Lastly, in case you’re wondering, we use Story of the World as our secular history curriculum. Our Secular Homeschool History Curriculum If you, too, are partial to horizontal binders, I hope one of these will please you. The second, is cheaper, but it comes in legal size: 8 1/2 by 14 inches. The first is regular letter size, 8 1/2 by 11 inches. While mine came from an old business checkbook, I found these two alternatives on Amazon. One of my blog readers, Rachel, (Hi Rachel!) asked about the origin of our horizontal binder. It’s certainly an optional aide, but it does make a handsome visual and effective complement to your do-it-yourself world history timeline. I found this timeline poster at amazon, that I’d be remiss not to share with you. Also, you might like to explore Jimmie Lanley’s (from iHomeschool Network) hubpage with all you need to keep up a great timeline.
No matter when we get to cover a topic, Super Hero gets to anchor the events in the timeline and in his own mind, and mine, too!Ī part 2 of this post covers the free history timeline figures we’re using. Thank goodness for the timeline –it’s the quickest, easiest, and funnest fix. There’s always something that piques our interest, and chances are, it won’t coincide with our homeschool history curriculum.
I don’t know about you, but at our homeschool, studying history in chronological order seems rather elusive. It gives him a clearer picture of what’s happened in the world, regardless of when we study a given topic or event. For a hands-on learner like Super Hero, filling up the timeline sheets, is sort of a connect-the-dots exercise. History comes together so effortlessly with a timeline. Thank you Super Hero! (Mil gracias mi amor ♥) In a moment of inspiration, I created my own “cute” history timeline, which I’m sharing now with all of you ? After Super Hero spotted an error in dates, he actually helped correct it and do some other edits. Though we’re technology geeks around here, I decided to use the paper version. Just google “history timeline” and you’ll get tons of options: Excellent websites, nifty iPad or tablet apps, innovative binder or books, and good ol’ paper printables. It’s an easy, very visual, hands-on, fun exercise! Amazing how such a simple act of gluing little images of events –or writing them down– into these arranged sheets, yields such clearer perspective. If you’re not keeping a timeline in your homeschool, I strongly encourage you to begin to do so.
Free Printable History Timeline Suitable for Any Homeschool History Curriculum Secular or Not