Early Modern Times (1550 to 1850)

This Module is designed to cover American History two days per week and World History two days per week. If you are not from America, you can easily substitute your country’s history on those days. Click on any title to see that book’s details in our CM Bookfinder. Daily lesson plans for this module are available in Early Modern & Epistles: A Family Study Handbook.

Grade History Geography Bible
Family

American History: Stories of America, Volume 1

World History: Stories of the Nations, Volume 1; (opt.)Master Skylark

Sailing Alone around the World

Leisure Reading: Material World; Hungry Planet; What I Eat

Map Drill: South America, Central America, and Australia; Uncle Josh’s Outline Map Book

GOAL study of Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; Philemon; 1, 2 Timothy; Titus

Jesus Is Better: Lessons from Hebrews
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Books listed for Family, plus

American History: The Pilgrims of Plimouth; Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy; Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl; The Courage of Sarah Noble; Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times; Toliver’s Secret; Benjamin Franklin

World History: Good Queen Bess; Bard of Avon; Starry Messenger OR Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment; A Lion to Guard Us; Dangerous Journey; Peter the Great; Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?; Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
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Books listed for Family, plus

American History: The Landing of the Pilgrims; The Sign of the Beaver; A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy; Amos Fortune, Free Man

World History: Good Queen Bess; Bard of Avon; Along Came Galileo; Strangers in the Land; The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton; The Story of Napoleon
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Books listed for Family, plus

American History: Poor Richard; Carry On, Mr. Bowditch; Johnny Tremain OR Early Thunder; Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

World History: Famous Men of the 16th and 17th Centuries; The World of William Penn; Kidnapped; Hearts and Hands: Chronicles of the Awakening Church; The Year of the Horseless Carriage; The Story of Modern France, ch. 1–23; Lafayette and the American Revolution

Book of Centuries

We are pleased that Greenleaf Press is working to bring its Famous Men series up to Modern Times. We hope to incorporate Famous Men of the 18th Century as it becomes available.

Books listed for Family, plus

Continue Doctrine notebook and complete the additional in-depth studies in Jesus Is Better: Lessons from Hebrews
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Books listed for Family, plus

American History: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Boys of ’76; Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery; (selections from) American Voices: A Collection of Documents, Speeches, Essays, Hymns, Poems, and Short Stories from American History

World History: Famous Men of the 16th and 17th Centuries; The World of William Penn; Waverley, Volume I; Hearts and Hands: Chronicles of the Awakening Church; The Year of the Horseless Carriage; A Tale of Two Cities; Lafayette and the American Revolution

Book of Centuries

We are pleased that Greenleaf Press is working to bring its Famous Men series up to Modern Times. We hope to incorporate Famous Men of the 18th Century as it becomes available.
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