Do you want to inspire a love of learning in your children?
Are you searching for an educational method that will lead your kids through history in a fun, engaging manner that they will remember for a lifetime?
Would you like to see your kids graduate homeschool with a firm grasp of history and a desire to continue learning throughout their adult lives?
That is exactly what we wanted for our kids, too.
Literature-Based Homeschool Curriculum
Literature-based homeschooling is a wonderful way to engage your children in their education. In fact, we loved the method so much, we used a literature-based approach to nearly every subject, all the way through our homeschooling years.
What is literature-based homeschooling?
Just like the name sounds, lit-based homeschool curriculum uses wonderful books as the basis of study for learning about a subject. As your kids study a given subject, they will read nonfiction, historical fiction, biographies, and literature pertaining to the topic or written during the time period you are studying. Source documents can be a wonderful way for kids to learn, too, if they are accessible.
Children love and remember stories. Through wonderful family read-alouds and independent reading, your children’s brains become saturated with new knowledge.
Then, literature-based homeschooling adds in hands-on activities. These can include historic games, art projects, movies, and recording timeline dates.
What a wonderful way to learn!
History of the World | Kindergarten through 8th Grade
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For your kindergarten through eighth grade students, Common Sense Press has a wonderful world history curriculum that will take your kids through the Middle Ages (500-1500), the Early Modern Period (1500-1800), the Late Modern Era (1800-1945), and the Postmodern Age (1945-present).
Common Sense Press is the home of the popular Language Arts through Literature series, which incorporates spelling, reading, vocabulary, grammar, writing, penmanship, and phonics while students engage with quality literature. This highly effective way to teach language arts applies to history, as well!
Forget filling out workbooks and taking quizzes. Instead, your kids can learn about the development of medieval cities while reading fun books about setting of the end of the Middle ages. They’ll learn about the manners, customs, and architecture of the world people lived in. They can choose an important figure to read about and then present what they’ve learned. For instance, they may talk about the impact and importance of Johann Gutenberg. They can look up other key figures, as well, practicing their writing skills as they summarize a life in a few sentences.
Then, your children can read a book–or three–set in the time period your family is studying. There are discussion questions and answers to go through. There is another short creative writing assignment and an option for older students to present on a topic related to the late Middle Ages, such as the Black Death, or the Hundred Years’ War.
Next, your family can add in a craft, like designing a coat of arms using traditional symbols. All the instructions are provided. After, perhaps your family will host a medieval feast, complete with roasted chicken legs, fruit, apple cider, and hard cheese. They can even make medieval honey cakes using an authentic recipe. Later, you can watch a clean, historic movie together.
Your kids will top off the week’s study by adding important dates to their timeline. This is a great way for them to see how people and events overlap and affect each other.
Learning World History Through Literature gives a list of book options, activities, movie choices, and more each week. It is a great way for your family to pick and choose the resources you use each week. It also makes visiting the library a simple and fun way to work with your kids to acquire resources for the next week.
Here are a few things you’ll want to know about your new literature-based world history curriculum:
- Your kids, grades k-8, will read books, do activities, research, and create timelines
- The multi-level teaching style allows all your children to learn together
- Learning world history is going to be fun and memorable
- You can use the book for one- or two-years — take as long as your kids want to explore each week’s scheduled study
- You’ll have lots of choices, with lists of picture books, literature, key figures, activities, and more — pick what you want!
Learning World History Through Literature covers units for four time periods:
- Middle Ages (500-1500)
- Early Modern (1500-1800)
- Late Modern (1800-1945)
- Postmodern (1945-present)
Literature-based learning is a wonderful way to educate your children. It worked wonderfully for us.
Learning World History Through Literature is the perfect resource to use with your family as you explore the amazing history of the world together!
Learn more about Common Sense Press’ Learning World History Though Literature here.
