Planning for a homeschool history curriculum? Wanting to supplement your child’s history class this school year? I’ve put my historical site reviews in chronological order for easy lesson planning!
Note categories are in chronological order but sites are listed alphabetically in the categories.
European History
- General History
- Irish Road Trip
- Military History
- Ancient History
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- European Union Parliament
- GPO Witness History Museum, Dublin, Ireland
- Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
- Titanic Experience, Ireland
- World War II
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch Resistance Museum and the Anne Frank House)
- Normandy, France
United States History
- General History
- Black History Sites
- Historical Holiday Tours
- Military History
- Museums specific to a location
- National Archives Museum, Washington, DC
- Natural History
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, Washington, DC and Culture
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Washington, DC
- The White House, Washington, DC
- Early America
- Agecroft Hall, Richmond, VA (16th century home moved here in 20th century)
- First Landing State Park, VA
- Henricus, VA
- Jamestown, VA
- Plymouth, MA
- 18th Century
- Colonial America
- Berkeley Plantation, VA
- Charleston, SC Museums
- Colonial Williamsburg, VA
- George Washington’s Ferry Farm, Fredericksburg,VA
- Historic Polegreen Church, VA
- Historic Westover, VA
- New-York Historical Society, New York City, NY
- Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown, VA
- Presidential Sites on Virginia’s Northern Neck
- Shirley Plantation, VA
- Tuckahoe Plantation, VA
- American Revolution
- Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, Boston, MA
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NC
- Historic St. John’s Church, Richmond, VA
- Independence National Historical Park (includes Liberty Bell), Philadelphia, PA
- Kings Mountain National Military Park, SC
- Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, PA
- Valley Forge National Historical Park, PA
- Yorktown, VA
- Post-Revolution America
- Colonial America
- 19th Century
- Early 19th Century
- Civil War
- American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA
- Civil War Trails
- Farmville, VA
- Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC
- Fort Monroe, VA
- Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
- Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
- James Buchanan’s Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
- Lancaster, PA
- Last week of the Civil War, Virginia
- Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, DC
- National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, VA
- Petersburg National Battlefield, VA
- Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA
- Late 19th Century
- 20th Century
- Early 20th Century
- World War II
- Cold War
- Civil Rights
- 1970s-2000s
The History Mom 