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For 4th - 8th Graders
(and 2nd - 3rd graders with older siblings in the program) |
| Creation to the Greeks follows Exploring Countries and Cultures and begins a four-year chronological study of history. Travel back in time to Old Testament days and explore ancient history. Provide a firm foundation for your study of history as you see how the Biblical account fits in with other civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Babylon. Enjoy the many hands-on projects, timeline, and history notebook. This multi-age history curriculum allows parents to teach two or more children in grades 2-8 together. Add math and language arts for a complete curriculum.
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Creation to the Greeks Deluxe Package
Deluxe Package
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Basic Package
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Includes Bible, History, and Science
- Teacher's Manual, Second Edition
- Student Sheets (purchase one per additional student)
- Journey through the Bible
- Streams of Civilization, Volume 1
- Ancient World
- Celebrating Biblical Feasts
- Ancient Egypt
- Aesop's fables for Children (with CD)
- The Trojan Horse
- The Children's Homer
- Genesis for Kids
- English from the Roots Up
- Dinosaurs of Eden
- Pyramids
- Archimedes and the Door of Science
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To complete your curriculum, just add Language Arts, Math, and consider a Foreign Language.
7th & 8th graders should add a science course.
Note: Window on the World is scheduled as an optional resource (purchase separately). |
Deluxe Package
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Includes Bible, History, Science, Art, Music, and Read-Alouds
- Teacher's Manual, Second Edition
- Student Sheets (purchase one per additional student)
- Journey through the Bible
- Streams of Civilization, Volume 1
- Ancient World
- Celebrating Biblical Feasts
- Ancient Egypt
- Aesop's fables for Children (with CD)
- The Trojan Horse
- The Children's Homer
- Genesis for Kids
- English from the Roots Up
- Dinosaurs of Eden
- Pyramids
- Archimedes and the Door of Science
- God and the History of Art
- Paint and Marker Cards
- Introduction to Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel - 6 CD set
- Patricia St.John - 3 book set
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To complete your curriculum, just add Language Arts, Math, and consider a Foreign Language.
7th & 8th graders should add a science course.
Note: Window on the World is scheduled as an optional resource (purchase separately). |
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Old Testament and Ancient History |
- God's Hand in History
- Creation Science
- Jewish Traditions
- Greek Roots
- Hands-On Notebook
- Pyramids
- Inspiring Read-Alouds
- Music and Art Appreciation
Creation to the Greeks follows Exploring Countries and Cultures and begins a four-year chronological study of history. Travel back in time to Old Testament days and explore ancient history. Provide a firm foundation for your study of history as you see how the Biblical account fits in with other civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Babylon. Enjoy the many hands-on projects, timeline, and history notebook.
We highly recommend that your family complete Year One, Exploring Countries and Cultures, before beginning your chronological study of history. This foundational study of countries, cultures, geographic terms, and God's heart for all people makes all future study of history more understandable and retainable. (2nd graders entering the family cycle will join older siblings in the program they are studying.)
This easy-to-teach unit study includes a teacher's manual and all required books for Bible, history, and science. The Deluxe Package also includes art, music, and more read-alouds. This program is designed for use with 4th-8th graders and 2nd-3rd graders with older siblings in the program. (For classroom use, please contact us for ordering information.)
Teacher's Manual
- Daily lesson plans are in an easy-to-use weekly chart format. Charts list each subject with page numbers of books to read and instructions for using Student Sheets (learn more). Many activities will be suitable for all ages; additional reading is sometimes suggested for older students. Many simple hands-on activities are included in the Teacher's Manual to reinforce the study of history. We do the lesson planning for you so that you have more time to enjoy teaching!
Bible/History
- Study Old Testament stories in depth using your Bible combined with Journey through the Bible and Ancient World for helpful background information.
- Participate in the Jewish feasts celebrated in Old Testament times and learn how they point to Jesus, the Messiah, using Celebrating Biblical Feasts.
- Integrate the history of other civilizations, such as Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Greece, with Old Testament history. Learn how the 10 plagues were a judgment against Egypt's gods, and why Israel and Judah feared Assyria. All of history is viewed from a Christian perspective using the Bible, Streams of Civilization, and other resources.
- Complete a timeline and create a history notebook, which includes a page for each major event or person, map work, and illustrations to color.
- Enjoy playing the ancient Egyptian game of Senet, writing in cuneiform on clay tablets (cookies), and sampling Old Testament times food. Hands-on projects from Ancient Egypt and other sources reinforce learning.
