How it all began

History is one of my weaker subjects. After reading many reviews, we decided to get A Child's History of the World . It presents history in a more secular point of view compared to the other history curriculum for homeschoolers. According to the reviewes, God is mentioned, and it is assumed that the reader believes in God, but it is not totally biased. You can also purchase a workbook to go along with it. I don't know if I will get the workbook or not.

The first chapter of the book is, "How it All Began." It talks about the theory of the beginning of the world coming from stars (it does have one sentence saying thaat God created the stars, and because of our beliefs, I omitted that while reading). From the stars came the sun, the sun emitted sparks and one became a rock, which became our Earth. It goes on until humans are created. The kids enjoyed this lesson. There is a little timeline:

Stars,
Sun,
Spark,
World,
Steam,
Rain,
Oceans,
Plants,


Animals,
Jellyfish
Insects
Fish,
Amphibians,
Reptiles,
Birds,
Mammals,


People

For our activity, I cut and pasted images from the internet onto one page. The kids cut and pasted the images in the order according to the timeline.



I think it was a wonderful way to introduce history. Tomorrow we will probably read about the Big Bang Theory.