General
- Great site on Kierkegaard!
- Another massive site: teacher’s use initially. You’ll use it to find sites for your children. If they want to read the originals, they are here!
- Worldwide Missions: Year 3 encourages you and your children to pray for Hindus and Buddhists. Three weeks are devoted to the lives of the missionaries. You will enjoy reading summaries of their lives. Site contains statistics that give a clear picture of prayer. Use of this site removes the need to purchase Operation World.
- The Ism Book: an online book for basic definitions that will help you in your worldview studies.
- YWAM: missionary puzzles and coloring pages
Unit 1 – Napoleon’s World
Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Christian History: William Carey
- Biography and more links about William Carey
- From Probe Ministries: Hinduism
- India religious population
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Christian History: William Carey
- Biography and more links about William Carey
- Immanuel Kant
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
Week 8: South America in Transition
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
Unit 2 – The Age of Industry & Expansion
Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- Charles Grandison Finney and the Revival
- James Mill biography
- Leaders of the First Great Awakening
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Charles Grandison Finney and the Revival
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
Week 13: Victorian England
- Muller in brief.
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- Muller in brief.
- Charles Darwin
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Latter-day Saints
- Joseph Smith—History from The Pearl of Great Price
- Parent use only: from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints websites: History of the Church. Use this link to understand Mormon’s teachings and then present what you’ve found to your children.
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- The Mormon Pioneer Trail: click on History & Culture on the left side of the page
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
Unit 3 – Nations Uniting & Dividing
Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Christian History on Hudson Taylor
- Another brief biography of Hudson Taylor.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- No links for this week.
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- No links for this week.
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Edited J. S. Mill’s Essay on Liberty, Chapter 1, assigned this week in Pageant of Philosophy
- Biography on William Booth.
- Another brief biography on William Booth
- Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- J. S. Mill’s treatise On the Subjection of Women (abridged). Required reading for this week’s Pageant of Philosophy.
- Christian History: Christianity among slaves and black freedmen.
- Christmas carols and the Civil War (on Christian History site. May move.)
- Information on Christian revivals in the camps of both Northern and Southern soldiers.
- Biography of William Booth
- Photos of Civil War Clergy.
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Composite page on Moody, with helpful resources and links. Older students or Teachers.
- A close friend of Moody was Horatio Spafford, writer of the beloved hymn It Is Well With My Soul. Spafford’s faith carried him through the great Chicago fire, and the tragic losses of his son and four daughters. Read his story: click here.
- Christian History: Dwight L. Moody
- Biography of William Booth
- Karl Marx’s Theory of Economics
- Religious Revival in Civil War Armies
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- No links for this week.
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (selections). Required reading for this week’s Pageant of Philosophy.
Unit 4 – The Gilded Age
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Encyclopedia Britannica on David Livingstone
- Christian Biography Resources on David Livingstone
- Missionary Biography of David Livingstone
Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Wonderzone: a great Christian site where kids can learn about missionaries through online stories. “Danger in Calabar” follows Mary Slessor through the jungles as she teaches tribesmen about God. You must sign up for an account to enter the site.
- The life and written work of John Henry Cardinal Newman
- Excerpts from Vatican I (.pdf)
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Wonderzone: a great Christian site where kids can learn about missionaries through online stories. “Danger in Calabar” follows Mary Slessor through the jungles as she teaches tribesmen about God. You must sign up for an account to enter the site.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche Biography
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Christian Biography Resources on Mary Slessor
- Missionary Biography of Mary Slessor
- A Kids Glimpse of the life of Mary Slesser
- Wonderzone: a great Christian site where kids can learn about missionaries through online stories. “Danger in Calabar” follows Mary Slessor through the jungles as she teaches tribesmen about God. You must sign up for an account to enter the site.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche Biography
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody: Story and a great short video about his life.
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody Story and a great short video about his life
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- Frontier Revivalism
- Christian Biography Resources: Dwight Lyman Moody
- D.L. Moody Story and a great short video about his life
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Lottie Moon for older students. You can view her biography, letters, and a short video on her life.
- William James: American Philosopher
- William James biography
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon
- William James: American Philosopher
- William James biography
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- Everything you need on Charles Spurgeon: the Prince of Preachers. PLEASE read one of his wonderful sermons! (Danger: they are habit forming!)
- Christian Biography Resources: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Spurgeons’ Sermons and Audio Sermons
- Christian History: Charles H. Spurgeon