History

History is such a fun subject to learn and enjoy. It truly is "His" story. God, Jesus and the church play front and center in most good history programs.

With our Children we use a number Bible story/study aids. With our earliest learners we have used a picture Bible such as New Catholic Picture Bible or our personal favorite The Children's Bible. Our children once they start reading have enjoyed reading My First Bible. A good solid overview of bible History for the under fourth grade set is Knecht's Child's Bible History. It conveniently gives you many of the great stories of the Bible in short little chapters with questions to follow.

Bible Story movies are also a great way to share the Bible stories. There are a number of series that portray the stories of the Bible .Our family favors those put out by CCC and Nest Entertainment.

What about American history? How about world history? I have found that using a story and project method works well when teaching these to young children. We use a Catholic History text as our out line. I have a preference to the texts by Rev. Philip J. Furlong, Ph.D. They were written back in the 1930's and 1940's. The writing is very clear almost in story form at time. With comprehension questions at the end of the chapter. They work great when you read a chapter and then read a book about that time period. The three texts that I have found by him are How Our Nation Began, for grades 2^nd and 3^rd, Our Pioneers and Patriots, for 4^th and 5^th, and The Old World and America, for 6^th-8th.

Below you will find a list of books, text books and reference books that work well. Please not I have tried to list reading level (RL) when I could and a brief description on some books. I have not used all these books but they have been recommended by others. You will also note most of what I have listed deal with American history. I hope to add world history at a latter time.

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Kindergarten to 3^rd Grade

Easy Readers:

Abe Lincoln's Hat This is a delightful Tale about Abe Lincoln. It gives our youngest readers a humorous look at our 16^th president. RL1-3

Chang's Paper Pony This is a great little tale about the time of the Gold Rush. Chang has come to California from China with his Grandfather. He dreams of owning his own pony. With a little luck that dream may come true. RL2-4

Christopher Columbus He did something in 1492 that he never dreamed of. Was this India? Let you little ones learn more about this famous voyage of Christopher Columbus. RL1-3

Gold Fever Who were the Forty-niners? They came to California in search of Gold. RL2-4

George the Drummer Boy This little drummer boy in the British army is all caught up in a battle that will change the course of history. RL2-4

Helen Keller Courage in the Dark Helen was a sad little girl until Annie came. Find out how Annie changed Helen's life. RL2-3

Hooray for the Golly Sisters!This is an enjoyable book with a few of May-May and Rose's adventures. RL2-4

Sam the Minuteman Sam over comes his fears to help fight for freedom. (American Revolution)RL2-4

The true Story of Pocahontas Find out how Pocahontas helped Americas first English colonies.

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