Several months ago I shared about our hands-on history Ancient Greece unit study we did a few years ago. At the time I thought I had a pretty definitive list of cool history lessons for ancient Greece, well I was wrong. I felt like a quick review was in order a few months ago … [Read more...]
20 Ancient Greece books to inspire a love of history
There is something magical about finding the book that keeps your child’s attention. For Superman the very first book that kept his attention was an A to Z mystery book. With each new homeschool history unit I try to find at least a small bit of that same magic. I found a … [Read more...]
Be a Time Traveler: How to teach an Ancient Greece Unit
One day during my high school career I went up to my favorite English teacher and asked her a rather esoteric question about Greek mythology. She looked at me and said, "Actually Ticia, if I wanted to know more about Greek mythology I would go to you. You've probably read more … [Read more...]
Teaching your kids about small arms combat and ancient warfare
As we learned about ancient history, I knew for the battles to really make sense I need them to learn about small arms combat. So I set about to teach them about small arms combat. The first step was to teach them about how to fight effectively with small arms … [Read more...]
Alexander the Great lesson
Alexander the Great is one of those great stopping points in history. His ascent to glory occupies many great "What if" questions, as does his death, and his reign. That's one of the fun things about this lesson, we got to talk through some of these … [Read more...]