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A COMPLETE ELEMENTARY HISTORY CURRICULUM
Grades K to 6
Through storytelling, creative hands-on activities, literature suggestions, cultural exploration, and more, our History Quest series provides an engaging, full-year curriculum that takes you on a journey through time, bringing history to life.
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History Literature
Included throughout the Study Guide are four weeks of warm and cozy ancient literature study that we like to call Hygge History. Parents and students snuggle up together to enjoy time-honored tales from four ancient civilizations across the world. See the Early Times Study Guide Booklist.
What Are History Hops?
History Hops, found at the end of each History Quest chapter, take your child on an imaginary journey to visit some of the historical characters and places introduced during that chapter.
Teacher's Lounge
The Teacher’s Lounge is a private—and friendly—Facebook group for parents who are using our curriculum. It’s a place to share ideas, post photos of projects, ask questions, offer advice, and connect with other History Quest families.
About History Quest: Early Times
Chapter Book for Grades 1 to 6
Through rich and exciting narrative, special History Hop! sections, and hand-drawn illustrations, our History Quest: Early Times chapter book takes you on a journey into the past to experience the rise and fall of ancient civilizations and empires. You’ll visit faraway places to meet and learn from the stories of everyday folks, famous world leaders, and even a few mythological characters.
Early Times is appropriate for 1st to 4th grade as a read-aloud, and for 5th grade and up as an independent read.
Early Times History Hops!
At the end of each chapter, you will find a History Hop! reading that takes you on an imaginary journey back in time to visit historical characters and places introduced during that chapter.
Share in a campfire breakfast with a Paleolithic family.
Enjoy tea time the legendary Silk Mother, Empress Leizu [lay-ZOO].
Watch the legendary Hero Twins play an exciting ball game.
Chat with “Simon the Shoemaker” and Socrates at the Agora in Athens.
About History Quest: Early Times Study Guide
For Grades 1 to 6
The History Quest: Early Times Study Guide is a comprehensive and engaging, full-year secular history curriculum for elementary-age children. Designed to be used with the History Quest: Early Times chapter book and other resources, it provides 31 weeks of creative, hands-on activities, literature suggestions, geography study, discussions, and writing assignments that help bring history to life.
Day 1 Discover
Discover the story of human history from the Paleolithic period to approximately 700 CE. Read the corresponding History Quest: Early Times chapter, and map the locations of the ancient civilizations you are studying.
Day 2 Explore
Explore ancient culture and civilizations through imaginary time travel journeys with the History Hop! pages in the History Quest chapter book. Create History Travel Logs to mark and remember your journeys.
Day 3 Create
Create crafts, complete projects, and try recipes that reinforce connection to the past. Make a Paleolithic painting, cook a meal Ashoka would have loved, create an eggshell Byzantine mosaic, make a Roman clock, and much more!
Day 4 Demostrate
Demonstrate new knowledge and understanding through weekly writing, discussion, copy work, and/or dictation assignments.
Day 5 Enrich
Enrich understanding of the time period through exposure to multiple sources, including books, online games, and videos. Read from the suggested literature enrichment list and visit websites found on the Pandia Weblinks page.
Early Times Literature and Read-Alouds
There are four units in the History Quest: Early Times Study Guide that employ the Danish concept of hygge, where snuggling up and enjoying classic literature together is your only assignment for the week. We’ve provided book suggestions for each unit, along with detailed descriptions of each, to help you choose the ones that are best for your child.
History Quest: Middle Times
COMPLETE SECULAR HISTORY CURRICULUM FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
Grades 1-6
Through rich and exciting narrative, special History Hop! sections, and black and white illustrations, our History Quest: Middle Times chapter book takes you on a journey through the Middle Ages—a time of knights and ninjas, princesses and sultans, great explorations and technological advances, exciting cities, and fascinating figures. You’ll visit faraway places to meet and learn from the stories of everyday folks, famous world leaders, and characters in classic medieval literature.
Middle Times is appropriate as a read-aloud for younger elementary-age children and as an independent read for older students.
Middle Times History Hops!
At the end of each chapter, you will find a History Hop! unit that takes you on an imaginary journey back in time to visit historical characters and places introduced during that chapter. Below are a few of the adventures you’ll find in Middle Times History Hops:
Cheer an athlete to victory in Cahokia.
Pitch in to help a serf family build a wattle and daub house.
Explore the South China Sea with Admiral Zheng He [jung HUH] aboard the world-famous Treasure Fleet.
Make a theatrical debut in a Shakespearean play.
History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide
For Grades 1 to 6
The History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide is a comprehensive and engaging, full-year secular history curriculum for elementary-age children. Designed to be used with the History Quest: Middle Times history chapter book and other resources, it provides 34 weeks of creative, hands-on activities, literature suggestions, geography study, and writing assignments that help bring history to life.
Day 1 Discover
Discover the story of human history from the Fall of Rome through the rise of the Ottoman Empire and into Elizabethan Times. Read the corresponding History Quest: Middle Times chapter and map the locations of the cultures and civilizations you are studying.
Day 2 Explore
Explore the Middle Ages through imaginary time travel journeys with the History Hop! pages in the History Quest chapter book. Create History Travel Logs to mark and remember your journeys.
Day 3 Create
Create crafts, complete projects, and try recipes that reinforce connection to the past. Cook pottage like a family in a medieval serf village, make a fire-breathing dragon fierce enough for Beowulf, carve your own bas-relief sculpture like the famous Angkor Wat, bake Ethiopian flatbread, and much more!
Day 4 Demostrate
Demonstrate new knowledge and understanding through weekly writing, discussion, copy work, and/or dictation assignments.
Day 5 Enrich
Enrich understanding of the time period through exposure to multiple sources, including books, online games, and videos. Read from the suggested literature enrichment list and visit websites found on the Pandia Weblinks page.
Middle Times Literature
There are four units in the History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide that employ the Danish concept of hygge, where snuggling up and enjoying classic literature together is your only assignment for the week. We’ve provided book suggestions for each unit, along with detailed descriptions of each, to help you choose the ones that are best for your child.