Evan-Moor History Pockets: A Review

I am always looking for fun ways to teach my boys with a hands on approach. The other thing I am looking for is easy to use curriculum to accomplish that task. I found some wonderful hands on products that my kids just love to work on and put together. Evan-Moor History Pockets help bring history alive in your children grades 1-6.

As your child is learning about history, he/she is building a portfolio with hands on projects that slip into pockets. I was so excited to see how it all got put together. The pockets were much larger than I originally thought it would be. It made it much easier to store all the things we made and also very fun to do.

What do you get when you purchase Evan-Moor History Pockets Units?

Grades 1-3 Pockets:

• Reproducible reading booklets
• Historical background facts
• Picture dictionary
• Arts and crafts activities
• Evaluation forms

Grades 4-6 Pockets:

• Historical background facts
• Maps and timeline
• Arts and crafts projects
• Reading and writing connections
• Evaluation forms

Each pocket is put together by using a 12” x 18” sheet of construction paper. Each history unit involves 7-9 pockets. With each pocket you will find background information, vocabulary words to learn, and activities and crafts to complete each with an individual theme that works together for the overall unit study.

Once you purchase the book, you will need to make copies of all the templates or copy sheets in the book that will be included in the portfolios. Not all pages need to be copied. Since you copy what you need this book can be used over and over again for each of your family members.

If you have a hands on learner in your home, you will love these products.

More Evan-Moor History Pockets

The Evan-Moor History Pockets come in these topics below: 

Grades 1-3

These are filled with stories to color, crafts to make, things to cut out and paste, vocabulary words to learn that have corresponding pictures to help illustrate them.

• Life in Plymouth Colony
• Ancient Civilizations
• Native Americans

Grades 4-6

Grades 4-6 are filled with fun facts bookmarks, timelines to build, many activities, things to color, paste and cut out as well as crafts to make.

• Moving West
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Egypt
• The Civil War
• Colonial America

When you explore Plymouth colony you will:

Build a diorama, put together pilgrim puppets, learn the Mayflower Compact, learn what to pack when traveling on the Mayflower, learn about the tithing man while building a tithing stick, learn the jobs in the colonies, make a hornbook while learning about school, learning about quilting and much, much more..

When you explore the American Revolution you will:

With the grades 4-6 American Revolution history pockets you will build your own timeline, make a pop up book about the Boston Massacre, learn about famous Patriots while making a pop up of George Washington, learn about Paul Revere’s ride, learn about the soldier’s life and uniforms, building a diary and much, much more..

What a wonderful way to teach children about history while they build there own keepsake portfolio. To watch my kids get excited about history and they couldn’t wait to get something to color, cut out or explore was priceless. My children will cherish if for years to come.

More Evan-Moor Book Reviews from The Curriculum Choice

• The World Reference Maps and Forms
• Habitats Study
• Evan-Moor Science Series – All About Plants
• History Pockets II
• Spelling Skills
• Daily Word Problems
• ScienceWorks for Kids Series I & ScienceWords for Kids II
• Hands-On Elementary Science – ScienceWorks Book – Energy
• Daily Paragraph Editing
• Early Math – Geometric Shapes and Fractions
• Design a Poetry Unit with Read and Understand Poetry
• Sequencing Simple Stories

~ Originally posted September 2009, Written by Lynn Pitts, mom of 3, from Big Sky Country Montana