World History: Core Curricula
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- Abeka History (grades 1-8)
- All Through the Ages: Living Books History Guide
- American History, World History, British History
- Ancient History: A Literature Approach
- Ancient History: Adam to Messiah
- Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline
- Around the World in 180 Days
- Beyond the Page
- BiblioPlan
- Catholic Textbook Project
- A Child's History of the World
- Christ the King, Lord of History
- Christian Cottage Unit Studies, Volumes I-IV
- Chronos History: A Contextual & Chronological Homeschool Curriculum Guide
- Classical Historian
- Compass Classroom Membership
- Connecting With History: World History through Catholic Principles
- Creation to Canaan
- The Curious Historian Series
- Dave Raymond's Antiquity
- Dave Raymond's Christendom
- Dave Raymond's Modernity: World History
- Dorothy Mills History Series
- Eastern Hemisphere (Sonlight History, Bible, and Literature F)
- Exploring World History and Exploring America
- Famous Men series
- Focus on World History series
- The Foundations of Western Civilization
- From Adam to Us
- The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum
- The Grand Story: History of the World for the Christian Family
- Guerber History Series
- Heart of Dakota Program (Prek - 8)
- Heritage History Classical Curriculum
- Heritage Studies for grades 1-6 (BJU Press)
- Hillsdale On-line Courses
- History and Geography LIFEPAC Curriculum
- History Links
- History Odyssey
- A History of Europe in the Modern World
- A History of Medieval Europe Course
- History of Science J (History, Literature, and Bible course)
- History of the World, MFW edition
- History Quest Series
- History Revealed Series
- Khan Academy Courses
- The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, third edition
- KONOS Character Curriculum
- Land of Our Lady series
- Learning Adventures Unit Studies
- A Little History of the World
- Medieval History: A Literature Approach
- The Mighty Works of God
- Modern American and World History: A Literature Approach
- Modern U.S. and World History
- Mother of Divine Grace high school classical course syllabi
- The Mystery of History
- Nautilus Homeschool
- The New Penguin History of the World
- Omnibus
- Pages of History
- Project Passport: Activity-Based World History Study
- Rabbit Trails through History
- Robinson Self-Teaching Home School Curriculum
- Short Lessons in World History (fourth edition)
- Simply Charlotte Mason History series
- Sonlight Curriculum
- Sonlight's History 520 World History and Worldview Studies
- The Story of Civilization
- The Story of Mankind
- The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child - Volumes 1-4
- The Story of the World Series (Synge)
- Streams of Civilization Volumes One and Two
- Study.com for Homeschool
- Take Time for Art
- Tapestry of Grace
- Tapestry of Grace Primer
- TeacherFileBox
- TRISMS
- TruthQuest History
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
- Veritas Press History
- Wayfarers (history-based complete curriculum)
- The Weaver Curriculum
- Wild World of History Courses
- WinterPromise Curriculum
- World History and Cultures in Christian Perspective, Third Edition
- World History, fifth edition (BJU Press) 2019
- World History: The Fertile Crescent to the American Revolution (DVD course)
- The World’s Story series
- World Studies, fifth edition (2023)
History and Social Studies Web Links
- Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education has a section titled Ed Tech Ratings & Reviews that hosts teacher reviews and ratings for online games, websites, and apps. The site is free with no registration required.
- Core Knowledge Classic Lesson Plans
Free lesson plans for social studies for grades K-8. See my review of Core Knowledge Classic Lesson Plans.
- Crash Course World History Videos
Playlist for 42 Crash Course World History videos, with John Green providing the entertaining narration. The fast-paced videos run about 10 minutes each. Also look for other Crash Course History series: World History 2, European History, US History, and Black History.
- Federalist Papers and other primary source documents
free online access to the Federalist Papers and other primary source documents from the founding of the U.S.
- Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults
annotated historical fiction recommendations arranged by time period, geographical, area, and reading level
- Ryan Reeves History for Everyone Videos
Ryan Reeves presents well-done videos for teens and adults on many aspects of history, including many on church history that are good for both Protestants and Catholics.
- The Medieval Lifestyle article
useful article summarizing many areas of the medieval lifestyle: food, clothing, art, architecture, medicine, weapons, games, and entertainment
- The National Archives Experience: Docs Teach
This site makes primary source documents from U.S. history available and also provides extensive detailed lesson plans for teaching specific topics from U.S. history. Lessons cover only selected topics, so this is supplemental material.
- WatchKnowLearn Videos for History
WatchKnowLearn catalogs hundreds of free educational videos "Wiki-style" in both broad and sub-categories so it's easy to search. There are many sub-categories for history plus a separate section for Social Studies.
Core Curricula
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