Intro to World History, Year 2 of 2
History / Bible / Literature C, Grade 3 Readers, 4-Day, with Required Resources

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Ages: 8-10

Grade(s): 3-5

Scheduled Days Per Week: 4-Day

Readers Level: Grade 3 Readers

Package Type: With Required Resources

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Journey from the fall of Rome through modern world history!

Learn the significant events and stories of the last 1600 years of history in this discovery-filled study with Sonlight C.

If you feel like you've covered the Egyptians and the Ancients enough, or if you are a returning Sonlighter ready for the second half of this world history study, you'll learn not only the roots of Western civilization, but also acquire an overview of how civilizations have developed all over the world. In this 36-week program, you'll spend time with the Vikings and the feudal system of the Middle Ages, examine some of the art, literature, and rulers of the Renaissance, and on through the centuries to modern global history. Your children will see that history has an impact on how we live today.

Finish the story of the world you started in History / Bible / Literature B.
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Learn from the triumphs and mistakes of our ancestors. Adventure with Vikings, missionaries, astronauts & more.
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Sonlight C takes you through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, Asian dynasties, and the Industrial Revolution to modern global history.

You will not simply to trace the roots of Western Civilization, but acquire an overview of how civilizations have developed all over the world – Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and Africa.

As your children see the flow of World History – the rise and fall of civilizations – they get a big-picture look at what has gone before. That, in turn, helps them understand the world today.

Although Sonlight C touches on some hard topics, overall the focus is on positive stories of people overcoming obstacles. (Since the 20th Century was particularly harsh, we wait until later years to study it in depth.)

As one mom said, Sonlight's C "is a great collection of books tied together with an Instructor's Guide. Worth every penny." We trust you'll agree.

Estimated daily time for Intro to World History, Year 2 of 2 plus your other subjects: Student: 2-3 hrs | Parent: 1.5-2 hrs

Prefer a condensed, one-year Introduction to World History? See Sonlight B+C.

Overview of the History

As in Sonlight B, the centerpiece of the history program is V.M. Hillyer's story-based Child's History of the World. This book continues to interweave with the illustration-heavy Usborne Book of World History. And, as in B, the Time Traveler book offers a deeper look at two cultures: the Vikings and Medieval Europe.

This program includes a wonderful biography of Gladys Aylward, an uneducated British housemaid who went to China via Russia in the midst of the Soviet-Chinese war in the early 20th century.

With this program, you also gain a special love for modern peoples around the world through the book Window on the World. From Afghans to Zulus, meet 92 largely unevangelized countries and people groups. Learn about the globe and help your children develop a godly heart for the world.

Another highlight is Geography Songs, a rollicking album of countries and capitals. If you sometimes forget where Gambia is, or whether Luxembourg is a country or a city, this album will help you know the countries of the world.

Overview of the Bible

The Bible will come to life as you read and memorize passages of the Bible in your History / Bible / Literature program. Children will memorize key portions of the Bible as they sing along with scripture verses set to delightful music. Your children will also learn how to understand and appreciate the Bible in new ways with the Discoverer's Bible for Young Readers.

Overview of the Literature

As your children continue to mature, the Read-Alouds likewise require greater maturity. Most of them do not have illustrations.

Several more of the Read-Alouds this year take place concurrently with the history: Tales of Robin Hood and The Door in the Wall all take place in the Middle Ages.

Though the rest do not tie in to history, they are books to make your life better. Red Sails to Capri is an all-time favorite, with its brilliant triumph of a search for beauty, adventure, and philosophy. The Cricket in Times Square follows the adventures of a cricket, a cat, and a mouse in New York's Grand Central Station. The White Stallion of Lipizza follows a boy as he studies dressage (a type of horse riding) at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The School Story is about book publishing, and Tiger Boy is a story of risk and sacrifice as a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve in the Sunderbans of West Bengal. Marvelous, entertaining, and endearing books, all.

History / Bible / Literature C also includes a collection of poems, 104 Poems of Whimsy and Wisdom to Delight Children of All Ages. This title features outstanding poems in the English language: fun, thoughtful, interesting, unexpected, delightful, inspiring.

Grade 3 Readers

The Grade 3 Readers package is ideal for children who read long-vowel, 5- and 6-letter words fluently but could still benefit from practice with more complex chapter books.

