I listened yesterday morning to an interview with Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much" series on BookTV. Fascinating!
He gave the following ideas for getting children interested in history:
- Tell stories
- Take trips to historical places
- Have conversations about historical events
- Make connections between history and now
- Connect geography and history
Davis has written a number of books for adults, but he has also written a number of books for children to complement these adult books that we will probably want to have in our Esperanza library. Many of his adult books have been translated into Spanish, but I couldn't find any of the children's books in Spanish. :(
This is the link to the interview:
http://www.booktv.org/Program/14019/In+Depth+Kenneth+C+Davis.aspx
This is the link to his website:
http://dontknowmuch.com/
Interesting: The lyrics from a song by Sam Cooke inspired Davis:
Wonderful World"
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I do know one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be
Now, I don't claim to be an A student
But I'm trying to be
For maybe by being an A student, baby
I can win your love for me
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
La ta ta ta ta ta ta (History)
Hmm-mm-mm (Biology)
La ta ta ta ta ta ta (Science book)
Hmm-mm-mm (French I took)
Yeah, but I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I do know one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be
Now, I don't claim to be an A student
But I'm trying to be
For maybe by being an A student, baby
I can win your love for me
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
La ta ta ta ta ta ta (History)
Hmm-mm-mm (Biology)
La ta ta ta ta ta ta (Science book)
Hmm-mm-mm (French I took)
Yeah, but I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
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