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Guides are available in two versions:
Print Version: Wire bound, 8.5 x 11 book, printed on quality offset paper; full-color, laminated cover.
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The LBC Guide to
Astronomy

For students grades 3 and up.
Living Books Curriculum
Wire bound; 48 pages

At last! A study of astronomy that uses living books, narration, notebooking and correlates with other subject areas. Perfect for students in grade 3 and up.

The LBC Guide to Astronomy is a 48-page study guide. Each lesson has an explanatory narrative, notebook work, an activity, and a project, followed by a range of related work in such areas as spelling, dictation. Instruction is based on a 36-week schedule with four terms, each with eight weeks. The ninth week is a ‘flex” week which permits the teaching parent to complete unfinished work, assess learning through end-of-term narration questions and take field trips, if desired. The living books and relevant activities guarantee your child will have a passion for the study of the stars and planets.

The LBC Guide to Astronomy—

• Gives clear step-by-step instructions, plus our special Year-at-Glance overview of readings and relevant activities
• Designed for multi-age and multi-grade level use
• Uses Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy as the primary text
• Includes living book biographies of Johannes Kepler, Copernicus, and Galileo, as well as science fiction. (some books available from LBC)
• Correlates with other subjects such as, writing, poetry, nature study, spelling, copywork and dictation
• Organized by topic and week, saving you time
• End-of-term narration questions for assessment, just as Charlotte Mason used in her curriculum.

The LBC Guide to
The Middle Ages

For students ages 9 and up.
Living Books Curriculum
Wire bound; 63 pages

The LBC Guide to the Middle Ages covers a thousand-year period in which the Western world transitioned from monarchies with absolute rule to nation states with early forms of self-government.

By the dawn of the European Renaissance (1550), the achievements in science, medicine, literature and the arts were astounding. This guide explores the medieval world from the inside out, through the lives and times of the people.

Each lesson comes to life with biographies, historical fiction and well-written histories. Each lesson’s activities relate to medieval life and sample narration and discussion questions guide the teaching parent.

Experience the Middle Ages as never before.

• Designed for multi-age and multi-grade, ages 9 and up.
• Covers the Middle Ages from the fall of Rome, in 497, to the dawn of the
Renaissance, about 1550.
• All 16 lessons arranged by topic and by week to help you in your planning.
• Brings each lesson to life by incorporating 26 wonderful, living books into the study topics.
• Provides the “Year-at-Glance” overview of readings and activities to help in
scheduling.
• Teaches through works of literature—each lesson topic has a selection of books
for study and a supplementary list of readings for further exploration.
• Medieval times become memorable with easy-to-do activities—making a coat
of arms, weaving, illuminating a manuscript, enjoying a medieval feast, and growing medicinal herbs are just a few.
• Guide to online study materials for the Middle Ages.
• Sample narration and discussion questions to help in assessment.
• Topics cover the full range of medieval life, including feudalism, monasticism,
illuminated manuscripts, the invention of the printing press, the Holy Roman Empire, Vikings, knights and chivalry, the Crusades, the bubonic plague, and Saxons in England.

The LBC Guide to
Michigan History Through Literature

For students ages 9 and up.
by Sheila Carroll

The LBC Guide to Michigan History Through Literature is a complete, 75-page guide to using great literature to tell the story of Michigan's past. The guide contains:

• Overview and explanation of the eight historic eras
• Complete booklist
• Annotated bibliography
• Helps for finding and ordering books
• Internet links for further study
• Free downloads of important documents
• Activities, maps, lesson plans for each era
• Suggested field trips around the state
• Virtual field trips
• Suggested narration questions to assess learning