Archive for the 'Book Recommendations for Homeschoolers' Category

Fingerhut Press Publishes “A Short History of Ancient Times”

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Fingerhut Press has just published its first book “A Short History of Ancient Times” by Philip Van Ness Myers. This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1922, and is first installment in a new History At Our House Series of books for homeschoolers and lifelong learners. You can learn more about it [...]

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Visualizing the Ancient World

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Unlike American history, which provides us with a context for understanding how our world and culture arose, much of Ancient history–especially the stories of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia–discusses a world far removed from our own lives.  As a result, it isn’t always as easy to understand and to be motivated to study the Ancient world. [...]

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Lewis and Clark for Young Readers (and Parents)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Parents naturally look for juvenile history books and historical fiction to accompany whatever general subject their students are learning in history, and I often get requests for recommendations for books that can be used along side HistoryAtOurHouse. Certainly, additional reading can be a great way to supplement a general narrative with lively details, allowing young [...]

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Homeschooling Book of the Week

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The Visual Biography series strikes again!  This time, they succeed in providing an excellent treatment on the life of Captain John Smith, who amazing career as an adventurer spans Eastern Europe–as a Crusader, the Caucasus–as a Turkish slave, and America–as a founder of the Jamestown Colony. One is hard-pressed to find a more compelling figure [...]

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Homeschooling History Book of the Week

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

This week’s HistoryAtOurHouse book of the week features a method of visual presentation, seen below, which is its unique selling point. The above map illustrates the author’s interpretation of the true (collective) state of geographical knowledge up to the point in question: The Magellan/Del Cano circumnavigation.  Everything in white has been directly observed by some European explorer; all that [...]

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Homeschooling History Book of the Week

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

My homeschooling history “book of the week” is the visual biography of Christopher Columbus by Susan Heimann (available at Amazon.com). In this book, Heimann’s presents the story Discovery of America in a forthright, accessible, and compelling narrative.  What historians don’t really know for sure, she explains.  When a term is used that requires explanation, she provides it.  And, every [...]

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New History Resources on the Way

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

In a bid to make HistoryAtOurHouse more useful to a wider audience, including folks who are not homeschoolers but who desperately need to get more value out of history, I’m going to be adding some new regular features to the blog. First, for homeschoolers above all, but really for everyone, I’m introducing the “HistoryAtOurHouse Book of [...]

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Inspiration for Women, and Wholesome Entertainment for the Family

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Hello everyone!  This is my first contribution to the HistoryAtOurHouse blog! As a new mom I often lament the fact I have no time to write. My ideas for the next great American novel simply have to wait as I devote myself to the important task of raising our son, Patrick Henry. In the meantime, I’ve been [...]

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A Great Alternative to Modern American History Textbooks

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Homeschoolers have many fantastic alternatives to textbooks out there.  One of these is even available on-line and free. It’s D.H. Montgomery’s Leading Facts of American History. In this work readers will find a true introductory source which both respects the context of the average reader and immerses him in a compelling narrative.  No history textbook I am [...]

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The “Visual Biography” Series

Monday, June 25th, 2007

For those parents with students who like to read history, and for those parent-teachers who want a great way to learn history themselves in order to better teach it, one of the greatest series of history books I’ve ever found is the “Visual Biography” series by Franklin Watts. In all my years of studying history in [...]

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