Exploring World History is a one-year curriculum that combines world history, English, and Bible for high school students. You can use it in 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, or 12th grade.
Watch this video walkthrough with author Ray Notgrass to see how it works.
Exploring World History is divided into 30 units with five lessons each. You can complete the curriculum in one year by doing one lesson per day for 150 days during your school year. Your student can read the daily lessons and follow the instructions independently. You as the parent can be involved as much or as little as you desire.
The curriculum covers all periods of history—ancient, medieval, and modern—from the perspective of faith in God and respect for His Word. It offers a thorough survey of Western civilization with significant coverage of Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Exploring World History is designed to be easy to use for parent and student. Each of the 30 weekly units has an introduction that features a summary of the material covered, a list of lessons, Bible memory work, books required for that unit, and suggested writing assignments and hands-on projects.
If you use the course as written, your student can earn one year of credit in three high school subjects: World History, English, and Bible. However, the course is flexible, so you can adjust the assignments as needed to fit your student's schedule and needs.
- The World History credit involves reading the lessons and the original documents (and answering the questions in the optional Student Review if desired).
- The English credit involves completing several writing assignments, including one research paper, and reading the assigned literature, poems, and short stories in In Their Words.
- The Bible credit involves reading large portions of the Bible and completing the Bible study lesson for each unit.
We recommend twelve works of literature that complement the lessons in Exploring World History. These books are not essential for understanding the lessons, but each one adds a valuable perspective on a different time period.
Reading the literature is part of earning the English credit. If your student has already read one of the assigned books, or you want to choose a different book for any reason, you can substitute a different book.
Part 1
- Units 3-5: The Cat of Bubastes (G. A. Henty)
- Unit 8: The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
- Unit 10: Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
- Units 13-14: The Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis)
Part 2
- Units 16-18: Here I Stand (Roland Bainton)
- Units 19-20: A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
- Units 21-22: North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
- Units 23-24: The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
- Unit 25: Animal Farm (George Orwell)
- Units 26-27: Bridge to the Sun (Gwen Terasaki)
- Units 28-29: Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
- Unit 30: The Abolition of Man (C. S. Lewis)
If you already have the curriculum, our Quick Start Guide will launch you to success in using the literature, suggested supplements, and bonus downloads.