STARTER HISTORY
How does one teach history to a five year old? By making it fun, creative, and as tangible and real as possible. Our Starter History courses focus on the key accomplishments and ideas found in history. Each central idea is explained, 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. Focused on ideas and creations rather than dates and names, this is conceptual history for the young. 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. These should be done in their established order, as they present history in the sequence in which it occurred.
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History I - Pre-History - Part One - Before Men A tale begun at the beginning. The student explores what science, and then religion, think was the birth of our Universe. The student is provided the information through hands-on exercises, and is allowed to decide for himself what interests him, and what to believe. |
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History II - Pre-History - Part Two - Early Man What was life like before civilization, and how do we know? Fifteen lessons that allow the student to discover on his own what a human being is, how we are different from other living things, and why we are important. |
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History III - Mesopotamia, The Start of Civilization Fourteen lesson plans which unveil the birth of mankind's greatest achievement, civilization. What is civilization? Where do civilizations start, and why? What must one have to create a civilization? |
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History IV - Ancient Egypt The final 14 history lesson plans for Semester I covers that most wondrous and magical civilization, ancient Egypt. |
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History V - Ancient Greece The history of Greece for students ages 5-6. Who were the Greeks? What did they do? What did they create? These were the people who created theater, philosophy, democracy, and the greatest armies of its time. |
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History VI - Ancient China & India China and India, two countries with the longest continuous history on Earth. The two largest populations in the world, lands of great wonder and mystery. How did they become the great and fascinating countries they are? |
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History VII - Ancient Rome Roman history for young students. A hands on exploration of Ancient Rome, the most powerful Empire in history. Who were the Romans? Where did they come from? What did they believe? How did they grow into an Empire? |
