I have rounded up 27 free American history lapbooks to keep American history fun, hands-on and covered in chronological order.
American history is more than a list of dates and famous names—it’s the story of how a nation grew, struggled, and changed over time. One of the most engaging ways to help children understand that story is by using lapbooks in chronological order.
There are enough lapbooks here to turn this easily into a year long study on American history.

Children naturally understand stories with a beginning, middle, and end. History is no different.
When students learn events in chronological order, they begin to see how one event leads to another. And instead of filling out worksheets, they’re organizing information in meaningful ways.
Decide which ones to skip and which ones to linger on. Too, twenty-seven weeks is a relaxed pace for most families.
Too, you decide which crafts, field trips and living books you want to include.
Free 27 Week American History Study through Lapbooking
Some lapbooks have more resources added to them and others less.
Some topics have two or three lapbooks, but then again, the topics like the American Revolution and presidents, you could spend two or three weeks on.
Also, instead of rushing through hundreds of years of history, your kids spend time exploring one topic each week.
MORE LAPBOOKS ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY
- Lewis and Clark Fun Homeschool Lapbook
- BEST Westward Ho Lapbook!
- Daniel Boone – North American Explorer
- Iroquois Lapbook
- Plains Indians. Unit Study & Lapbook
- The Trail of Tears 1820 – 1845 Lapbook
- Free American History Lapbook – The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
- History of the Texas Cowboy, Cattle Drives, and Chisholm Trail
- Free Texas Homeschool Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas
At the end of 27 weeks, students don’t just finish a history curriculum—they have a collection of interactive lapbooks that tell the story of America from beginning to end.
Besides, history isn’t only about remembering the past. It’s about asking questions. The lapbooks you decide to cover can be as complete or open ended as you determine for each learner.

Also, you’ll love these other history resources
- 35 Simple But Powerful American History Homeschool Resources K to 12
- 100 BEST Hands-on Free Native American Resources
- 50 Free History Unit Studies–History Lover’s Round Up.
Hugs and love ya,


I’ve tried a number of links and can’t get anything to come up. I either get an error message or directed to another website that doesn’t work. Help
Hey Melissa,
Let me apologize first that you are having trouble. I did go back through all 27 links and i see that only 3 are acting wonky.
2 of those links are to a site that is being updated, so I have no control over that but will monitor it to be sure the links are working after the update.
I did see one lapbook that is not free anymore, (which I hate that) so I will update that link.
You said “a number of them” . Can you be more specific? 24 of them are working and linking to the correct spot.
Are you still having trouble?
I don’t see the download link – please help.
Hi Beki,
Sorry you are having problems.
Let the inlinkz load, and then under each picture or thumbnail you will see a link. Scroll across the words.
You have to wait for the links to load though.
Let me know if you still have problems seeing the links.
Thanks for being here!