STAR Homeschool Cycle 2 History

Cycle 2 History Form 2+

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Form II includes students who are ages 9 to 12. The following books can be read aloud to the whole family or read independently by a student who is able.

A Castle with Many Rooms by Lorene Lambert

Christian Worldview

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

A Castle with Many Rooms is published by Simply Charlotte Mason, and it is written from a Christian worldview. This book is written in a literary style and fits perfectly with a Charlotte Mason-style education.

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28. 

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.

  • SCM (Simply Charlotte Mason)

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Castle with Many RoomsDownload

Lined up with memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History Castle with Many Rooms (Lined Up)Download

The Mystery of History Vol. 2 by Linda Lacour Hobar

Christian Worldview

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

The Mystery of History books are written from a Christian perspective and include world history (in contrast to books that center around American and European history). I highly recommend this book, and the audios are a great option!

This book is scheduled at a pace of three chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28. 

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.

  • Mardel (paperback) 
  • MOH (hardcover) 
  • MOH (Audio CDs)
  • Amazon (paperback, hardcover, Audio CDs)

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Mystery of HistoryDownload

Lined up with memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History Mystery of History Lined UpDownload

Our Island Story by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

Our Island Story, or, An Island Story mixes folktale with real history and tells the story of England from the Roman Empire to the time period just after World War I.

This is the book is scheduled at a pace of four chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28, and this will take you through the entire book.

Or, use Schedule 2, which is scheduled at a pace of one to three chapters per week and ending at chapter 66, so that the readings line up perfectly with the Cycle 2 time periods (the rest of the book is scheduled in Cycle 3 and Cycle 4).

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

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History An Island StoryDownload
STAR Cycle 2 History An Island Story Schedule 2Download

Lined up to memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History An Island Story (Lined Up)Download

The Story of Mankind by Hedrik Van Loon

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 27.

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

You can download the pdf here:

STAR Cycle 2 History The Story of MankindDownload

Lined up with the memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History The Story of Mankind Lined UpDownload

The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

Many homeschoolers love the Story of the World books. Claritas Publishing memory work lines up nicely with SOTW, as well.  

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 28. 

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

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Story of the WorldDownload

Lined up with the memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History Story of the World Lined UpDownload

This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall

 Lined Up with Memory Work

This is a classic book and was originally published in 1917. If you plan to purchase this book, make sure to examine whether it is a full book or if it is a particular volume (a partial version of the book). You will want a copy of this book that, at minimum, contains chapters 13 through 77. 

For cover-to-cover reading, this book has one or two chapters per week scheduled for Terms 1 and 2. The book begins in chapter 13 because chapters 1-12 are scheduled in Cycle 2. The scheduled readings end with chapter 77 out of 99 chapters, because the final chapters fit best with the time period studied in Cycle 4. There are two or three chapters scheduled each week. Each chapter contains six to twelve pages. For reading that is lined up to the memory work, there is reading scheduled for weeks 3, 9, 12, 19, 22 and 28. A sample can be found on the Yesterday’s Classics website.

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History This Country of OursDownload

Lined up with the memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History This Country of Ours Lined UpDownload

Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula

Christian Worldview

Includes World History

 This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week from Week 1 through Week 25. 

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

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History Trial and TriumphDownload

The World of Christopher Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster

This book is scheduled at a pace of four sections per week from Week 1 through Week 26.

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

You can download the pdf here:

STAR Cycle 2 History The World of Christopher ColumbusDownload

The World’s Story 2: The Middle Ages-The Fall of Rome Through the Renaissance by Angela O’Dell

Christian Worldview

Includes World History

Lined Up with Memory Work

This book is published by Masterbooks and is written from a Christian perspective and in a literary style, with big, colorful pictures throughout. Chapters are a little longer than the other history books that are scheduled for this form, though they are interesting. This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week from Week 1 through Week 28. 

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

You can download the pdfs here:

STAR Cycle 2 History The World’s StoryDownload

Lined up with the memory work:

STAR Cycle 2 History The World’s Story Lined UpDownload
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