Teaching History WITHOUT Curriculum! | Favorite History Books for Homeschool

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Did you know that you DO NOT need curriculum to give your kids a solid foundation in history? It's true! Today, I'm sharing some of our favorite books for learning about history in a fun and engaging way in our homeschool - without curriculum or textbooks!
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Life in Colonial America Coloring Book: amzn.to/46rNO1i
The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad: amzn.to/46mNpNM
Gold Rush Fever: A Story of the Klondike, 1898: amzn.to/3r8kVag
A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840: amzn.to/435GB4a
Great Battles for Boys - Korean War: amzn.to/46n6AqJ
DK Eyewitness Books: North American Indian: amzn.to/42ZfB6A
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Archimedes and the Door of Science: amzn.to/3CPprNv
Herodotus and the Road to History: amzn.to/3pqDiqC
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine: amzn.to/3NLr3hD
George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans: amzn.to/3NPMWwf
William Carey: Obliged to Go: amzn.to/46pTj0r
Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis & Clark: amzn.to/3PwFF5K
The Magna Charta: amzn.to/3r8msx2
Abraham Lincoln: amzn.to/3CMV0I3
Abraham Lincoln's World: amzn.to/3NwU2V4
George Washington's World: amzn.to/3NOWCqV
History Timeline Notebook: amzn.to/3NPLcTO
The Civil War: A Visual History: amzn.to/3PutHcP
History of the World Map by Map: amzn.to/440zNpW
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Volume II: amzn.to/44fhsVC
A Patriot's History of the United States: amzn.to/44bX1Jo
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@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Thanks for watching today! Do you have any favorite history books or resources? Please share! ❤

@libertycoffeehouse3944 11 месяцев назад

I think it is important for parents to understand how our history has been changed on purpose. Let's start in the 1800's. You have probably heard of Horace Mann. His wife was from the Peabody banking family. The Peabody Foundation financed the Prussian system being implemented in the United States. In Germany, it was designed to produce obedient soldiers. In the US, it was designed to produce obedient workers. Later, Carenegie, Rockefeller started their Foundations with the advice of Frederick T. Gates who was recommended by the Schiff Banking family. John Dewey worked for the Carnegie Foundation. They pushed for the Progressive system to replace classical education at the University level. They reasoned it would be easier to take away our freedoms if they dumbed us down. The Founders thought it was important that the common people could read, write and do arithmetic and that citizens had a strong background in history as this would prepared you for a republican form of government. However, Classical Education used to dominate the private schools and universities and also spilled over into the one room school house. I would recommend a Classical Education. This means your child would read the greatest thinkers in Western Civilization. In history, Herodotus, Thucidides, Livy, Sallust, Julius Ceaser, Tacitus, Plutarch, Cicero, Seutonious, Pliny, Trajan, and Quintillion. If your child is younger, I would choose Dorothy Mills. I think Memoria press puts out books on classical history. Then as your child is a teenager they would read the great books in western civilization. Do not use Memoria Press, for American History it is not so good. With American history everything is infested with the Harry Jaffas proposition nation and social history. I will have to think about this. Today, American History has become so agenda based. It is controlled by the billionaire class. In the progressive education they emphasize teaching techniques. When you read the great books, your teachers are the greatest thinkers in the Western world. Your teacher would be Aristotle and Plato. One teaches respect for our ancestors and our culture and allows you to see how one thinkers ideas built off previous thinkers. It produces people like Thomas Jefferson. The progressive education produces Captain Underpants. 😂

@HistoryfortheAges Год назад

I am a History professor. I put all my lectures on my channel as a free resource for homeschoolers!!!

@938quilt Год назад

I've recently been watching homeschool videos for the book recommendations (no kids and I'm 56!) I'm very weak in history and am enjoying Dear America (historical fiction), Christian Heroes then and now/Heroes of History, Trail Blazers

@Jproctor43 Год назад

My go to booklist for history is Sonlight! I used Sonlight for History with my two older children and there was never a historical fiction book that we didn't LOVE. More recently, I came across the author Steve Sheinkin for history books for Junior High and Highschool, they are so engaging and his use of Primary Resources is top notch.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Yes! Sonlight has great books! I haven’t heard of the other one you mentioned, I’ll have to check into that. Thanks for sharing!

@HumaMasood-qy6gl Месяц назад

@Jproctor43 does Steve Sheinkin have complete History curriculum that can be used for high school?

@purpledol8455 Год назад

I LOVED this video! This is how we homeschool. We use a curriculum for math, spelling, and grammar. Everything else we teach through living books. I would LOVE a video about the historical fiction books you use. I always try to find a fictional book that ties into the unit we are studying.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Love it!! Sounds like we are very similar!

@lizluscomb Год назад

@@TheEclecticHomeschooler I second this request for a fiction followup video or blog post!

