Dialectic History Modules

Minimum age 12. Recommended for 7th – 9th graders

These a la carte classes are offered throughout the year. Ranging from 2 week to 12 weeks in length, our mod courses allow you to customize your school year to fit your schedule and interests. History students complete their work before class, then meet once per week in our live online classrooms at the scheduled times to discuss their work. 

These modules are based on the award-winning Tapestry of Grace homeschool curriculum, but you do not need to be studying Tapestry of Grace at home to join one of our mods. We have scheduled these mod courses to coincide with our year-long classes to insure that, as long as we have a full-year class in session, all registered mod students have a class to join. If interest in a module is high enough to host a separate class, we'll open a second section. Some light reading (provided by your teacher) might be required beforehand to provide you with background information.

NOTE: the book lists included for our mods may change slightly. Students will receive an updated book list once enrolled.
NOTE: teachers do not provide grades for module courses.

2023-2024 School Year

The Ancients (Tapestry of Grace Year 1)

The People and Places of Ancient Egypt
Tapestry of Grace Year 1, Weeks 1-3
​Students will connect familiar facts and images (crocodiles, papyrus, the Nile, pyramids, etc.) with the Egyptian culture, noting the specialization of vocations that indicated a fully developed civilization. They'll explore Egyptian government, discuss the longevity of the Egyptian Empire, and note its general developments, and discuss the Egyptian mythological pantheon and evaluate it from a biblical perspective. 
​
​Required Resources:  
  • Early Times: The Story of Ancient Egypt (Fourth Edition), by Suzanne Strauss Art
  • How the Bible Came to Us, by Meryl Doney
  • Optional: The Kregel Bible Atlas, by Tim Dowley
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic History Spool
2 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$30
A Tour of the Ancient World
Tapestry of Grace Year 1, Weeks 10-14
​Students focus on several major "river civilizations" of the ancient world--the Indus Valley, China, the Americas, and Early Greek cultures of the Bronze Age and Archaic period. They examine these culture's geographical setting and climate, governmental structure, religious beliefs, and everyday life. 
​
​Required Resources:  
  • Ancient India, by  Allison Lassieur
  • The Story of Ancient China (Third Edition), by Suzanne Art
  • Ancient Times: The Story of the First Americans, by Suzanne Strauss Art
  • Early Times: The Story of Ancient Greece
  • The Ancient Greek World, by Roberts and Barrett
  • Optional: The McElderry Book of Greek Myths, retold by Eric A. Kimmel
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic History Spool
5 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$75 Total
Classical Greece
Tapestry of Grace Year 1, Weeks 24-27
​Students enjoy a four-week mini-series on the Classical Age of ancient Greece. We study the military battles of the Persian Wars, learn about some distinctive elements of Athens during the Classical era, and read about Olympic Games and their relationship to Greek worship and culture. We also explore major conflicts between Athens and Sparta, called the Peloponnesian War, and study the details of art, architecture, science, mathematics, and philosophy in Classical Greece.  We end the module by learning about the amazing facts of Alexander the Great's life and military career, understanding that, in the providence of God, the result of Alexander's military success was that Greek culture spread to the Near East and Africa, and much of the known world was Hellenized, preparing the world for the gospel. Students will give a mini-presentation in class. 
​​
​Required Resources:  
  • Early Times: The Story of Ancient Greece
  • ​The Ancient Greek World, by Roberts and Barrett
  • Optional: The Kregel Bible Atlas, by Tim Dowley
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic History Spool
4 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$60 Total
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic and Empire
Tapestry of Grace Year 1, Weeks 28-35
Students explore the entire history of Rome, from the earliest known people on the Italic peninsula, the rise of Rome, and the establishment of Roman power on the Italic peninsula, to the Punic Wars, conquest of the Celts, events leading to the Roman Empire, and the expansion and eventual demise of the empire.
​
​Required Resources:  
  • Usborne Internet-Linked Romans, by Anthony Marks and Graham Tingay
  • The Story of the Romans, by H.A. Guerber
  • Life in Celtic Times, by A.G. Smith and William Kaufman
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Integrated Curriculum or Year 1 Dialectic History Spool
8 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$120 Total

Medieval to Modern (Tapestry of Grace Year 2)

