I want to help my daughter with history. Can you guys recommend some good documentaries or movies since she is not learning much in school. I already help her with math and science but I'm not too knowledgeable in history. Thanks.
I want to help my daughter with history. Can you guys recommend some good documentaries or movies since she is not learning much in school. I already help her with math and science but I'm not too knowledgeable in history. Thanks.
"Fog of War"
1) What particular area of history (if any) is she studying (American, world, European, your state, etc.)?
2) Have you considered a book(s)? Not that there is anything wrong if you haven't, just that it might give you more possibilities (e.g. if you are learning about WWII you could use Anne Frank's diary).
American History, history books are boring. She reads fiction and I dont want to discourage reading by introducing boring stuff until she grows up a little(gave her a non-fiction book....she never finished) I think combination of audio+video would be less boring and expose her to new ideas. She can read if she is still interested.
zeitgeist
I taught her about triangles before she covered it in class and She was extremely excited about being smarter than everybody else in class. I'm trying to use that to teach her more stuff without taking the excitement away. I don't know if that makes sense but thats where I'm coming from.
I'm a fifth grade teacher social studies teacher. I would recommend having her read 'Number the Stars', which is an age appropriate novel detailing the Holocaust.
If you want to show her good documentaries I would recommend getting a subscription to discovery streaming. It has thousands of awesome documentaries that are full of valuable information. I show them to my class a lot and they are invaluable.
Ben Hur or The Ten Commandments
If they are that young it has to be entertaining and short, something that documetaries are definitely not. One
of my favorites is the PBS series on The Civil War.
The tv miniseries "Holocaust" would probably be tolerated by 5th graders. But that's a fictional deal.
Do they even make these things for that age group?
Shaving Ryan's Privates.
Get "the story of us" from the history channel. It is about the history of the United States from beginning to modern times. It is actually really interesting and not the usual boring documentary. I showed it to my son and he loved it.
I recommend "The boy in the striped pajamas"
romeslettuce wrote:
I'm a fifth grade teacher social studies teacher. I would recommend having her read 'Number the Stars', which is an age appropriate novel detailing the Holocaust.
If you want to show her good documentaries I would recommend getting a subscription to discovery streaming. It has thousands of awesome documentaries that are full of valuable information. I show them to my class a lot and they are invaluable.
Second vote for Number the Stars. Great book. Age appropriate.
I'm a female, and when I was about that age I read some historical fiction novels that I really enjoyed. They're by Ann Rinaldi. Here's one example.
http://www.amazon.com/Finishing-Becca-Shippen-Benedict-Arnold/dp/0152008799
Most feature young female protagonists which make the material more relatable.
i was thinking the same thing!
To Kill A Mockingbird
The American Girls series of books and movies are fictional but deal pretty well with what was going on from a 5th grader's perspective within the context of multiple time periods in American history (colonial, slavery pre-civil war, great depression, ww2, etc).
There's a movie called "No More Baths", which is meant to focus on civil rights but through a story line for young people. Discussion of MLK, peaceful protest and boycotts.
My daughter also enjoyed historical fiction, anything from Queen Elizabeth I to pioneer days. There are a few series of novels with fictionalized dialog but accurate historical events and people. One is Royal Diaries, covering European, Asian and African royalty through their childhood diaries.
Another is the My Name Is America series, which has books for both boys and girls as main characters. Native Americans, WWII, pioneers, Civil War, etc. It is a Scholastic Books series, so your library should have it or you can probably order it online if your library isn't great. They may even be available through her school library.
Correction to the above: The girl series for American historical fiction is called Dear America, the boys are My Name is America.
"Fog of War"
+1 Excellent film.