Classical Student Histories
for History Lovers and Homeschoolers

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Heritage History promotes Traditional, Story-based History for all ages. View our collection of 500 Classical Student Histories.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

—Abraham Lincoln

History Quiz Game

Test your knowledge and Learn as you play with History Quest, a Quiz Game app based on popular histories from the Heritage Library..

Venice
Alethea Wiel—1895

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Study Resources

Heritage History Study Programs include reading assignments, maps, timelines, and other Resources to help students remember details and explore new topics.

Modern Europe
Study Program
Modern France/Germany/Italy (1650 to 1900 A.D.)

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Napoleon III
European 1808–1873 Napoleon III
Emperor—Nephew of Napoleon, elected emperor of France after revolution of 1848. Deposed after disastrous Franco-Prussian War.