Story-Based History Book Tool

April 16, 2012 By DIYHsr

It is a never-ending challenge to find quality living books to feed our children. This is particularly true when it comes to history.

Most of us realize that the interaction between student and living book is conducive to knowledge retention and intelligence development.

We developed the Heritage website with the intention of helping to repopularize old-fashioned narrative history. We believe that the current trend of teaching Social Studies rather than history to young people is unfortunate, not so much because it is politicized, but because it is boring. Too many students leave school with a vague disinterest in history because it was never presented in an engaging manner.

At Heritage History, we seek to promote, not so much the study of history as the enjoyment of History. By making available old-fashioned history, as it was enjoyed as a pastime rather than studied as a subject, we hope to help reawaken the interest of a new generation.

And it is always appreciated when these resources are free! If you are looking for living history books to go with any particular time period, visit Heritage History. Books are listed by subject categories such as: