It was common then that children didn't go to school every day, or in the summer. Have children draw a variety of crops or animals raised in the United States, including those grown in their own state or neighborhood. The map can be traced from an atlas in the library or from a geography book. Help your child talk about how the work of parents in America today affects schooling, for example, the need for afterschool programs. Imagine what school will be like in the future.
History is a story well told.
Through storytelling children can understand what's involved in writing the stories that make history. Tell a story of a person you know. Choose a person you know about whom the group will tell the story. Set a time limit so that you must end the story somewhere. Ask how this story based on fantasy is different from the story you told about the real person you know.