Here is the link:
http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php You can scroll down on the left and click on the History Curriculums and the Heritage Libraries to see more info.
@Mysterious Lady in Pink:
I have been using the SCM Module guides and adding things that we have to them. I bought the Yesterday’s Classics in September or so and hadn’t really used them until about January.
We were using the original SCM Mod 2 that uses Famous Men of Greece as the spine. We weren’t really enjoying because I felt disjointed – I didn’t know how it all fit together. So I looked at the Yesterday’s Classics and started reading The Story of Greece. LOVED it. Even recognized the men we’d read about in Famous Men 😉 So then I read The Story of the Greeks, which was also very good – however, it is not as detailed as The Story of Greece.
I decided to follow the SCM guide for Bible Reading (adding the LDS Old Testament Visual Resources to it – pictures, quotes, study questions to liken the scriptures to ourselves and Discover the Old Testament book from Discovering the Scriptures) and the Geography – adding in DVD’s about those countries and doing the map drill.
The HISTORY portion I redid using The Story of Greece as my spine. I listed the chapters (thank heavens for cut and paste capabilities). For additional reading, I listed all the Famous Men of Greece chapters with the applicable Story of Greece chapter. I added in the color illustrations from the original book, coloring pages, art or architechtural pictures, other books, DVDs or YouTube videos, whatever I had that applied to that topic. Then I divided the Yesterday Classics books into the major catagories that they cover in The Story of Greece and listed them as aaddtional reading to be chosen by my kiddos. I even added in the timeline figures from Homeschool in the Woods so that I wouldn’t forget to do our timeline/Book of Centuries.
I may not use it all, but it is organized on paper so that I can “see” what we have to use for all ages. 😉
I wrote a blog post about it here:
http://mysouldothdelight.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/the-story-of-greece-study-guide/ You can download it and look at it.
Because I have a daughter who needs to hear it as well as it, I looked up all the YC Ancient Greece books for free audios on Librivox. Here is that list:
http://mysouldothdelight.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/yesterdays-classics-ancient-greece-books-librivox-audio-books/
Last night I posted about The Golden Fleece (recommended SCM book) now available as a free audio book (by chapter, not disc):
http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/free-audio-of-the-golden-fleece
Everytime I read about a battle or I wished I had a map so I could see what was happening, and I didn’t have one. I also love the color illustrations as a way for my kiddos (one has APD) to focus on while listening to them. I also wanted a specific timeline in one easy to see page.
Soooo – enter Heritage History. =) They have it all for free online, except the study guide. You can download individual books for $1.99 apiece or read them free on the computer. What I loved is that you can get a CD of each time period for $25 that includes ALL the ebooks, the study guide, all the maps (including outline maps), the timeline dates, the major people, and the books all listed by appropriate reading levels with brief synopsis of each book. They recommend reading core books (comprehensive histories) and picking several other books based on the students interest (biographies, military battles, etc) to round it out. They even have a tracking record of what has been read.
They will tell you flat out that they are not trying to compete with other curriculums – since they are really great collections of living books, they explain how easy it is to use them with other curriculums that are more structured if that is your thing.
I got the Young Readers collection which is aimed at being read independently by a fluent 4th grader. It is a broad introduction (86 ebooks) aimed at introducing younger students to many different people in history. Great for read alouds.
Then I got Ancient Greece (46 ebooks), Ancient Rome (45 ebooks), British Middle Ages (55 books), British Empire (57 ebooks) curriculums, Early America, Spanish Empire, Christian Europe, and Modern Europe libraries. They did say that they haven’t gone past 1922 in their book selections (public domain cut off). Haven’t looked at them all yet. I am still trying to arrange and read stuff for Ancient Rome. However, I already know where to go for additional reading ideas for my kiddos as they find stuff they are interested in, which they do.
One great thing about HH is that all their books come in two forms – a printable version and an ebook version.
For Christmas, we got my older kids the cheapest Kindles when we had $25.00 off coupons. They love using them. I am somewhat surprised at how much I enjoy mine. I still like physical books too, though!
I use the SCM Modules as a great starting point. But I add and tweak to our interests and what we have. =) And since we love history, I try to let us take time to enjoy it.