We have been on an exciting 4 year adventure through history with The Mystery of History. I can't believe that we have finished all 360 lessons! It seems like we just started. Today I am sharing with you 4 Reasons I Love The Mystery of History and I also have an exciting giveaway for you from Bright Ideas Press!
The Mystery of History is made up of 4 Volumes:
Vol I Creation to the Resurrection
Vol II The Early Church and the Middle Ages
Vol III The Renaissance, Reformation, and The Growth of Nations
Vol IV Wars of Independence to Modern Times
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| Vol I Nick, Al, Lily making cuneiform tablets. They were so little! |
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| Alex adding Vol IV timeline figures |
4 Reasons I Love The Mystery of History:
It is creation based and chronological. I love studying history based on the Bible but very few history courses start here. The Mystery of History starts with the creation of the world and rather than focusing on one area of the world at a time, it focuses on what is going on all of the world during a particular time period.
It is complete. Everything you "need" to teach the curriculum such as the reading lesson, activities, mapping and timeline assignments, tests and quizzes are included. There are a lot of supplemental resources such as challenge cards, notebooking pages, and coloring pages that you can add if you want to (I especially like the notebooking pages,) but if your budget is tight or you do not want to add the extras you do not have to. You can read this post that I wrote on the different types of worksheets.
It can be used with a wide range of age ranges from K-12th grade. One of the biggest things that drew me to The Mystery of History was that I could use it with all of my children at once. There are age appropriate activities listed for the different groups younger, middle, and high school grades. The lessons are written in a very conversational way and are fun and interesting for the teacher and the student. For those with high schoolers, there is more than enough work at the high school level to earn a full credit. For those with younger children the lessons are short enough to hold their interest.
There are plenty of activities to pick and choose from. The main parts of the course is to read the lesson, complete memory cards, do a mapping assignment, and make a timeline. There are also hands on activities for each of the age levels that you can pick and choose from. You don't have to do any or all of them but it is a great way to make history come alive.
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| the children made this "map" of Ancient Egypt |
Just a note about the timeline. We loved making the timeline for all 4 volumes. We chose to use the timeline figures from Amy Pak. These are beautiful figures and made it so easy for me to do this with the children!
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| Vol I |
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| Vol II |
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| Vol III and part of Vol IV |
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| The rest of Vol IV |
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| First figures of Vol I |
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| last figures of Vol IV |
Not only did my children enjoy our study of history, I learned a lot too! I love being able to learn alongside my children. Linda Lacour Hobar has a wonderful gift for teaching history and I am so glad we were able to complete this study!
Bright Ideas Press has generously offered to allow me to host a giveaway! One of my lucky readers will win a copy of The Mystery of History Vol IV. This giveaway is for U.S. residents only. To enter please leave me a comment answering this question: What is your favorite part of history to study?Please make sure when commenting that you leave me a way to get in touch with you if you are the winner!
Giveaway will close on May 6th at 11:59 pm. Winner will be chosen at random. Thanks for entering and good luck!!
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We love studying the Ancients, but haven't studied much Medieval yet. I would love to win this!!
ReplyDeleteI love studying the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoyed teaching modern history this year because its the part I feel I understand the best.
ReplyDeleteI would usually say that we love studying Ancient History, but we needed a change. My daughter and I are really enjoying the Civil War time period. We just finished a book about Harriet Tubman. Thank you for the opportunity to win! I was just thinking about this volume for next year.
ReplyDeleteAncient History is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... so hard to pick! I love the Middle Ages and the Age of Exploration, but early American History is probably my favorite.
ReplyDeleteWe love the age of exploration. Also medieval times. All are great though (history buffs here)
ReplyDeleteI think British royalty around QEI.
ReplyDeleteWe're partial to medieval history around here. :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy history, so it's hard to pick! I think Early Colonial American History has been my favorite to teach so far!
ReplyDeleteOur kids have really enjoyed American History this year - they are looking forward to learning about the Middle Ages this summer though!
ReplyDeleteI actually hated history in school and as I've gotten older, started liking it. So to be honest, I'm learning right along side with the kids. So far, I'm loving ancient history :)
ReplyDeleteWe've been loving the renaissance this year.
ReplyDeleteI love all history studies. I've always enjoyed hearing about other times and places. Both of my kids really like the Middle Ages. It's too hard for me to pick a favorite. We'd love to win this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHistory is my favorite! Probably ancient history, but I've found everything we've learned about so far fascinating. We started with Creation, and we're in the late 1700s right now. Eli Whitney and the cotton gin!
ReplyDeleteI love learning history alongside my boys as I remember little from when I was in school.
ReplyDeleteNo favorite time period as there's always something interesting to learn.