My public school education (in a good school, and as an honor student) was seriously lacking in nearly every way. Sure, I learned how to take and pass a test with flying colors, but I retained so very little! My 6-year-old son can tell you more about the history of the world than I can, and he's only had one year of instruction.....and he's retaining the information!
Connecting math, science, and literature, to history is one of my favorite parts of homeschooling. I came across a wonderful way to do so with chemistry today. The American Chemical Society has four interactive features, including a timeline, of "National Historic Chemical Landmarks", or important events in chemical history. They also have a This Week in Chemical History page. We won't be starting chemistry officially for a couple of years, but I hope at least one of my readers can utilize this resource now.
One resource we will be using next year is Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself. What a wonderful way to tie science to history, don't you think!? This book is written for the nine-twelve age bracket and I will be using it with a just-turned seven-year-old. However, he is a serious history buff and already thinks daVinci is one of the coolest guys ever. LOL If things seem to advanced for him to do we'll just set the book aside and use it on our next cycle through history.
I also just purchased Science And Technology In The Middle Ages by Joanne Findon. I have high hopes for this book, I just hope it lives up to them!
And I imagine most of you have heard of Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, which is the perfect book for tieing math and history together! There is also a second volume in what I hope will become an entire series!
Please comment and share what you use to tie history to other subjects!
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