Many people love history, but for those who don't, teaching history in an interesting manner is almost impossible. Here are some ideas to help you bring history to life. To teach your child not only the dates and the names of people but to help them understand why things happened the way they did.
History is nothing more than yesterday's news.
Granted it has been many yesterdays since some of the news was new. Still it was news then, and if presented correctly can still be news today. Have your children create a newspaper for the time period you are studying. If you make it a monthly paper they can write several short factual articles about people, and events during that month. Let them include short fictional 'news accounts' about things that could have happened.