Here is a week by week list of The Good and the Beautiful History to pair with your Classical Conversations Cycle 3 history learning. I have also made posts for CC Cycle 1 and CC Cycle 2.
We love the Classical Conversations History Memory Work, but have found that we have needed some direction for our weeks, something to make the history sentences come to life! The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum has done an amazing job at combining beautiful, living texts with primary sources such as maps and pictures of artifacts. We like to read the text and do our Charlotte Mason narrations as well as listen to the included audio recordings to further make history come aline! It’s all so well done!
Each of the four years of history in The Good and the Beautiful history curriculum goes through four different time periods of world history. So unfortunately, you’d have to invest in all four years to fully use them for the Classical Conversations history. But they are very inexpensive, in terms of curriculum costs. Each year includes a Lesson Guide ($35 each) and either a Big Book of Stories with Images and Maps (~$24, Years 1 & 3) or just Images and Maps ($13, Years 2 & 4). Each year also has a fun board game available for purchase. We have liked Year One’s game most of all. You can also buy a “Timeline” for Years 2, 3, & 4 which we haven’t used, as we have focused on the Classical Conversations Timeline.
If you can purchase all four years, I believe they are a great investment! The game are also very fun for the kids! The Bill of Rights Game of course works perfectly for Classical Conversations Cycle 3!
If you’re looking for more ideas on how to make your Classical Conversations Cycle 3 history sentences come alive, check out my CC Cycle 3 Living Books List as well as my Spine Books for CC Cycle 3.
I’ve also made a list of CC Cycle 3 books from Usborne Books & More that fit perfectly with history, science, as well as math, art, music and language arts!
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Year Four
Year Three: Bill of Rights Game
The Good and the Beautiful: Supplementing Memory Work for Classical Conversations Cycle 3
Week 1: Columbus
Year 2, Lessons 18 – 20
Week 2: Pilgrims
Year 2, Lessons 29 – 30
Week 3: Boston Tea Party
Year 1, Lessons 35
Year 3, Lesson 25
Week 4: Declaration of Independence
Year 1, Lessons 36 – 42
(Year 2, Lessons 40 – 43 U.S. Constitution)
Week 5: George Washington
Year 1, Lessons 32, 43 (thru 48 for Revolutionary War)
Year 2, Lessons 44
Week 6: Louisiana Purchase
Year 3, Lessons 34 – 43
Week 7: Monroe Doctrine
Week 8: Missouri Compromise
Year 4, Lessons 32 – 37
Week 9: Secession of Southern States
Year 4, Lessons 30 – 31 Slavery
Week 10: Manifest Destiny
Week 11: Civil War
Year 4, Lessons 38 – 41
Week 12: General Robert E. Lee
Year 4, Lessons 42 – 46
Week 13: Fourteenth Amendment
Year 4, Lessons 30 – 37 (Review from Weeks 8 & 9)
Week 14: Tycoons
Year 3, Lesson 44
Week 15: Immigration
Week 16: World War 1
Year 2, Lessons 50 – 55
Week 17: Nineteenth Amendment
Week 18: Pearl Harbor
Year 3, Lesson 58
Week 19: NATO
Year 3, Lesson 59
Week 20: Brown v. Board of Education
Year 4, Lessons 50 – 51
Week 21: U.S. Astronauts
Year 1, Lesson 58
Year 4, Lesson 54
Week 22: September 11, 2001
Year 4, Lesson 55
Week 23: U.S. Constitution
Year 2, Lessons 40 – 43
Week 24: Bill of Rights
Year 3, Bill of Rights Game
There ends our Good and the Beautiful lessons that work perfectly with your Classical Conversations Cycle 3! I hope these selections help expand your history learning as you classically learn with your children our rich American history this upcoming fall!
Enjoy reading and learning with your children!
Further Resources:
Living Books for American History for Classical Conversations Cycle 3
Usborne Books for Classical Conversations Cycle 3
Spine Living Books for All Classical Conversations Cycles
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