Literature-based homeschool history and geography curricula, compared
3 programs, listed alphabetically, each with its grades, method, format and cost a year as the publisher’s own site showed them on October 29, 2026. Open a card for the strengths, the watch-outs and who it fits.
What this list holds
Literature-based programs teach through real books, often read aloud, with a schedule that tells you what to read each day and questions or narration to go with it.
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 3 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from $101.98 to $255.95.
- How the child works: 3 books and workbooks.
- 2 of the 3 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
- Grades: 1 reaches pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and 2 reach high school.
| Program | Subjects | Grades | Method | Format | Cost a year | Faith label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beautiful Feet BooksBeautiful Feet Books | History and geography, Science | K–12 | Charlotte Mason, Literature-based | Books and workbooks | $255.95 | Faith-based |
| History QuestPandia Press | History and geography | 1–7 | Literature-based | Books and workbooks | $101.98 | Secular |
| Notgrass HistoryNotgrass History | History and geography | 1–12 | Literature-based | Books and workbooks | $221 | Faith-based |
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.
- History Quest: A family with several elementary children who wants history told as a story, with a weekly mix of crafts, mapping and writing.
- 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.
Before you buy
Count the books a year needs and how many you can borrow. Check how much of the day is the parent reading aloud, and whether that suits your family.
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
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- Homeschool history and geography curricula 8
- Print homeschool history and geography curricula 7
- Homeschool history and geography curricula for high school 6
- Literature-based homeschool all-in-one curricula 6
- Secular literature-based homeschool curricula 6
- Faith-based homeschool history and geography curricula 5
- Faith-based literature-based homeschool curricula 5
- Homeschool history and geography curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 5
- Homeschool history and geography curricula under $100 a year 3
- 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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