Early american history

We add in several field trips to history museums, events, and festivals.  We have several project books by David C. King that are optional for my children.

Great suggestion, HollyS.  Those are free to watch on the TBN website or iTBN on Roku.

I sometimes have told my kids, “There is never a “silly” question, but sometimes my answer might be….”

From 1550 to 1850, so about half a decade after Columbus’ voyages to pre-Civil War.

If you live or travel anywhere near the eastern United States, you will find plenty of historical sites and museums to visit.  Also, if you have access to a good art museum, you could take a field trip there and focus on the exhibits from that period.

This fall, I have been teaching a co-op class to a group of 6- to 8-year olds and a group of 9- to 12-year olds.  The class uses the Felicity American Girl books and dolls as a springboard for studying Colonial America.  We’ve covered information about the colonies from approximately 1609 to 1774 (the year that the AG books are based upon), and we’ve done some fun activites such as making a mob cap, hosting an afternoon tea, and playing games from the era.  Most of those things I found on Pinterest.

I also found some interesting short videos and activities on the Colonial Williamsburg website.  Locally, our metroparks system sponsors annual festivals with colonial and pioneer themes, and through those I discovered a dance group that meets regularly near us to host events that teach dance steps from Early American history.

Creating and maintaining a timeline of history is always a good idea to add to your reading and other projects.  This can be done as a Book of Centuries, of which SCM offers a couple of versions.

I think it is called Early Modern because it also includes world history alongside of the early American history.  Each week there are two days for American History, two days for world history, and one day geography and Bible.  We loved it!