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Here at Homeschooling with Period Dramas, you’ll discover an extensive selection of carefully selected period dramas, historical movies, and radio theater to help supplement your homeschool needs.

Much like Charlotte Mason’s Living Books philosophy, period dramas can serve as “Living Movies” - a simple yet effective way to bring history to life.

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Winter is when I find myself reaching for the coziest, most comforting period dramas, so I’ve put together a list of my favorite 30+ historical movies and miniseries with wintery scenes and cozy stories to share with you!

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From the snowy Yorkshire Dales in All Creatures Great and Small to Mr. Elton’s hilariously misguided Christmas Eve marriage proposal in a freezing carriage in Emma, there are so many charming wintery moments in period dramas that make this season feel extra cozy. Click here to read the post!

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🎬 The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015) | Not Rated (I'd give it a PG) Told through the eyes of Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter, this film follows the true story of the von Trapp family’s life before and after escaping Austria dur
🎬 The Boys in the Boat (2023) | PG-13 Set during the Great Depression, this historical film based on a true story follows rower Joe Rantz and his University of Washington teammates as they overcome personal hardships and train as underdogs for the 1
🎬 Across the Great Divide (1976) | G Set in 1876, this adventure film for families follows two orphans traveling west to claim their inheritance in Oregon. Along the way, they join forces with a drifter and face rugged wilderness, outlaws, and unexp
“If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.” - William Wilberforce 💛
✨ New blog post!! Top Family-Friendly Black History Movies to Watch this Month! ➡️ Ask me for the link and I'll DM you asap! ❤️
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” - J.R.R. Tolkien 🤎
🎬 Chariots of Fire (1981) | PG This is the true story of a group of British athletes preparing for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Harold Abrahams, driven to overcome anti-Semitic prejudice, and Eric Liddell, a gifted Scottish sprinter and missionary, lead
🎬 Ruby Bridges (1998) | PG This film tells the true story of six-year-old Ruby, who bravely becomes the first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, facing hostility and fear with courage and dignity. 👧 I
🎬 A Girl of the Limberlost (1990) | Not Rated (I'd give it a PG) Elnora Comstock, a poor but determined young woman in Indiana at the turn of the 20th century (1908), struggles against her mother’s bitterness while striving for an education. T