14+ Free Self-Paced Sample Lessons for Homeschool Families
Choosing a curriculum is a real decision. Reading descriptions and looking at scope and sequence documents can only tell you so much. At some point, you want to see how it actually works and whether your child will connect with it.
Self-Paced courses are built for students who can work independently, without a parent in the room for every lesson. Video teaching, interactive games, and built-in review handle the instruction. You handle everything else.
Below you’ll find sample lessons for every Self-Paced course we offer, organized by subject. Sit down with your child, try one, and see what you think.
History
History courses your kids will love. The most exciting way to learn history for grades 2-6.
Five courses covering the sweep of history from Creation to modern America. Each course covers 32 key events through video teaching, story-driven characters, and interactive games.
Old Testament & Ancient Egypt
From Creation to the fall of Egypt. This is an excellent starting point for students encountering ancient history for the first time.
New Testament, Greece & Rome
From the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, with the New Testament woven throughout.
Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation
From St. Augustine’s conversion to the events set in motion by the Reformation. A pivotal stretch of history, well told.
Explorers to 1815
32 key events from Prince Henry the Navigator to The Missouri Compromise, told through the people who shaped them.
1815 to Present
From The Monroe Doctrine to modern America. 32 events that explain how the contemporary world came to be.
Bible
Learning the Bible shouldn't be boring or difficult. It should be fun and exciting, and have your kids begging for more. Bring the Bible to life with three courses for grades 2-6, covering the Old Testament and the Gospels. Same format as the history courses: drama, recurring characters, and games that make the material stick.
Genesis to Joshua
From Creation to Joshua’s last words. 32 key events that give students a mental map of the Old Testament from the very beginning.
Judges to Kings
From the book of Judges through Second Kings: the early years of Israel, the rise and fall of the monarchy, and the exile to Babylon.
The Gospels
32 key events from the announcement of John’s birth to the Ascension. A close look at the life of Christ, in the Self-Paced format students already know.
Omnibus
Omnibus is a different kind of course. Designed for grades 7-12, it takes students through the Great Books of Western civilization, reading primary texts alongside biblical and theological works, and asking students to think through all of it from a Christian worldview. Each level has two tracks, Primary Books and Secondary Books, which are designed to be taken together. Primary Books tend to cover classical literature and primary sources; Secondary Books tend to cover modern classics and lighter reads.
Omnibus I Primary
Ancient history and literature: Gilgamesh, Hammurabi, Herodotus, and early biblical texts. 175 lessons covering the foundations of Western thought.
Omnibus I Secondary
C.S. Lewis, R.C. Sproul, and biblical writers. 105 lessons that complement the Primary course.
Omnibus II Primary
The Middle Ages through the Reformation: Shakespeare, Beowulf, creeds and confessions. 175 lessons.
Omnibus II Secondary
Tolkien, Shakespeare, and biblical writers. 105 lessons covering the history, theology, and literature of the Reformation era.
Omnibus III Primary
The modern world: the Pilgrim’s Progress, A Tale of Two Cities, foundational American documents, and more. 175 lessons.
Omnibus III Secondary
The modern classics: 105 lessons covering the history, theology, and literature of the modern era. The companion course to Omnibus III Primary.
You can find even more sample lessons on the respective Self-Paced pages:
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