The History Channel is a great resource for homeschoolers, visit the History Classroom for free history resources for middle to high school students. There are lesson plans and classroom DVDs geared towards various aspects of history available for purchase. However, there are also study guides available as PDF files which are made to use with the History Channel classroom programs. These can easily be used by themselves along with utilizing the free videos on the History Channel or by obtaining books from the local library.
Visit the Classroom Partners page for even more educational aids available from other web sites such as The Library of Congress, Smithsonian and more. Teach your students about what individuals need to know when applying to become a United States citizen. By taking the Citizenship quiz your students will be able to see how much they know about the country they live in. There is a teacher’s guide along with a PDF which includes one hundred questions. After some preparation visit the link provided to take the quiz online. Exclusive videos are available Mondays at 6am/5 central or view one of the fourteen videos available online. Do not miss the games page, students can play games about history, take quizzes or download one of the two games.
Subscribing to the newsletter will allow you to receive program up dates along with teaching guides and special offers. You can also subscribe to “This Day in History,” which can be used to supplement your history curriculum, writing prompts or just to take a break from the every day work. There is also a biannual magazine, Idea Book, which contains teacher’s guide for not only the History Channel, but also for the Biography, A&E and the Lifetime channel. You will also receive information about contests and ideas for energizing your students.
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