Episode 17: The Relatable Homeschoolers Talk Homeschool History

We’ve been working our way through the core homeschool subjects. If you missed our previous discussions on math and science, check out episodes 15 and 16. Today on the podcast, we’re talking homeschool history, geography, current events, and more. Once again, you’ll see how different this looks in each of our homeschools. 

Some of us have used the Story of the World audiobooks in our homeschool, while others use textbooks or living books with a story-based approach. We’ve used documentaries, podcasts, and other media to supplement our studies. You can read graphic novels and create century timelines, too.

One of the best aspects of teaching homeschool history is that your child will learn it more than once. The resources and approach you use to teach history to your elementary-age kids will most likely be different from what you use to teach history in high school. 

Whatever your homeschool style, you’re bound to walk away from this episode with some new ideas and great resources to check out for teaching homeschool history.

In this episode, we’re talking about:

• Using living books to teach history (00:47)
• How teaching history can change over the years (2:09)
• Teaching history using historical fiction (3:26)
• The history cycle (5:08)
• Strewing like an unschooler (7:27)
• Using primary sources to teach history (9:39)
• Building a high school history curriculum (9:58)
• Pairing history and literature (11:13)
• The Book of Centuries (14:00)
• Using documentaries to teach history (15:32)
• Fitting it all in (17:06)
• Maps and geography (19:58)
• Current events and government (22:18)
• Using what works for YOU (25:04)
• What’s saving our homeschools right now (26:13)

Links from this episode:

• A Child’s History of the World
• Our Island Story
• Adventures In Ancient Greece
• Classical Conversations
• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Story of the World
• Build Your Library
• DK Smithsonian history books
• Black Heroes of the American Revolution
• Jefferson’s Sons
• My Father’s World
• Notgrass History Curriculum
• The Birchbark House series
• The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
• A Book of Centuries timeline book
• Material World – Simply Charlotte Mason
• Hungry Planet – Simply Charlotte Mason
• Usborne Understanding Politics and Government
• KidNuz
• CNN 10
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales
• John Lewis March trilogy
• Commonplace Quarterly

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