_DiscoverTexas.pdf 

Social Media Links 

Website: http://www.discovertexasonline.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverTexasHistory 

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