By learning historical events of the world we learn about the existence and models of good and bad judgment, and the effects of them. By teaching our children to learn from the experience of others, we are hopefully teaching them how not to repeat many of the mistakes in the past. If we teach them these important events, they can learn to be responsible citizens in the future.

But how do we teach history, and get our children to understand its importance while still having fun? Personally homeschool fieldtrips or day trips are one of our favorite ways to learn about our History. In our hometown of Cincinnati, our favorite place to go is the Museum Center. Our History Museum opened in 1990 and was one of the largest and most significant urban history museums in the country. It is huge and takes hours to get through it all, but can of course be shortened for the younger crowd by focusing on particular portions of the displays which are more age appropriate facts. The permanent exhibits include a re-creation of the Cincinnati Public Landing of the late 1850s. There is a step aboard a 94-foot side-wheel steamboat. The younger crowd really loves this.

For most of the boys in our homeschool group, you will see oogle eyes over the exhibit on World War II with actual warfront items. Most of the exhibits tell the names of people who help make Cincinnati the wonderful city it is today. With many family names that the children will recognize from friends in their own neighborhoods or churches, history becomes real to them. It helps them really connect to the past.

This year we will be going to Freedom’s Sisters. It is the first and most comprehensive traveling exhibit about women of the Civil Rights movement. It focuses on the lives of 20 African American women, and what they did to contribute to our society. Some are from the past and some from recent years. As leaders of many other women, they significantly led other women to fight for equality for people of color. I am hoping that the interactive, multi-media exhibits will encourage my daughter to realize her potential, and how she can contribute to her local community too.

See our extensive list of History Resources.
American Heritage Education Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation dedicated to the understanding and teaching of America's factual and philosophical heritage to promote constructive citizenship and Freedom, Unity, Progress, and Responsibility among our students and citizens.
Blessed Heritage offers resources to foster understanding of the spiritual and racial heritage of children of color.
Intrepid Books publishes books that teach godly principles and Christian ethics to your children by using Providential History. Available for grades Kindergarten through High School and used worldwide by homeschoolers, Christian schools, and missionaries. Use our books and help raise up a new generation of Founding Fathers. American Minute is written by William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage.   He is a former U.S. Congressional Candidate, Bill has appeared on hundreds of radio and television interviews
America's Christian History where you can learn about the Christian History of America - how men of faith framed the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and formed our great nation
BiblioPlan was co-written by several Charlottesville, Virginia home-educators to teach children with up to date and current lessons on Ancient History Medieval, Renaissance, & Reformation America and the World: 1600-1850 America and the World: 1850-2000 and High School Supplements.
Bright Ideas Press offers practical, fur, and affordable activities and resources.
Brimwood Press dedicated to providing thought-rich, visually stimulating materials that enable children to grasp essential concepts of learning through pioneering methods that engage the whole child.
Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum offers literature-based study units.
Colonial Williamsburg where you can see actors bring to life the incendiary passions of the Revolution on the streets of Colonial Williamsburg.
Corps of Rediscovery have compiled an extensive and growing list of great books on American Indians, Frontiersmen and Pioneer Americans so you, too can discover America.
History Portfolio Series encourages rigorous study and plenty of creativity while providing a compact and handsome way of keeping and storing a student's own written projects and reports, colorful drawings, photographs, clippings, downloaded images... anything that can fit between the pages! Each book is designed for use by an individual, child or adult, and will become a unique record of the student's "journey through history".
Homeschool in the Woods is committed to the educating, training, loving, nurturing, and raising up of our sons and daughters in the knowledge of Jesus Christ to be heirs of His kingdom and ambassadors of His calling
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt educational organization whose purpose is to further in successive generations of college youth a better understanding of the values and institutions that sustain a free and humane society.
Learning Adventures is a home based publishing company, dedicated to serving the needs of Christian homeschool families.
Learning Through History presents world history for the curious student.  Each 64-page bi-monthly issue has 15+ unique articles, arts and crafts project plans, hands-on activities, study guides for historical literature, discussion questions, web links and book and video suggestions - on one historical theme per issue.
Mantle Ministries explore with book, audio and much more.
Notgrass Company produces a variety of original homeschool curriculum and resources to make your homeschool simpler and more effective. All of the homeschool curriculum we write has a Biblical foundation.
Papa Lemon Education will help teach children about our great country's diverse heritage with the use of his magical train.
Plymouth Rock Foundation seeks to preserve, rehearse and propagate the rich Christian heritage of the United States of America, beginning with the Pilgrims.
Rosedale College is to provide an evangelical junior Bible college education in the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition that equips students to grow spiritually and academically and to serve effectively in the church and society.
Sons of the American Revolution provides sound historical information and interpretation of the basis, events, people, and consequences of the American Revolution against tyranny and the struggle for liberty and independence.
State History by A Helping Hand is written from the Protestant perspective and begins with the early church. It chronicles the spread of the Gospel and the development of Biblical understanding in Europe and then in America.
The Henry Ford Museum provides unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories, and lives from America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Our purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future.
Timelines, Etc. curriculum materials for home schoolers, private schools, and parents who want to supplement their children's public schooling.
TRISMS imparts a chronological survey and geographical progression of mankind throughout time. TRISMS is more than a history study for high school and middle school. It builds upon a foundation of research, discovery, and language from late elementary school through high school.
Find the Fun Productions a unique theatrical and emotional context that employs a wide range of creative teaching modalities such as music, puppetry, humor, and relating history to kids' everyday lives.
History for Little Pilgrims is a great way to learn about history with research, writing and drawing.  Children learn by rewriting and drawing what they have learned in their own words and images.  There are programs out there that offer historical coloring books with the writing and pictures done for them, but what are they really learning but how to color?
Economic Thinking has a mission  to inspire students to explore the dynamics of a market economy through understanding the central role of economic freedom, property rights, and the rule of law in promoting progress and prosperity in America and around the world. To connect intellectually hungry speech and debate students with the already well-established world of free-market scholarship. High school and homeschool students deserve an opportunity to learn how free societies work and why they are just.

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