1GirlTwinBoys Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Any good ideas? :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Here are some video ideas to get you started. We've watched all of these via Netflix or Amazon and my 10 year old liked all of them. Some might call them edu-tainment, rather than purely educational, but we found them worthwhile and DS learns well from video/visual sources. Liberty's Kids America: The Story of Us Mankind: The Story of All of Us The Men Who Built America Drive-Thru History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 This year (4th gr for dd) we read outloud the Famous Men series (we are on Modern Ages) and dd has listened to SOTW 1-4 on her own. She is loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is Drive Thru History (having trouble with phrasing) made by/for a specific religion prespective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is Drive Thru History (having trouble with phrasing) made by/for a specific religion prespective? Yes, it was funded by Focus on the Family and has a Christian world view/perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 We have been using "Liberty's Kids" through out this year and Melissa loves them. She looks forward to them. We also watched "Steven Fry's In America" for a travel through the 50 states. He's British and he's both humorous and entertaining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is Drive Thru History (having trouble with phrasing) made by/for a specific religion prespective? Yes, it's a Christian perspective. Here's a link with more info if you're interested. We school secularly and we enjoyed it. Don't recall anything offensive towards other religions or beliefs. I view it as cultural/social awareness woven in with history. The host is engaging and likable, has moments of slightly goofy humor - my DS really likes him. All the videos provide a good overview of each topic, not terribly deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Yes, it's a Christian perspective. Here's a link with more info if you're interested. We school secularly and we enjoyed it. Don't recall anything offensive towards other religions or beliefs. I view it as cultural/social awareness woven in with history. The host is engaging and likable, has moments of slightly goofy humor - my DS really likes him. All the videos provide a good overview of each topic, not terribly deep. Yes, this!!! We all loved these as a family. I wish we could find his America series on netflix. I'm dying to see them but they're pretty expensive to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Kid's Animated History with Pippo DVDs Some of the Inspector Gadget DVDs are on history topics. The Egypt one is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Kid's Animated History with Pippo DVDs Some of the Inspector Gadget DVDs are on history topics. The Egypt one is good. OOO I just book marked these for later. They look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Have your kids played the Horrible Histories games on the BBC website? They have Tutors, Medieval and Egypt, I beleive. It's a fun way to get a little content as a supplement. Also games like that old crusty stand-by, Oregon Trail. We like the version with the real people talking. Just last week, dd read Hunger Games for the first time, and she commented on Katniss' realization that she could eat dandelions--my dd said she already knew that from Oregon Trail...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 You might want to check out the Young Indiana Jones series and website http://www.indyintheclassroom.com/lessons/young_indy/index.asp, though some of the episodes are probably for a more mature audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Are they mature enough yet for things like John Adams PBS adaptation of McCollough's biography? As a mix of history and science my son loved Connections on DVD. And everything we have seen on history done by Terry Jones (of Monty Python) has been interesting, Your boys may be too old, but the Magic Tree House fact trackers were good, sometimes history related, and usually had sources for more information in the back that included websites and sometimes films. When we were on Vikings, a PBS (I think) DVD The Vikings not only gave a lot specific to that subject, but also taught a lot about How Do We Know what we think we know, what do historians do, what do archaeologists do? For this and other subjects, we have started with something that is of interest for some reason, and then just gone and found lots via library, Netflix, Amazon...until he feels done with that subject for then. For example, I just came across a film on Viking Swords that would probably have interested him during his Viking phase, but now, not. I shared just a bit of the book Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen with my son (now age 11), which was helpful in teaching him to question things and try to sort out fact from myth or propaganda. The book 1491 now is available in a children's version and was excellent, in both the children's and adult form. My son loves Young Indiana Jones fiction story parts, but not the learning bonus features that go with them, which makes them only slightly useful for history and more just entertainment. Though at least he has heard of certain things for when he comes to it again (such as, he learned about Tolstoy a bit). Reading Rick Riordan books (Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles), led to trails into Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology and history, at least briefly. Lloyd Alexander fiction did the same for India, and Celtic interests. I have played some Great Courses tapes which are sometimes over the head of ds, or too boring at this point, but sometimes I notice he is listening and will comment on it or ask a question about it. This is especially so if the GC lines up with something he already knows something about. They do have a couple of history programs meant for high school age students, but which apparently some elementary school students like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 My 4th grader and I enjoy the Crash Course videos on youtube. You will need to watch beforehand for sensitivities/ maturity: these are high-school level videos, presented with animated mock-ups that do include blood/gore and references to mature themes. However, we find them to be wonderfully presented, quick, informative and laugh-out-loud funny. They're also nice and short: about 10-13 minutes for each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 These are great resources. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 Thanks for all the great ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I have a free History curriculum listed on my blog and have Liberty's Kids and/or Horrible Histories scheduled in for many of the terms. My blog: http://themommywriter.blogspot.com/2013/04/free-charlotte-masonliving-bookshands.html Just click on the term you're interested in on the right side. There is a SOTW video blog out there as well that pairs up the chapter with a video related to that chapter. That is here: http://sotw-videolinks.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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