What is a Unit Study for Homeschool?
Unit studies are a wonderful way to study a topic in a way kids will remember.
Usually, a unit study is based on a living book or Bible study. Then, you can add in crafts, activities, and notebooking or lapbooking. You can even add in a topically related field trip or a few more books about a subject. The best part is that a unit study can be done alongside any homeschool curriculum you are using. Just take a short break to study a topic deeply, or schedule in a few more books and/or crafts to go with the curriculum you are using.
Homeschool Unit Studies | Bible and Christian History
As an author of books on the Bible and Christian history for kids, I love creating hands-on activities that help your kids learn more about what they’re studying.
Each book I’ve written for kids has a Bible or history lapbook to go along with it. Your children will spend time writing about their new knowledge in mini-books. Most exciting of all, the lapbooks create a memory they’ll want to keep forever. (Just store them in a magazine file!)
Kids remember what they’ve learned better when they work on hands-on activities, so each one of my books has free crafts your kids can create to commemorate what they’ve learned. In fact, the crafts should help them understand biblical and historical lessons even better.
Take a look at the growing library of Bible and Christian history unit studies available here at Thinking Kids!
Old Testament | Bible Homeschool Unit Studies
- Creation in the Bible Unit Study | Your kids will love this puzzle-based Bible unit study on the doctrine of Creation! By the time they’ve finished, they will have studied six important sections of the doctrine of Creation. With fun books, activities, and crafts added in, they will remember what they’ve learned, and they’ll be able to explain this important doctrine from God’s Word to friends and relatives.
- Fetal Development Week-by-Week Biblical Unit Study | This fun unit study on fetal development will help your 5-8 year old kids study this important Bible teaching in a way that’s fun and engaging.
- The Story of Moses & the Exodus Unit Study | Three unit studies on Moses, the tabernacle, and the Exodus will help your kids learn more about God, and how the Old Testament points to Jesus. Along with engaging books on each subject, you’ll find hands-on activities to help cement the learning.
- Biography of Moses Unit Study | This hands-on study of how God used the meekest man on earth to change the history of the world is one your kids will remember for a lifetime.
- Tabernacle Unit Study | Kids will learn how God used a portable temple to point his people toward Jesus is one your kids will remember for a lifetime.
- Exodus Bible Study Unit | A unique study of the Exodus will help your kids learn more about who God is and how he rescued his people.
New Testament | Bible Homeschool Unit Studies
- The Life of Jesus Unit Study | This fun unit study on the life of Jesus is made up of four smaller studies your kids will enjoy. Along with engaging books on each subject, you’ll find hands-on activities to help cement the learning on the twelve disciples, the Cross, and the Resurrection.
- Jesus and the Disciples Unit Study | This unit study on the twelve disciples will help kids see Jesus through the eyes of his twelve best friends. They will learn about what it means to be a follower of Christ, and how each man lived for Jesus
- Jesus on the Cross Unit Study | Kids will learn the meaning of the work Jesus did on the Cross, how the Bible points to the Cross, and even about the women who followed Jesus and witnessed his Crucifixion on the Cross.
- Jesus’ Resurrection Bible Unit Study | This unit on the Resurrection of Jesus will help kids understand what the Resurrection means, about what eternal life with Jesus will be like, and about the witnesses to the Risen Jesus.
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Reformation | History Homeschool Unit Studies
- The Protestant Reformation Unit Study | This fun Reformation unit study is made up of four smaller studies your kids will enjoy. Along with engaging books on each subject, you’ll find hands-on activities to help cement the learning on Martin Luther, the Gutenberg Bible, and the Five Solas and the Reformers.
- Martin Luther Kids’ Unit Study | This in-depth unit study on the Father of the Reformation is a great place for your family to begin as they learn about the Protestant Reformation. The story of how God used a humble monk to change the history of the world is one your kids will remember for a lifetime.
- The Gutenberg Bible and Printing Press Unit Study | This study of the Gutenberg Bible will help your kids learn more about how God used an inventor to spread his Word.
- The 5 Solas and the Reformers Unit Study | This unit on the Reformation will help your kids learn that we are saved by grace alone through faith alone. Our salvation comes from Christ alone. Our authority is Scripture alone, and we live to the glory of God alone.
Modern | History Homeschool Unit Studies
- Abolition from Slavery Unit Study | Teaching about the end of the slave trade? Your 7-12 year olds will love this fun, biblical, non-woke abolition from slavery unit study. They’ll learn about the abolitionists, the Underground Railroad, and the end of slavery worldwide.
- The Christian Abolitionists Unit Study | Help your children learn about the lives of ten inspiring Christians who lived their lives in the service of all God’s people with this exciting unit study on the Christian abolitionists!
- History of the Underground Railroad Unit Study | This study of the Underground Railroad will help your kids study the Bible, learn about the fascinating stories of people who worked on and who traveled the Underground Railroad, and it will help them consider how they can use their unique spiritual gifting to serve God and to love his people.
- The Ending of Slavery Unit Study | Kids will study of the global history of abolition and the theology behind the movement as they learn how slavery ended. More importantly, they’ll learn what God has to say about chattel slavery and about loving one another.
Unit studies are a lot of fun for kids, and a great way to teach them about important events in the Bible and in Christian history!
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Teach Your Kids the Bible with Bible Road Trip™
Bible Road Trip™ is a three-year Bible survey curriculum. Take your family through the Bible five times from preschool to high school.
To help you get the most out of your studies, Bible Road Trip™ has an array of coordinating weekly activities:
- Researching the section of the Bible you’re studying
- Reading and discussing the Bible
- Memorizing Scripture
- Notebooking about your studies
- Praying for the nations
- Suggestions for further study
- Crafting about what you’ve learned
- For your older students: A project to share what they’ve learned
- Bible Road Trip™ also has some great tools you can use along with it, such as:
- Notebooking Journals for grades 1-9. Want a structured notebooking journal for high school? Don’t hesitate to use the Dialectic journal (grades 7-9).
- Bible Memory Card Sets for all five levels of study, preschool to high school. These are available in both ESV and KJV.
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- The Bible Road Trip™ Parent / Teacher Guide.
- The first three weeks of the curriculum for all five learning levels. Week Three is where we really dive into the Bible and begin to our systematic study. Week Three will give you a good feel for the rest of the curriculum.
- The first three weeks of the Bible Memory Card sets for all five levels, in ESV and KJV.
- The first three weeks of each of the three leveled Notebooking Journals.
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