I haven’t been this excited about a curriculum in ages!  In fact, I’m almost turning flips knowing that history is taken care of next year and I have no unit planning to do. “I truly have never seen a curriculum like this before, especially for the 6th grade and above crowd.  Hands down, it tops [...]

Last week we wrapped up a very fun Ancient History unit.  After learning what history is, we spent about a week on each of the following civilizations:  Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China and Ancient Aztecs. This past week, I asked them each to choose the civilization that was [...]

Studying Ancient Greece has been so much fun!  We could’ve spent many more days lingering in the Greek hillsides, but it’s time to move on to Ancient Rome.  Here are some highlights from our week. On top of the regular reading about Ancient Greece, map work, timelines and such, we did lots of hands-on activities, [...]

We’re on a tour of ancient history right now and loving it!  So far we’ve been through Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.  I thought I’d share a few highlights of this week in Egypt since we had so much fun. The best part of the week was mummifying a Ken doll.  Thanks Jamin for the [...]