Oh goodness!! I wish my kids were still in elementary 😩 This looks like right up my alley, Rachel!! 👏 This this wonderful! Great job :) I will definitely tell my friends about this. 32 weeks is brilliant 🤩
Thank you so much, Ashley! I will definitely appreciate help in spreading the world that this exists. :) And yes, including history from around the entire GLOBE was a big priority for me in creating this.
@@SevenInAll I remember getting to college and taking college world history courses, and thinking to myself that I really had never studied the history of South America or sub-Saharan Africa much at all before, and Asia had just been represented by a little bit about China and India, and absolutely zero about Australia and the rest of Oceania. I've always been determined to do things differently with my kids!
It looks incredible and so well thought out. As someone who lives overseas I REALLY appreciate this global ancient world view! Thanks to you and your family for this hard work. Blessings to you!
Thank you so much for this feedback! After spending much of my life in "international" living...a global perspective on ancient cultures was one of my big motivations in creating this.
Wow Rachel, this looks amazing. I've tried and liked aspects of SOTW, SCM, and Sonlight history/Bible/lit programs, but your curriculum strikes the sweet spot.
This is exactly what we were going for--my mom and I brainstormed all about what we have appreciated most about a number of different history curricula we have used, thought about some of the struggle points in implementing them and worked to solve those struggle points (i.e. our "Key Ideas" for notebooking and review--when using lit-based history curriculum, this can really be a struggle, having pointers as to what were some of those main ideas we want to pull from the readings).
This looks like such a fantastic curriculum that will really lead to a passion for history! 😊 Love the integration of the psalms, Connoisseur Kids, and the art history!
This is amazing!!! Wow, the amount of work and expertise that went into curriculum. That's what I will use in a couple of years when my kid gets older!!!!
Thank you for your comment on that--yes, that's one thing I appreciate for myself, scheduling in those little opportunities to talk about manners or the history of language. I'm looking forward to that!
Wow, this looks like an incredible curriculum! I am blown away by all the thought and the depth of what is in this. You have a real gift! I was planning to do Sonlight B next school year with my second grader, but I am now going to be reconsidering that.
Thank you so much for your kind words! My mom and I sat down and used all of our experience with history curriculum over the years to pull together what we wanted and what we have found to be helpful in ancient history curriculum--and I am so excited to use it with my upcoming 2nd grader!
I am just swooning over this😍 I have not been satisfied with what I have found for elementary ancient history. You just made my day! I love all of your curriculum that I've used so far, so I know this will work for us perfectly 🎉
That's exactly how this project began--I wasn't satisfied with the various options I was looking at for elementary ancient history. Thank you so much for your feedback--I am so excited at how it has all come together!
Loving this curriculum! I always manage to *actually* do Rachel’s curriculum because it is rich but also so manageable. My kids are enjoying it so much! Well done to you all♥️
I am so, so happy to hear this. This is exactly the sweet spot I was aiming for-- rich educational resources that go beyond surface level, but are practical and doable enough that they can actually happen in the midst of busy mom life.
Although we're not quite ready for history yet, I am so excited for this resource! I've been researching so many different curriculums and this one strikes the sweet spot I haven't been able to find elsewhere. I know you can't promise future studies that follow the history cycle, but this is sure to be a valuable study and I do hope you can release more in the future!
Thank you! I have also researched many different curriculums in trying to plan for my own homeschool...and that's what led me to develop this, because I really couldn't find the elementary ancient world history that I was picturing. I hope this will meet a need for other families.
This looks amazing! I wish I didn't just finish the Ancient World portion of Sonlight G with my elementary and middle schooler 😆It looks so thorough - I love all the different elements. Well done!
This looks great Rachel! ❤ I was looking into what to use for Ancient History I honestly already have Story of the World but this looks awesome and much more interesting.
Thank you! Our family also has Story of the World...but as you said, I really wanted something "more" and more engaging for our study of Ancient History. I am so excited to use this with my sons in the future!
This looks so incredible!!! I was looking to do it with my 6yo next year, but looking at the flip through, may wait until she is 7. Ugh, now i have to be more patient
I love this! Great job! We are scheduled for ancients this next school year. I would love to use this for my family. It will be great for my 3rd & 5th graders….I will need to adjust for my middle schooler…
With a middle schooler, I think it would be pretty easy to adapt--simply adding a few more chapter books and having higher expectations for their notebooking or writing in response to the topics introduced.