Medieval Europe: Charlemagne, Vikings, and Feudalism
Tapestry of Grace Year 2, Weeks 4-8
​​Students discuss Charlemagne, the most famous king of the Middle Ages, and learn how his long reign effected a brief renaissance in learning and art and set the stage for centuries of struggle between popes and kings. We also learn about the Vikings and their devastating attacks on churches and towns in continental Europe, but how God used that as a catalyst for feudalism. We'll discuss the rise of Muslim fundamentalists who conquered Asian lands, including Palestine; the Crusades; the development of English government; the Magna Charta; and the growing power of the Holy Roman Emperors. We end the module focusing on Kublai Khan and the Mongol subjugation of China and discover the Mongol and Chinese cultures and histories, as encountered by Marco Polo.
​​
​Required Resources:  
  • Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World, by Nick McCarty
  • The Story of Europe (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • Our Island Story (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic History Spool
5 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$75 Total
The Renaissance
Tapestry of Grace Year 2, Weeks 11-15
In this module, we study the fine arts during the Renaissance movement, making connections between the various developments and expressions. We'll analyze the Renaissance movement from a biblical perspective and study the history of exploration through Columbus' great voyages, making connections between the Renaissance explosion of learning and human self-exultation and the Age of Exploration. We also look at the treatment of indigenous African, Asian, Aztec, and Inca peoples at the hands of European explorers and Spanish conquistadors in light of biblical Christianity. We'll end the module learning about Erasmus, the humanist and Reformer who "laid the egg that Luther hatched."

Required Resources:
  • The Story of Europe, H.E. Marshall
  • Renaissance Art, by Stuart Kallen
  • Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, by Maxine Anderson
  • This Country of Ours, by Abby Anderson
  • Explorers of the New World, Carla Mooney
  • ​Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, by Maxine Anderson
  • Aztec, Inca, and Maya, by Elizabeth Baquedano
  • The Bible Smuggler, by Louise Vernon
  • Courage and Conviction, by Mindy and Brandon Withrow
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic History Spool
5 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$75 Total
Elizabethan England, Early colonists, & Louis IV's Europe
Tapestry of Grace Year 2, Weeks 19-23
Students discuss the English kings and queens of the dynastic houses of Tudor and Stuart, making connections between Elizabeth I and Mary I, Queen of Scots. We also discuss John Knox and his role in the Scottish Reformation. We'll then shift our attention to the difficulties that colonists encountered at Jamestown, the spiritual and moral foundations of Jamestown and their results, the new relationship between the Plymouth colonists and their Indian neighbors, and the Puritan and Quaker colonies in New England. On the other side of the pond, we'll learn how Charles II was restored to the throne after the death of Oliver Cromwell and how he sought to discipline the colonies that resisted the king's attempts to curb their civil liberties. Students will give a mini-presentation in class.

Required Resources:
  • This Country of Ours, by Abby Anderson
  • Our Island Story (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • Courage and Conviction, by Mindy and Brandon Withrow
  • Optional: Along Came Galileo, by Jeanne Bendick
  • Optional: Explorers of the New World, by Carla Mooney
  • Optional: The Maryland Colony, Lord Baltimore, by Jim Whiting
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic History Spool
5 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$75 Total
Give Me Liberty!
Tapestry of Grace Year 2, Weeks 29-34
Students study the French and Indian War; the Treaty of Paris of 1763, noting the shift in power in North America; prosperity and growth of the colonies leading up to the American Revolutionary War; the points of tension between Great Britain and her colonies; and consider the Declaration of Independence and understand how the colonists justified their fight for liberty. We'll trace the battles, strategies, and intrigues involved in the Revolutionary War and the importance of foreign allies to the American states. We'll end the module considering the noble George Washington, finding out why the Articles of Confederation were not sufficient to hold the nation together, exploring the lives of Daniel Book in Kentucky and the Spanish in what became California, and learning about the people, events, and details of the Constitutional Convention and why it was a miracle.

Required Resources:
  • This Country of Ours, by Abby Anderson
  • Our Island Story (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • George Washington’s World, by Genevieve Foster
  • America’s Paul Revere, by Esther Forbes
  • Understanding the US Constitution, by Mark A. Strange
  • The Struggle for Sea Power, by M.B. Synge
  • Marquis de Lafayette: Fighting for America’s Freedom, by Lisa Colozza Cocca
  • Optional: Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker, by Augusta Stevenson
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 2 Integrated Curriculum or Year 2 Dialectic History Spool
6 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$90 Total

The Nineteenth Century (Tapestry of Grace Year 3)

Post-Revolution Early American History
Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Weeks 3-12
Students will explore the early Industrial Revolution; the presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, and Jackson;  the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Marshall; Napoleon's conquests in Europe and final defeat; the War of 1812; Simon Bolivar and South America; the Congress of Vienna, where Europeans restored national boundaries after Napoleon's defeat; the westward expansion of the United States and the Monroe Doctrine; the Indian Removal Act and the story behind its creation and enforcement; and key events and figures of the Texas Revolution. Students will give a mini-presentation in class.

