Introduction to the

BIBLIOPLAN FAMILY GUIDE
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The BiblioPlan Family Guide is a weekly reading guide for a four-year study of World history, United States history, Church history and Bible. The Family Guide provides concise, detailed reading assignments for every lesson. With the Family Guide, you don’t have to spend time planning your history lessons-- your lesson plans are already done! The Family Guide identifies the best history and literature resources for your children to read, then tells you which readings to assign and when to assign them.

There is one Family Guide for each of BiblioPlan’s four years of study. Each Family Guide includes 34 single-page reading plans that correspond with BiblioPlan’s 34-week Companions, Cool History assignment sheets, Hands-On Map assignment sheets and other supplements.

Each of the Family Guide’s 34 reading pages is divided into 3 columns that outline 3 lessons per week. Each page corresponds to one week, and each column corresponds to one daily lesson. For every week and lesson, the Family Guide provides:

1. Classtime reading choices for all age groups to read together;
2. Age-appropriate literature reading choices for four or more different age groups;
3. A list of the Veritas Press cards and Classical Conversations cards that go with that week's lessons;
4. Optional fiction and resource selections; and
5. Family read-aloud selections.

SAMPLES

Family Guide, Year 1 SAMPLE

Family Guide, Year 2 SAMPLE

Family Guide, Year 3 SAMPLE

Family Guide, Year 4 SAMPLE

Popular classtime reading choices scheduled in the Family Guide:

	Grades	Year One	Year Two	Year Three	Year Four
BiblioPlan Companion	ALL	X	X	X	X
Bible	ALL	X
Story of the World	K - 8	X	X	X	X
Mystery of History	4 - 12	X	X	X
Child's Story of America	K - 3			X	X
Trial and Triumph	K - 8		X	X	X
Usborne Encyclopedia	K - 8	X	X	X	X
Victor Journey	4 - 8	X
Rats, Bulls and Flying Machines	4 - 12		X
History of US (Hakim)	4 - 12			X	X
Famous Men of ... Series	6 - 12	X	X

Additional Literature Readings and Book Lists:

In addition to classtime readings, the Family Guide also schedules dozens of other age-appropriate literature selections to go with your history lessons. Many of these selections are available at your local library, or through free e-reader services like the Gutenberg Project.

If you wish to buy some of these books online, try linking to them through the book lists on this website. BiblioPlan lists its literature selections for all four years, along with links to stores where these books are available-- mainly Amazon and Christian Book Distributors. To see BiblioPlan's book lists, please follow these links:

Year One Book List

Year Two Book List

Year Three Book List

Year Four Book List

The Family Guide also provides:

• Three types of optional writing assignments to help your children organize their thoughts and think more deeply: Young Writer assignments, which can be brief summaries or handwriting practice; Grammar Stage assignments, which focus on creative ways for younger students summarize what they’ve read; and Logic Stage assignments, which encourage older students to compare, contrast and reflect thoughtfully on what they’ve read.
• Family Read Aloud literature selections that you can read aloud with the entire family. These are chosen for spiritual as well as literary value, and will encourage family discussions about good character and making choices that honor God.

Why should you buy a BiblioPlan Family Guide?

• For the time it saves you in preparing history lessons. With the Family Guide, your lesson plans are already done.
• For its history resources. The Family Guide identifies the best history books and divides your weekly readings into a well-designed and manageable course of study.
• For its literature resources. The Family Guide identifies quality literature for your children to read and arranges it all to enrich their study of history.

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Introduction to the

FAMILY DISCUSSION GUIDE

BiblioPlan’s Family Discussion Guides are discussion starters designed to help home schooling families get the most out of the time they spend together. Each family discussion guide is filled with interesting, thought-provoking questions and directions to help parents get their children thinking about their history lessons. The suggestions in these guides will help families get started on discussions that we hope will be engaging, memorable and fun!

SAMPLES

Family Discussion Guide, Year 1 SAMPLE

Family Discussion Guide, Year 2 SAMPLE

Family Discussion Guide, Year 3 COMING 2014

Family Discussion Guide, Year 4 SAMPLE

Why should you buy a Family Discussion Guide?

• Because thoughtful discussions help your students understand history more thoroughly and deeply.
• Because thoughtful discussions help your students understand the connections between secular history and their Christian faith.
• Because the Family Discussion Guide helps you lead discussions without having to study everything in the Companion yourself.

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