{"id":2893,"date":"2014-02-14T19:10:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T03:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2016-01-20T22:14:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T06:14:50","slug":"ultimate-list-of-activities-for-the-usborne-encyclopedia-of-world-history-year-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/ultimate-list-of-activities-for-the-usborne-encyclopedia-of-world-history-year-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate List of Activities For The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History – Year 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We recently stopped using Story of the World as our curriculum spine. So I took some time out and searched for another spine. The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History<\/a> is a great factual reference book that’s really easy for kids to read and learn from. It’s also really entertaining for adults because of the way its laid out. Of course I had to create a curriculum based on it and post all the links I could find!<\/p>\n

The Encyclopedia and Curriculum Spine<\/h3>\n

The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History<\/a> has four sections. We’re going to start year 1 in this post with the Ancient World, which is the second section in the encyclopedia. We are going to dip into the first section, Prehistory, for just a little bit to give an introduction.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried to fit in all the parts that seem important to know about. Remember that when you do this year again, you can expand on concepts and do different activities. We’re doing the first grade year right now, so it’s more important to get an introduction to the different cultures and time periods than to learn about every detail. This year is meant to be repeated in 5th grade and then again in 9th grade, but expanded and with added complexity.<\/p>\n

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How To Use This List & Book<\/h3>\n

Much like my Ultimate List of SOTW Activities<\/a>, this compilation is a giant list of activities, readings and printables that correlate to each section of the Usborne Encyclopedia. In general, each section has a whole bunch of one or two page spreads detailing a topic chronologically throughout history. I’ve taken these spreads and divided them into a 36 week curriculum. For the most part, this works for us. Occasionally we run into a concept or time period that takes us longer- and in that case, we’ll just spend as much time as we like on a topic. For the most part though, this system seems to allot the right amount of time to each section. Feel free to do whatever you need to make it work for you.<\/p>\n

Here’s the way we use the list and book:
\nIn Preparation<\/p>\n