Ancient History 5-8 Teacher Guide

5-8 History

Ancient History 5-8 Teacher Guide

By: Rebecca Manor

Time travel to the beginnings of civilization! In this ancient history homeschool curriculum, your student will be captivated by the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires. Impactful books pique your child’s curiosity and wonder about the fascinating lives of ancient people and the cultures that gave rise to modern civilization and the world as we know it.

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Discover the mysterious and fascinating ancient world with this engaging teacher guide designed for parents of 5th–8th grade students. This guide leads you through a literature-based study of the ancient world, from the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia and Sumer, through ancient Egypt, the rise of Greece, the Roman Empire, and the birth of Christianity.

This teacher guide supports the use of impactful, historically accurate literature to create memorable lessons that nurture both academic understanding and character development. Through these stories, students explore the invention of the wheel, the construction of ziggurats and pyramids, the origins of writing, the rise of democracy in Greece, and more. Featured narratives include a boy chasing tomb robbers in Egypt, the life of King Hezekiah, retellings of classic Greek myths, and the story of Jesus’ teachings in ancient Judea.

The guide includes discussion prompts, hands-on activity ideas, vocabulary lists, comprehension questions, and research topics to keep students actively engaged. Parents are supported with structured lesson outlines and optional enrichment suggestions to enhance the learning experience.

Lessons are designed to be flexible, allowing families to tailor activities and pace to meet the needs of their students
 

  • This teacher guide includes 98 lessons.
  • Complete 3 lessons per week for a one-year unit study.
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Teacher Guide for Ancient History 5-8

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  • By: Rebecca Manor

  • Pages: 95

  • ISBN: 9781893103771

  • Media: Paperback

  • Reading level: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
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We love it! All of my children are so engaged, and they are learning so much—including me! The stories spark meaningful conversations, and the gentle structure fits our family so well. We’re incredibly grateful for the work this team has poured into creating such a rich, comprehensive, and beautiful resource. It truly supports not only our learning but also the joy we share as a family on this homeschooling journey.

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I was shocked by how much we loved this curriculum! Well, I should say.. shocked by how much this unit made me love ancient history! We've used BF for a few years now and their quality and engagement is unmatched! I guess I should have known better but coming from traditional schooling.. we never learned much about Ancient History. Gosh, this is why we love BF so much in our home!!! It makes history engaging and teaches so much more about history than is taught in standard textbooks and in SUCH a personal way. The material always sticks with both my son and myself. We were constantly looking forward to the stories and wondering what would happen next. Definitely recommend!!

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Maeghan

Ancient History is our second year using Beautiful Feet Books for history and it encapsulated exactly what we loved from last year again. The books are beautiful and engaging, the curriculum is thorough and buildable which we love. We are excited to move on to Modern World History next year.

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Mandy C

We ordered the Ancient History Intermediate pack a few months ago and have been enjoying it so much. My son loves map making and that is one of the first projects you begin. The Encyclopedia of The Ancient World is very helpful in providing a visual experience, as well as some web videos to go along with it, to help the students get a sense of how things were for people back then. The guide was done very well and I love how it is laid out by the area you are learning about. This is a well done study and I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about the Ancients through literature.

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Paige

I purchased this curriculum last year after a few weeks into the year when I realized what I had planned for ancient history was not going to be enough. The guide was thorough, detailed, and organized in a way that we were able to jump right in and start without much planning. I have one student at each level (MS and HS) so I was able to use one guide for both of them, which is a nice plus. They could discuss what they were learning together because they were both going at the same pace and reading about the same subjects. It was a life saver for this first year homeschool mom. We can't wait to work through the Medieval studies this year.

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