How To Teach High School History with Literature Easily

I love using living books in our homeschool. If you’ve been around here any time at all, you know that living literature is a key tool that I use across all ages and all subjects.

Using literature to teach high school history works especially well. There are so many nuances of an event or era that can be understood through books. Living books also have a unique way of drawing students in and placing them smack-dab in the middle of a time period to meet important people, experience meaningful events, and feel real emotions.

Just talking about all the benefits of literature makes me want to go grab some historical fiction right now!

I received Modern U.S. and World History for free and was compensated for my time in writing this post. As always, all opinions are strictly my own. Affiliate links are included in this post.

High School History Curriculum

In the past, I’ve found success in pulling together various “spine” and living book resources for high school history. But quite honestly, it takes a lot of research and hours of work to create a meaningful course. I have to find a spine that’s thorough and doesn’t mince the facts of history.