STAR Homeschool Cycle 2 History

Cycle 2 History Form 1+

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Form I includes students who are ages 6 to 9. It is sometimes broken down into Form IB (6 to 7 year olds) and Form IA (7 to 9 year olds). The following books can be read aloud to the whole family or read independently by a student who is able.

There is no history scheduled for students who are 4 to 5 years old, because Charlotte Mason did not include these children in her schools. That said, there is no harm in reading some historic literature to younger children, or having them play nearby while older siblings hear a history book being read aloud.

A Child’s History of the World by V.M. Hillyer

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

This is one of my favorite history books to read aloud! This book is written in a literary style and it’s funny, too. Your children will enjoy it! Note that there is a bit of an evolutionary perspective at the beginning of the book. 

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28. The first half of this book lines up with the time period studied in Cycle 1, so the Cycle 2 reading schedule begins with Chapter 40.

Alternatively, you may choose to read the chapters that line up with the memory work. In this case, there are readings scheduled for eighteen out of twenty-eight weeks of the school year.

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History A Child’s HistoryDownload

 Lined up to the memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History A Child’s History (Lined Up)Download

Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin

Includes World History

This is the book is scheduled at a pace of two stories per week from Week 1 through Week 25.

This book is not scheduled to line up with the memory work.

You can download the pdf here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Fifty Famous StoriesDownload

Viking Tales by Jennie Hall

Includes World History

This is the book is scheduled at a pace of one or two stories per week from Week 1 through Week 14.

This book is not scheduled to line up with the memory work.

You can download the pdf here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Viking TalesDownload
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