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    The Robinson Curriculum contains a lot of books about American History that are excellent reading.  The people who made the Robinson Curriculum also made a set of CD's that contain G.A. Henty's books.  These are a great source for world history.  You do not need to go out and buy any special books, especially if you have the Robinson and Henty CD's (unless you want to.)  Books from the library and encyclopedias will work too.


For those that want current textbooks to have around for their children:
I agree, that it is nice to have at least one current textbook around about American History, and at least one textbook about world history.  I also know that you do not need a history text book for every grade.  Even better, if your family can afford it, buy at least two of each: one for the elementry years, and one for the upper grades.  The first one will be at a easier reading level, and will only deal with such topics that a younger student can handle.  The one for upper grades should be at a higher reading level, and should dive deeper into history.

Here is a list of text and reference books that I plan to have around for my children.  Again, none of these are required for use with the Robinson Curriculum, so don't feel you have to buy them.

General World History books:

"All Through the Ages." - a good source that I use for finding books in each era of history is the book:  All the books listed in this resource are listed first in chronological order, and then by reading level.  Very well done, and very useful to have around!

"History for Little Pilgrims" by Christian Liberty Press - excellent world history book for the young reader!  Covers creation through World War II.  This is the very first history textbook my daughter read.

"A Child's History of the World" by Hillyer

"The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia" - for any reading level but mostly for the later young reader/early intermediate reader.  Does have a lot of pictures with blocks of text all over the page which I tend to find distracting.  I think the layout makes it easy to miss some of the text.  But I still like having it around for a reference.

Veritas Press History and Bible cards - Five sets of cards for history, and five sets for Bible history.  These are more pricey and do not cover most of the events the Henty books cover (like I was hoping.)  If your family can afford only one source other than the Henty and Robinson books, I would suggest one of the other text books above these.  The cards are good for helping children get a feel for the order of history though.  The cards have a picture on the front.  On the back is a summery of the event, date, and lists resources for reading more about that event.  All five sets contain enough material to cover five years of history and/or Bible history if you use one card a week for a 36 week school year.  Can get a teacher's manual with a worksheet and quiz for each card, and a tape with the history event set to music to help the student learn the order the events took place in.

"Old World History and Geography", "New World History and Geography" and "History of the World" - all three of these books are Abeka text books and are for 5th through 7th grade.  I do not own them, but am considering getting them in the future.  For intermediate readers

"Streams of Civilization" by Christian Liberty Press - for advanced readers.  Has two volumes.  Does teach evolution as a theory, while teaching about creation at the same time.

General American History books:

"Our Nation Under God" by Christian Liberty Press - for young readers and written for the first grade student in mind.  My daughter used this book at the same time she used Pioneers and Patriots.

"Pioneers and Patriots" by Christian Liberty Press - for young readers and written for the second grade student in mind.  Is in a historical fiction format.  During each period of history the author tells a story about children and what it was like for them to live in that time period.  Because this book is in a story format, and "Our Nation Under God" is in a text format, I found they could be used at the same time very easily.  First you can read about the pilgrims in "Our Nation Under God", then you can read a story about pilgrim children in "Pioneers and Patriots".

American Adventure Series - a series of historical fiction books about American History.  Covers the pilgrims through word war II.  The main characters are children, and written with a Biblical viewpoint.  For young readers.  48 books in all. See My History Book List for a list of the title in the series.

"A Child's Story of America" by Christian Liberty Press - for intermediate readers.  In text book format.

"Exploring American History" by Christian Liberty Press - for intermediate readers.  Each section is on a different historical person.  Written in biography format.

"A History of Us" by Joy Hakim - for intermediate readers and written from a secular view point.

    Basic Timeline

This timeline can be used in two ways.

  1. Go through the timeline in order and file reports in the same order as is on the timeline.
  2. Study history in the order a student is interested in learning it, and have the student find the right place in the binder to store the report in.  (In chronological order of the events) That way they can still get a feel for the order the events took place in.
Idea for writing reports about history:
Write the reports as if you are writing a newspaper article.  Examine a newspaper first before starting to learn how a newspaper is put together.  Think of a name for your newspaper.  You could name it after yourself and have the same name on every article, or you could give it a name to match the name of the location the event took place in.  Think of a headline and use large bold lettering.  For the date of the paper, use the date that the history event happened.  For the edition of the paper, use the date that you are writing the report in number form.  Example:  6-20-02.  Then write the article as if you were there.  The first paragraph should be a full summery of the article, then fill in the details in the rest of the article.  

Ancient History - Creation - 400 AD (Fall of Rome)


The Middle Ages - 400 AD - 1491 AD


American History I - 1492 AD - 1860 AD
  (include world history and the rest of the renaissance and reformation time period during this section)


American History II - 1861 AD - Present
  (include world history during that time period)


State History - History specific to the state that you live in
 


History Links

History of the World
Beautiful Feet  - History through Literature
Primary Source Documents
The American Civil War Page
The History Place

For more history links, see my Links page