Once upon a time I heard that kids in America could identify and tell you all about Justin Beiber and Miley Cyrus, and tell you all about the dumb things that people do on “Duck Dynasty”, but they could not identify important historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, nor could they explain why and when we fought the American Revolutionary War. Honestly, I could believe it, because not so long ago, I would have to admit that I was one of them. And I did not like that about myself one bit!!! So of course, I dedicated myself to begin learning about this very important time in history and like the Renaissance Mama I am, vowed that my son was going to learn it forward and backwards and upside down! He WILL be an expert, LIKE IT OR NOT! So, that is why I am so very grateful that I found this great product! One thing about me, and my goal with my blog, is that I LOVE products that make learning easy and fun! And this wonderful DVD series is easy enough!
“Liberty Kids” is a wonderful, yet very inexpensive ($5.00 on Amazon ratings over 400 reviews and almost 5 stars) 40 episode historical fiction DVD on the American Revolutionary War. I will admit, since I am not a historian, I am not 100% sure that it is completely correct, but none of the reviews I have read suggest that anything is wrong. It starts in the beginning with the dumping of the tea in the harbor and seems to chronicalize the war. There are 2 youths that are journalist and they write about the events of the war. I like the girl Sara, who is English and visiting America, because she gives you the perspective of the Tory and the English people. What I love is that it builds up a familiarity with George Washington, General Howe, Layfayette and how he had to sneak out of France, Benedict Arnold and his growing frustration with being passed over for a promotion, Benjamin Franklin and his role in France, the use of the Hessians, and the role of the Continental Congress. And on top of that! My son loves it and wants to watch it over and over and over again! He acts it out, he even takes notes during the episodes, and he will even take out his civil war kit and pretend to use it for the Revolutionary War! All this interesting history he is learning and I just get to sit back and watch! We do follow up with books on the great leaders, do not want to sound like all I do is sit around! But, I will have a Historian in no time!
Liberty Kids You can go directly to Amazon and get this great set!
Hmmm… Someday soon we are going to be tackling Roman History! I really hope to see him as engrossed with the Centurions!!! Note to self, need to start looking for some Roman Soldier costumes and action figures! And maybe a trident! It is going to get real fun in the Fox household!
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