History...

[genifer]

I totally know that this has to have been discussed here. However I cant search thru like 234 pages of threads to find what Im looking for. I was thinking about the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and how some use that to teach a bit about American History. Can anyone suggest some good books they might use to 'teach' about world history, or European History?

[HilMama]

You may wish to check out

The Well Trained Mind (Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer),

Charlotte Mason approach book lists (free online curriculum at http://www.amblesideonline.org), and

Rebecca Rupp's books (like Home Learning Year by Year)

for a start on some book lists.

[3momkmb]

Here are the booklists I go to when I'm looking for ideas.

http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/history.htm#UCOL
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/historyaslit.html
http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html
http://www.abookintime.com/
http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp

[Roo_Online]

When we are studying a different part of the world, the first thing I do is look for authentic folk tales from that part of the world.

Roo_Online

[maplesugar]

Ds is really enjoying the Stoy of the World books by Susan wise Baur. These are interesperced with cultural stories to make the time periods quite interesting. As a non-Christian, I nontheless appreciated the stories that were relevent to the history (such as Moses, Joseph, Greek myths, etc...), without prosetlysing. This series of books cover the western world quite well.

[mamarhu]

Dd especially enjoys the Eyewitness series from DK Publishing; in fact that is all she asked for for gifts the last couple years. Great illustrations, with interesting descriptions. I personally don't like the non-linear, unrelated pictures and pages. I prefer a straight written text. So much is a matter of style. How about The Diary of Anne Frank?