Unit Studies
A unit study is simply an extensive study of one topic (or unit) and the integration of all subjects (social studies, science, language arts, math, Bible, music, art, etc.) around that topic.
To accomplish this, we will be following the historical timeline and uniting the other subjects when and where I can in an attempt to have a well rounded and enjoyable high school education for my kids! We have no set time frames in which we are to complete each unit but I will jot down what we did each day as a guideline for how you could use the units. We plan to just study the topic until we have exhausted all of the avenues we have planned to study and explore where ever it takes us for however long it takes us or if we get bored with a topic we move on after the necessary things are taught.
The Units will go something like this:
I have teenage students so I will be using things focused on that age range. Feel free to look over the material and see if it could be suitable for younger students but that is not my primary focus at this time. In the future, I plan to go back through and add things for the younger grades as well.
Ancient History 4000 B.C. – 399 C.E.
In this section, I have made 20 Units which can span the 180 day/36 week school year. That would give you a week – week and a half per unit. I always suggest, if your child is interested then allow them extra time to explore the subject. We are not limited on the maximum days we school, only the minimum!
Young Earth World History:
Creation – 4000 B.C.
Dinosaurs of Creation 4000 B.C.
The Flood – 2500 B.C. – 2300 B.C.
Civilizations – 2500 B.C. – 2300 B.C.
World History:
- Mesopotamia (3500 BC – 559 BC)
- Indus Valley Civilization (3300 BC – 1300 BC)
- Old Kingdom (Egypt, 3000 BC – 2000 BC)
- Middle Kingdom (Egypt, 2000 BC – 1300 BC)
- Shang Dynasty (China 1600 BC – 1046 BC)
- Vedic period (India 1500 BC – 500 BC)
- New Kingdom (Egypt, 1550 BC – 1070 BC)
- Zhou Dynasty (China 1200 BC – 500 BC)
- Ancient Greece (Greece and Near East, c. 3300 BC- 31 BC
- Jomon period (Japan 800 BC-400 BC)
- Ancient Rome (509 BC-AD 476)
- Yayoi period (Japan 400 BC — AD 300)
- Kofun period (Japan 300 – 600)
- Migration period (Europe 200 – 700)
- Coptic period (Egypt 300 – 900)
Middle Ages 400 C.E. – 1300 C.E.
COMING SOON
Early Modern Period 1400 C.E.- 1900 C.E.
COMING SOON
Modern Era 1900 C.E. – Current
COMING SOON
A great way to use Historical Unit Studies throughout the course of their school career is in the following repeated layout increasing in depth and difficulty as you progress through the grade levels. I plan to cover American and Texas(our state) History when it enters into the timeline!
Ancient History 4000 B.C.E – 399 C.E. for 1st,5th, 9th
Middle Ages 400 C.E. – 1499 C.E. for 2nd, 6th, 10th
Early Modern Period 1500 C.E.- 1900 C.E. for 3rd, 7th, 11th
Modern Era 1900 C.E. – Current for 4th, 8th, 12th
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