ELEMENTARY HISTORY
Our Elementary History courses focus on the key accomplishments and ideas found in history. Each central idea is explained in writing, giving the student some serious reading practice, and then explored through activities carefully crafted to be done, and to help provide the young student with a hands-on idea of what each culture created and added to the human experience. Important words are defined for the student as he studies. Focused on ideas and creations rather than dates and names, this remains conceptual history for the young, as is Starter. But the information offered at Elementary Level is more complex and detailed. The student learns what is important about our history, how it impacts our current world, particularly the student's own unique life. Each semester consists of several courses, to be done three times weekly. The first semester, as an example, uses four courses.
Each semester of Elementary History is focused on a specific idea.
Semester One is focused on important concepts in history, such as politics, finance, or technology.
Semester Two covers great and terrible leaders throughout history.
Semester Three deals with twelve of the most important civilizations in history.
Semester Four covers the history of the arts, and of great artists.
This design allows teachers and students to fill specific needs they feel are lacking in a student's curricula for the age group. That said, the reading requirements increase for each sequential semester, so it is best if these semesters be delivered in their given order.
The entire history program for Elementary (ages 7 and 8) is now available.
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History I - What Is History? / Religion In History What is history? Why should we study history? Why is it important to a 7 or 8 year old to know what happened thousands of years ago? |
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History II - Big Ideas In History - Politics & Economics Yes, that's right, a course for 7-8 year olds that marches them through the amazing history of governments and money! When your young students complete this course, they will know more than most adults do about both politics and money. |
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History III - Big Ideas In History - Technology & History This course covers the many ways that science and technology have changed history, and our lives today. |
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History IV - Leaders Great & Terrible - Part One Early history is revealed through the men and women who made it. The student investigates what made each leader great or terrible. |
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History V - Leaders Great & Terrible - Part Two History is brought to life and made relevant as the student is asked to consider what he or she would do in the famous (or infamous) person's place. The course is fun. |
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History VI - Leaders Great & Terrible - Part Three The leaders of the 20th century, the men and women who made our world. The lessons in this course cover these important 20th century leaders, both great and terrible. |
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History VII - Important Civilizations I - Mesopotamia, Egypt, India & China This unique course covers the birth of civilization. |
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History VIII - Important Civilizations II - Greece, Rome, France & Spain This course covers four important civilizations; Ancient Greece, the start of all western civilization; Ancient Rome, the longest-lived and most powerful of all western civilizations; France, the heights of art and royal power; and Spain, the empire that discovered the Americas. |
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History IX - Important Civilizations III - Germany, England, Russia & America The student explores the history of four great countries - Germany, England, Russia and the United States. |
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History X - Great Composers & Music Intensive study on the history of music. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Stravinsky...dozens of composers are investigated, their lives looked at and their works watched and listened to, using freely available performances on the Internet. |
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History XI - The History of the Visual Arts This semester is all about the arts, and this course covers the visual arts - architecture, sculpture, painting, photography and film. |
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History XII - Great Writers & Poets A course designed to intensively expand vocabulary for a student who already reads well. The history of great writing is covered in some detail, with dozens and dozens of writers covered, each with samples of their works, hard words defined in advance! |
