Kids can like music history, just as they can like math, social studies, or Twinkies. It just depends on the kid. But it also depends on the presentation.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Good history teachers point out that we study history to see why things happen. So, tell a student not to pedal baroque music, and he may comply. Tell him why not to do it, and he's more likely to comply. In fact, let history tell him why not to pedal.
"Baroque era keyboards typically didn't have the capability to sustain (except organ), and therefore, the composers wrote in such a way to..."
Kids, like the rest of us, don't really want to do something if they don't see the point. Let music history make the point for you.
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