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The Benefit of Combining One's Passions

3/4/2023

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My son has been passionate about Lego for as long as I can remember, but his passion for history is a more recent development.

​Over the past six months, he has shown increasing interest in Ancient Greece and Rome and spends hours a week reading about the Greco-Roman world. He has also discovered a neat way to combine his love of Lego with his newfound fascination for the classical period via the LCM Brick Show YouTube channel, which features hundreds of Lego stop-motion renditions of famous historical battles and wars. The one below -- which my son brought to my attention earlier this evening -- chronicles the origins of the Cimbrian Wars in 113 BC.

I tip my hat to the people behind these animations. Each one must take ages to make, but the effort is well worth it. Be forewarned, as far as YouTube channels go, LCM Brick Show definitely falls into the "potentially addictive" category.

Note added: LCM Brick Show is just one of many Lego stop-motion channels. All are equally "potentially addictive." Proceed with caution.  
  
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bruce g charlton
3/5/2023 10:13:43

My kids also had a Greek and Roman phase in primary school - focused around Rick Riordan's stories loosely based on their myths about gods, demigods, titans, monsters etc. My daughter even chose to learn Latin from this age - taking it through to A-level.

I remember my daughter telling me of what they called 'Medieval Club' which would 'role play' improvised stories of the ancient gods and goddesses etc. at break times and the lunch break.

It was great to see this appetite for 'history' emerging quite spontaneously.

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Heather Shaler
3/6/2023 02:56:40

I'll show this to my kids. My eldest likes to make Lego stop-action films. Thanks for the find!

I highly recommend the Story of the World books for young history lovers. It doesn't go as deep as your son has been reading, but it's a good spring-board into lots of different historical periods, and ties them together nicely.

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