This is a modern world history course that I put together for my 9th grader. He is studying World War 2 through current times. While this is a world history course, it does have more US history than other countries. I’ve combined readings, documentaries, and writing to create a 1…
This coming school year I’m going to be using a textbook for a spine for reading and as a topical guide to documentaries. At the end of last school year I met with each child and both of my boys made requests about history. My 4th grader told me how…
We are studying ancient Egypt in history right now. This past summer I ran across a book called Food and Cooking in Ancient Egypt. It listed several recipes for food that was likely eaten by ancient Egyptians. Our study of history is primarily comprised on hands on activities and living…
So I had an idea. I like using consumable items for projects so there is nothing to pack away or throw away when it is done. I was trying to think of a way for my kids to have fun building a pyramid. One day I noticed I had some…
For history we are currently having fun in ancient Egypt. Yesterday we looked at the different pyramids in Egypt before my boys built Lego versions of the Djoser step pyramid built around 2650 BC. Share your Lego creations at the link below.
For our study of prehistory we have explored woolly mammoths. At the conclusion of our study we made a woolly mammoth cake. I like to include art in our studies, but don’t have space for tons of art projects to hang around. To resolve this I like to make our…
We are studying ancient history through living books, activities, and videos. We are exploring what life must have been like when people hunted mammoths, lived in caves, and traveled around looking for food. We are using these books: Maroo of the Winter Caves is a story of a girl and…
As part of our study of ancient history we read several pages in The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago about ancient history. The book covers several different time periods, but we are focusing on the sections on ancient history for now. On page 75 of the book it gave…
We resumed our study of ancient history this school year with a look at the entrance of sin into the human race. We read about the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden before we made a peppermint patty version of Adam and Eve. We used a version of…
