I have recently listened to the free audio clip for the Mystery of History Volume 1 and promptly went and ordered the audio cd's for my family!
Get the most out of The Mystery of History when you combine it with resources like notebooking pages, coloring pages, Lapbooks, challenge cards and more!
There's no shortage of great history options for homeschooling families, but The Mystery of History is the only one of those options with a permanent place in our homeschool. Today I want to share an overview of our favorite homeschool history curriculum, but also why we choose it year after year.
Our Mystery of History Timeline - an idea on how to make a timeline for your history studies.
These free Mystery of History Lesson Plans for volumes 1-4 are perfect for planning out your history curriculum.
We will be using Mystery of History Volume 2 this next school year and wanted to share resources that we have found along the way. To make homeschooling less stressful I use the same Science and History for all four of my children. This year we will have grades Kindergarten, Fourth, Tenth and Eleventh. I...Read More »
Creating a The Mystery of History student binder for volume 4. It includes a checklist so my student can work independently. Get your FREE checklist!
These free Mystery of History Lesson Plans for volumes 1-4 are perfect for planning out your history curriculum.
Last summer I went a little nutty. See, I was SO excited that our curriculum recommended a timeline. SO SO excited that timeline figures came with it. Until ... I opened the packaging. The timeline figures were ... ugly. So I made ancient history timeline figures using classic art! And now I'm shari
Pin It Now! The Mystery of History My 6th grader and 9th grader are both reading The Mystery of History Volume II this year. I absolutely love The Mystery of History curriculum and am trying to add in more extra curricular resources this time around since these two are older now. In this particular book in the series, there are only 28 weeks of scheduled lessons, so that means we have 2 weeks per quarter to focus on extras. I have to admit, I dropped the ball on preparation and my kids needed a couple of days to catch up on a few assignments. So, we ended up spending one week on extras instead of two. Resources Because I no longer have children in elementary grades, these resources are targeted toward middle and high schoolers. However, all of the books listed below are considered juvenile books, and are probably just fine for upper elementary kids. My goal for extras is to find fun and interesting resources that are somewhat enjoyable, not ones that conjure up total mental drudgery. :) Videos St. Patrick is my all time favorite story, and below is a short video about his life and calling. We all watched this one. Below is a 45-minute documentary about Masada which my son (9th grader) and I watched. Books Ancient Rome While we didn't get to all of the books, I had my children read a few of them. I even found some to be interesting, especially The Totally Gross History of Ancient Rome. (Sorry, there wasn't an image on Amazon for that one.) Please click on photos to read about each book. The Totally Gross History of Ancient Rome Ancient Maya I found all of the above books at my local library. Other St. Patrick's Breastplate - a beautiful prayer/poem attributed to St. Patrick. Another version of St. Patrick's Breastplate including a video of the song recording also known as "The Deer's Cry." I also had my daughter (6th grader) copy the lines from the prayer starting with Christ with me through Christ in every ear that hears me. Such powerful words! Blessings on your Mystery of History venture. Hope you find some of these resources helpful! This post may be linked up to one or more of these fabulous link-up parties. affiliate links included
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This year we are trying out a new history curriculum. After hearing great things about The Mystery of History, I decided to give it a try. I wanted to incorporate The Story of the World (SOTW) since I had several volumes already. I created a lesson planner for The Mystery of History Volume II to […]
FREE Printable Planning pages for the popular homeschool curriculum Mystery of History.
Discover the mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript, a 15th-century codex with undeciphered text and unique illustrations. Explore its history, theories,
This Mound Builders lesson plan will teach your students about archaeology, the mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans, and the art found inside.
Should you use Mystery of History or Story of the World in your homeschool? Here's a comparison of both popular homeschool courses.
Get the most out of The Mystery of History when you combine it with resources like notebooking pages, coloring pages, Lapbooks, challenge cards and more!
This post contains affiliate links. If you've read Preschoolers and Peace for any amount of time (some of you for years and years!), you know that the Fletchers love The Mystery of History . You also know that we love to read aloud and that I assign independent reading lists for my ki
In this post I share how we set up our Mystery of History Notebook for Volume 1.