- Library books provide enrichment for topics that you study. We provide an extensive list of recommended books for independent reading, but none are required.
Science
- Focus on the six days of Creation with science experiments from Genesis for Kids.
- Study creation science using Dinosaurs of Eden, science related to the pyramids using Pyramids, and ancient Greek science using Archimedes and the Door of Science. Includes hands-on activities.
For 7th and 8th graders, use Apologia science instead of the above (purchase separately).
Art and Music
- Enjoy hands-on projects from ancient history.
- Music appreciation lessons focus on Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel with easy-to-use CD's (in the Deluxe Package).
- Art lessons include drawing as well as Egyptian and Greek themes from a godly perspective, using God and the History of Art (in the Deluxe Package).
Read-Alouds
- Enjoy the classic Greek stories, the Iliad and the Odyssey from The Children's Homer, as well as fables from Aesop's Fables for Children.
- Books by Patricia St. John (The Tanglewoods' Secret, Treasures of the Snow, and Star of Light) inspire children to live the Christian life (in the Deluxe Package).
Math, Language Arts, and Foreign Language
- Add math and language arts.
- Vocabulary lessons focus on Greek roots this year and Latin roots next year using English from the Roots Up (in the Deluxe Package).
- Foreign language is optional but highly recommended.
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| This is our third year with My Father's World. I have never been disappointed. It keeps getting better and better. The study of history in context with the Bible is bringing the Old Testament to life for us.
--Erin
What a wonderful, special year Creation to the Greeks has been in the life of our family.
--Jenn
I love the organized lesson planning and the chronology of history. The 'flow' of learning is effortless.
--Crista
I really like how God and the History of Art ties in with the history. It really helps to see how art progressed and changed over the various time periods.
--Debbie |
 | Why is Story of the World Vol.1 not used? My Father's World uses the resources that best present the information. For the time period of Creation to the Greeks we believe the most accurate and ancient "original document" is the Bible. God gave us a great history book that is full of action, intrigue, motives both good and evil, and His interpretation of events and people. We want to lay a foundation for kids to see God at work in history so that they can study further history with a correct perspective. The Bible is used as the main history spine for the entire year with other books supplementing as needed. We want kids to hear God's incredible words to mankind.
Most of the information in Story to the World Vol. 1 is contained in other books that we use in Creation to the Greeks, so it is not necessary for this year. The following years of the history cycle use Story of the World Vol. 2 - 4, as we think the author has a wonderful storytelling style that makes history come alive. | | Why is Streams of Civilization used? We use Streams of Civilization Volume 1 as a resource for parents and for older students so that they can understand history from a Christian perspective. How did we get different races after the flood if there was only Noah and his family? Who were the Hittites? We don't read every page - just the relevant information. | | Why does Samuel come after Samson in the timeline? Please refer to the notes in week 19 of your Creation to the Greeks Teacher's Manual for an explanation. The dates represent the time around which it is thought that these men were born, so Samuel was already living when Samson was born. We just do not hear his story until 1 Samuel. | | What view of creation science is presented in Creation to the Greeks? As a company we hold to a literal 6-day creation and this belief is reflected in our programs. We also understand this is a topic of debate in the Christian community. Our goal is to hold to our beliefs without excluding anyone from using our curriculum. This is a decision that each family and ultimately each person needs to make. The Bible is handled much in the same way. Scriptures and other books are provided, but interpretation is left up to each family. | | What are the benefits of the Deluxe Package? We recommend purchasing the deluxe package to provide the broadest and most complete education for your children. All of the items in the deluxe packages are scheduled or explained in the Teacher's Manuals. Deluxe packages include read alouds, music, art, as well as items to enrich the year's study. The basic package was created as a consideration for customers who were unable to purchase all the items in the deluxe package. The basic package will give your child a good, solid education. You may choose to purchase individual items from the deluxe package. | | Should I purchase extra Student Sheets for my children ages 3 - 1st grade? Each child in grades 2-8 is required to have their own set of Student Sheets and other consumable items to complete the program as written. To bring unity to your school day and to easily include younger children in games, activities, and projects with big brothers and sisters, we also suggest that children ages 3 - 1st grade have these same materials. When a younger child asks, "Mommy, can I do it too?" having additional Student Sheets makes it easy to say yes and creates a positive family learning environment.