@stephaniedougherty7845 Год назад

⁠@@TheEclecticHomeschooler have just completed my first year of homeschooling full time and recently told my husband that this is how I want to do history. I did a session on Baroque Music/ Art/ some history with my 3,5 and 8 year old and they loved it and remember so much! And yes, please follow up with a video on fiction!

@addiegonzalez Год назад

Officially starting to homeschool my daughter this school year. She'll be in kindergarten. Love all your recommendations. Please do share your list of fiction books. 📚 😊

@crystaljordan7318 Год назад

This is my favorite type of video! I would love to know the historical fiction read aloud your family has enjoyed also!❤ Basically any book video you want to make. 😂

@libertycoffeehouse3944 Год назад

For high school history, I would recommend Brion Mclanahan. He has the Brion Mclanahan Academy on line. He has classes that teach you primary documents. You will get a better history from him than any University Professor you could pay for at a University. He teaches American History from a constitutional perspective. He will give you an intellectually honest class without hidden agenda. I have a degree in history and I learned so much from him.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Thanks for sharing!

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Thanks for sharing!!

@belindacoffin9413 2 месяца назад

Oh how I miss being a homeschool mama. Love, love, loved teaching and learning with my kids.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler 2 месяца назад

Yes! I’m so thankful for all the memories we are building and will get to keep as they grow! ❤️

@Randibunny Год назад

Do you have any world history recommendations

@JillKai-k6g Месяц назад

One of the biggest reasons years ago that I chose to use a Charlotte Mason approach was due to history. However, I don’t quite understand where to begin. I have some of her resources from simply Charlotte Mason that I bought at least 10 years ago…I still don’t understand how to chronologically teach. Do you start from the very beginning of time or do you choose a time period and build upon that? I just don’t think my children will want to start with biblical times. I don’t want to squash their interests…we’re starting with US history this year because it’s an election year.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Месяц назад

I think it’s great that you’re focusing on US history and timing it with the election to fit more with your kids interest! I have never taught chronologically. I have generally just focused on time periods my kids were interested in. That’s part of the reason I didn’t use SCM for history with them doing ancient for 3 years. Just my preference, but I didn’t want to spend that long on ancient. We used SCM for modern times and it was pretty good. When my boys were younger, we mostly did unit studies but following the practice of CM with living books, reading, narration, etc. but focused on times there were into or I wanted to focus on for the year. For a true CM curriculum, I preferred A Gentle Feast over SCM, but both are good! Best wishes!

@ReiverGrad14 Год назад

You should look into the American Story the Beginnings by David Barton for your High Schooler.

@juliequates9529 Год назад

Great resources loved hearing your personal recommendations

@constancejackson7986 Год назад

I love the Tuttle Twins!

@Dreblueskies Год назад

Me too!

@mechulapierre Месяц назад

Thank you so much I know where to start with my five year old now.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Месяц назад

Blessings to you! ❤️📚

@giselleroman2140 Год назад

Literally JUST starting homeschool with Kindergarten, but love this way of learning history. Beautiful way to drive into history without a curriculum which would honestly sound boring.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Oh yay! Kindergarten is the perfect time to learn through play and just enjoy time together exploring and reading lots of fun books! Wishing you an amazing year!

@elizabethlelchuk1798 4 месяца назад

Hello! Could you please link your Timeline book? Thanks!

@TheEclecticHomeschooler 4 месяца назад

You bet! It’s in the description, but here you go in case you didn’t see it! ☺️ History Timeline Notebook: amzn.to/3NPLcTO

@cfoster0212 Год назад

I LOVE when I get on here and you have a new video up. This one is so so helpful for me. All of my kids are in the Elementary years or younger but I have this internal struggle with history. It was my least favorite class, and I rarely paid attention. I was public schooled and I am determined to do history in a way that is more natural and that my kids can really find a love for learning about all the parts of history. Since I am new to homeschooling (this coming year will be our 2nd full year) and I struggle myself with history, this is video will be an incredibly valuable resource for me. THANK YOU!

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

I’m so blessed to hear that! Glad this was helpful! ❤️

@taylorstiles4957 Год назад

This video is so helpful!! Thank you!!

@Squiggsish 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this video. I would love to hear how you pull of these together. Do you plan what time period you're going to cover, and what does that entail? Do you do it chronologically? Do you assign writing tasks or narrations in addition to the book of centuries? I love to combine our history and literacy (language arts) and would love to know if you do this, too. Thank you!

@allisonward6621 3 месяца назад

Hi! I can't remember if you did a video showing the Timeline notebooks?

@TheEclecticHomeschooler 3 месяца назад

I haven’t done a full video just about them I just highlighted them here and in my older day in the life video about how I teach 4 kids. Honestly, I wish we were better about using them because they are super cool, but I tend to forget about them… 😅

@allisonward6621 3 месяца назад

@TheEclecticHomeschooler are they completely blank inside or are there dates already?

@jellib.110 Год назад

YWAM's George Mueller is definitely my family's favorite too! Adoniram Judson, our least fave, but we're still going through so many of these. They're fabulous!

