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Curiosity Chronicles is a complete history curriculum for elementary-aged children. It is written by a homeschool mother who has a \u201cmaster\u2019s degree in Comparative Studies, an interdisciplinary humanities degree, with an emphasis in Classics\u201d (About | Curiosity Chronicles<\/a>). Currently, she offers Ancient (1st-3rd grade), Medieval (2nd-5th grade), and Early Modern History (3rd-6th grade). At the time of this writing, Modern History is also in the works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each time period has a wide variety of resources that pair with it. The core book includes 36 chapters and is aptly called Snapshots<\/em> because they provide brief snapshots of history. Snapshots<\/em> is written in dialogue format between the two main characters: Mona and Ted. Mona provides the history and information while Ted is the comic relief. The other two main books are the Instructor\u2019s Guide and the Student Guide. The Instructor\u2019s Guide provides answers to the questions in the Student Guide, book recommendations, and craft\/activity\/recipe ideas. There is also a tie to Minecraft for each chapter. The Student Guide has a matching section, short answers questions, discussion questions, map work, and coloring pages for the chapters in Snapshots<\/em>. Each lesson also includes a crossword puzzle, word search, or game. Other resources available include an audiobook, lapbook and interactive notebook, and a timeline. The audiobook contains the chapters in Snapshots<\/em>. The lapbook\/notebook provides 1-2 pages of prompts for each chapter. And, the timeline has multiple versions included so you can pick what works best for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Snapshots<\/em>, Student Guide, and Instructor\u2019s Guide come in print or pdf options. For multiple children, I would purchase two Student Guides. The pages don\u2019t tear well so trying to make copies was difficult for us. The core book can be purchased via hardcover, softcover, or as a pdf. I recommend the hardcover because it is frequently used. The rest of the materials are pdfs. There are lots of different options to purchase all or parts of the curriculum depending on how you want to use it. Snapshots<\/em> is also the history spine for the Torchlight curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is not your average dry history curriculum. The dialogue format of the Snapshots<\/em> book makes it engaging and my daughter is frequently laughing out loud at Ted\u2019s humor. I like how it is not heavy on dates and trivial facts but chooses to focus on major themes running through history at the time. I think this provides a better understanding of what is going on than random dates that aren\u2019t going to be remembered. I love how it spends a good portion of time talking about culture and the development of cultures in the context of art, science, and religion. There is also a big mix of activities and ideas to pair with the lessons so you can use this as a very structured curriculum or something flexible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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