This looks amazing! I would definitely love to get it in a few years when my 4yo is a bit older. We’re doing the curious kinder next year. I really hope you do more. This is exactly what I want for history. And I would love to see how you would tackle the New Testament in a curriculum, since curious kinder focuses on OT and this the Palms.
Oh, I am so happy to hear this. This was exactly what I wanted in a history--but couldn't find. And so I ended up working on this giant project. haha! We're right now in the early stages of pulling together a 1st grade program--and the Bible focus will be New Testament to follow up the OT in Curious Kinder. :)
We are currently doing ancient history but mainly bible times at the moment!!! This curriculum looks awesome!!! 32 weeks give buffer time!!! We did Ancient Greece last year with my older kids wen we did science history!!! I could definitely use it as a family style curriculum with extra books for my older kids!!! I was saying yday that if world history isn’t covered then kids think a place poped up at a certain time even though it’s been there longer!!! I love that u add the learning point so it’s adaptable!!! The student pages look awesome!!!
Looks amazing. Really outstanding. What are your plans for continuing history, do you play to release a time period per year? Is this scheduled 5 days a week? Are the picture books scheduled over multiple days? Is their a worksheet per day? Thanks!
At this point, I would like to continue and create a medieval history, but I am not going to promise a release schedule because as an extremely small business and a mom of young children, there's just some level of uncertainty as to how much I can do and how quickly I can work in the spare moments. Also, I want to wait to see whether this is really something the homeschool community sees a need for--if I only sell 10 or 15 copies, I will learn that it's probably not what people want and it's probably not worth the investment of time to continue. So ultimately the decision comes down to practical factors like that. It is scheduled for 5 days a week, although I myself usually do history only 4 days a week, I will just adapt (having it last for 32 weeks gives wiggle room for adapting the schedule). With the picture books, it really depends on how long they are or the style of the book. Some of the picture books make sense to read in one sitting, while others are longer and get spread out over 1-2 weeks. The activity pages aren't specifically assigned with 1 per day...they are scheduled more as needed or as it makes sense. Some topics are simply more interesting or more suited to activity pages than others. Every week has a quiz and a map drill, and typically 2 or more pages in the student book. There is a free two week sample you can download on the website to give you a more detailed look.
Rachel I’m so excited for this. I know the books are mainly found in English BUT do you know IF any of the titles come in Spanish? Thought I’d ask so I could save some time digging 😅. Thanks!
The Sharuko book is bilingual and the Duncan Tonatiuh picture book version of the Quetzalcoatl myth is available in a Spanish edition. Those are the books for Central and South America, so not very surprising. It should be doable to find some non-fiction books about the more "popular" topics like ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome for kids, but it might be quite difficult to find titles for some of the other ancient world cultures and tales. I don't know if you already follow @homeschoolaventuras on instagram but she has done a fantastic job of finding history books in Spanish to add to their history studies.
@ No I don’t follow @homeschooladventuras, I will definitely check her out! And thank you for the other recommendations, not every title needs to be in Spanish I’d like to just incorporate it when I can. Thanks again 🤍
I have been racking my brain and researching like crazy for what I want to do with history/ geography / and science next year-mostly history. I literally prayed about it before I picked up the phone to yet again get back on You tube for research. This was the first video that came up when I clicked on the you tube app. I didn’t even put anything on the search bar. If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is lol. I will have a 5th grader and a 1st grader next year. I wanted to find something they could both use together. And I wanted it scheduled for me (bc I’m currently in a season of being tired of making my own curriculum and lesson plans because I can never find that one thing that fits my needs. But even though most curriculums say “k-8th” or whatever, they are just too exhaustive for what I’m looking for. I just wanted them to have an overview they both could understand this year and study some world geography along with it. I think this could truly be the answer to my prayers. Thank you!
Yes, I understand that most curriculum options that claim to be for k-8th can actually not be ideal for ALL levels. (I've had that experience with some science curriculum myself)
This looks amazing! I’m excited to try it out when we cycle back to ancient times! I know you haven’t gotten a chance to use it yet, but just wondering if you have an estimate how long each lessons should take on average?
Im so excited about this curriculum especially the picture books to make it all come to life! Im thinking about doing this with my second grader and curious kinder with my young kindergartner. Do you think that's too much?
