Early American History Primary Guide

A Literature Approach for Primary Grades.


Practical Homeschooling Magazine Reader's Choice First Place in History, 2009



This teacher's guide takes the guesswork out of a literature approach to American History for your primary grade students (K-3). Beginning in the year 1000 with the Vikings and continuing through the Civil War, parents will read aloud award-winning authors such as the D'Aulaires, Alice Dalgliesh, Jean Fritz, Walter Edmonds, Clyde Robert Bulla and others!


Daily lesson plans incorporate biblical principles, geography, poetry, character studies and much more! Though designed as a one-year course, it can be stretched to two years, depending on your pace. Contains 110 lessons and it is suggested that 2-4 lessons be completed each week.



About the Author:
Rea is a homeschooling mother of six whose determination to teach history using quality literature rather than standard textbooks inspired her to research what was available to accomplish that purpose. The result has been a series of History Through Literature study guides all designed to acquaint the reader with the best children's literature available on the subject. Rea holds a Masters Degree in Children's Literature from The Center for the Study of Children's Literature, Simmons College in Boston.