Faith-based homeschool history and geography curricula, compared

What this list holds

We label a program faith-based when the publisher's own pages describe the program or the publisher in faith terms.

History curricula for homeschool are often built on read-alouds and books rather than one textbook, and many go through history in order over four or more years, starting again at a deeper level.

This list holds programs sold for history and geography on their own. Full curricula that teach it along with every other subject are on homeschool all-in-one curricula.

At a glance

• All 5 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from $60 to $255.95.
• How the child works: 5 books and workbooks.
• 4 of the 5 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
• Grades: 4 reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and all reach high school.

Each program in a line

• Beautiful Feet Books: A family that wants to teach history and geography through real books read aloud together, with discussion rather than worksheets, across several grades at once.
• The Good and the Beautiful: A family that wants low-cost, open-and-go printed lessons and likes teaching science and history to several children at once.
• The Mystery of History: A family with children of different ages who wants one world history read together in time order, with a choice of activities at each child's level.
• Notgrass History: A family that wants an open-and-go history course with real novels and primary sources, used with one child or several together.
• Tapestry of Grace: A family with children of several ages who wants one shared history and literature plan built on living books and discussion, and is willing to plan each week.

Before you buy

That label is the only thing these pages say about religion. If it matters to you, read the publisher's own pages.

Check which books you have to buy or borrow beyond the guide, and how the program fits more than one child at once. Map and timeline work is common, and some programs fold geography and literature into history.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

Side by side

• Notgrass History vs Beautiful Feet Books
• Tapestry of Grace vs The Mystery of History

Related lists

• Faith-based homeschool curricula 22
• Faith-based homeschool curricula for high school 21
• Faith-based print homeschool curricula 20
• Faith-based homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 19
• Faith-based homeschool all-in-one curricula 14
• Faith-based traditional homeschool curricula 9
• Homeschool history and geography curricula 8
• Faith-based Charlotte Mason homeschool curricula 7
• Print homeschool history and geography curricula 7
• Homeschool history and geography curricula for high school 6
• Faith-based classical homeschool curricula 5
• Faith-based literature-based homeschool curricula 5
• Every program, with a filter for any combination

How we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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