​Required Resources:  
  • The Industrial Revolution (Cornerstones of Freedom)
  • The Struggle for Sea Power, by M.B. Synge
  • Abraham Lincoln’s World, by Genevieve Foster
  • This Country of Ours, by Abby Anderson
  • Our Living Constitution –OR- Understanding the U.S. Constitution, by Mark A. Strange
  • Our Island Story (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • The Struggle for Sea Power, by M.B. Synge
  • In the Land of the Jaguar, Gena K. Gorrell
  • Westward Expansion and Migration, Cindy Barden and Maria Backus
  • Optional: Remember the Alamo by Paul Robert Walker
  • Optional: North American Indian, David Murdoch
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic History Spool
10 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$150 Total
The Victorian Era and Westward Expansion
Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Weeks 13-18
Students explore Queen Victoria's life and reign; everyday life in Victorian England; the presidencies of Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, and Taylor; the lives of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison; the definition, motives behind, and opponents of the idea of Manifest Destiny; how American expansion affected Native Americans; the Mexican-American War; the westward movement of the Mormons; the invention of the telegraph and photograph; the first women's rights convention; the long-term effects of the many revolutions that convulsed Europe; and an introduction to the ideas of early socialists and Karl Marx.
​
​Required Resources:  
  • Queen Victoria: Scenes from Her Life and Reign
  • ​Abraham Lincoln’s World, by Genevieve Foster
  • Our Island Story (Yesterday’s Classics version), by H. E. Marshall
  • Westward Expansion and Migration, by Cindy Barden and Maria Backus
  • This Country of Ours, by Abby Anderson
  • Optional: North American Indian, by David Murdoch
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic History Spool
6 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$90 Total
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Weeks 21-26
Students explore the presidencies from Buchanan to Grant; the Dred Scott case; Florence Nightingale; the unification of Italy; Lincoln and the Civil War; the Emancipation Proclamation; Reconstruction; the Transcontinental Railroad and how it dramatically affected the people of the West; and the Plains Indian Wars. 
​​
​Required Resources:  
  • Florence Nightingale: God’s Servant at the Battlefield, by David R. Collins
  • Abraham Lincoln’s World, by Genevieve Foster
  • The Civil War for Kids, by Janis Herbert
  • This Country of Ours, by by Abby Anderson
  • Westward Expansion and Migration, by Cindy Barden and Maria Backus
  • The Early American Industrial Revolution, 1793-1850 -OR- The Industrial Revolution (Cornerstones of Freedom), by Melissa McDaniel
  • Reconstruction and the Aftermath of the Civil War, by Lisa Colozza Cocca
  • ​Our Living Constitution –OR- Understanding the U.S. Constitution, by Mark A. Strange
  • Optional: North American Indian, by David Murdoch
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic History Spool
6 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$90 Total
Early Immigration and the Gilded Age
Tapestry of Grace Year 3, Weeks 31-34
Students study the Cleveland and  Harrison presidencies; immigration in America through the eyes of actual experiences of the immigrants who made it to Ellis Island in the late 1800's; Andrew Carnegie determination and successful ventures; and the Captains of Industry.

​Required Resources:  
  • Forgotten Ellis Island -OR- Ellis Island (Cornerstones of Freedom), by Melissa McDaniel
  • Andrew Carnegie: Captain of Industry, ch. 1-3
  • This Country of Ours, p. 586-bottom of 587
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Integrated Curriculum or Year 3 Dialectic History Spool
4 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$60 Total

The Twentieth Century (Tapestry of Grace Year 4)

World War I
Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Weeks 3-6
Students will explore Woodrow Wilson's presidency; World War I, how civilians adjusted to the war that they had not anticipate would last so long, and how the Allies and Central Powers found new ways to weaken each other; the background and evens of the Russian Revolution of 1917; America's involvement in World War I; and the peace process and Wilson's League of Nations. Students will give a mini-presentation in class.

