Families Learn Together:
American History
Lesson Guides, Workbooks, Timeline, Cookbook
Do you want to study American History together as a family!
We have always studied American History together as a family, even if that meant a high schooler, a middler schooler, two students in elementary school, and a preschooler. We have had a blast reading aloud, listening to audios, watching movies and documentaries, playing games, making radio shows, appreciating art works, singing old Americana songs, dressing up, acting out historical events, and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
So how did we do it?
This series is simply the way we learned American History TOGETHER, all ages! We did lots of reading aloud and hands-on projects. We also talked about things together, letting everyone share their thoughts and feelings. Finally, the older children did independent work while the little ones listened to picture books, cut, glued, and colored.
We have always studied American History together as a family, even if that meant a high schooler, a middler schooler, two students in elementary school, and a preschooler. We have had a blast reading aloud, listening to audios, watching movies and documentaries, playing games, making radio shows, appreciating art works, singing old Americana songs, dressing up, acting out historical events, and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
So how did we do it?
This series is simply the way we learned American History TOGETHER, all ages! We did lots of reading aloud and hands-on projects. We also talked about things together, letting everyone share their thoughts and feelings. Finally, the older children did independent work while the little ones listened to picture books, cut, glued, and colored.
Families Learn Together: American History
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Blogs & Podcasts to Learn about American History
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Use YouTube to Learn About American History
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Movies for Families Learn Together: American History
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Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus (1949) Drive Thru History, American History Series episode 1: The Discovery Colonial America This is America Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) Northwest Passage (1934) Allegheny Uprising (1939) Drive Thru History, Pilgrims Search for freedom episode 2 Drive Thru History, Beginnings of Revolution episode 3 Drive Thru History, Whitfield & Boston’s Freedom Trail episode 4 Drive Thru History, William Penn & Early Philadelphia episode 5 Drive Thru History, Founding Fathers of Philadelphia episode 6 American Revolution Liberty Kids cartoon Johnny Tremain (Disney 1957) Drive Thru History, Fighters of the Revolution episode 7 Drive Thru History, Early Colonial Virginia episode 8 Drive Thru History, Founding Fathers of Virginia episode 9 |
A New Nation/Westward Expansion
This is American Charlie Brown: The Birth of the Constitution Daniel Boone TV series (1964-1970) Drive Thru History, Revolution in New York episode 10 Drive Thru History, New York and the First President episode 11 Drive Thru History, New Jersey & Epilogue episode 12 Tom Sawyer Davy Crockett (1955 Disney) Huckleberry FInn The Alamo (1960) This is America, Charlie Brown: The Smithsonian and the Presidency Drive Thru History: Foundations of Character Noah Webster & JQ Adams Divide Between North & South This is America, Charlie Brown: The Transcontinental Railroad The Great Man’s Whiskers (Disney) Gone with the Wind Gilded Age This is America, Charlie Brown: The Great Inventors Life with Father (1947) Wild Wild West Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Calamity Jane Little House on the Prairie TV show |
Turn of the Century-World War I
Pollyanna (Hayley Mills) Sergeant York Roaring 20s, Great Depression, World War II, & Nifty Fifties Cheaper by the Dozen Belles On Their Toes Seabiscuit It's a Wonderful Life Father Goose Midway Casablanca October Sky Yours, Mine, & Ours (Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball) 1960s to Present Day The Love Bug To Sir With Love Snowball Express Remember the Titans Herbie Goes Bananas The Hunt for Red October Toy Story |
Our Favorite Read Alouds for Families Learn Together: American History
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Age of Exploration
The World of Christopher Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster The World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster Colonial America The World of William Penn by Genevieve Foster (1644-1718) American Revolution George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster George Washington by Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire |
A New Nation/Westward Expansion
The Year of the Horseless Carriage 1801 by Genevieve Foster (1644-1718) American Pioneers & Patriots by Caroline D. Emerson Divide Between North & South The World of Abraham Lincoln by Genevieve Foster (1644-1718) Gilded Age Hitty: Her First 100 Years by Rachel Field |
Turn of the Century-Present
Landmark books (the old ones) For a free list of all the American History Landmark books, visit our Joyful and Successful Homeschooling Website here to download your free reading list. |
How We Learn History Together as a Family
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