Student Sheets are convenient consumable pages designed to make life easier for Mom! Create lasting notebooks for each child as you complete activities scheduled in the Teacher's Manual. Student Sheets include history or geography notebook pages, map work, hands-on projects, science activities, writing projects, games, and timeline figures. One set of Student Sheets is included in a Deluxe or Basic Package. Purchase additional sets so that all your 2nd - 8th graders have their own. Student Sheets include cardstock, color printing, and colored paper and may not be photocopied. | | What are Student Sheets? Student Sheets are convenient consumable pages designed to make life easier for Mom! Create lasting notebooks for each child as you complete activities scheduled in the Teacher's Manual. Student Sheets include history or geography notebook pages, map work, hands-on projects, science activities, writing projects, games, and timeline figures. One set of Student Sheets is included in a Deluxe or Basic Package. Purchase additional sets so that all your 2nd - 8th graders have their own. (Student Sheets include cardstock, color printing, and colored paper and may not be photocopied.) We recommend purchasing Student Sheets for ages 3 to 1st grade as well - building unity in the family as younger children participate in games, activities, and projects with big brothers and sisters. | | Can I get the Teacher's Manual in an electronic format? We do not have electronic files available for our lesson plan grids at this time. We are looking into ways that we may be able to make this possible. Our best suggestion is to photocopy the lesson plan grids for each of your children and write in the additional math and language arts assignments.* We realize this is not the most convenient way. Thank you for your patience.
*Please remember that our copyright policy allows photocopying of lesson plan charts (but not the Notes pages) for your personal record keeping and/or state recording requirements when you commit not to sell, give, or loan the original Teacher's Manual or any copies at any time.
| | Basic or Deluxe Package - What's the Difference? Think about a big, juicy deli sandwich. Two slices of the freshest bread, your favorite meats, and tasty cheese. Delicious! But wait a minute—there's also a deluxe sandwich that includes crisp lettuce, red ripe tomatoes, pickles, onions, and that secret sauce. More delicious! You may be asking what this has to do with Basic and Deluxe Packages. We are often asked, "What is the difference between these two packages?" and "Do I really need the items in the Deluxe Package?" The sandwich with all the fixings is the Deluxe Package. When the Hazells began gathering resources to use with their children, the books and activities were not divided into basic and deluxe. They simply chose books and activities they felt gave the best, well-rounded education for their children, using what has become the Deluxe Packages. The option of a Basic Package was created to offer choices for our customers. Because the Deluxe Package has excellent books that may be part of a family's library, offering a Basic Package gives families a great discount while only purchasing the items needed to complete their Deluxe Package. We also wanted to provide families on a tight budget with an option that includes all of the basic elements for each year's study. So, the Deluxe Package is like the deli sandwich with all of the trimmings, fresh and mouth-watering. The Basic Package has essential items you need for the year, but choosing the Deluxe Package will bring a richer, fuller experience
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| Great free-time activities to enrich your family's learning experiences. These uniquely engaging educational toys, books, and CDs complement the topics studied in Creation to the Greeks. Bring even more excitement and enjoyment to your MFW educational experience. These enrichment items make great gift ideas too.
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English From the Roots Up Volume 1 |
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Give children a firm foundation in English vocabulary which will stay with them all their lives. You don't need to have a background in Latin or Greek to teach these 100 Greek and Latin root words. You'll love what you learn, too. Lesson plans for using this book are included in the Creation to the Greeks Teacher's Manual (for the Greek roots) and in the Rome to the Reformation Teacher's Manual (for the Latin roots).
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God and the History of Art - Paint and Marker Cards |
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Each child will need his own set of these thick card stock sheets for painting and marker lessons. One set is included with God and the History of Art. Photocopy cards or purchase extra sets for each additional child.
Included with the Creation to the Greeks Deluxe Package.
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Introduction to Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel (6 CD set) |
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Classical music comes to life for your child through a narrated life history of the composer interspersed with selections of his music. This helps your child associate the composer with his most famous pieces. In addition, we add a music-only CD for each composer that you can play at bedtime, mealtime, and art time, etc. For Grade 2-adult.
Includes: The Stories of Vivaldi and Corelli in Words and Music, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (music only), The Story of Bach in Words and Music, 25 Bach Favorites (music only), The Story of Handel in Words and Music, and 25 Handel Favorites (music only). Included with the Creation to the Greeks Deluxe Package.
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