HealthyKids Presents Homeschooling History Field Trip Ideas
Homeschooling History Field Trip: Make it Fun!
History helps us in so many ways. We can become enlightened,
and learn from other human beings mistakes.
Yet history should be more than that – it can be fun, believe it or
not. It's merely the way it's presented (think Public School) that
can lead to boredom.
Look at the PBS documentary on the Civil War, by Ken Burns.
It is a rather fascinating and disturbing look at this country and
its history – how it became unified. Hardly boring.
Homeschooling Field Trips: History
To make history fun for your students, first seek feedback. Yes,
get input from your student, and find out what segment of a
historic era, or event, he'd like to study further.
Once armed with this, you'll be able to design a fascinating
homeschooling history field trip !
Homeschooling Field Trip: Syllabus
Naturally, you'll want to have an outline pre-made, with
enough copies for all the students in attendance.
You, as the Teacher, want to hit the major points of what
you'll be learning on your homeschooling history field trip.
Have all of your objectives listed for the assignment, as well
as when it is due, and maybe even have the students grade
you (give you feedback) on how well you conducted yourself
during the trip.
*Feedback is a good thing, as you can improve in the
future, which will only benefit your children.
Homeschooling Field Trip – An Example for You
Devote one of your classes to discussion of Medieval Times.
Discover what aspect of this time period interests your kids the
most. So, for example, your son may be interested in the battles
during the Medieval period - the armor, and the swords and
weaponry of the time.
Or, perhaps your child finds the the castles & architecture of the
period grand – the castles were vast, and often had intricate detail or
"ornamentation". I found this very intriguing myself.
Here's an idea for you: at Amazon.com, have your son explore this
further with the book, "Explore Within a Medieval Castle".
This book is 3D, and will open up more & more, revealing extra
detail as you pull open the pages. The book covers why castles
were made of stone, where the best location to put a castle was,
and more. Note that you can pick it up cheap over at amazon.com
Maybe one of your children is a girl, and is swept away by the
dresses & gowns the women wore (can you say "fashion").
Whatever the case is, capitalize on it by ascertaining what they
like before the trip. Jot it down.
Then, point things out during the homeschooling field trip. Expound
on things. Enlarge the subject. There are some printable sheets
you can use at the following website:
abcteach.com/directory/homeschooling_and_parent_resources/field_trips/
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