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History • Re: Ancient History

2020-09-30T07:59:59-06:00

If you scroll the pages there's quite a few free lesson plans here:

https://www.twinkl.com/resources/ks2-hi ... -stage-2/3

Statistics: Posted by sophiewinters220 — Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:59 am

History • Re: History Podcasts?

2020-09-07T21:00:18-06:00

I know this is a few years old haha but this I figured my podcast fit this bill. I am doing a history podcast at the moment called Founders of Nations that goes from A-Z through the nations and studies the founding father and/or mother of each nation. You can find it on pretty much any podcast app. The website is www.lang4life.com/founders

Statistics: Posted by gracemed — Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:00 pm

History • Re: Ancient History

2020-06-30T12:48:32-06:00

Yes, if that's not your child's thing, you can just give them the basics on all ancient civilizations (as in "Egypt had kings called pharaohs, wrote in things that looked like little drawings and had animal-headed gods", "Roman gods are more or less renamed Greek ones", "Babylonians invented writing") and see if they want to hear more about this or that one.

Statistics: Posted by Flanker27S — Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:48 pm

History • Re: Ancient History

2020-02-26T23:33:16-06:00

I'd agree with radioranch that ancient history is a really big topic. You don't want your son to get overwhelmed with all of the different eras and civilizations. Go to the library and see what he is most interested in or start watching some documentaries with him. He will quickly gravitate to a particular time and culture. For me, it was ancient Egypt. I've been fascinated with the ancient Egyptians since I was in middle school.

Once you know what he is interested in, you can pick out something that is a little more focused on what he wants to learn about. Teach12 has some interesting courses as does All-in-one Homeschool. Both are worth checking out.

Statistics: Posted by susanunderwood — Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:33 pm

History • "The American Civil War"

2017-11-15T13:55:38-06:00

I recently heard that slavery wasnt the only cause of the civil war. Its a little difficult for me to believe that. Do you think that the civil war was caused by slavery or state rights and other things?

Statistics: Posted by insipseve — Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:55 pm

History • Re: What is the place of origin of white Americans?

2017-10-19T09:06:25-06:00

I love history but it's hard to remember everything haha. All I remember is Columbus discovered America. That is why we celebrate Columbus day.

Statistics: Posted by koltonblue — Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:06 am

History • History Podcasts?

2016-01-20T02:54:47-06:00

I'm homeschooling my 15 y/o son, and am looking for some suitable podcasts on history (particularly ancient history). He's absolutely in love with Dan Carlin's 'Hardcore History' - so was hoping to find something at the same kind of level.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

Statistics: Posted by insectlover — Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:54 am

History •

2015-08-19T02:21:00-06:00

I have read the history books in the UK, it is not very different. There is written that all the criminals escaped from the Uk to escape the prisin and execution. I wrote an for essaywriter.org reviews about differences in history books in different countires, the most interesting parts are in the USSR history books, it seems that everyone in the US wants to kill them and destroy their perfect society

Statistics: Posted by jannajohnson891 — Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:21 am

History •

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Statistics: Posted by FayzulSultanovich — Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:27 am

History •

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Statistics: Posted by FayzulSultanovich — Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:21 am

History • Re: our favorite

2013-05-25T17:23:41-06:00

Statistics: Posted by Ramona — Sat May 25, 2013 5:23 pm

History • our favorite

2013-05-23T18:49:15-06:00

Our Favorite History is Story of the World. We LOVE it!!

Statistics: Posted by mindy8 — Thu May 23, 2013 6:49 pm

History • Videos online to help supplement history

2013-02-02T10:54:14-06:00

My husband told me about a couple resources to use for the kids to supplement their history

http://www.youtube.com/user/horriblehistoriesBBC
and
http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us

We have not watched Horrible Histories yet but my kids love America - the Story of us.
Mindy
http://blog.denschool.com/?s=amazing+race+leg

Statistics: Posted by mindy8 — Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:54 am

History • 'Paleohistory'

2012-04-13T08:36:46-06:00

I'm not sure where to put this, since it's as much science as it is history. I've recently finished teaching 'Paleohistory', basically a precursor to formal history. I wanted to teach history starting from really ancient things and working up to more modern, so they could see how things built up on each other, but I found that to do this I kept needing to start earlier and earlier until the Big Bang came up.

Paleohistory is basically a short subject that gives a conceptual overview of the Big Bang, the formation of stars, galaxies, and planets (including Earth), and an overview of the various Eons of Earth's history, all the cool critters that were around, and the eventual development of humans. We didn't go into too much depth (it was only 30 lessons and could easily be reduced to just 12), but we did look at fossils, extinctions, ice ages, and a few specific types of animals like dinosaurs, trilobites, and mammoths.

The point of it was to emphasise our place both in time and space, and to have a better understanding of the development of life in general, global climate, and what really makes us human. Finally I wanted to set the scene for proper ancient history, so that things like why people were originally living as nomads and so on were a bit more obvious.

Anyway, has anyone else ever done anything like this? If so, how did you find it and what was your overall impression? And if anyone is interested, all of the materials I used are digital and I am happy to share them.

Statistics: Posted by Munchie33 — Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:36 am

History •

2012-03-12T17:29:35-06:00

Great points there; I hadn't really thought of the cause of the war in so much detail. That'll have me ruminating for a while!

Statistics: Posted by Jon49522 — Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:29 pm