Wanna know how I finally remembered ANYTHING about history (because I can't memorize for crap)? I read historical romances. I learned so much about the history of NY state and the Erie canal by reading a well-researched series that was set here, and it gave me a fascination that carried through and things that I remember today.
I have a friend who is home schooling her children. The method she has chosen is one which gives fiction books to read, which present facts woven into the stories, and then they pair these with the texts so that the children can see the facts in the stories. I think this is an amazing way to teach because it gets the kids interested in the events as they affect people, and they learn and remember. I know I would've learned better that way, and when I *did* choose an era to read about (I read a ton about the Holocaust and about the Cold War), I learned tons.
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I have a friend who is home schooling her children. The method she has chosen is one which gives fiction books to read, which present facts woven into the stories, and then they pair these with the texts so that the children can see the facts in the stories. I think this is an amazing way to teach because it gets the kids interested in the events as they affect people, and they learn and remember. I know I would've learned better that way, and when I *did* choose an era to read about (I read a ton about the Holocaust and about the Cold War), I learned tons.
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