Homeschool History: Historical Thinking, Research, and Writing for Young Historians in 5 stepsSamantha Matalone Cook, MATHomeschool History: Building Young Historians Homeschool history is important. History guides our relationship with our communities, plays a significant role in our identities, and gives the answers to the many questions our young learners have about the world they live in. Studying history is also the catalyst to social change, cultural literacy, and building equity in our society. At the SEA conference in June 2021, I spoke about the importance of building young historians so that they develop knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm around the subject …
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Game Based Learning: Re-Energizing the Study of History with Video GamesSamantha Matalone Cook, MATGame Based Learning in the Classroom and Beyond It’s no secret that our family is a gaming family. Board games, video games, role-playing games, you name it, we play it. In many of the workshops I have given over the years, I’ve pointed out that using game based learning can be a wonderful catalyst to academic subjects. I’ve used games to introduce, connect, or reinforce concepts. Previously, I’ve used games as a strewing technique to gauge interest in an idea. Often, I’ve used games to branch out …
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Over the course of 24 deep-dive lessons, students will look at the history of the United States through the experiences of non-cis-straight-white men, from anti-Mexican sentiment in the California Gold Rush to the woman behind the administration of Prohibition to the Stonewall uprising. Students will work through guided research questions, read (included) essays about historical figures, analyze (included) primary source documents, and develop their own historical arguments. Major output includes DBQ essays, a local history project, and a history biography project.
Through rich and exciting narrative, History Quest: United States chapter book takes you on a compelling journey into the past—from pre-European civilization in North America, through decades of growth and change in the United States, up to modern history and the early 2000s.
Women's History Reading List March is Women’s History Month and the SEA Homeschoolers facebook group has been buzzing with excellent book recommendations to add to your family’s TBR lists. This Women's History Reading List is full of curated recommendations making it perfect for March, or any other month! Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! This unique A-Z book introduces 26 diverse women spanning several centuries and multiple professions. There are artists and abolitionists, scientists and suffragettes, rock stars and rabble-rousers, and agents of change of all kinds. Recommended …
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History Odyssey Early Modern Times Level Two is a student guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from 1600 to 1850. Also from Pandia Press.
History Odyssey Modern Times level two is a student guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from 1850 to 2000.
In United States History in Reverse: School-to-Prison Pipeline students discover U.S. History in Reverse ultimately learning about the historical origins of the School to Prison Pipeline. This is a high school level unit study.
Product Description History Odyssey Middle Ages Level Two Pages: 156 Grade level: appropriate for 5th ‘ 8th grade, target grade is 6th (appropriate for high school with modifications*) Course type: Study guide * Middle Ages Level two is a comprehensive course that is appropriate for both middle school and high school students with little modification. For high school students we recommend adding daily lesson summaries and one oral report of the student?s choosing. We also recommend reading unabridged, original versions of the classic literature such as Beowulf, Shakespeare, and The Canterbury Tales. From fall of Rome to the Renaissance, Middle …
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Ancients level two is a student guide that provides step-by-step lessons to teach world history from 6000 BCE to 500 CE.
History Quest: Early Times Study Guide contains everything you need for a full year’s history curriculum for elementary-age children. Each weekly unit takes a chapter of History Quest: Early Times, the narrative history series, and turns it into a robust unit study with a week’s worth of engaging activities.
History Quest: Early Times is engaging, educational, and secular. It takes you on a journey into the past to experience the rise and fall of ancient civilizations and empires. You’ll visit faraway places to meet and learn from everyday folks, famous world leaders, and even a few mythological characters.
The History Odyssey timeline has four timeline posters. We are proud to carry what we think is the best timeline on the market!
