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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Day 2 - History Curriculum

Good Evening to my fellow Australian friends and good morning to my round the world friends welcome to the Schoolhouse Review Crew 5 days of ... blog hop.

The theme for my 5 days is Curriculum Choices. My aim is not to list every single resource out there (That in itself would be almost impossible as the Internet is an ever changing place). My aim is to give you some ideas to start you off.

Today's theme is History.
My personal passion is teaching/learning history chronologically. My reason for this is that dates help us to anchor our learning. I loved the stories of history from school and loved even more seeing the cause and effect of history but hated memorizing dates. My love affair with history grew when I started home educating.

Resources
On Pinterest

A Living Book approach

Sonlight has compiled  years of Chronological history with living books and readers
  • Sonlight B {Explore the story of the world from Creation through the fall of Rome.}
  • Sonlight C {Journey from the fall of Rome through modern world history!}
  • Sonlight G {Witness the rise and fall of ancient empires.}
  • Sonlight H {Explore the ever-changing world of the past 500 years}
  • Sonlight W {Journey through the highlights of World History}
Simply Charlotte Mason
Trivium Education
Well Trained Mind
Mystery of History by Linda Lacour Hobar
  • Volume I – Creation to the Resurrection
  • Volume II – The Early Church and the Middle Ages
  • Volume III – The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations
  • Volume IV - Wars of Independence to Modern Times 
Tapestry of Grace by Lampstand Press

 Classical Conversations

From a Christian Perspective
Sonlight has compiled  years of Chronological history with living books and readers
  • Sonlight B {Explore the story of the world from Creation through the fall of Rome.}
  • Sonlight C {Journey from the fall of Rome through modern world history!}
  • Sonlight G {Witness the rise and fall of ancient empires.}
  • Sonlight H {Explore the ever-changing world of the past 500 years}
  • Sonlight W {Journey through the highlights of World History}
History Alive

Diana Waring has published history from a biblical perspective
The Mystery of History 

Written by Linda Lacour Hobar
  • Volume I – Creation to the Resurrection
  • Volume II – The Early Church and the Middle Ages
  • Volume III – The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations
  • Volume IV - Wars of Independence to Modern Times 
Unit Studies
Truth Quest History
Speaking God's Truth . . . embedded in the flow of history! This has multi levels to choose from and you can choose from a 1 - 8 year plan.

Homeschool in the Woods
Konos
 Primary/Elementary
High School


  • History of the World Year I: Ancient World (hard copy)
  • History of the World Year II: Medieval World (hard copy)
  • History of the World Year III: Renaissance and Reformation (download)
  • History of the World Year IV: American History (download)

Time Lines
FREE on the internet

"In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction,
drawing the materials of future wisdom 
from the past errors and infirmities of mankind."
Edmund Burke

What are you favourite resources for history ?

Tomorrow I will share with you some of my favourite Science / Biology resources.
Blessings
Chareen
Day 1 Geography

Summer Blog Hop
Be sure to hop on over to the crew blog to read more posts from this series

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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

FREE History Resources for Homeschool

Welcome to Day 2 of the 5 Days of ... Blog Hop brought to you by the 2014 Schoolhouse Review Crew.

Last year I shared with you my Homeschool for FREE list and then updated it in January this year.  I have been feeling a little frustrated with it's length and it's been difficult to find the information I want in it so this week I will be sharing shorter lists divided into subject areas.


With the advent of the internet and the generosity of many homeschool mothers there are some amazing resources available for us today.

On this blog
As we travel the globe on our discovery of Geography I will be adding more geography unit studies to this blog.
Field Trips that incorporate History
Books we love
(Libraries are an excellent resource to teach for FREE)

 On Pinterest 

On the WWW

    What are some of your favourite FREE resources for teaching History?  Leave a link in the comments and I will add them to the list

    Blessings
    Chareen

    Other Posts in the 5 Days of FREE Homeschool Resources are
    1. FREE Geography Resources
    2. FREE History Resources
    3. FREE Science Resources
    4. FREE Language Arts Resources
    5. FREE Fine Arts Resources

    April Blog HopPlease take some time to read the posts by my fellow crew mates this week who are sharing on their chosen topics.  Here are a few to get you started.


