This year I decided to put together my son's history curriculum rather than purchase a ready-to-use program. I didn't see anything that really caught my eye, so rather than trudge through something that didn't feel right for him, I decided to teach his history as a series of unit studies. The first unit study to tackle was Ancient Egypt for kids. I knew that I wanted to work through a collection of world history unit studies because my 9th grade daughter is working on a high school level … [Read More...]
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