You don't have to stick to the standard Western civilization or U.S. history fare for four years. You can explore specific countries and historical periods in depth. Alternatively, you can approach history from unique perspectives often absent in traditional schools.

My children loved the comedy and the slapstick, but I was surprised at the historical interest it engendered. You never know when a history lesson may present itself!

This book gives a poignant crash course in what Communism means—not just ideologically, but what it looks like for the average person trying to get out from under its oppressive weight.

We need to give the 4-year history cycle some thought when it comes to high school.

I wondered how stone age people could have constructed such a massive structure—how, without modern technology, did they hue such massive stones out of the rock, drag them into place, position them, and lift them on top of one another?

Before children can populate their imagination with all the wonderful characters and stories of history, they need to develop a historical consciousness.