As we started studying history in our homeschool, I was disheartened to see how little information was available about Africa for elementary-aged children. One of the programs we tried did not mention African kingdoms at all until fourth grade. Which meant that the first mention my children would get of African people at all wouldKeep Reading…
Nubian History for Kids
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to share a guest post over at To the Moon and Back about how we teach Nubian history for kids in our homeschool. So if you’re a history buff, read on to get a look at how we cover this subject with our children! Today is alsoKeep Reading…
Great Zimbabwe Unit Study
As we started researching the history of African kingdoms, we found out so much about empires that we didn’t even know existed! Africa was home to many advanced civilizations that existed long before the modern Western world. In fact, some of the architectural accomplishments of these empires were so advanced that people didn’t evenKeep Reading…
Ancient Nubia Unit Study for Kids
In many places, children learn very little about ancient African civilizations in elementary school. But there’s so much to discover about African empires! One of the first (and wealthiest) was Ancient Nubia. Help children discover this civilization with this Ancient Nubia unit study for kids! Ancient Nubia is just one of the African empires we’ve studiedKeep Reading…
Ancient Egypt History for Kids
Studying African history has always been important in our family. Over the years, many schoolbooks have omitted or glossed over ancient African kingdoms and we wanted to make sure that our children learn the truth about these civilizations, no matter what. To start, we focused on the Ancient Egyptian civilization, which is world-famous as aKeep Reading…