Survey of World History Curriculum
Knowing about the cultures of the world helps your homeschooled teenager understand their own country in a larger context. It also helps them develop empathy toward other nations and peoples. Additionally, learning about the varying geographic factors that have shaped civilizations and influenced human development will help your student understand why some countries are at odds with others. Survey of World History introduces students to the 5,000 year history of civilizations around the globe.
Whether your homeschool world history on their own, in a co-op, or with a live online teacher, there is an excellent selection of curriculum choices to choose from. Here are some of the most popular options.
The Story of the World brings history to life with Charlotte Mason methodology as your child learns about cultures and regions in a chronological sequence starting with early humans. The program also teaches geography in context and provides writing assignments.
Survey of World History Curriculum For Homeschoolers
This full-year survey of world history is designed to be used in conjunction with the Bible, science, and foreign language course for a complete high school history course. Students work with a textbook and do a variety of activities including maps, readings, discussions, projects, timeline activities, quizzes, and more. This course is also available with an audio book for the visually impaired.
Notgrass has a wide range of history programs for preschool through high school. Sonlight curriculums are designed to go through a complete history cycle three times in a student’s academic career. This allows children to gain a deeper understanding each time they study history. The curriculum covers world history, American history, church history and more. Students create a beautiful journal for each historical period they study that becomes a special portfolio. It is filled with graphic organizer style notes, historical map interpretations, “Mock Trial” verdicts, reflections upon primary source documents, written narrations and quotations in context. An additional Art Gallery Notebook provides colorful artwork and related research.
Exploring World History is a full-year world history course that is written from a Christian perspective. It provides a thorough survey of Western Civilization with significant coverage of Latin America, Africa and Asia. When all assignments are completed, this course qualifies for three high school credits.
This self-paced course focuses on the development of human culture in an engaging way using a textbook and online resources. It covers ancient and medieval world history and 20th Century World History. Students will also explore theories and philosophies that have shaped history, analyze historical trends and events, and compare different worldviews. There are a variety of activities that include a timeline activity, discussion questions and essay prompts. Weekly timeline figures are provided to paste into the workbook. This curriculum is ideal for a homeschool co-op or a homeschool parent-directed class.