Ancient History (5-8)

Ancient History is our second year using Beautiful Feet Books for history and it encapsulated exactly what we loved from last year again. The books are beautiful and engaging, the curriculum is thorough and buildable which we love. We are excited to move on to Modern World History next year.

We ordered the Ancient History Intermediate pack a few months ago and have been enjoying it so much. My son loves map making and that is one of the first projects you begin. The Encyclopedia of The Ancient World is very helpful in providing a visual experience, as well as some web videos to go along with it, to help the students get a sense of how things were for people back then. The guide was done very well and I love how it is laid out by the area you are learning about. This is a well done study and I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about the Ancients through literature.

I purchased this curriculum last year after a few weeks into the year when I realized what I had planned for ancient history was not going to be enough. The guide was thorough, detailed, and organized in a way that we were able to jump right in and start without much planning. I have one student at each level (MS and HS) so I was able to use one guide for both of them, which is a nice plus. They could discuss what they were learning together because they were both going at the same pace and reading about the same subjects. It was a life saver for this first year homeschool mom. We can't wait to work through the Medieval studies this year.

Beautiful Feet Ancient History: A Literature Approach is co-authored by homeschooling mother, Rea Berg and her daughter, homeschooling graduate Rebecca Manor. Beautiful Feet Ancient History is based on the teachings of British educator, Charlotte Mason as described in Susan Schaeffer Macaulay's book "For the Children's Sake."This Ancient history course is written for the intermediate grades 4th-6th and senior high grades 9th-12th. The study guide is divided into two parts. The first part is for the intermediate grade level, while the second part is for the senior high grade level. The scope of history covered is from the rise of civilization to the fall of Rome. The course outline is a follows: Part 1 The Rise of Civilization; Part 2 Ancient Egypt; Part 3 Ancient Greece; Part 4 Ancient Rome. The study guide also includes the Introduction: When Should I Teach Ancient History? by Rea Berg, How This Guide Is Used: Answers to frequently asked questions, Intermediate and Senior High Teacher’s Notes, Intermediate and Senior High Lesson Plans and Intermediate and Senior High Answer Keys. "Living books" such as “Tales of Ancient Egypt” by Roger Lancelyn Green, “ The Cat of Bubastes” by G.A. Henty, “ The Children’s Homer” by Padraic Colum, “Antony and Cleopatra” by William Shakespeare and “Augutus Caesar’s World” by Genevieve Foster are the backbone of the curriculum. Note booking is incorporated into each lesson, so at the end of the year your student will have a record of what they have studied. Beautiful Feet Books publishes an "Ancient History TimeLine" which I would highly recommend to accompany the student's note booking experience.Overall our family has been very pleased with Ancient History: A Literature Approach. In the future we look forward to continuing our study of World and American history with Beautiful Feet Books.

We enjoyed this program, but would've liked more books.