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Justinian the Great and Byzantium

May 1, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For history we have studied Ancient Rome, the fall of Rome, and now Byzantium, both with the help of Heritage History. The most famous of the Byzantine rulers is Justinian the Great, so  I limited our study of Byzantium mostly to him. This is a common trait of a Charlotte […]

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Heritage History Living eBooks Curriculum Review

March 27, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 19 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different living books based curriculum. I started with Sonlight, shifted to Winter Promise, used Beautiful Feet, and now I’ve started falling in love with Heritage History. Although the basis was always living books, there is a definite thread in my choices. […]

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Beautiful Feet Ancient History Curriculum Review

January 25, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 15 Comments

Over the years, I have used three curriculum packages from Beautiful Feet (BF): History of the Horse, History of Classical Music, and now Ancient History Junior High. I like BF Ancient History for the same reasons I like BF in general. All three packages I’ve used have these same characteristics: a foundation of living books an emphasis […]

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Ancient Greek Art

May 6, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

For history, we are wrapping up Ancient Greece. One of the supplemental books I added to the Beautiful Feet curriculum is Ancient Greek Art. The art books in this series give a broad overview and always mesh nicely with our history books. As we read through the book and did a couple of the recommended […]

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Middle School Egypt Study

November 29, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 15 Comments

We covered Ancient Egypt way back in first grade, and now we’re revisiting it in sixth grade, using Beautiful Feet ancients as our base. THE BOOKS Non-fiction Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books) Pyramid by David Macaulay Ancient Egyptian Art (Art in History) Activity/Notebooking/Lapbooking Remembering God’s […]

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