Mystery of History has always made my list each year for possible history curriculums, and this year it made the cut. So far we are really enjoying it. We are moving through it slowly with my 4 oldest children (ages 3 – 10); there is so much to read and do with each lesson, I don’t want to miss out on anything. But… I do know that I need to pick and choose, or else we will never get through Volume One.
There are so many great products and projects to go along with Mystery of History. Mapwork, Memory Cards, project ideas and Timeline (although you will need to make your own; I will show ours when we are a little further along) are all included in the book. We are also using the Coloring Pages and the Notebooking pages that you can purchase to go along with the curriculum.
Here are some of the things we did and read for Lessons 10-12.
Lesson 10: Stonehenge
Lesson 11: Early Egypt
Lesson 12: The Minoan Civilization
- Besides the readings from the book, we also read Stonehenge by Rachel Lynette, Stonehenge by Matt Doeden, Pyramids of Egypt by Don Nardo, and The Search for Lost Cities by Nicola Barber.
- Here is a sampling of their coloring pages. I have the boys color while I’m reading aloud and they are really getting into it, taking their time, and getting creative.
- We made a miniature version of Stonehenge. We took the easy route and ordered a kit on Amazon.
- For our Early Egypt studies, we made Mummy Dogs for lunch one day. These are very easy to make – just wrap a hot dog in a crescent roll or bread stick dough and pop in the oven until golden brown. Then add eyes with peppercorns, cloves, or ketchup. We also made ourselves into mummies with a little TP. Then we make 4D pyramids out of poster board, some tape, and sand-colored, textured spray paint.
- We played “Leap Bull” to simulate the Minoan sport of bull leaping. The kids had a blast with this one. Mommy even gave it a try, but I’ll spare you the pictures.
- After learning about the story of the Minotaur and the labyrinth that the Minoan King Minos built, the boys played a game of Minotaurus from Lego.
- And here is a picture of our timeline being used as a fort, just for fun!
Lessons 1-3
Lessons 4-6
Lessons 7-9
Lessons 10-12
Lessons 13-15
SarahElisabeth says
Great pyramid. We visited Stonehenge recently-it really is quite impressive.
Sarah Avila says
How wonderful! We would LOVE to be able to visit Stonehenge one day!
Laurel Thomas says
We just studied Minos a few weeks ago. I need to check out Mystery of History.
momstheword says
Oh how fun! Don’t you love making History come alive? I really loved studying Egypt and we had so much fun and it was so interesting! 🙂
Thanks so much for linking up to “Making Your Home Sing Monday” today! 🙂
KatrinkaJane says
I have really struggled with adding in supplementary books with MOH. With narration, doesn’t each lesson take one or two entire slots already?
KatrinkaJane says
I have really struggled with adding in supplementary books with MOH. With narration, doesn’t each lesson take one or two entire slots already?
Sarah Avila says
When you say slots, I’m going to assume you mean days – lessons really vary depending on how much material there is to cover or how much we WANT to cover; some topics are just more interesting. Some lessons my take one slot, some have taken us an entire week to finish. I found that trying to stick to a strict schedule with this curriculum (like do history MWF or TTH); when we do history, we do it every day until we come to a good stopping point and then take a little break to do something else (like art or science). We also school year-round which allows for much more flexibility. Don’t feel like you have to do everything suggested either.
Hope that helps!
Maryna says
Love your posts. Just wondering haven’t seen you post anything new on MOH are you still using it?
Sarah says
Hi Maryna –
It is still our history curriculum but we aren’t currently using it. We took a break from it to focus more on our science studies. I have been doing more of a block study kind of schedule lately where we focus on either science, history, art, or literature. We’ve gotten caught up in our science book, but I’m planning to return to MOH soon and will continue posting about our studies.
Thanks for checking in!
Becky Ritchie says
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog by searching MOH on Pinterest. I love your posts on MOH. You have some fabulous ideas! Will you continue to post your MOH lessons or are you not using it anymore? Thanks!
Sarah says
Hi Becky – We took a break for awhile due to moving and other life changes, but we are planning to start back up with it next week and I plan to continue posting our learning experience.
Christine says
Oh my! Love these ideas, I’m teaching next year on Vol 1. Please keep them coming!
Blessings,
Christine
Christine says
Hi there,
Wanted to know if you do plan on posting more lessons or can direct me to a website/blog that would have more lessons/chapters.
Thanks
Blessings,
Christine
Sarah says
Hi Christine – I am planning to post more of our MOH lessons. Life happened and it just got put on the back burner. I am starting MOH again this year with some of my younger kids, so my plan is to post about our journey.