Story of the World

I hope you have been following along this year with my Art Around the Ancient World Series. With my co-op class I did a full program that included history, literature (see my living book list for Ancient History ), map skills, art and artifacts and so much more!  Geography Through Living Stories Every week we would read […]

I’ve been teaching Ancient History through art and literature in my co-op class this year. You’ll find the hands on art projects to go with these books in my Art Around the Ancient World series. I purposely wanted to stay away from historical fiction for this list; my focus has been on stories that either take place […]

5 Day Phoenician Study for Kids This week I’ll be sharing our 5 day Phoenician study with you. The focus will be on Phoenician art- especially their contributions to the textile trade, and of course, their famous purple dye. The week’s line up looks like this: Phoenician Study ( You are here.) Timeline Figures, Books […]

I thought I’d take a much needed break on the Near East and Mesopotamia and venture into another area of the world. African art is amongst some of the most interesting art in the world. For our Ancient Africa Study we are concentrated on West Africa and oral traditions. Below is a truly fun and easy to […]

This year I’m teaching a “living stories” class for my homeschool co-op. Of course, I found a way to make it an art class too! The result is a homeschool art program I am currently developing:  Art Around the Ancient World in which I read a book for each civilization we cover, discuss an art […]