Howdy! What’s up this morning? Charlie wanted to share our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Homeschool Resources: The Classical Historian History Bundles & United States History. Please take a look at the resources and let me know if you’ve used them with your students.
The Classical Historian History Bundles have everything a home school parent needs to teach an exciting and engaging year of history with critical thinking skills and the Socratic discussion.
National Archives and Records Administration: 100 Milestone Documents-Grades 6 and up, with parental supervision
Explore United States History from 1776-1965 by examining 100 documents gathered by National Archives and Records Administration.
The select documents are considered to “reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to ‘form a more perfect union.'” After selecting one of the documents from the link list, the window will open where visitors will see an image of the actual document, be able to read about its history and significance, review a transcript of the document, and additionally can download a PDF(s) of the image of the item. Some of the most popular documents available include:
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Constitution of the United States (1787)
- Bill of Rights (1791)
- Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)
- 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
- Gettysburg Address (1863)
- Civil Rights Act (1964)
- Social Security Act (1935)
- And many more
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
