High School Ancient history

I wish I had a good answer. I use Book 1 of Exploring World History from Notgrass for this, however it covers more than ancient history. I think it ends up in the late Middle Ages, so that might be too much for you. I really like the text, although my kids so far have found it kind of boring (that may be because I am interested in ancient history and they are not).

Mystery of History Volume 1 would be interesting, but the lessons are pretty short and I would hesitate to use it for high school, even though there are good suggestions for older students in the activities. I would feel like I had to do all the activities to make it worthy.

Another option you might look at is The World’s Story from Master Books. They have a one-volume ancients book and it looks pretty good (I own it but haven’t used it). It would be perfect for independent reading because, in my opinion, it’s a little long to read aloud to younger kids. The grade level on it is grades 5-8 but I think you could definitely stretch it. It’s not juvenile at all, from what I can tell.

I’m looking forward to hearing other ideas you might get. I still haven’t found “the one”. 🙂