This is the day that the Lord has made.

Remember; don’t repeat.

History tends to repeat itself, especially when generations are not taught what came before them. The entire old testament was written to include illustrations and examples of what has been done before, and the benefits or consequences thereof. This class utilizes both primary sources for modern history, as well as scripture to inform students of their own history. Below, you will find a simple outline listing the progression of topics as laid out by the Board of Directors. Keep in mind that our expectation is to move through material differently than most schools, but the information is broken up by traditional grade levels for easy comparison:

Kindergarten

  • Define History…His Story

  • Genesis creation story

  • God plants the seeds, The Word, for all knowledge

  • Real Events form history; Cause and effect

  • God created diversity: snowflakes, leaves, you. You were created for a destiny

  • Moses and the law: 10 commandments. What Moses wrote in the Bible.

  • Jesus: Focal point of History as new covenant started with him

  • Paul and early church

  • How the Bible came about

  • Christopher Columbus and America

  • Christian Fathers of the faith that led up to the Constitution

  • Freedom to worship and responsibility to govern

  • Start learning maps

First Grade

  • Timelines (from their day to seasons in a year, understanding a timeline)

  • Children as citizens and their responsibilities

  • Review creation

  • The Noah Story

  • Moses and the law to help contain the sinful nature

  • Jesus, giver of life, write his laws on our hearts and our nature changes

  • Making good choices, standing for righteousness

  • Heroes in the Bible, old and new testaments

  • Pilgrims, Patriots, and Pastors

  • Deep Dive into Christopher Columbus’ life

Second Grade

  • 7 continents, Major oceans, Pangea and the flood

  • US, begin to understand state, county, local levels

  • New World Exploration, Cabot, Columbus, Drake, Hakluyt, Raleigh, 

  • Magna Charta and English Common Law

  • Corn and Tobacco

  • American Indians

  • Typhoid Fever, starvation, death in the new world

Third Grade

  • God preserved America for “People of the Word”

  • 13 Colonies

  • Deep Dive into the Pilgrims (dynamics and character qualities)

  • Early Missionaries, Squanto, Cape Cod, etc.

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Plymouth, a model for Christian government

  • William Bradford

  • Puritans

  • Benjamin Franklin

  • Pennsylvania becomes the parent colony

  • Using a globe/maps, altitude, longitude, coordinates

Fourth Grade

  • Savior promised in the Garden

  • Spiritual laws that are eternal

  • Internal Liberty

  • Master reading a map and globe

  • Native Americans, How did they get here before us?

  • Early American explorers

  • 13 colonies

  • American revolution

  • Development of the United States

Fifth Grade

  • New Testament church

  • Tyranny throughout the ages

  • Development of the first Christian Republic, USA

  • Structure, 3 branches, checks and balances

  • Christian Citizen’s responsibilities

  • Governing the sin nature?

  • Other civilizations and their cultures/governments-might be social studies topic but history has to cover some of this right?

Sixth Grade

  • Kings and Judges

  • Timeline of Empires through the ages

  • Deep Dive into King David

  • Technological advances from these empires

  • Industrial Revolution

  • WWI, WWII, other wars

  • Scientific Revolution

Seventh Grade

  • Ester

  • Women’s Suffrage 

  • Write a paper of how the world would look if one of these movements didn’t happen

  • Women’s Liberation movement, good and bad

  • Men and Women: Different but Equal

  • Civic duties to community

  • US constitution (reinforce the American Revolution and its leaders)

  • Bill of Rights

  • Voting/Elections/campaigning

Eighth Grade

  • Daniel

  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

  • Biblical world view vs Secular world view

  •   Illinois Constitution

  • Illinois Leaders, interact with them via email, letters, etc. to voice concerns, wishes, etc.

  • Pen a bill for consideration

    • Present it before Congress (your classroom)

Ninth Grade

  • Revelation of Jesus. Knowing the end from the beginning

  • Understand Pagan and Christian political concepts and how they have been at war throughout history

  • World History

    • Taught based on a timeline and go by empires around the world and how they impacted their countries/cultures

    • Taught based it on geographical locations

    • Taught based it on Revolutions, take overs, be it hostile or peaceful, and governmental agreements

  • Engage with civic duties/volunteer hours and bring back the experience to your peers

Tenth Grade

  • What we fight against and how we fight (Eph. 6:12)

  • The Believer’s authority

  • Civil Rights movement

  • Engage with someone in government with your ideas to effect change in our culture from a kingdom perspective

Eleventh Grade

  • Promoting the Gospel, Paul and the Early Church

  • Persecution, Book of the Martyrs

  • War, what is it good for?

  • Military strategies: past, present, future

  • Biblical strategies, God’s strategies, Man’s strategies

  • History of weapons, gun ownership, responsibility

  • Write a fictional book about an imagined war

Twelfth Grade

  • Your destiny

  • God’s heroes. Psalm 16:3

  • Beatitudes (How to BE like Jesus)

  • Our secured victory

  • Peace, how to maintain it

  • Peace Treaties, NATO, Deep State, Conspiracy Theories, Media

  • Develop 2 Solutions to 2 major world problems and how to implement it