Is it possible to study high school history without dry textbooks?

Absolutely.

Let me recommend some wonderful alternatives for your students.

Here are 10 great books covering early modern history suitable for high schoolers.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer.

You don't have to revert to dry textbooks to give your high school students an excellent

knowledge of history.

In fact, they will gain a better understanding and interest in history if they read living books, books

that fire their imaginations, touch their emotions, and make the time period they're reading

about come alive in their minds. Are there books like that available on a high school level?

Yes. Let me tell you about a few. Famous men of the 16th and

17th century by Robert G. Shearer. Now some of you may be familiar with the famous

men series by Heron and Poland. Rob Shearer of Greenleaf Press has provided a great service

in bringing those books up to date. I love to recommend

his editions of the series, because I know he has incorporated the advantage of more recent research

and a wider perspective while still staying true to the narrative style. His famous men of the 16th and 17th century is a wonderful

collection of biographies of prominent men and women who lived in the 1500s and 1600s.

Your student will read about Catherine de Medici, Elizabeth I, Francis Drake, and Walter

Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Galileo, Pascal,

Rembrandt, and more. People from France and England and China and Germany, Denmark, Poland,

and Sweden are all featured in this book.

28 life stories that will give your students insight into this time period in a way

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