Everything you need for an engaging, one-semester study of Ancient History! This package includes the Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Extra Resources for Level 1A.
The engaging Student Edition is packed with colorful and exciting text, discussion questions, vocabulary with Greek/Latin roots, and all kinds of exercises, hands-on projects, maps, and activities. The Teacher’s Edition includes the full student text plus detailed notes, tips, answers, and sample responses. Complete Level 1B after this for a full year of chronological history.
The Extra Resource package includes:
The digital access code will be emailed to the customer after purchase.
The Curious Historian Level 1 is the first part in a 3-level series that presents the study of history and culture from the beginnings of civilization (Mesopotamia and Egypt) through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Students will grow excited about history, see how people throughout the ages were both similar to and different from themselves, and learn to be scholars of the past who can make a difference in the future.
Full program includes:
The Curious Historian Level 1A: The Early & Middle Bronze Ages includes weekly chapter lessons that present a chronological narrative of history. Accompanying sidebars feature historical and archaeological tidbits, discussion questions, and Greek/Latin root words for key vocabulary. A wealth of exercises, hands-on projects and activities, maps, and appendices help to present the study of history in an engaging, creative manner. The Curious Historian Level 1A (TCH1A) will introduce students to:
The Curious Historian Level 1A Teacher's Edition includes the full student text, detailed teacher notes and tips, a suggested weekly schedule, answer keys for all exercises, and sample responses and prompts for the discussion questions.
The Curious Historian Archive: Extra Resources for Level 1A is a collection of supplemental materials that correspond with the TCH1A student edition. The digital files include:
Bonus Digital Resources for Level 1A is a collection of PDFs which is complimentary when you purchase a The Curious Historian Level 1A textbook (or available for purchase separately). These digital files can be printed and either distributed to students or displayed in the classroom:
Book 1A, 1B, and 2A are available now while subsequent levels will follow. Level 1 covers 3200 – 1600 BC (1A – Early/Middle Bronze Age; 1B – Late Bronze/Early Iron). Level 2 covers 1600 – 500 BC (2A – Greece and the Classical World) coming soon:
The Student Edition includes weekly chapter lessons, the textual narrative, and sidebars packed with fascinating historical and architectural tidbits. There are also discussion questions, exercises, hands-on projects, maps, and activities plus really nice Greek/Latin root word studies (their specialty). The Teacher Edition has a full student text plus detailed teacher notes & tips, answers, and sample responses. A digital resource packet is available for an additional fee from the publisher with supplemental material such as: entertaining songs summarizing events, suggested reading lists, printable downloadable files including full-color timelines, reference charts, and blank maps, and Biblical Connections (locations, historical figures, and scripture verses). There is also a free supplemental resource available from the publisher with links to museum collections of artifacts and other fun tidbits. Icons in the teacher's edition will let you know when to reference this optional resource. The Curious Historian's Archive: Extra Resources are a collection of digital supplemental materials that correspond with the student editions 1A, 1B, and 2A.
While Curious Historian is presented in a more standard format than other elementary programs such as Story of the World, it implements many nice features such as full color images, timelines, and sidebar details and focuses on aspects of culture that may not be covered in other curricula.
