Full Ancient History Curriculum: Hands-On History for Kids and Teens

Take your students on a creative, hands-on journey through the ancient world from Stone Age Japan to the mighty empires of Rome and Ghana with our Ancient History Full Curriculum.

This year-long, stand-alone program includes all eighteen themed boxes, each packed with fun, educational activities, lesson plans, reading lists, and educator resources. With the Welcome Box included, you’ll have everything you need to get started right away. Perfect for homeschool families, classrooms, co-ops, and history clubs, this curriculum helps learners of all ages connect with the people, cultures, and stories that shaped the ancient world.

What’s Inside?

This package includes eighteen engaging boxes, each featuring age-appropriate activities and thoughtfully curated materials to bring history to life:

1. Jomon: Visit the Jomon people of Stone Age Japan! Weave a basket, decorate a clay pot, own your own stone arrowhead, and enjoy a tasty snack of chestnuts.
2. Uruk: Visit King Gilgamesh in the first city in the world. Enjoy Sumerian mythology, bake cuneiform cookies, make a personal seal, and learn about the art and history of Ancient Uruk.
3. Indus Valley: Tour the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in Ancient India. Learn an ancient dice game, make beautiful bird calls using a 3,500 year old toy, discover the fun of henna tattoos, and see the first unicorns in history!
4. Egypt: Enjoy Egypt at the time of the Pyramid of Giza! Mummify an apple, decorate a sarcophagus, play the world’s first board game, read a 4000 year old Cinderella story, and make an ancient dessert.
5. Australia: Enjoy a sweet, six-legged snack as you learn about the Aboriginal people of Ancient Australia. Decorate a returning boomerang, read an aboriginal creation story, mix paint from ancient pigments, and recreate 40,000 year old cave art.
6. Babylon: Visit Hammurabi’s Court in Ancient Babylon! Choose your own adventure as you explore Hammurabi’s Code, make your own soap, and learn how to create a cylinder seal.
7. Pharaohs: Meet the “heretic king” Ahkanaten and his son Tutankhamun in ancient Egypt. Make a working sundial, paint a papyrus scroll, and have fun exploring the Egyptian Gods’ family tree.
8. Israelites: Enjoy daily life with the Israelites under King David’s rule. Craft and light an olive oil lamp, blow a ram’s horn trumpet, learn the historic significance of cheese and then make some to enjoy!
9. Olmecs: Meet the Olmec people of Ancient Mesoamerica. Carve an animal out of soapstone, make a ceremonial mask, whip up some ancient hot chocolate, and learn more about the world’s first organized sport.
10. Phoenicia: Sail to the merchant civilization of the Phoenicians! Make papyrus, learn the art of dyeing fabric, and write your name in an ancient script.
11. Scythians: Ride the steppes of Ancient Russia and Asia with the Scythians! Sew a warm wool hat, learn the art of gold leaf, and discover the origins of Amazon warriors and centaur monsters.
12. Alexander the Great: Watercolor Alexander’s empire, paint a red attic vase, and find out why you’re glad we have modern medicine!
13. Athens: Study with Plato in ancient Greece, learn the allegory of The Cave, construct a mobile with Plato’s geometric solids, and enjoy stickers featuring some of Plato’s most quotable quotes.
14. Mauryan Empire: Meet the man whose change of heart brought peace to the Mauryan empire in Ancient India! Make your own stick incense, decorate with rangoli stencils, own your own hand-carved wooden stamp, and read from Ashoka the Great’s writings.
15. China: See the beginning of The Great Wall in Ancient China, paint a terracotta warrior, fly an ancient style of kite, relax with a cup of tea, and make a magnetic compass.
16. Julius Caesar: Find out why so many people loved or hated this notorious individual. Play an ancient Roman board game, weave a laurel wreath, and learn Latin in a competitive card game.
17. Pompeii: Visit the Roman resort of Pompeii… just don’t stay for too long! Learn to tile a mosaic, make a Roman wax tablet, explore the ancient graffiti of Pompeii, bake bread from a 2000 year old recipe, and own your own volcanic rock.
18. Ghana Empire: Visit the richest kingdom in the ancient world: Ancient Ghana! Practice the art of oral storytelling, weave on a circle loom, and find out why salt was worth its weight in gold and how to use it to preserve food!

Each box includes crafts, stories, and materials that are adaptable for a wide range of ages and abilities.

Why Choose our Full Ancient History Curriculum?

This secular, hands-on curriculum helps kids and teens experience history in a way that is creative, memorable, and meaningful. Students craft, play, and imagine as they connect with the people and ideas that shaped ancient civilizations across the globe.

Everything you need from supplies and directions to historical context is included, so you can focus on teaching while your students experience the richness of the past.

Product Details

• Includes eighteen themed boxes with lesson plans, reading lists, and educator resources

• Welcome Box with introductory materials included

• Covers a full academic year of ancient history

• Designed for students in grades K–12

• Secular, inclusive, and adaptable for homeschool, classroom, or group learning

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Bring the ancient world to life for your students with our Ancient History Full Curriculum for a creative, hands-on way to explore history’s earliest stories. Order today and spark their curiosity about the past!