For 5th grade, we were looking for a world history course that was Christ-centered, fun, and engaging. This was perfect for us! My daughter couldn't wait to read the next lesson and loved looking at all the maps, photos, and paintings. There is such a variety of activities that you can pick and choose what you want to do each week or lesson, and with a range of grades/ages and interests. There are regular review exercises, plenty of mapping activities for geography practice, quizzes, and semester tests available to use as desired. I definitely recommend getting the atlases if you want to emphasize map skills or geography for this course.
I loved that everything was chronological and put biblical figures and events in context with the rest of world history so that you can see how they influenced one another. For example, did you know that Daniel's prophecy about Alexander the Great spared Jerusalem from being attacked? Or that the famous Persian king Xerxes was the one who married Esther?
And while all that is fascinating, the best part of this book is that the whole of history points towards Christ. The final lessons and back of the book are dedicated to Jesus and explain how you need Him to gain eternal life. By the time we finished this curriculum, my daughter was asking my husband how to be saved! It was the cherry on top of an already solid curriculum and I don't think I could have asked for more.
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