I think what's 'too much' really depends a lot on the individual homeschool -- I personally LOVE reading aloud, it's the highlight of my day, and my boys thrive with it, so we naturally include a good amount of reading aloud. In my own homeschool, there will be overlap where I'm using Curious Kinder and Ancient World History at the same time--how I make it work is that I have two read aloud sessions in a day--one early morning over breakfast that includes my younger son, and a 2nd read aloud session late morning, just before lunch, that is focused more on history/geography for my oldest, and my 5 year old doesn't stick around for that one.
This is awesome! I want us to study history chronologically, but it didn't seem like there were a lot of ancient history studies out there that were appropriate for younger kids. I think this is definitely going to be in our plans in the future (currently in kindergarten) 😃
I myself was finding it very difficult to find ancient history resources that were really well suited to elementary...and that's how I got myself into this giant project. ha!
My daughter literally said, all these kingdoms are good, but what was happening here (America) and I am so excited about this resource! Thank you for sharing this!
Hopefully we will be able to follow this up with a Medieval history resource--similar time span as a 4-year history cycle I think. But I think we will wait a bit to gauge the amount of interest before committing to more volumes. :)
This looks so good- just takes it to another level. I have more than a year to pore over it and check out book availability, which is one of my favorite homeschool tasks 😊 Was wondering about the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. We have a much older edition (1999). How compatible would it be?
I haven't seen that edition but my guess is that it would be pretty compatible--I know there are quite a few editions. Sometimes they slightly change the page number/order in different editions but the content stays largely the same--I would think you might just have to adjust as you go, if, say, their page on the Qin Emperor of Ancient China is on pg 74-75 instead of 72-73 (I am totally making up those page numbers, I don't know what the page numbers are, haha). Like I mentioned, I try to make the topics really clear on purpose so that different books or different editions can be used.
Yes--it can be adjusted 'up' or 'down' pretty easily within 1st-6th grades. For a 6th grader I would include the chapter book suggestions and the Ancient World: Art weekly lessons that are suggested. For younger students, I would skip chapter books and might skip Ancient World: Art to keep it more simple.
I have a couple of questions. I’ve looked a bit at Sonlight for history/Bible/ literature. How do you think this Ancient world history compares to that? I know you have experience using Gentle and Classical Primer, how do you think Primer would pair with this? I don’t think Primer covers history, but I didn’t know if it would be too much to pair them together. What age or grade would you recommend this for? I’d like to do a classical approach to history beginning with ancient and moving to modern, and my son will be 6 and in 1st grade this Fall. He is already reading at a second grade level, would that make a difference for when to begin this curriculum?
Sonlight doesn't have a year that is specifically focused solely on Ancient History. Their B level (roughly 2nd-4th grade) and G level (roughly 7-9th grade) include a lot of Ancient History but it's not the sole focus, they also move into medieval history. They use more of the "spine" type of non-fiction books and don't really use the picture book approach that is used here. Sonlight also doesn't include activity pages or a student activity page. They do have discussion questions and mapwork in their guides and using their markable map. Those are some of the differences between their approach and this one. G+C Primer, as of now, focuses on classic tales and does not include history. I do know Erin is updating and creating a new edition of Primer this year, which I think will include some nature science, but I don't know what all will be different. Using the current edition of Primer, I never found it to be much reading--it's one "Wonder tale" every week or two, 1 poem at a time, one artist and composer you're learning about for 12 weeks, so it's more focused on the "riches" subjects and could be used alongside something else for history. For my son, who will be in 2nd grade when we use this Ancient History, I do plan to continue using G+C Morning Virtues resources for our "riches" subjects of hymn/composer/artist, etc. Most of this isn't really going to require reading from the student, but generally being an advanced reader does tend to tie into being more advanced with comprehension...so if he's overall more on the 'advanced' side and has a good attention span for books I think it should be a good level. This can generally be used for all elementary grades (with more parent help on activity pages for a 1st grader, and with adding in the recommended chapter books for s 5-6th grader). I'd say typically 2nd-4th is the sweet spot, but an advanced 1st grader could handle it.
@@SevenInAll thanks so much for the detailed reply, this is exactly the information I was looking for. Trying to make informed decisions for next year’s curriculum without buying something that I don’t end up using (I have made this mistake with preschool 😅).
