Core B+C

Tour world history from creation to the present!

• Get the very best of Core B and Core C in one exciting year! Give your kids a foundational overview of world history.
• Relax with complete lesson plans and materials for homeschool success.
• Adventure with Vikings, chariot racers, artists, missionaries, astronauts & more.
• Bond with your kids as you spark their love of learning.

The best of two Cores

How did we get from Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden to this fascinating world with billions of people and vastly different cultures? Core B+C tells the highlights of the story by combining the best of Cores B and C in one program. I created this Core especially for 8- and 9-year-olds and advanced 7-year-olds.

Great for families new to Sonlight

Is this your first year of Sonlight? Intro to World History, One Year Condensed may be the best fit for you. Why? Our Intro to World History program typically fills two wonderful Cores.

But if you are new to Sonlight, your children fit best in the 7- to 9-year-old age range, and you want to teach World History before moving on to American History, we recommend this one-year condensed program instead of starting with Core C (the second half of the two-year World History program). You'll hit all the high points in a fascinating overview of world history.

If you have the time to do all of Cores B and C, that's still our top recommendation. You'll enjoy many more favorite books, and you'll get a deeper, richer study of history. Whatever Core you choose, however, welcome to Sonlight's literature-rich, love-to-learn, easy-to-use style.

Why study World History?

Like so many American adults, when I was in school, I was taught about American culture, American history, my state and my country year after year. And though I love the United States, I now know it's part of a much bigger world.

Because of the narrow focus of my education, I grew up with a huge gap in my understanding of the world. Other than the events of the Bible, I hardly knew anything that happened before Columbus.

With Sonlight, your children can have a well-rounded education with plenty of American and World history and culture. You have all the tools you need right here.

We not only trace the roots of Western civilization, but also give an overview of how civilizations have developed all over the world. This means Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Africa.

As your children see the flow of world history--the rise and fall of civilizations--they get a big-picture look at what's gone into creating history. That, in turn, helps them understand how we live today.

A tour of your program

The story-based A Child's History of the World serves as the centerpiece of your studies. Virgil Hillyer writes in the tone of a wise, kind grand-father in the most readable version of history I've ever seen. He doesn't talk down to children--he meets them at their level. I'll let the preface of his book speak to the goal of Core B+C in general. He says the purpose of his book is:

To give the child some idea of what has gone on in the world before he arrived;
To take him out of his little self-centered, shut-in life, which looms so large because it is so close to his eyes;
To extend his horizon, broaden his view, and open up the vista down the ages past;
To acquaint him with some of the big events and great names and fix these in time and space as a basis for detailed study in the future;
To give him a chronological file with main guides, into which he can fit in its proper place all his further historical study.

We reinforce the history in Hillyer's book with the fascinating pictures and snippets in The Usborne Book of World History. Your children will love this look at key ancient civilizations.

Our study of history from ancient to modern times pretty well concludes before the year 1914, when World War I began. Since the last century holds some particularly harsh realities, we wait until later years to study this more recent history in depth.

Along your journey, you will read stories of courageous missionaries, use your timeline to map history, enjoy delightful Read-Alouds, do fun hands-on activities and more.

With Core B+C, you receive:

Instructor's Guide

Your Instructor's Guide has lesson plans, maps, notes and questions for the whole Core curriculum. Instead of searching for supplemental mate-rial and writing lesson plans, you get to relax and focus on the joy of teaching your children. Go to sonlight.com/3-week-samples to request the first three weeks of this guide.

Hands-on activities

Enrich your learning with hands-on activities! Core B+C includes a CD-ROM packed with weekly suggestions that reinforce your studies and offer opportunities for creative expression and more fun. Low on parent-prep time and high in educational payoff, these activities are sure to be a hit in your house.

History & Geography

As you sketch an overview of history, you get to:

• Travel back to the ancient times of the Jewish prophets and patriarchs.
• Meet 92 largely unevangelized people groups, From Afghans to Zulus. Learn about the globe and help your kids develop a godly heart for the world.
• Face mighty war elephants of India with Alexander the Great and his weary troops.
• Learn catchy songs that teach the names and locations of continents and countries.
• Explore China with Marco Polo, rescue wounded soldiers with Florence Nightingale, soar into flight with the Wright brothers ... and more.

Bible

Find joy in God's Word as you gain wisdom from Proverbs, read from the Gospels and discover the story of God's people from Abraham to Moses, Ruth to Esther, Daniel to Jonah.

Learn breathtaking details about the people and places of the Bible with The Awesome Book of Bible Facts. Discover: What really happened at the Tower of Babel? What size of a fish could swallow a grown man? How many copies of the Ten Commandments were there? And much more! Memorize Scripture every week, including all of Psalm 100, with a musical Scripture memory CD that's good for the ears and the heart.

Read-Alouds

Reading aloud to your children builds their vocabulary, listening skills and imagination. It forms bonds between you and them. When possible, I've linked these Read-Alouds with the content you're studying. Prepare to:

• Learn perseverance and courage from a crippled medieval boy who can't be a knight but still saves an entire town.
• Defy incredible odds and rescue orphans with a woman missionary in China.
• And more!

Readers & Language Arts

Your children's Readers & Language Arts Program helps them progress by fostering their love of reading and writing. They get a whole stack of gripping books they can successfully read on their own. And they dive into the writing process naturally, with fun assignments and Activity Sheets that connect to their Readers. You'll serve as your children's "scribe" for many creative writing assignments and will be amazed at what they create!

Simply choose the program that matches each child's reading level: Grade 2 Readers with Language Arts 2, Grade 3 Readers with Language Arts 3, or Grade 4-5 Readers with Language Arts 4-5. Each level integrates Readers and Language Arts and gives you easy-to-use tools at your child's ability level.

Click over to the Reader Packages & Literature page to read about the specific programs, then visit sonlight.com/quick-reading-assessment to choose the right level for each child.

Bon Voyage

Help your children discover the breathtaking, fascinating story of God's whole world. From Ancient Israel to Rome, India to Indonesia, Victorian England to the New World, may your journey overflow with learning, fun, laughter and memories.