The Mystery of History Volume 1, 3rd Edition

About the 3rd Edition Student Reader
The Mystery of History: Volume I, 3rd Edition: everything you need for teaching Ancient Civilizations through the time of Christ in one book. Written by home-school mom Linda Hobar, The Mystery of History is one spectacular masterpiece. Includes a download code for a free digital copy of the new Companion Guide with pretests; hands-on activities and research projects for younger, middle, and older students; memory card ideas; bi-weekly quizzes and exercises; timeline helps; maps; supplemental book lists; and more.

All You Need to Teach History from Ancient Civilizations through the Time of Christ
The Mystery of History is all your family will need to teach history from ancient civilizations through to the time of Christ. Written in a conversational style for elementary through high school students, The Mystery of History can also be used as a read-aloud with younger children.

Multi-Age Activities
Not just a textbook, Volume I includes a Companion Guide that is brimming with multi-age activities, book and video lists, memory helps, and timeline suggestions. A digital version of the Companion Guide is included with the Student Reader as a download code. For your family’s convenience, a print Companion Guide is also available separately. This option is particularly beneficial for families with younger students in elementary and middle grades.

Teaches History from Creation to the Resurrection
What appeals to us most about this program is its worldwide approach to history. Did you know that less than ten years after Jonah's trial in a fish, Rome was being established? Or that the last book of the Old Testament was written at about the time of Alexander the Great and that the Great Wall of China was built 200 years before the birth of Christ?

Combines Biblical & Secular History
As they read the Bible, Christians tend to forget that there were other civilizations warring, struggling, and searching for truth. Therefore, this history program is written with both Biblical and secular history combined. While decidedly Christian in bent, other cultures and faiths are presented with deference.

108 Lessons
The Mystery of History was designed with a thirty-six-week school year in mind. Each week includes a pre-test, three lessons, a review, and an exercise or quiz. If your family is ready to study history in an in-depth, Bible-centered, chronological fashion, The Mystery of History is for you.

Written for 4th- to 5th-grade reading level for independent reading. However, as a read-aloud, family study, or classroom program, The Mystery of History can accommodate grades 1-12.

From the Publisher:
Volume I, in the words of the author:

In Volume I of The Mystery of History, I cover world history from Creation to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The text spans the incredible stories of ancient times, ancient lands, and ancient peoples. Where most ancient studies encompass only Egypt, Greece, and Rome, The Mystery of History goes much farther.

In Volume I, I include chronologically based stories from all around the world, including Asia, North America, and the Holy Lands. Beginning with the Garden of Eden, stories will spread from Sumer and Babel to Troy, Phoenicia, and Assyria. The study of early civilizations will include King Wu of China and Asoka of India as well as King David, Julius Caesar, and Xerxes of Persia. Above all, a favorite feature of Volume I is the weaving of Bible history with world history. In reality, it is all world history. But for most of us, history has not been taught this way. It has not been integrated.

In The Mystery of History, I have retold major stories from the Bible in the order that they happened alongside significant world history events and figures. As an example, Bible characters and world history figures living just decades apart include:

Joshua and King Tut

Daniel and Aesop

Ezekiel and Buddha

Nehemiah and Socrates

and Cleopatra and Herod the Great.

Imagine lining up such amazing figures on one master timeline! Imagine learning their stories back to back in the order they happened! For most of us, it’s an illuminating experience.

Upgraded to a colorful hardback Student Reader, the Third Edition comes with a digital version of the Companion Guide through a one-time download code. (It’s inside the front cover. For those that prefer paper, a printed version of the Companion Guide is available as a separate purchase.) The Companion Guide is loaded with pretests, multi-age activities, timeline directions, mapping exercises, quizzes, reading lists, and more for an adjustable and enriching experience – no matter your method of education. Download Student Reader Weeks 1-4 pdf
Download Companion Guide Weeks 1-4 pdf
Download Map Activity Answer Key pdf

108 Lessons

Teaches History from Creation to the Resurrection

Multi-Age Activities

Suggested Book and Video Lists

Memory Helps

Timeline Suggestions

Reproducible Worksheets

Tests

Review

Publisher's Information
Author: Linda Lacour Hobar
Publisher: Bright Ideas Press
Binding: Hardback
Faith-Based: Yes

Awards and Endorsements:
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Tied for first place in Mary Pride’s “Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards” for 2009!
Old Schoolhouse Magazine “The Excellence Award – 3rd Place” in the category of “History.”
About.com voted Reader’s Choice 2012 by About.com readers in Best Homeschool History Resource Contest