Unit Studies Resources

Unit studies are wonderful for folks who want a multilevel family friendly homeschool.

With good resources from your personal library and the public library, you are on your way to digging deeper into any topic incorporating several subject areas.  We have books to help you choose good literature for your unit study.

The All Through the Ages History Through Literature Guide is a great listing of books for all grades.  Listed chronologically and geographically, it is comprehensive and well organized.  Let the Authors Speak is another excellent listing of books by author, time period, and location.

In addition to these book guides, Valerie Bendt wrote the definitive book about doing homeschool unit studies.  Unit Studies Made Easy: A Guide to Simplified Learning at Home is a revision and compilation of Valerie Bendt's four unit study titles: How to Create Your Own Unit Study, The Unit Study Idea Book, For the Love of Reading, and Success with Unit Studies.  You'll find it helpful if you are new to this method of homeschooling.

Books to Help You Choose Good Books

All Through the Ages: History Through Literature Guide 2008

By Christine Miller

 An excellent multi-level guide, All Through the Ages is a "compilation of over 5,600 of the best living books and great literature, arranged by chronological era, geographical region, and reading level, from many respected resources."

Use All Through the Ages to find great books for your history studies if you use a literature approach, a unit study approach. If you are using a traditional curriculum, use the guide to find supplementary reading for your children. It's a Lamp Post Homeschool Store Favorite!

 

nnpata2008

List $27.95

Let the Authors Speak

Let the Authors Speak, A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Setting

Excellent resource for unit studies

July 29, 2008 We spoke to the publisher who said that this book is out of print. It is being updated and revised, but it will not be published before the end of this year.

 

0964068125

Out of Print

Unit Studies Bendt Family Ministries

Unit Studies Made Easy: A Guide to Simplified Learning at Home

Valerie Bendt

Unit Studies Made EasyUnit Studies Made Easy is a revision and compilation of Valerie Bendt's four unit study titles:

How to Create Your Own Unit Study

The Unit Study Idea Book

For the Love of Reading

Success with Unit Studies

This updated volume also includes a new section entitled Biblical Parenting or Schooling at Home.

I would also recommend All Through the Ages as a guide to choosing good historical  books for your unit study.

 

9781885814135

List $30.00

Sale $26.95

Quick Flip Charts

If you are the creative unit study type or want to be, Quick Flip Charts from Edupress are quite useful. Depending on the chart, they list questions, activities, projects, writing assignments, etc. It is fun to be creative without having to reinvent the wheel. Quick Flips can help make the creative side of homeschooling a little easier for a small investment. The following topics are available:

Questions for Critical Thinking

Ideas for Writing Domains

Activities for Multiple Intelligences

References for the Six Traits of Writing