Wow this looks amazing! I’m curious whether this and/or the resources in it take a Christian worldview on these historical cultures (besides the Psalms study sections)?
The books listed in the booklist are all secular, they are not from a Christian publisher. I have a Christian worldview myself. There are a couple of notes/activities in the teacher's guide that point out differences between the Christian worldview and the worldview of the cultures we are studying, for example the clear difference between the Ancient Egyptian practice of buying treasures in the tomb, and the Christian belief, based on Jesus's words: "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." But for the most part I think the "Christian worldview" in studying history simply comes in as: I believe God created people, and he created them to be intelligent and able to invent fascinating things and develop interesting cultures. God gave us minds able to learn about human history and it's a subject area worth learning about. Human history is largely the story of people NOT living in accordance with God's plan and God's instructions for living well with others--there is a great deal of tragedy and loss: wars and injustice and pursuit of power at the cost of the lives of the powerless. History is naturally a heavy topic, but one worth studying.
I have 2 boys in elementary. They will be in 3rd and 5th grade next school year, which is when I'd be interested in using this curriculum. Do you think this would still be able to work for my 5th grader as well? We like to do as many subjects as a family subject since I have 2 other kids, preschooler and baby.
Yes, this is designed to be used family style. With older students, like a 5th grader, I would definitely look at adding the "further reading" book suggestions (that are toward the bottom of the grid). Those are chapter books and non-fiction books. Also, a 5th grader's work in notebooking or completing the student work is simply going to look different than a 2nd or 3rd grader's work--it should show more skill and mastery. That is one of the great things about notebooking, is that students get to interact with the material at whatever level of skill they have.
Hi. You should sell it in Spanish! I will appreciate. By the way, Rightstart Math sell now in Spanish also their curriculum. I don t have youtube Channel, but i Think i would be good if someone make a Video.
That's great that RightStart is now available in Spanish. Unfortunately, because this is a literature-based resource that relies on books that are not available in Spanish, this is one resource I won't be able to offer in a Spanish edition.
I can pretty much guarantee that every parent who isn't already an art professor will find themselves learning new things in the art curriculum! We couldn't find a child-friendly 'book' for learning about the art of the ancient world...so we ended up having to basically write one ourselves. My sister is a licensed art teacher who is currently a graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in Fine Arts--I have learned so much from her and the way she brought ancient art to life in these lessons.
I think this would be a bit much for many 1st graders--I think 2nd-4th is probably the 'sweet spot,' but a more advanced 1st grader or one that was naturally very interested in history could probably handle it. I will be using it with my son for his 2nd grade year.
@@monicaraney5649 hahaha--that is indeed the question, isn't it?! I am in the early stages of working on a 1st grade literature program that is the "next level" from my Curious Kinder program. :)
Oh goodness!! I wish my kids were still in elementary 😩 This looks like right up my alley, Rachel!! 👏 This this wonderful! Great job :) I will definitely tell my friends about this.
32 weeks is brilliant 🤩
And I agree, a lot of South American, Asia, and African ancient history are left out in most curriculum studies.
Thank you so much, Ashley! I will definitely appreciate help in spreading the world that this exists. :) And yes, including history from around the entire GLOBE was a big priority for me in creating this.
@@SevenInAll I remember getting to college and taking college world history courses, and thinking to myself that I really had never studied the history of South America or sub-Saharan Africa much at all before, and Asia had just been represented by a little bit about China and India, and absolutely zero about Australia and the rest of Oceania. I've always been determined to do things differently with my kids!
It looks incredible and so well thought out. As someone who lives overseas I REALLY appreciate this global ancient world view! Thanks to you and your family for this hard work. Blessings to you!
Thank you so much for this feedback! After spending much of my life in "international" living...a global perspective on ancient cultures was one of my big motivations in creating this.
Wow Rachel, this looks amazing. I've tried and liked aspects of SOTW, SCM, and Sonlight history/Bible/lit programs, but your curriculum strikes the sweet spot.
This is exactly what we were going for--my mom and I brainstormed all about what we have appreciated most about a number of different history curricula we have used, thought about some of the struggle points in implementing them and worked to solve those struggle points (i.e. our "Key Ideas" for notebooking and review--when using lit-based history curriculum, this can really be a struggle, having pointers as to what were some of those main ideas we want to pull from the readings).
