PLEASE NOTE: History Year 2 Family Set does NOT include the required Time Tunnel Review Cards needed for all 4 years of history. If you do not have the cards from a previous purchase of another year of History, they are available for purchase on the History Year 2 page.
The Good and the Beautiful Year 2 History Course is designed to foster a true love of learning history through engaging lessons combined with beautiful and effective additional resources.
The History Year 2: Family Set includes the three non-consumable products as described below that are necessary components of the History course.
History Year 2 Course Book
The History Year 2: Course Book guides parents through teaching the 56 open-and-go lessons in the course. The wide-ranging lessons are divided into four units:
- Ancient Greece & Ancient Asia
- Vikings, Exploration, & Pre-Columbian America
- Colonial America & the US Constitution
- History of US Education & World War I Through the Great Depression
The interactive lessons in the History Year 2: Course Book include questions and activities that encourage family discussions. “Lesson Prep” and “Items Needed” lists at the beginning of each lesson ensure that your teaching time will be effective and productive. “Time Line Event” icons sprinkled throughout the course book alert the students when to find an event or place a sticker on their time line. The “Hard & True Facts” sections are intended to create opportunities for optional discussion with children about sensitive topics and controversial events. “Around the World” sections give more context about events that occurred in other parts of the world during the same time period.
The Big Book of History Stories: Year 2
This collection of 17 fiction and nonfiction stories accompanies some of the lessons in this course to bring the children into the lives and events of the people in the time period being taught. Each story features beautiful full-color illustrations as well as an optional audio recording for the parent or instructor to follow along with. The password-protected audio recording for each story can be found on the Good and Beautiful Homeschool app or by clicking here.
The Big Book of History Stories: Year 2 includes original stories about well-known and lesser-known historical figures such as Marco Polo, James Madison, William Penn, Greek lawgiver Draco, and Chinese diplomat Zheng He. This delightful collection also highlights inspiring stories about people groups and events such as the Vikings, Puritans, Ancient Mayans, the World War I Christmas truce, the Dust Bowl, and 20th century Black migration to the North that you and your children will be delighted to read about!
Maps & Images: History Year 2
The History Year 2: Maps & Images book is full of illustrated and real-life images of the events, people, and places talked about in the lessons, along with maps of the locations in the world where these events happened. The richly illustrated maps, art work, and authentic photos bring the lessons to life and provide meaningful context for students. The Maps & Images book also includes reference maps and punch-out cards used for matching games and more. A wonderful resource that is necessary to complete the History Year 2 Course, History Year 2: Maps & Images provides in one convenient and beautiful book all the maps and photos needed for an enriching year of history study.
The History Year 2: Family Set includes three of the non-consumable items needed for your family’s history studies for one full year. You will also need to purchase the Time Tunnel Review Cards (one set per family) below, if you do not have them from your study of History Year 1. One Family Set and one set of Time Tunnel Review Cards are needed per family.
Each child will also need one Student Explorer. Each student in grades 3–8 will use the Time Line Book for all four years of History. If they do not yet have a Time Line Book or need a replacement, you may purchase one below. One level-appropriate Student Explorer and one Time Line Book is needed for each student in grades 3–8.
