Learning History at Home Schooling

by Marion Jones

Do you think that passing time in traditional classrooms is a waste? For many people, that is true. For example, a test is coming up and the pupils are asked to memorize a list of dates and names. However, after sitting the exam, they will surely forget 75% of those dates and names. That’s what most students do every time they have tests. If you are one of these people, you will find traditional history lessons boring, so home schooling, which concentrates more on the history of the world, will probably be of more interest to you.

Just simple memorization is not enough to know the importance of historical, famous people and important events. Through home schooling in history, you can learn about the different cultures of the past in a unique, but interesting way – that is your own way! Through the study of history, you will also realize the current situation of the world.

However, if you think that home schooling is the most effective option for your child’s education, you should also be prepared to take on some responsibilities. Since there will be no teacher present ‘on site’, you will have to supervise your child’s educational development by yourself.

Let’s just suppose that your kid is interested in a particular sport. Through combining history and home schooling, you can start by just hanging a map on the wall of your child’s schoolroom and mark the location of his favourite sports team. Make sure that you track all the team’s activities and schedules. Then, you could return to history lessons by reading biographies of the various athletes, who had been famous in the particular sport that your child enjoys. Apart from that, you could also study the history of that specific sport and discover where it originated, its inventor, and the other things happening in that particular time in history.

For example, let’s say your child follows baseball, you could teach your child about the history baseball, government hearings on the use of steroids and other favourite hobbies at that period in time. But remember that you can adapt this method to any interest such as dancing, flight, cars or any invention. You can also have conversations with your child about current affairs or read interesting historical documents and other books. Aside from that, you could also watch documentaries together with the rest of the family. There are various resources that your child can use in home schooling, such as TV, maps, newspapers, books, a globe, an atlas, and encyclopedias. Because of the enthralling adventures that you and your child will read about and see on film, he/she will find it easier to remember the names and dates of the history lessons. After all, education is best when it is done in a fun way.

These ways are advisable if the child is still young, however once your child gets older, you should choose a home schooling program that is suitable to his/her age group. The programs are available at the elementary, high school, and even college levels. You just have to search online for these different programs. One advantage of these programs is that you can adapt them to suit the interests of your child. However, you have to make sure that all the lessons are learned by your child.

Once you and your child have decided to go for home schooling, you must be prepared for some changes to take place in your life. The learning environment will now be your home not a school and through the various resources that you can use including the computer and Internet.

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