History Year 1: Quick Start

Welcome to The Good and The Beautiful History Year 1

History Year 1 Set — The Good and the Beautiful

Before you being History Year 1

Bring history to life for the whole family with our brand-new History Year 1 course. This highly anticipated family-style history course for children in grades 3–8 promotes truth, sparks critical thinking, and encourages family interaction.

Purchase Course Set

March 11, 2025 the brand-new History Year 1 course released. History Years 2–4 are scheduled to release every six months after that.

The original four years of history courses were discontinued in 2024. All complete physical course sets are permanently out of stock. On February 1, 2025, all PDFs and in-stock physical items from our original four years of history courses were removed from the website and will not be restocked. Resources accompanying the original history courses such as Student Explorers and Audio Dramatizations will be available into the foreseeable future on the History FAQs, Helps, and Extras page.

Required Items Needed for This Course

The History Year 1 Course Set includes the four items: History Year 1: Course Book, The Big Book of History Stories: Year 1, Maps & Images: History Year 1, and Time Tunnel Review Cards. In addition to the course set, you will need one age appropriate History Year 1: Grades 3–6 Student Set or History Year 1: Grades 7–8 Student Set for each child. If you have a child in kindergarten through second grade, we suggest getting a History Activity Book: Year 1

History Year 1 Course Set
One set per family
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History Year 1: Grades 3–6 Student Set
One per student in grades 3–6
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History Year 1: Grades 7–8 Student Set
One per student in grades 7–8
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History Activity Book: Year 1
Optional
One per child grades K–2
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How this Course Works

About This Course

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Course Pacing

This family-style course is broken into four units for a total of 60 lessons, each about 60 minutes long. This includes 20 minutes for a family read-aloud book of your choice. History is a subject that commonly leads to discussion. This may make your lesson times vary. We encourage you to discuss and explore the topics that spark interest in your family.

If you complete two lessons per week, it will take one school year to complete a course. We recommend completing three lessons a week if you are teaching children in grades 6 and above.

The Big Book History Series

The Big Book of History Stories includes maps and color images referred to in the course book as well as 21 illustrated stories that correspond with the lessons. Lessons indicate when to read the stories.

Optional Audio Recordings

Each story in The Big Book of History Stories: Year 1 features beautiful full-color illustrations as well as an optional audio recording for the parent or instructor to follow along with. The password-protected audio recording for each story can be
found on the Good and Beautiful Homeschool app or by clicking here.

New Updates

See all the latest information about the updates for History Years 1–4. If you have our current editions, you will still be able to access all the digital extras on the website as described in the About This Course pages in the front of the course book or by clicking one of the four History courses above.

Click here to see the latest updates.

Previous History Edition

Please visit our previous history FAQs page to access Audio Dramatizations, suggested read-aloud lists, and answers to frequently asked questions.