Sample Annual Schedules for our Literature-based Homeschool Curriculum

Our curriculum is organized chronologically into nine historical units, designed such that all of your students, from kindergarten through twelfth grade, may study the same unit at the same time. Additionally, our curriculum is designed to study from Creation to Modern in one school year - each year!

We believe that this method gives students a more thorough understanding and a better recall of the flow of history as opposed to breaking history down into pieces over a number of years.

With this layered effect, students are more engaged, develop a better understanding and recall of history, and can more easily make connections between historical events.

The focus may differ at each level, but a Biblical worldview prevails.

 

Complete Programs Schedule

Recommended One Year Teaching Schedule*

Do I have to stick with your schedule to use your curriculum?

No, you don't!

• If your students love the Medieval period, for example, feel free to spend more time there. The next year, consider skipping or shortening the Medieval unit if you would like to spend more time in another unit. 
• As well, many homeschooling families using our literature-based curriculum just start the school year where they left off the year before, preferring to move at their own pace. 
• Many families are used to studying history in larger "chunks," and prefer studying three units each year instead of nine.  There are enough recommended books  in each of our Complete Programs to do this if this schedule works better for your family.

Epi Kardia can be used any way that fits your family.

*To do history justice in high school, we often recommend dividing both American History and World History into two classes each, for example: American History I (Colonial through the Civil War) and American History II (Immigration through Modern). There is enough material and suggestions in the Secondary Complete Program to spend a year on the last unit alone, and many have done just that! Use your and your student's interest as a guide to planning high school classes. To read more about scheduling and planning courses for the high school student, see  the Secondary Complete Program page of our high school curricula.

  Daily Lesson Plans Sample Schedule