@kristina7901 Год назад

Thank you I’ve learned a-lot through you today. I also got both of the Twin Tuttle history books.. love them ❤️❤️ new subscriber here.. im gonna check out the rest of your videos..

@NickyLindolls Год назад

Loved this video. I’m going to watching it through again and put all these books on my must have list. We love the turtle twins. But haven’t gotten their history books yet. I’m collecting things slowly. Not much room left on the shelves. 😅

@emily-lifeonaranch7093 Год назад

Totally loves this mama. Happy homeschooling and thank you for the links❤️

@redeemedmama6768 Год назад

Are you guys stopping AGF?

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

We never finished the whole year, partly since we started late, and partly because I can never seem to stick to anything! 😅 We will still be using some of the plans and definitely a lot of the book suggestions! It's a great curriculum!

@sarahscheenstra7 7 месяцев назад

How do you find living books for early elementary?

@christafox9908 Год назад

Thank you for doing this! We are starting to hit history this coming year and I've been really unsatisfied with the "curriculum" I have found and already started piecing together my own - this is really great additions to what I've started!

@Ahomeontheprairies Год назад

Thanks for sharing these! I'd love a historical fiction video also :) we have been doing a similar approach to history and it is very enjoyable!

@katsbookstack6234 Год назад

Hi! I am loving your videos. I will be homeschooling my 5th and 7th grader this year. Do you recommend world/US history to begin? What is a good place to start year wise- Columbus discovering ect. Would love a direction to begin in! I plan on doing the timeline books too!!

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Personally, I’d say to start with whatever time period they’re interested in! People generally cycle back around at some point and go through most of the time periods at least twice. I do think it’s more important to have a good understanding of American history vs world history, both both are important to cover at some point!

@barbaraburr1310 4 месяца назад

Book recommendation Tad Lincoln’s Father by Julia Taft Bayne It is written from the view point of the Lincoln’s family friends. Abraham Lincoln by Tanya Lee Stone It is a small book that is a photo biography

@TheEclecticHomeschooler 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@letthespiritlive Год назад

Genieve Foster can be used for high-school.

@ReiverGrad14 Год назад

Do you have any suggestions for a book about the 50 states thar has facts and pictures but is for Middle School? I have the US Atlas book but I need another resource. I have seen the 50 states book but I want I have a 6th grader. Ps.. the Smithsonian American History book... Amazing! Thanks for the recommendation!

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Glad you have enjoyed the American History book! We have enjoyed this state book in our home. Says it's for ages 10-14. It has the states split by regions as far as how they are listed. There are a few photos, a couple pages of state history & info, a map, and list of stats (population, capital, land area, ethnic groups, industry, etc.) about each state. amzn.to/3OSahNp

@michellespriggs7789 Год назад

We went thought Patriot’s History in college. There is a companion with American docs in it. I kept them and find myself flipping through them regularly.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

That’s so great!! 🇺🇸

@deannaelliott5523 Год назад

Thank you for all the great book ideas...adding several from your Amazon links.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

You’re welcome! 📚

@mignonbaricevic36 Год назад

Do you do any written work or worksheets to go with it? Here where I am they want to see written content for primary and I am trying to focus on the 3 Rs and keep things simple for the other subjects. We have 6 compulsory subjects

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

I don’t do worksheets. My kids that are old enough do written narrations probably once a week to write about what they learned about in their reading. I would think something like that would qualify as written content for you, but make sure to check and see since that’s a requirement for you.

@joidavis5210 Год назад

Love these suggestions! Thanks Erin!

@merjoy85 Год назад

Hi there! I have a kindergartener and a 2nd grader this year. How do you organize the books above? As in, do you go in any particular order?

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

Not necessarily... We often go by kids interest! Many people cycle through a chronological order, and we roughly do that, but take time to pause and dig in more when our kids express interest in a certain time period. :)

@brettelizabethspore Год назад

Thank you for sharing middle and high school options as well as links. Great video.

@TheEclecticHomeschooler Год назад

My pleasure!

@laurimuse1390 Год назад

Do more like this!!

@timothyhelm437 5 месяцев назад

This is my dream way of teaching history!!! But i am a avid reader and love history. My sons do not like to read or really show interest in history, but i plod on and make them "learn" and read. I try to choose books that they might find interesting and fun. Thank you for sharing your recommendations. I love the timeline journal & will look into getting that!! I keep hoping to spark the interest of my 12 year old with SOMEthing!!! 🥴 Liz

@TheEclecticHomeschooler 5 месяцев назад

Have they tried the Great Battles for Boys books or the I Survived books? My boys have loved those!

@timothyhelm437 5 месяцев назад

@TheEclecticHomeschooler I have tried to get those through my local library because we are on a very tight budget, and so far, the waiting list has been extremely long (12-15 holds placed!) But I have not given up & hope to be able to use them in our homeschool at some point! I keep looking for them at used sales as well. Thanks so much! ~Liz