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History for Homeschoolers

April 3, 2013 By Bekki 1 Comment This content may contain affiliate links.

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History resources, deals, tips, and encouragement.
This page is continually updated with new resources!

Why do we teach history and geography?

History repeats itself!

We want to equip our kids to make wise choices based on history.

By studying cultures, events, and people of the past we can teach our children to pattern their lives, “based on history”.

History gives us an endless supply of examples of wise and stupid decisions of people that have walked this world before us. Let’s teach our children to look for examples in the lives of those who have gone before us.

More Important than studying any ONE particular person, event, invention, or time period, is teaching our kids to be natural investigators of the past.

“Do you know about the Pony Express?”
 
After asking all four of my sons the same question I beat myself up a bit.
 
It turns out that NONE of them knew anything about this piece of history.
 
I began thinking about all the different things, people, events, and inventions I haven’t made sure my kids have learned.
 
And then I remembered the BIG truth.
 
It doesn’t matter if we miss events, people, and inventions from history…
 
It matters if we don’t pass on a HUNGER for historical knowledge to our kids.
 
I’m not saying we should neglect teaching history.
 
My kids NEED to know about the Pony Express, who wrote the first epic novel, and random and weird history like Knockers-up.
 
Before there were alarm clocks, there were “knockers-up”, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning.

We can learn a lot from history!

But we have to ask the right questions! {Click here for Free download}


Short List of History Subjects:

  • Biblical History
  • Archaeology
  • Ancient Civilizations (They were brilliant!!)
  • Medieval History
  • Renaissance
  • Dark Ages
  • Colonial America
  • Civil War
  • American Revolution
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Cold War
  • World War I and II
  • Native American History
  • Westward expansion
  • Geography! This world is a fascinating place!
  • and more, much more

Get your free History Topic Ideas and Questions to ask when studying History before you go…


My Opinion:
God is the ultimate historian! Read your Bible with your children and research history mentioned.

There is so much to learn about God and the character of a follower of Christ wrapped up within the subject of history. You could spend an entire lifetime studying any one area of history.

When exposing your children to important historical events, be prepared to pause and dive deeper into an area of interest!

Anything that is important to God is important to us and therefore worthy to teach to our children.

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