    FREE Stamp graphic courtesy: Stuart Miles
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    Wednesday, 6 February 2013

    My Passion: Chronological History

    Teaching history chronologically has become one of my favorite things to do.  When I was at school I loved history because of all the wonderful people I got to meet as I travelled through time. Their acts of bravery and heroism were inspirational. The villains being conquered were always met with applause in my heart.  The only problem was I could never connect the dots because every year we did isolated historical time periods and for some things I could not even begin to comprehend the cause and effect of these actions in time as we never continued to find out what happened.

    Time lines and teaching history chronologically walk hand in hand. Dates help us to anchor our learning as we mark them off on a time line. I took this a step further and actually added our family to our time line.  This enhanced our families experience of history.  I remember so clearly when we first started using time lines we had been putting people and events onto our time line for around three months.  We happened to read a biography of Eric Liddell and discovered that he was still alive when Paul's parents were born. My son looked at me with wonder in his eyes and exclaimed: "So Mommy these are R*E*A*L people!" That ah ha moment had occurred.  He connected the dots and realized that he was a part of history.

    The second thing I have come to understand during my home school journey is that EVERY THING happens somewhere in history. As Diana Waring would say "It's OK to take the Scenic Route when teaching history" It does not matter what subject you pick there is a point in time that it happened. By using a timeline we are able to add in all manner of learning.

    "In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction,
    drawing the materials of future wisdom 
    from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.    "
    Edmund Burke


    I think that too often we see history as an isolated topic and that was a mistake I made for a long time.  I have found that the adventure of teaching history has become a rich tapestry of His hand working to bring us to Himself.  There is so much to learn from past errors to past triumphs. For me dates and history are confusing outside of the time line frame work. Personally I am not very good at remembering them. However the relationships in history are more my personal pleasure. I am not saying that there is no point in learning dates, what I am saying is that this is something you need to decide for yourself and act on it. For me it's the people, the relationships and the cause and effect and it's this that attracts me to learning history chronologically.

    Resources
    When I first started on this journey there were extremely limited resources available and most of us muddled along adding bits and pieces in as we came across them.  Today however there is a plethora of chronological points of view and methodology. Here is a list of a few to whet your appetite for what is out there.
    On Pinterest

    Further reading on the www
    Take some time to enjoy the learning experience of history.  You might be surprised at just how much history you already do in your day to day studying!

    "History is for human self-knowledge ... 
    the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. 
    The value of history, then, is that it teaches us 
    what man has done and thus what man is." R. G. Collingwood

    Blessings
    Chareen

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    Tuesday, 17 September 2013

    Teaching History Revisited

    Teaching history is not solely about the subject of history or a set of isolated events found important by some textbook author. For me personally  learning history chronologically is at the very heart of all our learning. To aid our historical studies we made our own Book of Time. Dates help us to anchor our learning as we mark them off on a time line.

    To aid this assimilation of history and to make it more real for my children I have added in family to our book of time including important dates (marriage, immigration and the births of nieces and nephews).

    When I started home educating I only had the experience of history via a textbook. I am grateful to Sonlight who introduced me to studying history in the context of excellent literature. I agree with this statement by Jimmie Lanely
     "But living history books — even historical fiction — capture the imagination while informing the mind. The reader soaks in the the facts of history in a natural and enjoyable way that forms a much stronger base of understanding than rote memorization."
    his·to·ry noun \ˈhis-t(É™-)rÄ“\
    1. tale, story 
    2. a : a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes
      b : a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena
      c : an account of a patient's medical background
      d : an established record  
    3. a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events
    4. a : events that form the subject matter of a history
      b : events of the past
      c : one that is finished or done for
      d : previous treatment, handling, or experience (as of a metal) 
    For Us
    Sir N is eight this year and we are concentrating on exploring the world around us.  We are working our way through Sonlight's Core curriculums until he is 12 when we will be adding in Mystery of History for the high school years. I am also adding in missionary biographies.  We are currently reading Seed Sowers and a YWAM biography Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose.

    Charlotte Mason said, “The fatal mistake is in the notion that [the child] must learn ‘outlines’ of the whole history… just as he must cover the geography of all the world. Let him, on the contrary, linger pleasantly over the history of a single man, a short period, until he thinks the thoughts of that man, is at home in the ways of that period. Though he is reading and thinking of the lifetime of a single man, he is really getting intimately acquainted with the history of a whole nation for a whole age.” Home Education, Vol. 1 Part XVIII.–History, p.280 

    Although I have a liking of Charlotte Mason philosophy I am in no way a purist in my approach. I am more an eclectic home schooler in my history studies approach. I have been influenced in my approach by Charlotte Mason, Sonlight and The Well Trained Mind.

