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Teaching the US Presidents: A Complete 4-Week Elementary Unit Study

Teaching the US Presidents: A Complete 4-Week E...

When it comes to teaching the U.S. presidents to elementary students, it’s easy to fall into the trap of names and dates. But asking an eight-year-old to memorize a chronological...

Teaching the US Presidents: A Complete 4-Week E...

When it comes to teaching the U.S. presidents to elementary students, it’s easy to fall into the trap of names and dates. But asking an eight-year-old to memorize a chronological...

How to Build an Early American History Unit Study on a Budget

How to Build an Early American History Unit Stu...

Planning a comprehensive history unit can easily become an expensive venture. Between high-end curriculum box sets, glossy student workbooks, and specialized crafting kits, it is easy to spend hundreds of...

How to Build an Early American History Unit Stu...

Planning a comprehensive history unit can easily become an expensive venture. Between high-end curriculum box sets, glossy student workbooks, and specialized crafting kits, it is easy to spend hundreds of...

Living History at Home: How to Use Historical Fiction to Teach U.S. History

Living History at Home: How to Use Historical F...

Dates, timelines, and lists of political treaties are important tools for tracking history, but they rarely capture a child’s imagination. To an elementary or middle school student, a list of...

Living History at Home: How to Use Historical F...

Dates, timelines, and lists of political treaties are important tools for tracking history, but they rarely capture a child’s imagination. To an elementary or middle school student, a list of...

The Ultimate Guide to Multi-Sensory History: Teaching the American Revolution Through Craft & Cooking

The Ultimate Guide to Multi-Sensory History: Te...

By bringing multi-sensory history into your homeschool, you can turn a regular school day into a living time machine. Here is how to use historic cooking and traditional crafts to...

The Ultimate Guide to Multi-Sensory History: Te...

By bringing multi-sensory history into your homeschool, you can turn a regular school day into a living time machine. Here is how to use historic cooking and traditional crafts to...

How to Teach the U.S. Constitution at Home (Without Boring Your Kids)

How to Teach the U.S. Constitution at Home (Wit...

When you think about teaching the U.S. Constitution to your kids, your mind might instantly drift to dry, dusty textbooks, endless lists of amendments, and vocabulary words like jurisdiction or...

How to Teach the U.S. Constitution at Home (Wit...

When you think about teaching the U.S. Constitution to your kids, your mind might instantly drift to dry, dusty textbooks, endless lists of amendments, and vocabulary words like jurisdiction or...

President Harry S. Truman and the Potsdam Conference: July 17

President Harry S. Truman and the Potsdam Confe...

July 17 is a world-changing day in U.S. presidential history — it’s the date in 1945 when President Harry S. Truman arrived in Germany for the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman and the Potsdam Confe...

July 17 is a world-changing day in U.S. presidential history — it’s the date in 1945 when President Harry S. Truman arrived in Germany for the Potsdam Conference.