Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online K-12 curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement. ​

The Christian Study Program lets you homeschool your whole family together
(Grades 1-12) covering the subjects of Bible, History, and Geography with the joy of living books!

​Here's a look at a Volume 1.

Directions: 

1. Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
2. Print the 36-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
3. Order the Christian Study 1 Teaching Guide (optional) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons using the Student Weekly Assignment Booklet PDF.

​Key:  *Free online   ❶  Our Pick!   ❷ Christianbook

Christian Study 1: Ancient Age Booklist

Family Together (Bible, History, Geography)

• ​​King James Bible* ❶ (1 per student)
• ​​​​The Golden Children's Bible ​​❶ 
• On the Shores of the Great Sea by M.B. Synge*
• ​A First Book in American History by Edward Eggleston*
• Peter Parley's Geography*​​

Your choice of timeline: (1 per student)

• Book of Centuries* or
• History Through the Ages Timeline ❶ or
• Composition Notebook for $1 or timeline of choice

Grades 1 to 6 (Biography)

• The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks by F. J. Gould*
• First Lessons in Geography by James Monteith*
• The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church* ❶
• The Odyssey for Boys and Girls by  Alfred J. Church* ❶ 
• The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church*
• Last Days of Jerusalem by Alfred J. Church*

Optional Extra Reading:

• ​The Spartan Twins* by Lucy Fitch Perkins
• ​Stories from the East from Herodotus* by Alfred J. Church
• Stories from Ancient Rome* by Alfred J. Church
• The Heroes* by Charles Kingsley ❶
• The Water-Babies* by Charles Kinsley
• Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children* by H. E. Marshall
• Famous Men of Rome (for grades 4+)

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Grades 7 to 12 (Biography)

• Cyrus the Great* by Jacob Abbott
• Darius the Great* by Jacob Abbott
• Xerxes* by Jacbo Abbott
• Alexander the Great* by Jacob Abbott
• Hannibal* by Jacob Abbott
• Julius Caesar* by Jacob Abbott
• Cleopatra* by Jacob Abbott
• Romulus* by Jacob Abbott
• Nero* by Jacob Abbott

Optional Extra Reading:

• Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
• ​Greek Myths* by Bulfinch
• The Adventures of Ulysses* by Charles Lamb
• Helen of Troy* by Andrew Lang
• The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch by John S. White
• ​Famous Men of Rome

Still have questions about Christian Study? See FAQ's.