• Develops literacy, vocabulary!
• Introduces & explores key people and events in history!
• Fun, hands-on activities!
• Develops critical thinking skills!
• Works well for any-aged student developing literacy!
• Lesson plans are complete and ready to use!  Start now!

I've been using this along with Step 2 History - Leader I book with my 2nd grader for 2-3 months now. We love this curriculum because it's easy to understand, straight forward, age-appropriate and easy to use. All these without using a dumbed-down text. My son's able to narrate and answer comprehension questions from me once he reads the lesson. He also likes the thought-provoking questions from the author, links to videos/pictures, simple hands-on activities and the ball-stick drawing. It makes the history lesson fun and painless.

Before Steps we used literature-based approach in studying history. However, I found myself, even after the read aloud session, to sometimes have to re-explain the story or certain concept to my son because literature is ..ahem ... wordy. Plus, the books are often too detailed that the big picture is sometimes missed by the student.

With Steps, between the reading and activities/questions, student (well, my son) grasps the story and concepts easily by themselves and with high retention. Talking about painless and effective learning here. My son was able to answer the test questions without even a review and he can relate what he learns in history when he encounters something in real life.

We're happy with this curriculum, and my son told me that he would like to continue with Steps for his next year.  D. D., Homeschool Mom
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The final semester 2 History course for Step 2, students ages 7-8, and students of any age who are developing literacy.  The student is presented to the most important leaders of the 20th century, the men and women who were instrumental in making our modern world.  The 20 lessons in this course cover these important 20th century leaders, both great and terrible:

• John A. MacDonald
• Simon Bolivar
• Elizabeth Cody Stanton
• Vladimir Lenin
• Joseph Stalin
• Adolph Hitler
• Emperor Hirohito
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Winston Churchill
• Mohandis K. Gandhi
• Golda Meir
• Mao Zedong
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• Martin Luther King
• Nelson Mandela

The student learns history while at the same time expanding vocabulary and geography skills, as well as critical thinking skills.  Done after Step 2 History 4 and 5, the student will experience history as a creative and challenging parade of many of the most important people who ruled nations or led people in a cause.