​Required Resources:  
  • The World Wars, by Dowswell, Brocklehurst & Brook
  • ​Unraveling Freedom, by Ann Bausam
  • Optional: Why Did the Rise of the Nazis Happen? by Charles Freeman
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Integrated Curriculum or Year 4 Dialectic History Spool
4 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$60 Total
The Great Depression and Hitler's Germany
Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Weeks 11-13
Students study the Great Depression and Hoover's response; everyday conditions in America and the U.S.S.R.; Stalin's tightening grip on the Russian people; Roosevelt's personal history and his New Deal program; the wickedness of the strong dictators that rose to power during the Thirties; and why the United States was wary of involving itself in European conflicts.

​​Required Resources:  
  • Black Tuesday and the Great Depression, by Natalie Hyde
  • Stalin, by Sean McCollum
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Russell Freedman
  • Popular Culture:  1920-1939, by Jane Bingham
  • Understanding the U.S. Constitution, by Mark A. Stange
  • Why Did the Rise of the Nazis Happen? by Charles Freeman
  • Optional: The World Wars, by Dowswell, Brocklehurst & Brook
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Integrated Curriculum or Year 4 Dialectic History Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$45 Total
World War II
Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Weeks 14-17
Students explore the flow of events during World War II; what life was like on the home front; Americas's entry into the war and Japanese involvement, particularly on the seas; the horrific events of the Holocaust; the relationship between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin and their plans for Europe after the war; the death of FDR and Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb; the aftermath of the war and effects on the lives of those who survived; and the growing threat of Communism and the United States' attempts to contain it. Students will give a mini-presentation in class.

​Required Resources:  
  • The World Wars, by Dowswell, Brocklehurst & Brook
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Russell Freedman
  • ​Stalin, by Sean McCollum
  • Popular Culture:  1940-1959, by Nick Hunter
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Integrated Curriculum or Year 4 Dialectic History Spool
4 Weeks
60 Minutes
Fall
$60 Total
China's Mao Zedong and the Red Scare
Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Weeks 20-22
Students explore Mao Zedong's background and rise to power in China, the formation of the People's Republic of China, and what life was like for the Chinese during this period; President Truman's second administration and the events and effects of the Red Scare and the Korean War; Eisenhower's presidency and decisions related to keeping Communism out of Vietnam; and the early civil rights movement.
​
​Required Resources: 
  • Mao Zedong: The Rebel Who Led a Revolution, by Flora Geyer
  • The Korean War, by Reg Grant
  • Stalin, by Sean McCollum
  • America in the 1950's, by Charles Wills
  • America in the 1960's, by Jim Callan
  • Popular Culture:  1940-1959, by Nick Hunter
  • Optional: The Vietnam War, by Deborah Kent
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Integrated Curriculum or Year 4 Dialectic History Spool
3 Weeks
60 Minutes
Winter
$45 Total
Civil Rights, JFK, and Vietnam
Tapestry of Grace Year 4, Weeks 23-27
Students discuss Eisenhower's second term; the continued civil rights movement; the space race; Mao's attempts to turn China into a modern Communist nation and Cultural Revolution; President Kennedy's life and interactions with Cuba; the assassination of South Vietnam's president; decolonization of many African nations; The Great Society programs and Gulf of Tonkin incident during Johnson's peresidency; and American involvement in Vietnam. Students will give a mini-presentation in class.
​
​Required Resources:  
  • A Dream of Freedom:  The Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968, by Diane McWhorter
  • Popular Culture:  1940-1959, by Nick Hunter
  • Popular Culture:  1960-1979, by Michael Burgan
  • The Way Things Never Were, by Norman H. Finkelstein
  • ​Understanding Jewish History 2, by Sol Scharfstein
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis, by Charles 
  • The Way Things Never Were, by Norman H. Finkelstein
  • Optional: ​Mao Zedong: The Rebel Who Led a Revolution, by Flora Geyer
  • Optional: Space Exploration, by Carole Stott
  • Optional: The Vietnam War, by Deborah Kent
  • Tapestry of Grace Year 4 Integrated Curriculum or Year 4 Dialectic History Spool
5 Weeks
60 Minutes
Spring
$75 Total

    Wish we offered other modules?

    Let us know! If you are using Tapestry of Grace on a schedule similar to ours, we would be happy to talk with you about creating a custom module to fit your family's needs.