It Was the Time of Roses
David Murray, 1914
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June
12 Red Rose Day so below is a bit of history and some stories to share. You will also find stories from England, Romania, Italy, Portugal and other countries, easy crafts to share with the children, and curriculum to make your classrooms bloom with delight!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROSES
- Roses are a symbol of love, beauty, war and politics.
- According to fossil evidence, roses are 35 million years old.
- There are 150 species of roses throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
- Cultivation of roses began in China 5000 years ago.
- During the Roman period roses were grown extensively in the Middle East.
- Nero dumped tons of rose petals on his dinner guests.
- Cleopatra had her living quarters filled with the petals of roses so that when Marc Antony met her, he would long remember her every time he smelt a rose.
- Rose hips have been found in Europe and petrified rose wreaths have been unearthed from ancient Egyptian tombs.
- The first known paintings of a rose are actually frescoes. The earliest example was discovered in Crete around 1600 B.C.
Above
information found at:
STORIES
The Daughter of the Rose – Romania
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/roses/history.cfm http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/miscellaneous/flowersandhistory/history-of-roses
The Blue Rose – China
http://www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/TheBlueRose.htmThe Daughter of the Rose – Romania
The Elf of the Rose – Hans Christian
Andersen
Legend of the Cherokee Rose – Native
American
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheCherokeeRose-Cherokee.html
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheCherokeeRose-Cherokee.html
The Legend of the Christmas Rose - Italy
Little Wild-Rose – Romania
http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Romanian_folktale_9.html
http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Romanian_folktale_9.html
The Maiden with the Rose on Her Forehead - Portugal
The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar
Wilde
The Rose - Grimm
The Rose Beauty – Turkey
The Rose Tree – England
The Snail and the Rose Tree – Hans
Christian Andersen
The Three Roses – Czechoslovakia
CRAFTS
CURRICULUM
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
Enchanted Learning – This site offers
a wide variety of flower crafts along with word searches and printable
classroom activities.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/flowers/
Rose Tissue Paper Flowers
http://www.littlemisscraft.com/Rose_Tissue_Paper_Flower-10_1 CURRICULUM
Teacher’s
Guide – Lessons plans, printouts, white board activities, coloring books and
more. Your classroom will be blooming in no time at all!
http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm
Birds,
Bees and Butterflies - Since flowers attract our winged friends, here is
a previous blog post, filled with fun songs and fingerplays for the wee ones.
http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm
Karen Chace 2014 ©
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