History / Bible / Literature C features a collection of more than fifteen early chapter books. One tells of a surprising technique to avoid a prairie fire. One thwarts pet kidnappers. Several tell of immigration and westward expansion. A book set in Russia, in Papua New Guinea, on a Viking ship, in a lighthouse, on a farm.

So many varied stories!

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Required Resources

This package includes a few essential resources to make your learning extra rich this year. You'll use Sonlight's Timeline Book and Markable Map & Markers throughout your Sonlight career. This package also includes the The Usborne Time Traveler, The Usborne Book of World History, and A Child's History of the World. If you already own these resources, you can remove them from your package with options above.

What's Included

Instructor's Guide

History/Bible/Literature C Instructor's Guide

4-Day

Hassle-Free Homeschooling! The History/Bible/Literature C History / Bible / Literature Instructor's Guide shows you how.

Instructor's Guide

Grade 3 Readers: Schedule/Study Guide

4-Day

Includes the daily schedule and Study Guide for Grade 3 Readers, 5-Day.

Readers

Clara and the Bookwagon

The story of a little girl who wants to learn how to read more than anything—and her father who thinks there is no time to read on the farm.

Readers

The Long Way to a New Land

Things are bad for Carl Erik and his family in Sweden, where they face starvation. So they decide to emigrate to America for a better life. But before they can get there they have to leave everythi...

Readers

The Long Way Westward

Now that Carl Erik and his family have made it to America, they travel across the country to find their new home. On the way they discover many surprises about this new land.

Readers

Prairie School

Noah is a hard-working nine-year-old boy on the Colorado prairie. When Aunt Dora arrives to teach him school, Noah doesn't think he needs it. But he discovers that what Aunt Dora has to teach reall...

Readers

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

When Papa has to sail to town and Mama is sick in bed, it is up to young Abbie to make sure the lighthouse stays lit so that all the ships are safe. True story. Pb. illus.

Readers

Third Grade Detectives #1 and #2

This book has two mysteries: The Clue of the Left-Hand Envelope and The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief.

Readers

The Chalk Box Kid

When nine-year-old Gregory moved to a new town he had a hard time adjusting to a new neighborhood and a new school.

Readers

The Paint Brush Kid

It's summertime and Gregory doesn't know what to do. He and his friends get an idea that they can paint Uncle Pancho's house with stories of his life in Mexico. Heartwarming.

Readers

Cora Frear

Cora is a little girl who loves to ride in a horse and buggy with her dad. But one day they see a prairie fire approaching and know that their horses can't outrun it. They're trapped! What will the...

Readers

Jake Drake: Bully Buster

Jake is a nice kid with one big problem: he always gets picked on by bullies. Can he use his brains to figure out a way to solve this problem and rid his school of bullies?

Readers

Secret Valley

What do you do when you've left your home in Missouri to prospect for gold in California . . . but when you arrive, there is no gold to be found?

Readers

A Question of Yams

Kuri's father plants their yams in the name of Jesus Christ, though the Head Men of their village insist that they should be planted with reverence for the spirits.

Readers

The House on Walenska Street

A warm and touching story about a Russian Jewish family who has lost its father and wants to emigrate to America. Set just before World War I and the Russian Revolution. Wonderful historical fiction.

Readers

The Littles

The Littles by John Peterson is a simple story about a family of mice-sized people who must survive in a giant world through quick wits and kindness. Fun!

Readers

The Last Little Cat

The last cat of the litter was a runt. And this is the story of how he found a home.

Readers

Riding the Pony Express

Dick Park is the son of a Pony Express rider, Katy Kelly is the daughter of a way station master, and Little Bear is an Indian boy who lives nearby. How three friends keep the mail moving is just p...

Readers

The Viking Adventure

Sigurd, a Viking boy, cannot see the value of learning to read and write. All he can think of is adventure. But then he has an adventure that he cannot help but tell. And to do that, he decides, he...

Read-Alouds

The Twenty-One Balloons

An inventive scientist lands on Krakatoa only days before the volcano blows.

Read-Alouds

The Door in the Wall

Newbery Medal-winning story of the crippled son of a medieval lord.