    For Further Reading
    Over the years I have come to realize that history is more than what has been dictated upon us by textbooks at school. It is a rich tapestry of life.  Every single thing that happens every single day is a historical fact. Science, Math, Geography it's all a form of history as every single aspect of every single subject has taken place at some point in time and by adding these points to a time line we grow in our understanding of the world we live in.

    "In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction,
    drawing the materials of future wisdom 
    from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.    "
    Edmund Burke
    Blessings
    Chareen
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    Tuesday, 27 February 2018

    Drive Thru History® Adventures {Review}

    I'm so excited to share our latset review product with you. We have been driving through history with Dave Stotts from Drive Thru History, who recently launched Drive Thru History® Adventures .

    Drive Thru History Adventures Homeschool Review

    For the last 15 years, I’ve traveled the world to share the unvarnished truth of history, on location, in the context of adventure. I’ve started calling it “Adventure Learning” – history education that’s Christ-centered, fact-filled, and super fun. - Dave Stotts


    What we received

     
    How we used it
    Once you log intoyour account you will find an easy to use and comprehensive website. Along the top navigation you will find links to:
    • Dashboard - 
      • Latest Resources that have been uploaded
      • Dave's Adventures - Dave explains how to use the curriculum and the site as well as his weekly updates.
      • Side Roads - These are short detour history tidbit video's for example: The History of Cheese, King Herod's Building Projects, Roman Coins Related to the Gospels, Coins of Herod the Great, History of Groundhog Day, Parables in the Ancient World and the Gospels, The History of Saint Valentine's Day, to name a few.
      • Featured Videos- five video's currently loaded. 
      • Facebook - news feed.
    • Curriculum - This page is divded into three areas
      • Bible History Course - The Gospels: The Extraordinary Life of Jesus of Nazareth. Dave takes a tour through the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and travels to more than fifty ancient sites in Israel.
      • American History Course - Dave explores early American history and the events that shaped the founding of the United States of America.
      • Ancient History Course - This is the course we are currently using.  Dave takes us on a journey to explore ancient history that shaped the ancient world and the impact those civilizations had on our Christian faith and how these two ideals melded together to give us the rise of Western Civilization.
    • Resources
      • Featured - A list of resources which have been written by different contributors.  For example: A Clash of Kingdoms: Jesus Christ vs Herod Antipas, Herod Antipas at the time of Jesus, Dave's Adventures weekly Update, Evidence for the Mounth of Transfiguration, etc.
      • Expert Papers
      • Articles
      • Side Roads
      • Getting Started
      • Behind the Scenes
      • Worksheets
      • Answer Guides
      • Suggested Readings
      • Dig Deeper
    • Community - Here you will find Drive Thru History on Social Media
      • Facebook Page
      • Facebook Members Only Group
      • YouTube
      • Instagram
    • Account - Details of your account - name, payments, password and a spot to ask questions.
    • Adventures TV

    There are currently three diferent history streams. We chose to work our way through Ancient History Adventures. There are twelve episodes in this adventure
    1. The Rise of Western Civilization -  "I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of Marble." - Augustus
    2. The Age of conflict -  "Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man." - Pliny the Elder
    3. A Time of Challenges -  "Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness - Titus Livius.
    4. Roots of Democracy
    5. Challenges of a New Religion
    6. The Spread of Christianity
    7. East Meets West
    8. Ruins and Romans
    9. The Advancement of Knowledge
    10. Heart of Stone
    11. Constantine and Constantinople
    12. The Best of the Ancient World.

    Within the tour we are covering Greece, Rome and Asia Minor.  The process each week is simple.  You start with watching the weeks video.  These average at around 45 minutes each. We split the watching some weeks as the content was so full of history we needed some time to absorbe what we had learned.



    Upon completing the video you then have the option of using the expanded curriculum options.  These are readings from primary source documents by authors such as:  Virgil, Homer, Plato, Cicero, Pliney the younger and the Bible. Each week the readings are supplied and you have the option of using the online reader, downloading it and printing it or reading in a pdf.

    Dave's goal is to take us on a journey through locations from Ancient History  in order to gain a new perspective on the Ancient Empires and their contextual role in the rise of Christianity and Western Civilization.
    The Shepherd Faustulus bringing Romulus and Remus to his Wife
    nicolas Mignard 1606-1668
    Each and every post has beautiful photographs of historical artifacts of interest as well as a beautiful painting referencing the learning.

