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Posted: April 18 2009 at 10:28am | IP Logged Quote mooreboyz
I'm doing some thinking lately about how I want my oldest to learn American History next year and am looking for some input. We have been using Story of the World from the beginning and he will be finishing the 3rd book in a couple weeks which leaves us at about the Alamo/Gold Rush time period. I have rerun son #2 through Story of the World 1 this year with son #3 and so they will continue working together next year. This leaves my oldest to working on his own with history...which is great because he works well independently and enjoys learning history...he watches the history channel on his own and tells me about cool things he learns.

So, because we've been using Story of the World he hasn't had much "schooling" of American history other than what we discuss as a family and during holidays, etc. I would like to keep this learning very Real, fun, and independent(!). There are so many awesome movies out there and books that I think I should be able to put together a nice plan for him to follow, yet build on following his own interests.

I'm wondering if anyone has done anything like this and any advice you have. Can you recommend movies/books? Also, does anyone have a timeline/list of events to make sure are hit...almost like a table of contents in a history text? I think it might be nice to have a very general workbook/writing book to go along with this. Maybe something with writing prompts or review questions just to make sure the important facts/dates are emphasized. Does anyone have a resource for this?

Thanks in advance!

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