naturally Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I need some guidance finding activities for history. Am planning on doing American history with my 3rd and K boys next year. Are there sites with good activities? I need very simple, easy ones. Any help or links would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprilsblessings Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Here is a free curriculum that may have some ideas: http://guesthollow.com/homeschool/curriculum.html Just scroll down a bit and you can look at the American History. I don't know if it would be old enough for your 3rd grader but www.elementalhistory.com had fun easy activities. Their curriculum is $15 for the TM and student notebook. There are chapter books that your 3rd grader could read to add in more. I think you could probably enhance the activities too. Some of them may not be what you are looking for but others I think could even allow your oldest to lead the activities. Not a lot of ideas here but some: http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/early-modern/links-tips/ http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/modern-times-epistles-revelation/links-and-tips/ You can scroll down to see some ideas. Hope these help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lillehei Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I love Hands And Heats kits: Colonial and Westward Expansion. If you only got one set of each, the 3rd grader could do the bulk and the K could help so you wouldn't need the second child kit. They are absolutely awesome! http://handsandhearts.com/handsandheartsearlyamericanhistorydiscoverykit.aspx http://handsandhearts.com/handsandheartswestwardexpansionhistorydiscoverykit.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I like the Laurie Carlson books - most decent libraries seem to have them. Colonial Kids More Than Moccasins Westward Ho Kaleidescope Kids has a few too: Going West The Lewis and Clark Expedition There are more of these as well - I've used some for various topics There's also the "for Kids" series. Here's one of them: American Revolution for Kids In general, I've had more luck with books like this from the library (and occasionally bought) than from websites. I'm not a fan of cut and paste kinds of "crafts" so History Pockets was definitely not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) There is so much! We liked hands and hearts, homeschool in the woods, some fun computer games, brainpop http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/ Etc Beautiful fet books Sonlight book readalods in the car Nonfiction picture books at the library Scholastic has fun paper crafts - purchase during dollar days Also look to see. Where Nina & pinta reproductions are. Local museums, pioneer festivals, we have "old town Wisconsin" which was really cool too. Edited July 16, 2012 by warneral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturally Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Just bumping to see if there are any more suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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