This looks like such a fantastic curriculum that will really lead to a passion for history! 😊 Love the integration of the psalms, Connoisseur Kids, and the art history!
Thank you!! Yes--I'm also so excited about those elements and I think they will be very beneficial for our family.
Wow!! Amazing! I love your enthusiasm. You can see your passion in this creation. The art addition looks fantastic and in-depth! Congratulations
Thank you so much!
This is amazing!!! Wow, the amount of work and expertise that went into curriculum. That's what I will use in a couple of years when my kid gets older!!!!
Thank you--I so appreciate that you recognize the amount of work and skill that came together to create this. Thank you!
What a thoughtful program. I love that it adds in other topics that can be hard to fit in.
Thank you for your comment on that--yes, that's one thing I appreciate for myself, scheduling in those little opportunities to talk about manners or the history of language. I'm looking forward to that!
Can’t wait to use this in a few years! Curious Kinder is next up for us 😊🤓
Woohoo! We just started The Curious Kinder and I am having such a blast with my little guy!
Wow, this looks like an incredible curriculum! I am blown away by all the thought and the depth of what is in this. You have a real gift! I was planning to do Sonlight B next school year with my second grader, but I am now going to be reconsidering that.
Thank you so much for your kind words! My mom and I sat down and used all of our experience with history curriculum over the years to pull together what we wanted and what we have found to be helpful in ancient history curriculum--and I am so excited to use it with my upcoming 2nd grader!
I am just swooning over this😍 I have not been satisfied with what I have found for elementary ancient history. You just made my day! I love all of your curriculum that I've used so far, so I know this will work for us perfectly 🎉
That's exactly how this project began--I wasn't satisfied with the various options I was looking at for elementary ancient history. Thank you so much for your feedback--I am so excited at how it has all come together!
This looks great and I definitely want to use it in the future. We're 2/3rds of the way through The Curious Kinder and loving the format and style.
Oh, I'm so glad you're loving The Curious Kinder! I think you'll find much of the style in this very familiar.
Loving this curriculum! I always manage to *actually* do Rachel’s curriculum because it is rich but also so manageable. My kids are enjoying it so much! Well done to you all♥️
I am so, so happy to hear this. This is exactly the sweet spot I was aiming for-- rich educational resources that go beyond surface level, but are practical and doable enough that they can actually happen in the midst of busy mom life.
Wow this curriculum looks fantastic! 🤩
Thank you so much!
Although we're not quite ready for history yet, I am so excited for this resource! I've been researching so many different curriculums and this one strikes the sweet spot I haven't been able to find elsewhere. I know you can't promise future studies that follow the history cycle, but this is sure to be a valuable study and I do hope you can release more in the future!
Thank you! I have also researched many different curriculums in trying to plan for my own homeschool...and that's what led me to develop this, because I really couldn't find the elementary ancient world history that I was picturing. I hope this will meet a need for other families.
This looks amazing! I wish I didn't just finish the Ancient World portion of Sonlight G with my elementary and middle schooler 😆It looks so thorough - I love all the different elements. Well done!
Thank you so much for the encouraging feedback!
This looks great Rachel! ❤ I was looking into what to use for Ancient History I honestly already have Story of the World but this looks awesome and much more interesting.
Thank you! Our family also has Story of the World...but as you said, I really wanted something "more" and more engaging for our study of Ancient History. I am so excited to use this with my sons in the future!
This looks so incredible!!! I was looking to do it with my 6yo next year, but looking at the flip through, may wait until she is 7. Ugh, now i have to be more patient
Look on the bright side--it'll give you more time to gradually collect the books. :)
I am so excited about this! I will definitely keep it in mind for my daughter in a few years (she's in K).
Thank you! Yes--this just might be a good option in a couple of years! :)
Ohh this looks sooo good!! I can’t wait to use it! We are still using the curious kinder (which has been so enjoyable)
Oh, I love hearing that you are enjoying The Curious Kinder!
I love this! It is put together so well, and that art history curriculum 😮❤ I love it!
Thank you so much!
I love this! Great job! We are scheduled for ancients this next school year. I would love to use this for my family. It will be great for my 3rd & 5th graders….I will need to adjust for my middle schooler…
With a middle schooler, I think it would be pretty easy to adapt--simply adding a few more chapter books and having higher expectations for their notebooking or writing in response to the topics introduced.
Wow. 😮 I'm blown away by this curriculum.
