Exploring timeline through homeschool history took us to the Ancient Biblical world. Malachi was the last prophet of God for 400 years. God was silent due to the disobedience of his people. Then in the first book of the New Testament the sent his son Jesus to be born. God always had a plan, and even though he was very angry with the Israelites in the first two chapters he sent his son to save the world.
Required reading for my homeschoolers was chapter one and chapter two of the last book in the Old Testament. I found all of their projects very interesting, informative and all completed with their own personality and style mixed in.
Timeline homeschool history really has rejuvenated our homeschool history time and I believe the kids’ enjoy much more than reading and writing papers. Here is what our timeline day consisted of:
Timeline Project Book of Malachi Events
Through various Pinterest posts I searched for a timeline that was not just a bunch of numbers, but aligned with facts, fun and some cartooning. We settled on a timeline of events by verse. My homeschool boys’ could pick which events they wanted to convey in their paper/artwork, but they ad to be in order.
Each one of them presented the facts a different way. One of them colored their paper, one made it a comic strip event, and the third child colored the facts and used construction paper to make it “pop”. sometimes my third child iv very creative to get attention. All of them looked great. If you want to see an example I post them weekly on my Instagram @momsarefrugal.
Participation in Bible Reading and Historical Events
Participation questions came straight from the Bible book of Malachi. I opened the book and asked them each five fill in the blank questions. For each one they get right five points is added to their score. My score keeping is simple set at 100 points.
Each section of the grading scale for the weekly timeline homeschool history is set at 25 points. Based on what they complete, give their best effort and present is how many points they are awarded. A simple gaming scale helps me during the end of the year when I have to prep grades or high school and report cards. They do like to get report cards because I allow them to use them for an ice cream treat if they have more than two A’s. Sometimes hard work needs a reward.
Presentation of Information Found in Malachi
Each one of my homeschoolers presented on Malachi. My oldest son who is a sophomore memorized his report. Pretty impressive and he did earn extra points for this effort. I was very happy he took it upon himself to memorize and speak for almost 5 minutes.
the others’ presented what they learned in macho and interestingly enough even though they had a few similarities they were able to differentiate some new stuff between them. The book of Malachi for homeschool history proved to be very interesting and a good example of what not to do to make God unhappy. After all he became quiet for 400 years. But, as I told my children he did not stop loving them. He was there, but very unhappy with his chosen people.
Homeschool History Research Paper
The homeschool history research paper has to be front and back for the older two. My youngest only has to complete on full page. He is only eleven, but still has to make sure he is utilizing all of the grammar he has been taught. I do write on our whiteboard a few requirements to be added into the paper. I firmly believe this allows my homeschoolers to actively use the grammar skills they have been taught.
Grammar lesson included one prepositional phrase, two independent clauses and three (ly)adverbs. Again, I have them use comma’s, semi colons, good and correct punctuation as well as indention for each paragraph. If they have a title I check of the correct usage of capitals. All of this includes many year’s of grammar and I like for them to realize how it is to be used properly in English.
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