Home school Moms: What do you use to teach World History?

[Melissa C]

This is for HOMESCHOOL MOMS or a student who really likes their curriculum. Please don't answer if you are not one on these.

We are currently using Lifepacs loosely (more as a guide actually). It just is a bit stale and I wanted to see what other moms are using.

[Gypsy]

I tried the Life pacs and threw them out. My kids found them to be brain numbing and I found flaws in them.
What I found really helpful is to unschool history. We started innocently just by reading good literature. Stories about people and situations around the world throughout the ages. Then we cross referenced them with the encyclopedia.
We watch a lot of documentary television and biographies of famous people. We research everything we encounter. We read the news every morning off the computer and ask: "Who are those people and why are they doing that?" We have traveled down many roads and learned a lot. I also try to make it as relevant as I can by showing my kids how history effects the world today.
I don't grade this subject or expect any work from it. I believe that to be a good citizen of the world we have to know not only our own past but those of our neighbors. School can suck the life out of history. It's not memorizing names, dates and facts. It's understanding the world we live in.