Thank you! ❤❤ We put a great deal of heart and thought into developing it.
Wow this looks fantastic, I cannot wait to use it!
Thank you so much, I hope you guys have a blast!
This looks amazing! I would definitely love to get it in a few years when my 4yo is a bit older. We’re doing the curious kinder next year. I really hope you do more. This is exactly what I want for history. And I would love to see how you would tackle the New Testament in a curriculum, since curious kinder focuses on OT and this the Palms.
Oh, I am so happy to hear this. This was exactly what I wanted in a history--but couldn't find. And so I ended up working on this giant project. haha!
We're right now in the early stages of pulling together a 1st grade program--and the Bible focus will be New Testament to follow up the OT in Curious Kinder. :)
This looks incredible! So excited for yhis one.
I am so, so excited at how it has come together.
This is amazing!!!
Thank you so much! We put a great deal of heart and thought into developing this. :)
We are currently doing ancient history but mainly bible times at the moment!!! This curriculum looks awesome!!! 32 weeks give buffer time!!! We did Ancient Greece last year with my older kids wen we did science history!!! I could definitely use it as a family style curriculum with extra books for my older kids!!! I was saying yday that if world history isn’t covered then kids think a place poped up at a certain time even though it’s been there longer!!! I love that u add the learning point so it’s adaptable!!! The student pages look awesome!!!
Thank you so much for your feedback! :)
Looks amazing. Really outstanding. What are your plans for continuing history, do you play to release a time period per year? Is this scheduled 5 days a week? Are the picture books scheduled over multiple days? Is their a worksheet per day? Thanks!
At this point, I would like to continue and create a medieval history, but I am not going to promise a release schedule because as an extremely small business and a mom of young children, there's just some level of uncertainty as to how much I can do and how quickly I can work in the spare moments. Also, I want to wait to see whether this is really something the homeschool community sees a need for--if I only sell 10 or 15 copies, I will learn that it's probably not what people want and it's probably not worth the investment of time to continue. So ultimately the decision comes down to practical factors like that.
It is scheduled for 5 days a week, although I myself usually do history only 4 days a week, I will just adapt (having it last for 32 weeks gives wiggle room for adapting the schedule).
With the picture books, it really depends on how long they are or the style of the book. Some of the picture books make sense to read in one sitting, while others are longer and get spread out over 1-2 weeks.
The activity pages aren't specifically assigned with 1 per day...they are scheduled more as needed or as it makes sense. Some topics are simply more interesting or more suited to activity pages than others. Every week has a quiz and a map drill, and typically 2 or more pages in the student book. There is a free two week sample you can download on the website to give you a more detailed look.
@SevenInAll ok thank you for your response!!
Amazing work. My boys love history. We will definitely use this curriculum next year ❤
Thank you so much--I hope you guys will have a blast! I am so looking forward to using this with my own sons.
Rachel I’m so excited for this. I know the books are mainly found in English BUT do you know IF any of the titles come in Spanish? Thought I’d ask so I could save some time digging 😅. Thanks!
The Sharuko book is bilingual and the Duncan Tonatiuh picture book version of the Quetzalcoatl myth is available in a Spanish edition. Those are the books for Central and South America, so not very surprising. It should be doable to find some non-fiction books about the more "popular" topics like ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome for kids, but it might be quite difficult to find titles for some of the other ancient world cultures and tales. I don't know if you already follow @homeschoolaventuras on instagram but she has done a fantastic job of finding history books in Spanish to add to their history studies.
@ No I don’t follow @homeschooladventuras, I will definitely check her out! And thank you for the other recommendations, not every title needs to be in Spanish I’d like to just incorporate it when I can. Thanks again 🤍
I have been racking my brain and researching like crazy for what I want to do with history/ geography / and science next year-mostly history. I literally prayed about it before I picked up the phone to yet again get back on You tube for research. This was the first video that came up when I clicked on the you tube app. I didn’t even put anything on the search bar. If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is lol.
I will have a 5th grader and a 1st grader next year. I wanted to find something they could both use together. And I wanted it scheduled for me (bc I’m currently in a season of being tired of making my own curriculum and lesson plans because I can never find that one thing that fits my needs. But even though most curriculums say “k-8th” or whatever, they are just too exhaustive for what I’m looking for. I just wanted them to have an overview they both could understand this year and study some world geography along with it. I think this could truly be the answer to my prayers. Thank you!
