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Curriculum - Lower Elementary History

Concept of Time

1.00 Timelines1.10 BC/AD Timeline1.10.1 Concept of zero as starting point
1.10.2 BC
1.10.3 AD (usually presented w/o religious implications)
1.20 Personal timeline
1.30 Clock of Eras: History in clock form from creation of the earth
2.00 Measures of time2.10 Reading calendars
2.20 Days of the week; months of the year
2.30 Year and its parts
2.40 Age of the Earth
3.00 History and Grammar: Classification of past, present, future

Concept of History

1.00 Fundamental needs of man1.10 Spiritual needs1.10.1 Culture
1.10.2 Religion
1.10.3 Vanity
1.20 Material needs1.20.1 Food: from animals, vegetables, and inorganic material
1.20.2 Clothing
1.20.2a Animal products: Leather, silk, feathers, hair, fur, wool
1.20.2b Vegetable products: Linen, cotton
1.20.3 Shelter: Iron, stone, wood
1.20.4 Defense: Iron, wood, gunpowder, stone
1.20.5 Transportation: Wood, animals, iron, petroleum
1.30 Individual and collective: Want vs. Need2.00 Chart of material needs
3.00 Chart of the needs of man
4.00 Vertical presentation of History
5.00 Horizontal presentation of History

Study of History

1.00 History Experiments:
Development of earth as a history(Overlaps geography and science curriculum) 2.00 History of Creation
3.00 Big Bang theory lesson

History of Life

1.00 Timeline of life1.10 Eras of time for animals
1.20 Eras of time for plants
1.30 Eras of time for people
2.00 Timeline of Man2.10 Meaning of man’s appearance
2.20 Society and civilizations

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