2020-2021

Honest History Issue 6: A Secret Mission

This issue of Honest History was all about spies. Spies have been around since ancient times.  The Egyptians, Greeks, Byzantine Empire, and even Japan used them to gain information about their enemies. The feature story in this issue was about Susan Hyde who was a spy in England.  She used invisible ink, code words, and … Read More

Honest History Issue 7 Into the Deep

Jacques Cousteau  Born in france in 1910 always curious about how things worked he learned to read blueprints at a young age and taught himself to build a functioning crane. He saved up his allowance to buy a video camera but when he got home with the camera he took it apart and reassembled it … Read More

Honest History Issue 9 The Era of Exploration

This issue of Honest History was called the Era of Exploration.  It is all about the Renaissance period of history. The Renaissance was a period during 1300-1600.  During this time many scientists, artists, explorers, philosophers lived and worked in Europe. This period of time came after the Middle Ages or Dark Ages.  The Black Plague … Read More

Honest History Issue 11 Journey Through the Jungle

Issue 11 of Honest History was called Journey through the Jungle.  This issue was about the Mayan Civilization.  Some interesting facts about the Mayans are: They were one of two ancient civilizations to create the number zero. Their writing system is made up of over 800 hieroglyphics. Kings were buried with goods such as necklaces, … Read More

Snapchat Powerpoint Presentation

I made a powerpoint to show my mom why I should be allowed to get Snapchat. I put facts about Snapchat and reasons I should get it, I gave a presentation that was ten minutes long to my mom and stepdad. My mom said I was very persuasive but I would have to wait till … Read More

Learning to play the Ukelele

I’m learning how to play the ukelele.  My mom got me a book with CD to learn some songs but mostly I just use youtube for lessons.  I have a chord chart that shows all the proper fingerings for the chords. I also got a book that has chords and music for the songs from … Read More

Orlando Florida and Universal Studios

Me, my mom, my brother, and stepdad went to Universal Studios in Orlando Florida for a week and stayed in a Hawaiian themed hotel called Loews Royal Pacific Resort and everyday we had to walk on a path to the parks. A few years ago I went to Disney World in Orland with my dad, … Read More

50 mins to save the world

I first saw this documentary on my recommended page on YouTube and I decided to watch it before hearing anything about it and what it was about. This documentary talks about the future and what could happen if we don’t stop throwing trash and things in the ocean that do not belong there before all … Read More