As classical learners, our family seeks to study the knowledge, values, and ideals of those cultures which have contributed to Western Civilization: Ancient Greece, Rome, and Israel. If these three cultures are such a part of our heritage – and if we can understand so much more by studying them, why not seize the opportunity […]
Exploring Ancient Greece: Timelines, Maps, Projects, and More!
As classical educators, one of our aims is to pass on a body of knowledge, values, and ideals from which Western Civilization has stemmed, the root of which lies in three cultures – the Greeks, the Romans, and the Hebrews. If these three cultures are such a part of our heritage – and if we […]
Exploring Ancient Egypt: Timelines, Maps, Projects, and More!
[Abram] communicated to them Arithmetick; and delivered to them the science of Astronomy. For before Abram came into Egypt they were unacquainted with those parts of learning: for that science came from the Chaldeans into Egypt; and from thence to the Greeks also. – Flavius Josephus of the Antiquities of the Jews, Book I, Chapter […]
Studying World War II: Maps, Timelines, Projects
I recently mentioned a project we completed five or six years ago covering the Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression. Here’s the other project we completed that same semester, and it fascinated our oldest son so much that he became a little World War II expert over the span of just a couple of months. These two studies […]
It’s Time for… Challenge Timelines!
I’ve mentioned before my ridiculous enthusiasm for keeping up with a timeline to document our homeschool learning adventures. Well, imagine my excitement when we found ourselves in the midst of timeline activities in our Classical Conversations Challenge B and Challenge I classes this year! Boy howdy! I just love this sort of stuff! (Keeping a […]
Timelines, Shoe Classification, and My Calendar Craze
In our lives this week… We played a Ten Commandments File Folder Game. (Do you know what it’s like when you picture something in your mind, and then when you implement it, it just seems utterly ridiculous? Our Ten Commandments game ended up that way, mainly because my oldest is starting to mature beyond my […]
Story of the World Timeline Notebook
Learning a chronological timeline is immensely valuable. Memorizing history sentences with songs is great. But… I think the single one thing that has helped me to gain a better understanding of history has been keeping a timeline… -Taken from Studying History through the Ages Five years have passed since I originally shared the thoughts above. […]
Discovering Wonders of the World
Y’all! I have to tell you about a project our family shared together this summer because it was just so completely fascinating! In previous years, we had memorized the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only to find out this year that there are other officially acclaimed Wonders of the Medieval World, Wonders of the […]
Favorite CC Cycle 1 Books: Family Read Alouds
Alrighty, folks! We’ve finally compiled a list of our favorite books selected from years of reading aloud together as a family – along with some short descriptions to give you an idea of what each book is about. Several missionary biographies are included in this list because… well, they’re just such compelling and inspirational accounts! […]