    The side roads are interesting too.  Little tidbits of history.  For example in week 1we read a little bit about the Roman politician and general Mark Antony who served under the leadership of Julius Caesar.



    For the Parent
    • The curriculum has been writen for ages 12 and up.
    • High School students have the opportunity to dig deeper via original source documents, expert papers and short articles which are provided.
    • Old students are provided with research essay questions via outside research.
    • Younger students (ages 5 to 11) are encouraged to watch the video's and narrate answers to the basic questions.
    • The curriculum covers history geography, classic art, archaeology and apologetics. 
    • Drive Thru History has been optomised to be used accross multiple platforms (PC, Apple, Google Play, smart phone or tv)
    • Adventures TV is included.

    Cost of Drive Thru History Adventures
    • Be sure to look through The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine (winter edition) for a special coupon code.
    • Drive Thru History® Adventures  is offering a set of The Gospels DVD to those who sign up for an annual subscription (USA residents only)

    Recommended Age Range
    • 5 to Adult

    Connect withDrive Thru History Adventures
    Facebook Pinterest Instagram YouTube

    Dave shares some fabulous adventures on his YouTube Channel be sure to take a look at:
    Over All We thought ...
    Drive Thru History® Adventures is FABULOUS!  Nathaniel begs me to log in and watch each day. We are both looking forward to working our way through all of Dave's video's, seeing history where it took place and enjoying Dave's humour.

    Blessings
    Chareen

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    Monday, 19 January 2015

    History, Geography Science for 2015

    This week's Virtual Curriculum Fair hosts are
    1. Susan @ Homeschooling Hearts & Minds
    2. Stacie @ Super Mommy to the Rescue
    Our topic of the week is Exploring Our World: Social Studies and more Science---includes history, geography, world cultures, worldview, biology, botany, geology, etc., etc., etc.

    In last weeks post I shared our Science plans for 2015 so this week I shall share about History and Geography.
    History.
    "In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction,
    drawing the materials of future wisdom 
    from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.    "
    Edmund Burke
     
    This year we will continue reading Story of The World Volume One and using the Activity Guide which goes alongside it.

    I will  also be consulting Home's Cool and choosing books from the Sonlight curriculum to read out loud from this list Sonlight Books arranged by the well trained mind 4 year cycles

     "But living history books — even historical fiction — capture the imagination while informing the mind. The reader soaks in the the facts of history in a natural and enjoyable way that forms a much stronger base of understanding than rote memorization."- Jimmie Lanely
    Geography
    We will continue with incidental geography.  This will happen during our history lessons.  As we read about historical happenings I shall point to the areas on the map to encourage familiarity.

    I haven't decided yet upon a resource to use.  Here are a few I'm contemplating using
     I think we may continue using Expedition Earth: A Journey through God's World.

    I would like to also complete  Trail Guide to World Geography  This particular package is my all time favourite.

    I saw a review on Wonder Maps and really like the look of this program.  Have any of you used it or seen it ?

    This year I want to learn more about a Charlotte Mason approach and enjoyed reading Jimmey's post: Teaching Geography Without Buying a Curriculum

    On this Blog




     What others are saying
    Please visit my fellow homeschool bloggers as they share how they explore their world with social studies and science:

    It's your turn

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    Wednesday, 29 January 2014

    70+ Resources for Valentines Day 2014

    It's coming up to Valentine's Day soon.  I've just spent a little time online searching for some more resources to add to my list from last year.

    Love is a verb and as such needs action.  I use Valentine's day to remember to tell those I love that I do. A couple of years ago (okay it's more than a couple more like a decade ...) I read the book The 5 Love Languages. This is one of those must read books on my list.  If you have not heard about love languages or how they impact you on a daily basis then please please buy the book and have a read.  I'm pleased to say they have a dedicated website now with loads of Tips and ideas as well as insights.

    Here is a video to help clarify the love languages



    Worksheets & Printables
    All Our Days
    From the Word
    History


    On YouTubePlease preview the YouTube clips before you show them to your family. Some are for older students and some are for primary students.

    On WWW
    Pinterest Boards
    Do you have any favourite Valentine's resources that I could add to the list ?

    Blessings
    Chareen
    Linking to
    Valentine's Day RoundUp
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