Yes, I understand that most curriculum options that claim to be for k-8th can actually not be ideal for ALL levels. (I've had that experience with some science curriculum myself)
Wowzers! This is so awesome looking!
I love the look of both parts, and now I can't wait to finish our current history (which we just started) 😅😂
Thank you so much, I am so thrilled at how this has come together, and I'm excited to see Ancient World: Art be completed soon!
This looks amazing! I’m excited to try it out when we cycle back to ancient times! I know you haven’t gotten a chance to use it yet, but just wondering if you have an estimate how long each lessons should take on average?
My estimate would be at least 30 minutes a day, longer if kids really get into the discussions or activities, or if there are interruptions. :)
Im so excited about this curriculum especially the picture books to make it all come to life! Im thinking about doing this with my second grader and curious kinder with my young kindergartner. Do you think that's too much?
I think what's 'too much' really depends a lot on the individual homeschool -- I personally LOVE reading aloud, it's the highlight of my day, and my boys thrive with it, so we naturally include a good amount of reading aloud.
In my own homeschool, there will be overlap where I'm using Curious Kinder and Ancient World History at the same time--how I make it work is that I have two read aloud sessions in a day--one early morning over breakfast that includes my younger son, and a 2nd read aloud session late morning, just before lunch, that is focused more on history/geography for my oldest, and my 5 year old doesn't stick around for that one.
This is awesome! I want us to study history chronologically, but it didn't seem like there were a lot of ancient history studies out there that were appropriate for younger kids. I think this is definitely going to be in our plans in the future (currently in kindergarten) 😃
I myself was finding it very difficult to find ancient history resources that were really well suited to elementary...and that's how I got myself into this giant project. ha!
It looks great!
Thank you so much!
My daughter literally said, all these kingdoms are good, but what was happening here (America) and I am so excited about this resource! Thank you for sharing this!
It's great that she's already thinking about that and asking questions--history happened all over the globe!
This looks great! Is the plan to follow a history cycle with this? If so, how many years? Or is it more stand-alone?
Hopefully we will be able to follow this up with a Medieval history resource--similar time span as a 4-year history cycle I think. But I think we will wait a bit to gauge the amount of interest before committing to more volumes. :)
This looks so good- just takes it to another level. I have more than a year to pore over it and check out book availability, which is one of my favorite homeschool tasks 😊
Was wondering about the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. We have a much older edition (1999). How compatible would it be?
I haven't seen that edition but my guess is that it would be pretty compatible--I know there are quite a few editions. Sometimes they slightly change the page number/order in different editions but the content stays largely the same--I would think you might just have to adjust as you go, if, say, their page on the Qin Emperor of Ancient China is on pg 74-75 instead of 72-73 (I am totally making up those page numbers, I don't know what the page numbers are, haha). Like I mentioned, I try to make the topics really clear on purpose so that different books or different editions can be used.
Can I incorporate this for a sixth grader or is it specifically for younger students? I'm loving this!
Yes--it can be adjusted 'up' or 'down' pretty easily within 1st-6th grades. For a 6th grader I would include the chapter book suggestions and the Ancient World: Art weekly lessons that are suggested. For younger students, I would skip chapter books and might skip Ancient World: Art to keep it more simple.
I have a couple of questions.
I’ve looked a bit at Sonlight for history/Bible/ literature. How do you think this Ancient world history compares to that?
I know you have experience using Gentle and Classical Primer, how do you think Primer would pair with this? I don’t think Primer covers history, but I didn’t know if it would be too much to pair them together.
What age or grade would you recommend this for? I’d like to do a classical approach to history beginning with ancient and moving to modern, and my son will be 6 and in 1st grade this Fall. He is already reading at a second grade level, would that make a difference for when to begin this curriculum?
Sonlight doesn't have a year that is specifically focused solely on Ancient History. Their B level (roughly 2nd-4th grade) and G level (roughly 7-9th grade) include a lot of Ancient History but it's not the sole focus, they also move into medieval history. They use more of the "spine" type of non-fiction books and don't really use the picture book approach that is used here. Sonlight also doesn't include activity pages or a student activity page. They do have discussion questions and mapwork in their guides and using their markable map. Those are some of the differences between their approach and this one.
