10 history activities do to at home

Many online resources (such as the NFB website) offer free access to a variety of historical documentaries. Encourage your child to pick a documentary that interests them. Once they’ve watched it, ask them to do the following:

• Do research online to learn more about the topic
• Compile the information they find in a logbook
• Etc.

Take a short walk through your neighbourhood and examine the local architecture. Equipped with a camera and a notebook, your child can photograph or sketch some of the houses (or their architectural elements, like cornices and stairs). Back in the comfort of your home, they can research their observations online to determine the following:

• The year of construction
• The architectural style
• Connections between the construction of a building and the city’s history
• Etc.

Your child can create their very own history trivia game to liven up family evenings or to entertain their younger siblings. Here’s how:

• Choose a theme (e.g., antiquity, ancient Egypt, the Louvre)
• Choose places, objects, or buildings that fall within the theme
• Create question and answer cards
• Etc.

Digging through family photos can lead to some interesting discoveries. For example, looking at old snapshots of your child’s great-grandparents is a perfect opportunity to play detective. As your little one examines each photo, help them identify elements from that time period:

• What were the fashion trends back then?
• What does the photo tell us about how people lived in that era?
• Etc.

Musical traditions vary widely across different time periods and are definitely worth exploring. Ask your child to make a playlist of songs from a particular era and to research their history. Here are some other ways your child can bring history to life:

• Ask family members to dress in period costumes
• Prepare a traditional meal from that era
• Listen to traditional music together
• Etc.

A timeline  is a very effective tool for understanding or explaining a historical phenomenon. Why not encourage your child to make their own? You can help them do the following:

• Choose a historical event
• Gather information about the event
• Print photos for the timeline
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Historical novels are set in the past and often recount true events. The characters, who may be fictitious or based on real people, have experiences that reveal moments of our history. No need to leave your home to track down historical fiction, as many books can be borrowed digitally (French only).

An impressive number of online games are set against a backdrop of historical events. Overall, they remain faithful to the era they’re recreating, in terms of both mood and setting. As your child plays, they get to embark on thrilling adventures while learning about moments in history. To boost their learning, ask them to do the following:

• Research the game’s time period
• Identify anachronisms
• Etc.

Food, like art, says a lot about different periods in history. Ask your child to search online for recipes from the Middle Ages or any other era. They can also do the following:

• Take note of the most popular ingredients at that time (e.g., very little fresh fruit, a lot of flour)
• Make connections between what people ate and the diseases that were prevalent
• Cook a meal from the Middle Ages and share it with the whole family
• Etc.

The works of great painters like Monet, Delacroix, and Degas take us on a journey through time. By carefully studying their works, you can discover a wealth of information about the age in which they lived. Here are some easy ways for your child to learn about history through art:

• Choose an artist
• Study their paintings
• Look for commonalities between different paintings from the same era
• Etc.