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This blog started out as an exploration of field trips by grade level which a family can take to enrich their child's school curriculum. I originally started this for Charter School families, or any family, wanting to supplement with fun family field trips. Since then we have decided to home school, so the bent and flavor has changed. I will still post field trips, but also home school related posts. We have four kids who span 8 years. Two high school and two elementary. Our elementary kids are home schooled.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

World focused history and literature

When we study history and literature (including scientific discovery) we give attention to every people group and continent. I try hard to find materials that are NOT from a Western perspective. This is hard. It is the hardest when it comes to Africa. We study Africa every year.
This page on Ancient Africa Unit Study is our first Africa unit. It was a flyover which we will go back to in depth for each era. It was great for Ancients in the four year history cycle.
I am currently working on Africa in the Middle Ages. I am currently very frustrated in that there are very few historical fiction books written for kids reading chapter books in grades 4-8. There are lots of picture books and a fair number of books for the older audience. So, I have decided to make a post for each era that we study with books we found that are actually good on Africa.
See the Africa in the Middle Ages unit.


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