History Quest & History Odyssey

A well-done introduction to history can fascinate students for the rest of their lives! Pandia Press' History Quest readers and Study Guides will help bring elementary-age students through a year-long, comprehensive studies of literature, world geography, and history.

Lessons incorporate readings from the History Quest readers to provide narrative retellings of history that are both engaging and immersive. Study Guides include creative hands-on activities, literature suggestions, geography study, and writing assignments laid out in clear, easy-to-follow lesson plans. You’ll find a suggested daily schedule, important terms and concepts, resource recommendations, and more. A helpful appendix section in the back features literature and supply lists for the entire course, as well as map keys and student activity pages.

“History Hop!” exercises take your students on imaginary trips back in time to visit historical characters and places introduced during each chapter.

“Hygge History” units are scheduled throughout the year to give extra time for families to snuggle up together and enjoy stories and literature that highlight the cultures and themes being studied.

Combine History Quest with other recommended resources for a full year of compelling history stories and activities.

History is the grand, old story of people---so much more than dates and places! Pandia Press' History Guides will help homeschoolers through a year-long, comprehensive study of literature, historical events, and geography of the Ancient Times.

Easy-to-use lessons are arranged chronologically by region, with three "Timeline Timeouts" designed to help students synthesize the chronological events on their timeline. Lessons are written for students to use independently, and include checkboxes for the day's reading, assignments, and what to mark on the timeline. Writing assignments, map work, and a variety of activities on the first civilizations, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Africa, Assyria, Babylon, China, Phoenicia, India, Persia, Greece, Rome, and other countries are included.

This Level 2 guide is designed for students grades 7-9, who are in the classical "logic" stage of education. In level two, students learn information organization, literary analysis, research skills, and writing skills through reading some of the greatest historical literature for each time period. Level two also teaches outlining, timeline analysis, geography, and critical thinking. The end of the guide includes all the necessary Timeline Timeout Worksheets, Timeline Analysis Worksheets, Map of Thera's long journey, and blackline maps of ancient history.

101 guide pages plus reproducibles. Loose-leaf pages with cover sheet. Reproducible for home use only. Grades 7-9.

History is the grand, old story of people---so much more than dates and places! Pandia Press' History Guides will help homeschoolers through a year-long, comprehensive study of literature, world geography, and the history of the Middle Ages.

Easy-to-use lessons are arranged chronologically by region, with three "Timeline Timeouts" designed to help students synthesize the chronological events on their timeline. Lessons are written for students to use independently, and include checkboxes for the day's reading, assignments, and what to mark on the timeline. Topics and people covered include monasticism, knighthood, chivalry, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire, the Crusades, Henry of Anjou, the Byzantine Empire, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, the Ming Dynasty, Songhay, the Renaissance, Tudor English, the Conquistadors, and others.

This Level 2 guide is designed for students in grades 7-9, who are in the classical "logic" stage of education. In level two, students learn information organization, literary analysis, research skills, and writing skills through reading some of the greatest historical literature for each time period. Level two also teaches advanced outlining and summarizing skills, how to write a biography, research skills, beginning literary analysis, critical thinking and analytical skills. The end of the guide includes all the necessary historical blackline maps.

113 lessons plus 29 reproducible maps. Loose-leaf pages with cover sheet. Reproducible for home use only. Grades 7-9.

History is the grand, old story of people---so much more than dates and places! Pandia Press' History Guides will help homeschoolers through a year-long, comprehensive study of literature, world geography, and the history of the Early Modern Times 1660-1850.

Easy-to-use lessons are arranged chronologically by region, with three "Timeline Timeouts" designed to help students synthesize the chronological events on their timeline. Lessons are written for students to use independently, and include checkboxes for the day's reading, assignments, and what to mark on the timeline. Topics and people covered include Europe & the Stuarts, Louis XIV, the Age of Reason, the Pilgrims, African States, mercantilism and trade, Peter the Great, Thomas Paine, the Seven Years War, Australia and New Zealand, Lewis & Clark, and more.

This Level 2 guide is designed for students in grades 7-9, who are in the classical "logic" stage of education. In level two, students learn information organization, literary analysis, research skills, and writing skills through reading some of the greatest historical literature for each time period. Level two also teaches advanced outlining and summarizing skills, how to write a biography, research skills, beginning literary analysis, critical thinking and analytical skills. The end of the guide includes all the necessary historical blackline maps.

89 lessons plus 21 reproducible maps. Loose-leaf pages with cover sheet. Reproducible for home use only. Grades 7-9.

History is the grand, old story of people---so much more than dates and places! Pandia Press' History Guides will help homeschoolers through a year-long, comprehensive study of literature, world geography, and the history of the Modern Times 1850-21st century.

Easy-to-use lessons are arranged chronologically by region, with three "Timeline Timeouts" designed to help students synthesize the chronological events on their timeline. Lessons are written for students to use independently, and include checkboxes for the day's reading, assignments, and what to mark on the timeline. Topics and people covered include the British Empire, Japan, nationalism, the birth of Italy, the unification of Germany, Manifest Destiny, Civil Rights, and more.

This Level 2 guide is designed for students in grades 7-9, who are in the classical "logic" stage of education. In level two, students learn information organization, literary analysis, research skills, and writing skills through reading some of the greatest historical literature for each time period. Level two also teaches advanced outlining and summarizing skills, how to write a biography, research skills, beginning literary analysis, critical thinking and analytical skills. The end of the guide includes all the necessary historical blackline maps. A final timeline project a "timeline analysis" helps students analyze events occurring simultaneously.

99 lessons plus reproducible maps. Loose-leaf pages with cover sheet. Reproducible for home use only. Grades 7-9. Following a 1-2 hours/3 days a week schedule will cover 1 year of lessons.