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In our homeschool, we had been using The Story of the World for history. We loved it! I know some don’t, but it worked for us. My kids were always so excited for history time. I love history, so it made me happy that my kids did, too. It was the perfect homeschool history curriculum for us.

However, once we went through all four years of The Story of the World, we tried a new program. Suddenly, my kiddos were asking, “How much do we have to do today?” I couldn’t believe they were trying to get history over with as quickly as possible. 

I was so sad to see their excitement for history fade. That is when I knew I had to do something. I wasn’t okay with my kids’ love of learning slowly disappearing. 

Well, I went on a search. When I did, I came across Home School in the Woods and was instantly excited to show my kids. Once they saw the Project Passport Ancient Greece materials my kids asked me to get it. I’m glad I did.

In our homeschool, I include my kids in our curriculum choices. You can read why I do this HERE. 

Homeschool History- Project Passport

Home School in the Woods creates many different hands-on unit studies for history. You can find units for Ancient History to topics in the 20th Century. The Project Passport series focuses on world history for: 

• Egypt 
• Greece
• Rome
• Middle Ages and Renaissance and Reformation

All of these materials provide fun hands-on history for your homeschool. The materials are designed for grades 3-8. It is easy to adjust the material to fit the varying ages in your homeschool. They give you projects with the information filled in or blank sheets, so your older kids to show what they learned. 

Project Passport curriculum is a great way to make learning history exciting. (If you need other ways to make history exciting, READ HERE.)

The history unit is treated as though the kids are traveling the country of study. They make a little suitcase, complete with tags, and make “Stops” along the way to learn about different aspects of the civilization or time period. 

The Project Passports come with:

• Travel Tips– Tips on how to use their curriculum.
• Travel Planner– The whole curriculum mapped out for you.
• Additional Resources– Other materials that might be helpful.
• Guide Book Text– This is the informational text for the curriculum.
• Travel Itinerary– It explains what to print out and how to assemble the project materials.

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Project Passport: Ancient Greece

Since we had covered some Ancient history earlier in our year, we decided to start with the Ancient Greece resources. It was an instant hit with my middle schoolers! The fun was back in our history. 

For the Greece unit, we have different things we build upon as we study Greece. The kids are:

• Creating a  timeline with snapshots of famous people, places, and events
• Writing a newspaper 
• Filling in maps
• Creating projects on what they are learning

As we go through each topic (or Stop as they call it), kids add to these areas in their notebook. Not to mention, they have many cool projects they build along the way to help them understand the material. Here are images of what the Project Passport is all about.

Timeline

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Newspaper

Maps

Projects

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We have supplemented this curriculum with great read-aloud books and computer games about Greece. I found the ideas from the Homeschool History site by Notgrass. On this site, you can find books, games, videos, and more to supplement any history topic. It has added even more to our Project Passport Ancient Greece study. 

Homeschool History Curriculum- Our Thoughts

I can’t say enough about the Project Passport curriculum. It is a wonderful homeschool history curriculum for kids that like hands-on projects. Kids learn all about Ancient Greece and have a lot of fun doing it. 

Our homeschool has also used the U.S. Elections Lap-Pak by Home School in the Woods. I never knew learning about elections could be so interesting. Check out my review HERE.

I should mention that this program does require a lot of printing. Kids are creating informational projects so you need to print all their assignments out. I know some families have had kids create the timelines and snapshots together to save on ink and paper costs. 

For our family, each child is creating all their own materials. I feel it is worth it since they each have a good reference tool, in the end, to look back on. 

So, if your homeschool history class is getting stale, I encourage you to click below and find out more about Home School in the Woods and all they have to offer. 

Happy Homeschooling!