In the midst of the uncertainty it seems silly posting what the boys learned for Early Church History, especially since libraries are closed.

But part of me still wants to hold on to any normal I have so here it is.

After using a curriculum for the boys history, I needed a break from a traditional curriculum.

I did look but did not like anything I found at the time so decided to write my own.

I was reading this book, The Story of the Christian Church that I got while attending bible school on our way to Minnesota and decided that it was so interesting that I wanted the boys to read it.

So I made a study that worked around this book, as well as a worksheet that went with it.

 

I did add other books to our study also.

I really wanted them to read Ben Hur but after I started it, I thought it might be asking too much.

I found the Focus on the Family Audio Drama of it though and decided to give that a try.

It ended up being amazing!

And it was not too scary for my youngest three!

It was so good that both boys went ahead and asked to read Ben Hur!

Then they both told me all the differences between the audio drama and the book.

It was my favorite part of this study.

I also ended up getting a free study guide on the G.A. Henty novel “Beric the Briton” from Nicki Truesdell and the boys really liked it.

She has some amazing information on teaching history also so check out her site.

“Ides of April” and “Beyond the Desert Gate” by Mary Ray are so good. My boys really enjoyed reading them again.

My 5yr old liked “Spend the Day in Ancient Rome.” It follows a family in their daily life in Ancient Rome with lots of fun project ideas.

We own three books in that series.

Another favorite are the books and movies by David Macaulay.

They go into the architecture of the cities and are so interesting.

Actually as I was looking up his name for this post, I decided to buy his book on castles and cathedrals to go with our current middle ages study.

They are just so interesting.

I was really happy with how our study of church history went!

Do you have a favorite book that is on early church history, fiction or non-fiction?