FIVE VOLUMES · ONE FAMILY LEARNING RHYTHM
You can start with any volume. Choose the theme your family wants to explore, then use the same story with different tasks for ages 7 to 9, 10 to 12, and 13 to 15.
Each volume includes 36 figures and stories, vocabulary, discussion, hands-on activities and an answer key.
Try the suggested five-day rhythm, stretch a theme across a month, or revisit a favorite.
Young learners name and draw. Older learners explain, compare and support their ideas with evidence.
Format matters: Volume 1 has 7 pages per weekly unit. Volumes 2 to 5 have 8 and add a Look Closer source, object or symbol study. Each volume stands on its own.
VOLUME 1 · AGES 7 TO 15
Civil rights, invention, art, sport, entrepreneurship and family legacy.
VOLUME 2 · AGES 7 TO 15
Schools, businesses, inventions, music, medicine and movements.
VOLUME 3 · AGES 7 TO 15
Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and connections across the Black diaspora.
VOLUME 4 · AGES 7 TO 15
Inventors, organizers, artists and communities whose contributions deserve a closer look.
VOLUME 5 · AGES 7 TO 15
Technology, justice, storytelling, health, culture and space.
The free 16-page sampler is Week 1 of Volume 2: The Builders. It includes Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and Robert Smalls, three reading levels and an answer key.
Get Week 1 by emailFor a lesson you can use immediately, read the Robert Smalls lesson.
Etsy delivers the PDF after payment. Check each listing for its current price and previews. Volume 1 paperback orders are handled by Amazon; Volumes 2 to 5 are PDF only.
PDFs use US Letter pages. Standard purchase covers one household, including your own homeschool. Message the shop for group licensing.
Read the notes for grown-ups before sensitive topics. These are guided family learning resources, not a claim of alignment to a particular school curriculum.
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