120 Great History Projects

I found an absolutely wonderful source for hands on history projects today at the library, 120 Great History Projects from Lorenz Books. This is definitely one of those I will have to go out and buy. It is jammed packed with art projects, costumes and recipes. I've just begun to dig into this book, but it looks like there is a hands on project to coincide with every just about era in history and prehistory.

Some of the recipes included in the book: "Stone Age Food", "Egyptian Pastries", "Aztec Tortillas", "Cowboy Cookout", and "Medieval Flan".

A sampling of the other projects include: Archimedes' Screw, a Viking coin and die, an Arctic sled, Japanese Samaria helmet, and a Celtic harp, just to name a very few.

Each project begins with a brief history lesson, a paragraph or two. Most include color illustrations to go along with the lesson. The lesson is followed by full color photos and step by step instructions for the project.

This is just an awesome book for homeschool project ideas!