This post is part of my 10 Ways to Teach Prehistoric and Ancient History series, which is part of 10 Days of Tips for Homeschoolers, hosted by Living Life and Learning.
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Truthfully, I’ve never been a really big game person. Growing up, I was always the first to quit during family game night (much to the agitation of my big sister). And while we had an old-school Atari and I had my own Game Boy, I never really got into video games, either (though I did go through a pretty intense Age of Mythology phase in college).
But my children, on the other hand, love games. Of all kinds. Part of that is my fault, since I love to gift them games (hello educational play!) but that’s made me realize over the years that if I’m going to gift games, they need to be things that I am willing to play, too.
And if games are educational, I’m more willing to put in the time to sit down and play because it’s not just fun, it’s school, too.
Over the years, we’ve acquired some really great games that focus on history topics and not only are these games more enjoyable for me (if you didn’t know, I sort of love history, hence why I’ve undertaken creating the Big Ideas through History program), but they help teach and reinforce the history topics that we’ve discussed during our school time.
Some of our favorite history-based board games we really enjoy include:
Through creating Big Ideas through History, I’ve also come across a lot of interactive websites, which I always include in each Section’s resource lists.
For instance, the National Museums of Scotland has a great interactive resource that goes well with my Ancient Egyptians Section.
And the British Museum has a great interactive website about Ancient Civilizations that accompanies the entire Part 1 of Big Ideas through History.
Big Ideas through History has been a huge undertaking, and as such, it’s a work in progress.
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The final price of the complete Part 1 will be $60 (a 20% savings off the individual prices) but you can get the first 3 units now, and access to units 4-10 later this year, for only $22, which is a savings of over 70% for Units 1-10.
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