Welcome to Bringing History Home
Since 2001, school districts have adopted Bringing History Home (BHH) to engage children in rigorous history explorations. BHH instructional units sequentially develop student skills and knowledge in history across the K-5 grade levels. Inspired by their students' learning, BHH teachers have become committed advocates for history education in elementary schools. Consequently, BHH is now the K-5 social studies centerpiece in seven Iowa school districts, and is in various stages of adoption by districts in at least four other states.
In addition to BHH lesson plans, on our website you will find bibliographies of selected children's history books, links to selected internet resources, and access to "Your Story." Written for Bringing History Home by acclaimed children's book author Jacqueline Briggs Martin, "Your Story" is a children's research guide and companion to Martin's The Finest Horse in Town. [more...]
Bringing History Home has been funded by three U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grants.
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Virtual Gazebo
Welcome to a virtual gazebo for exploring the literature of history teaching and learning. Any comments herein are
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BHH has a new look!
We hope you enjoy the new BHH website look and navigation. The new server format allows us to make changes to the
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