5 ways to get young children excited about History.
Published 2024-06-25
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All Comments (11)
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Please share your thoughts and add any other ideas you may have in the comments!
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We were recently looking at genealogy records for my family. We found a large cemetery named after my mom's family. We also found relatives from the South that were Confederate deserters who joined the Union Army. All so interesting! Also, my dad's grandmother wrote a journal which is now part of the library at the University of South Carolina. Relatives published it. She was a strong woman.
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Great ideas, David! Everyone should be mindful of interacting with and sharing antiques and old toys with kids though - many are very high in lead!
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These were some great ideas! My 11-year-old has had a lot of interest this past year on family history in what countries they originally came from. I never thought of using that for homeschool. 😁
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My 7yo and I read a picture book called “A Medieval Feast” and we decided to get ahold of some marzipan and food coloring to make the little decorative edible sculptures they called subtleties. That really brought it to life for her.
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Great ideas, David! I don't have kids, but I do have a nephew. I'll look into books (especially historical fiction) that are age appropriate for him as well as Legos and puzzles about history :). He loves Legos and I'm sure he'd have fun building a historical Lego set. :). I'll look into historical museums for him too as well as reenactments. Thanks for sharing! Have a great day :).
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The thing that made me really get into history was actually a heavy metal band called Sabaton who sing about historical events. I wanted to learn more about the events they sung of and eventually my interest was pulled into history altogether.
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These are all great ideas! I love the idea of cooking a meal from a different country. Thank you 😊
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Minecraft dioramas have been a success for ancient history for us (9yo homeschooler). The Great Ziggurat of Ur took him an afternoon. I looked up the world's oldest jokes and he really enjoyed that. So did I. Letters from young people to their parents are a hit, in terms of primary sources. Also MUSIC! A playlist for every unit. For early modern history, there's a folk song or broadsheet song for every topic. But even Sumer and Greece have wonderful surviving music.
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My younger siblings have running joke that I am older than the universe. So, I often tell them about historical events as if I was there. I add some jokes and dramatic words and they like. Sometimes they even ask me to tell them about certain events. Their favorite so far are the French revolution, Jesus, and World War One.