G+C Primer, as of now, focuses on classic tales and does not include history. I do know Erin is updating and creating a new edition of Primer this year, which I think will include some nature science, but I don't know what all will be different. Using the current edition of Primer, I never found it to be much reading--it's one "Wonder tale" every week or two, 1 poem at a time, one artist and composer you're learning about for 12 weeks, so it's more focused on the "riches" subjects and could be used alongside something else for history.
For my son, who will be in 2nd grade when we use this Ancient History, I do plan to continue using G+C Morning Virtues resources for our "riches" subjects of hymn/composer/artist, etc.
Most of this isn't really going to require reading from the student, but generally being an advanced reader does tend to tie into being more advanced with comprehension...so if he's overall more on the 'advanced' side and has a good attention span for books I think it should be a good level. This can generally be used for all elementary grades (with more parent help on activity pages for a 1st grader, and with adding in the recommended chapter books for s 5-6th grader). I'd say typically 2nd-4th is the sweet spot, but an advanced 1st grader could handle it.
@@SevenInAll thanks so much for the detailed reply, this is exactly the information I was looking for. Trying to make informed decisions for next year’s curriculum without buying something that I don’t end up using (I have made this mistake with preschool 😅).
Wow this looks amazing! I’m curious whether this and/or the resources in it take a Christian worldview on these historical cultures (besides the Psalms study sections)?
The books listed in the booklist are all secular, they are not from a Christian publisher.
I have a Christian worldview myself. There are a couple of notes/activities in the teacher's guide that point out differences between the Christian worldview and the worldview of the cultures we are studying, for example the clear difference between the Ancient Egyptian practice of buying treasures in the tomb, and the Christian belief, based on Jesus's words: "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
But for the most part I think the "Christian worldview" in studying history simply comes in as: I believe God created people, and he created them to be intelligent and able to invent fascinating things and develop interesting cultures. God gave us minds able to learn about human history and it's a subject area worth learning about. Human history is largely the story of people NOT living in accordance with God's plan and God's instructions for living well with others--there is a great deal of tragedy and loss: wars and injustice and pursuit of power at the cost of the lives of the powerless. History is naturally a heavy topic, but one worth studying.
@@SevenInAll thank you!❤ still a couple years away from teaching history to my kids but that seems like a really solid perspective 😌
I have 2 boys in elementary. They will be in 3rd and 5th grade next school year, which is when I'd be interested in using this curriculum. Do you think this would still be able to work for my 5th grader as well? We like to do as many subjects as a family subject since I have 2 other kids, preschooler and baby.
Yes, this is designed to be used family style. With older students, like a 5th grader, I would definitely look at adding the "further reading" book suggestions (that are toward the bottom of the grid). Those are chapter books and non-fiction books. Also, a 5th grader's work in notebooking or completing the student work is simply going to look different than a 2nd or 3rd grader's work--it should show more skill and mastery. That is one of the great things about notebooking, is that students get to interact with the material at whatever level of skill they have.
Hi. You should sell it in Spanish! I will appreciate. By the way, Rightstart Math sell now in Spanish also their curriculum. I don t have youtube Channel, but i Think i would be good if someone make a Video.
That's great that RightStart is now available in Spanish. Unfortunately, because this is a literature-based resource that relies on books that are not available in Spanish, this is one resource I won't be able to offer in a Spanish edition.
So I want the art curriculum for myself 😂
I can pretty much guarantee that every parent who isn't already an art professor will find themselves learning new things in the art curriculum! We couldn't find a child-friendly 'book' for learning about the art of the ancient world...so we ended up having to basically write one ourselves. My sister is a licensed art teacher who is currently a graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in Fine Arts--I have learned so much from her and the way she brought ancient art to life in these lessons.
Do you think a 1st grader is a bit too young?
I think this would be a bit much for many 1st graders--I think 2nd-4th is probably the 'sweet spot,' but a more advanced 1st grader or one that was naturally very interested in history could probably handle it. I will be using it with my son for his 2nd grade year.
@SevenInAll Thank you! That makes sense. I really want to her to be able to engage with it. What the heck do I do for 1st grade?? Lol
@@monicaraney5649 hahaha--that is indeed the question, isn't it?! I am in the early stages of working on a 1st grade literature program that is the "next level" from my Curious Kinder program. :)
@@SevenInAllYay!!! I was hoping we would get a first grade level