Read-Alouds

The Little Riders

Johanna and her grandparents, with the help of a friendly German soldier, save the figurines of their town's church clock.

Read-Alouds

The Aesop for Children

Handsome, full-color, oversize reprint of the 1919 classic "The Aesop for Children."

Read-Alouds

Red Sails to Capri

The mountainous island of Capri has a mystery and it takes the innkeeper's son, Michele, and three foreigners to get to the bottom of it.

Read-Alouds

White Stallion of Lipizza

Award-winning author tells the story of a young boy and his rigorous apprenticeship and training at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding school, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions.

Read-Alouds

The Cricket in Times Square

Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, moves into the Bellinis' Newspaper Stand in New York City.

Read-Alouds

Tales of Robin Hood

Eight action-packed tales recount the most exciting exploits of Robin Hood and his band of followers.

Read-Alouds

The School Story

12-year-old Natalie Nelson writes a novel that her best friend, Zoe, thinks is good enough to be published. Natalie isn't so sure.

Read-Alouds

Captain Nobody

Newt is just your average overlooked kid. But when he dons a makeshift superhero outfit for Halloween, he discovers what confidence feels like.

Read-Alouds

Sticks Across the Chimney

Richly layered with mystery and intrigue, Sticks Across the Chimney tells a captivating story of two Danish children and their widowed mother struggling to survive on a dilapidated farm.

Read-Alouds

The Penderwicks

A deliciously nostalgic and witty story from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall.

Read-Alouds

About Average

Jordan Johnston is average. Not short, not tall. Not plump, not slim. Not gifted, not flunking out. Even her shoe size is average. Feeling doomed to a life of wallowing in the soggy middle, she mak...

Read-Alouds

104 Poems of Whimsy and Wisdom

This delightful collection features outstanding poems in the English language: fun, thoughtful, interesting, unexpected, delightful, inspiring.

History

Window on the World

A wonderful introduction to 92 largely unevangelized countries and peoples of the world. From Afghanistan to the Zulus, and beyond.

Geography

Audio Memory Geography Songs CD Kit

34 songs teach the names and locations of the continents, oceans, planets, 225 countries, and the states and provinces of Canada and the U.S.

History

Timeline Figures C

80 Timeline Figures for Sonlight C on self-adhesive heavy card stock. Just cut them out, color and stick them in your Timeline Book.

History

Gladys Aylward

A story built around the work of Gladys Aylward, an uneducated British housemaid who went to China via Russia in the midst of the Soviet-Chinese war in the early 20th century.

History

With Two Hands

Eighteen glorious chapters of God at work in Ethiopia. Witch doctors transformed; the single person who could translate ends up in just the right place; two girls who pray daily for transformation ...

Read-Alouds

Tiger Boy

When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel's island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub's anxious mother follows suit and endangers them all.

Bible

The Discoverer's Bible for Early Readers

Provides the full text (Genesis to Revelation) of the New International Reader's Version® of the Bible.

Resources

The Timeline Book

A blank timeline from 5,000 B.C. to the Present! Pre-printed timeline in a spiral-bound book—for use throughout your homeschooling adventure. Required Resource for Sonlight K-J and useful in ...

Resources

3" Binder with Tabs

Organize all your homeschool papers in one sturdy and convenient binder. With tabs that match your Sonlight History, Language Arts, and Science Instructor's Guides, you'll always know where to find...

History

A Child's History of the World

Required Resource for History / Bible / Literature C. (Included in B, and W. If you purchase History / Bible / Literature C and have not used B, or W, you will need to purchase this book separately.)

History

The Usborne Book of World History

Required Resource for History / Bible / Literature C. (Included in B and B+C. If you purchase History / Bible / Literature C and have not used B or B+C, you will need to purchase this book separate...

History

The Usborne Time Traveler

Resources

Markable Map Only

23" x 34" world and USA outline maps printed back-to-back and laminated for you to mark with overhead projector pens or grease pencils.

Resources

Markers Only

Four-color set of Vis-a-Vis wet-erase, fine point markers. Blue, red, green, and black. For use with the Markable Map.

Bible

Sing the Word: God Our Provider

This audio downlaod includes the Scripture verses in the Level C Bible Memory program set to diverse musical styles. Digital Format – stored in your account for easy access.

Samples