Mugwort is magical and mysterious. It has a long history of traditional use as a medical herb, cure-all, and culinary flavoring. Mugwort will boost your health and healing potential.
There's no shortage of great history options for homeschooling families, but The Mystery of History is the only one of those options with a permanent place in our homeschool. Today I want to share an overview of our favorite homeschool history curriculum, but also why we choose it year after year.
Explore ancient Egypt with kids by solving a FUN, free printable CSI-style case investigating was King Tut Murdered. Fun history activity!
Inexplicable ideas, super-human efforts, impossible results; when you explore the Mysteries of the Andes, you travel beyond the boundaries of human logic. The answers to these riddles are yours to complete, but you have stand before them and absorb their complexity before you are able to truly answer...
I started our year with Simply Charlotte Mason (SCM) history, and mid-year switched to Mystery of History (MOH). This blog post is for anyon...
This post contains affiliate links. If you've read Preschoolers and Peace for any amount of time (some of you for years and years!), you know that the Fletchers love The Mystery of History . You also know that we love to read aloud and that I assign independent reading lists for my ki
Sunbonnet Sue – from a plain beginning as a drawing to a superstar, here is her story and how she has been used in quilts and quilting. The History and Mystery of Sunbonnet Sue You might know her as a redwork design, or perhaps an applique on a 30’s quilt. But like all young women, … Continue reading "Here Comes the Sun – Sunbonnet Sue, that is."
This minor prophets lesson will give each kid an overview of who they are and what God wanted people to know about Him
I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that everyone had such diverse topics. After they got started, I saw some great learning take place in my classroom! Because it's an inquiry-based activity, they generated their own questions. And because they got to choose their own topic, they were excited and felt ownership over the project. I plan on using this next year as a fun fast finisher activity. This list is something I quickly generated. {I know it is not all inclusive - if I left something off that you really want me to add on, please leave me a comment.} This would be fun to hang up somewhere in the back of the classroom so fast finishers can work on a project whenever they want. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HISTORY DETECTIVES! * * * * * Want to hear some GREAT news? I am leaving next week on an 8 day history trip to Virginia where I get to study at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute! I also get to visit Jamestown and Yorktown. I'm so excited! I plan on posting lots of the things I learn, including pictures!
Nebuchadnezzar's dream is a fun lesson to talk about, so much imagery and fun crafts to complete together.
Free Titanic Activity | Unlocking The Mystery Of Iceberg Science. I have some fantastic free Titanic activity ideas. Also, look at my post Free Titanic Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas.
Inside: Nazca Lines craft for kids learning about Peruvian culture and history. It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, 2017! At the end of this post, find our Multicultural Kid Blogs HHM giveaway for some fun prizes. Today I’m sharing an exploratory Nazca lines craft. The project gives hands-on feel for these marvels of Peru, and how they were
Are you studying the Middle Ages? Here are 20+ cross-curricular activity ideas that will help you create a free The Door in the Wall literature unit for your homeschool.
Timelines complement to any homeschool history curriculum and are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictorial way.
A Nazca geoglyph depicting a hummingbird. The designs and lines created on the desert floor of southern Peru are known collectively as the 'Nazca Lines' and were made over several centuries between...
Right now I’m in the process of creating a series of STEM projects for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations.. Next stop, Ancient India! 🙂 During the summertime in Ancient India (and still to this day), a monsoon would come every year, raining buckets and buckets of water. In Eastern India, a second monsoon would
I have a great family history activity for children to share today – teaching children to find names for the temple by doing family history research with historical records! The activity was …
Are you looking for a fun way to increase your students’ art history knowledge? Try a mystery artist board! In my classroom, students engage in friendly competition to research and make guesses about a new mystery artist each month. Prizes can be simple such as fancy pencils or extra art time for the winner […]
Students follow the clues to solve a crime. Keys provided. Practice on Past Simple, mainly was or were............................................................... - ESL worksheets
