Homeschool History Living Books - Design your approach

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Design A Living Book Approach

Using Living books as a basis for a homeschool hisory curriculum is not only simple, but yet, extremely effective in developing a love of learning, an understanding of the historical time period and knowledge of different cultures.

This page has my TOP TEN lists of my favourite living books history books for

• Old Testament/ Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• Medieval History
• Renaissance and Reformation books - historical fiction and time period literature.

If you are looking for a complete list of homeschooling resource books for history including teacher resources, hands on project books, unit study ideas, primary sources see the Homeschool History bookshop and select the time period.

More TOP TEN Pages are being written and will be added soon!!

Old Testament / Ancient Egypt - My TOP TEN Favourite Living Books to read aloud

Add a Spinebook, Teacher Reference Books, Activity Books and you have a complete Homeschool History Curriculum. Back to Ancient Egypt Homeschooling Resources Page.

Ancient Greece - My TOP TEN Favourite Living Books to read aloud

Add a Spinebook, Teacher Reference Books, Activity Books and you have a complete Homeschool History Curriculum. Find this at the Ancient Greece Homeschooling Resources Page.

Ancient Rome - My TOP TEN Favourite Living Books to read aloud

Add a Spinebook, Teacher Reference Books, Activity Books and you have a complete Homeschool History Curriculum. Find these homeschool resources at the Ancient Rome Recommended Resources page.

Medieval History Favourites

Renaissance and Reformation and Exploration (1400-1600) History Living Books

Renaissance Favourites

Reformation Favourite Living Books

Explorers (1400-1600)

When we incorporated a unit study on Explorers, we really loved using the Bellerophon A Coloring Book of Great Explorers . This has a good summary on many great explorers and a page to colour. Then, find a good resource book on explorers as a base (such as Explorers (Usborne Book Of...) ) and a good reference on the ships of the day (such as Ship by Macaulay) and use your library. You will find a heap there!

Characters to look for are: John Cabot, Vasco da Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, - to the Spaniards spreading into the west: Hernando Cortes, (1500s') - read information on the Aztecs, Ferdinand Magellan (first around the world), Cabeza de Vaca (Florida to Pacific Ocean on foot), Pizzaro (1533) (Spanish conquistadore) - research Incas, De Soto (N.America), Juan Ortiz, Francisco Coronado (1541). Francis Drake (read Under Drake's Flag )

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Here is also a list of all the G.A.Henty Books according to time periods.

Who is G.A.Henty? If you have boys (and even if you don't) you MUST read this! G.A.Henty Historical Fiction

• Truthquest History,
• Tapestry of Grace,
• Sonlight Curriculum
• Veritas Press History Curriculum

Chronological Approach to teaching History

Homeschool History Using a Spinebook

History using a Unit Study Approach

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