Runningmom80 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Especially pre civil war. We are using History of US and also The Big Fat Notebook for US history. DS doesn't love documentaries, so if I make him watch one, it needs to not be too dry. Any ideas? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 When you say pre civil war, how "pre" are you talking about? 1800? War of 1812? Lewis and Clark? Just prior to civil war? There are quite a few books and dvds on the Westward Expansion, Pony Express days, Lewis and Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 We are at colonization now, but we would do prior to that if something fun came up. So far we decided to get some pin it maps and he's going to map out where important events occurred. I'm browsing through the history channel to find some shows or docs that are not too dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Made for Trade game 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 This might sound silly and too young, but my dds really enjoyed Liberty's Kids dvds. We got them from the library. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 We liked the Made For Trade game, too. Disney also has a 3-dvd series called The Presidents, along with an app that has the same information but in an interactive scrapbook style. It's hilarious and entertaining. It may not be as "clean" as some parents prefer, but it makes the information stick and lets you see what else is going on in the world at the same time as an event you're studying. Soomo Publishing did two entertaining videos: Too Late To Apologize and Bad Romance parodies covering the Revolution and women's rights, respectively. History Animated has war maps to show what went on.Letters of Note requires pre-reading (Mozart was quite the R-rated fellow!), but you can pull personal letters from there regarding various times (the archive link is on the left), and Google has newspapers archived to before the Revolution. There's a series of activity books that have a title like ______ For Kids that offer a ton of ideas on covering the time periods. We have the Galileo For Kids one, but I know there's Colonial Times, Industrial Revolution, and Lewis & Clark For Kids. All of our libraries here have at least one of them in the series. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 We liked the Made For Trade game, too. Disney also has a 3-dvd series called The Presidents, along with an app that has the same information but in an interactive scrapbook style. It's hilarious and entertaining. It may not be as "clean" as some parents prefer, but it makes the information stick and lets you see what else is going on in the world at the same time as an event you're studying. Soomo Publishing did two entertaining videos: Too Late To Apologize and Bad Romance parodies covering the Revolution and women's rights, respectively. History Animated has war maps to show what went on. Letters of Note requires pre-reading (Mozart was quite the R-rated fellow!), but you can pull personal letters from there regarding various times (the archive link is on the left), and Google has newspapers archived to before the Revolution. There's a series of activity books that have a title like ______ For Kids that offer a ton of ideas on covering the time periods. We have the Galileo For Kids one, but I know there's Colonial Times, Industrial Revolution, and Lewis & Clark For Kids. All of our libraries here have at least one of them in the series. He will love those Soomo videos! Thank you for sharing! We've (I've) failed at US history so far this year. I'm going to try to pick up the slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Have you looked at Chester Comix? We really liked those. We used them last year to supplement American history. ETA: we also liked the Liberty's Kids DVDs. Edited March 6, 2017 by cintinative 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Not sure where you live, but try your best to get to some actual forts & historic sites, & living history museums. If you check their websites, you should be able to find out which weekends they are hosting historical re enactments. Go then. You'll be able to see military camps set up, talk to people impersonating soldiers, etc, see a battle re enactment, learn about campfire cooking, battle field medicine, & much more. There are big places like Colonial Williamsburg, But also many many smaller & less expensive or free places and events. You want to look for these most often re created (in the central to east coast US) time periods- French & Indian Wars, War of 1812, Rev War, & Civil War. Out west, there tend to be other re enactments like Mexican American war, "old west", pioneers, etc. Very cool & the kids will love them. (We spend our Summer's participating in them. Re enactors love to talk to kids.) Have fun & good luck!- these are worth spending vacation time traveling to if you don't live near anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Not sure where you live, but try your best to get to some actual forts & historic sites, & living history museums. If you check their websites, you should be able to find out which weekends they are hosting historical re enactments. Go then. You'll be able to see military camps set up, talk to people impersonating soldiers, etc, see a battle re enactment, learn about campfire cooking, battle field medicine, & much more. There are big places like Colonial Williamsburg, But also many many smaller & less expensive or free places and events. You want to look for these most often re created (in the central to east coast US) time periods- French & Indian Wars, War of 1812, Rev War, & Civil War. Out west, there tend to be other re enactments like Mexican American war, "old west", pioneers, etc. Very cool & the kids will love them. (We spend our Summer's participating in them. Re enactors love to talk to kids.) Have fun & good luck!- these are worth spending vacation time traveling to if you don't live near anything. We are trying to plan a trip to Williamsburg relatively soon. We are in Ohio so it's not tooooo far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 We are trying to plan a trip to Williamsburg relatively soon. We are in Ohio so it's not tooooo far. There are definately living history museums/ places in Ohio, plus also I know there are French & Indian War sites that host re enactment weekends too. We go to an incredible one at Fort Niagara (near Niagara & Buffalo) every summer & there are always Ohio groups there. Fort Niagara has at least a F & I event and a War of 1812 weekend every summer too. I have found lots of smaller sites to be better than Williamsburg. But if you do head east to Williamsburg, there are so many other historical places within a few hours drive too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 There are definately living history museums/ places in Ohio, plus also I know there are French & Indian War sites that host re enactment weekends too. We go to an incredible one at Fort Niagara (near Niagara & Buffalo) every summer & there are always Ohio groups there. Fort Niagara has at least a F & I event and a War of 1812 weekend every summer too. I have found lots of smaller sites to be better than Williamsburg. But if you do head east to Williamsburg, there are so many other historical places within a few hours drive too! I will look into these, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 There are many historic sites and museums in Ohio that fit your time period - Faire at New Boston in Springfield, Ohio (Sept. 2-3, 2017) – 1790-1810 Historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio – 1830s canal town Ohio History Connection – sites throughout the state, including: Miamisburg Mound (and other mound sites) – 800 BCE-100 CE Fort Ancient – 1000-1750 Schoenbrunn Village – 1770s Campus Martius – 1788 Fort Recovery – 1790s Fort Meigs – War of 1812 Zoar Village – 1800s Johnston Farm and Indian Agency – 1800s Ohio Village – 1860s Ohio River Museum several presidential homes/birthplaces (Family memberships to Ohio History Center are reasonably priced. The membership provides free admission to all of the sites. A bonus is free parking at the State Fair.) Local historic sites Other interesting sites can be found in Kids Love Ohio 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 There are many historic sites and museums in Ohio that fit your time period - Faire at New Boston in Springfield, Ohio (Sept. 2-3, 2017) – 1790-1810 Historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio – 1830s canal town Ohio History Connection – sites throughout the state, including: Miamisburg Mound (and other mound sites) – 800 BCE-100 CE Fort Ancient – 1000-1750 Schoenbrunn Village – 1770s Campus Martius – 1788 Fort Recovery – 1790s Fort Meigs – War of 1812 Zoar Village – 1800s Johnston Farm and Indian Agency – 1800s Ohio Village – 1860s Ohio River Museum several presidential homes/birthplaces (Family memberships to Ohio History Center are reasonably priced. The membership provides free admission to all of the sites. A bonus is free parking at the State Fair.) Local historic sites Other interesting sites can be found in Kids Love Ohio Thank you so much! I appreciate you typing this all out and including links. This is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Here are two online games: http://www.mission-us.org/pages/mission-1 - For Crown or Colony http://infinityring.scholastic.com/games/episode2 - Revenge of the Redcoats (you need to create an account to play online - it is also an app) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Feature films set in a time period can be a great way of absorbing factual information and a "feel" for the times. Here's a past thread with movie ideas for grades 1-6: "I'm looking for movies to supplement Sonlight's Core D - Intro to American History" Rainbow Resource has lots of fun hands-on items for supplementing history: - Dig: Archaeology USA - kit for digging up 12 items from different parts of US History, and then identifying them - Dig: Civil War -- same kit as above, but all items from the Civil War era - Dig: Indian Relics -- same kit as above, but with a Native American culture focus - Kreative Komix: US History -- Computer CD for PC and Mac for making your own comic book of 3 different time periods: Colonial America; Revolutionary War; Westward Expansion - Colonial America: Easy Make & Learn Projects -- 15 paper models to construct - Quill and Ink set - Colonial Banknotes -- reproductions of colonial money - Union State Currency -- reproductions of 6 different US dollar bills - build a wooden model kit - scrimshaw whaling kit - Western Frontier Town -- cut and assemble - Plains Indian Teepee Villiage -- punch out and set up with paper folds/tabs - WW2 -- planes and other models to build - sticker books -- for example: Confederate and Union Civil War Soldiers - historical paper dolls - historical coloring books - toy soldier sets - Way Back When In History -- trivia/fact board game - Our America -- trivia/fact board game - American Trivia -- trivia/fact board game - Drive Thru History - DVDs; factual/informational but done with humor, not dry - You Choose Interactive Historical Adventures -- books set in different time periods where you choose the adventure story line as you read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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