Curated guide
Best Christian History Curriculum
12 curricula in this guide
Christian history curricula present world and American history within a biblical worldview framework — God's sovereignty across nations, the church's role across centuries, and how Christianity shaped Western civilization. Programs in this category vary from gentle Charlotte Mason approaches to rigorous classical sequences.
Our top picks span teaching styles. Sonlight uses literature-based history with missions-focused readers. My Father's World blends Charlotte Mason and classical methods. Veritas Press offers the most rigorous classical approach with self-paced online options. Choose based on your family's preferred teaching method as much as the historical content itself.
Editor's selection
Our picks
Sonlight
Sonlight Curriculum
Literature-based Christian curriculum built around parent-led read-alouds and high-quality living books. All-Subjects Packages provide a full year of instruction across multiple subjects.
My Father's World
My Father's World
Christian curriculum blending Charlotte Mason, classical, and unit study approaches with a missions-focused worldview. Designed for multi-age family learning with structured daily plans.
Veritas Press
Veritas Press
Rigorous classical Christian curriculum offering three learning models: parent-taught, self-paced online, and live online classes. Known for the Omnibus Great Books program at the upper levels.
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Compass Classroom
Compass Classroom
Streaming video classical Christian curriculum with engaging master teachers. Features Visual Latin (the flagship), history, writing, literature, science, and more.
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
Free, complete online Christian homeschool curriculum covering PreK-12 with daily lessons assembled from curated internet resources. The most accessible entry point for families with no curriculum budget.
Veritas Press
Veritas Press
Rigorous classical Christian curriculum offering three learning models: parent-taught, self-paced online, and live online classes. Known for the Omnibus Great Books program at the upper levels.
Abeka
Pensacola Christian College
Highly structured traditional Christian curriculum with daily lesson plans, heavy drill and review, and optional filmed-classroom video instruction. One of the most comprehensive K4-12 programs available.
BJU Press
BJU Press
Comprehensive traditional Christian curriculum with optional professional video instruction (Distance Learning). Rigorous academics with critical thinking emphasis across all subjects K4-12.
Classical Conversations
Classical Conversations
Classical Christian education combining weekly in-person community meetings with at-home study. Memory work, Socratic discussion, and the trivium model structure a unique hybrid program.
Heart of Dakota
Heart of Dakota
Charlotte Mason-influenced Christian unit study curriculum with detailed daily plans and a screen-free philosophy. Fourteen program levels span ages 2-18 using living books and hands-on activities.
Master Books
New Leaf Publishing Group
Affordable Charlotte Mason-inspired Christian curriculum with open-and-go daily lesson plans. Known for gentle pacing, beautiful design, and young-earth creation science integration.
Memoria Press
Memoria Press
Classical Christian curriculum with a strong emphasis on Latin, memorization, and the liberal arts. Highly organized with complete grade-level packages and optional online academy classes.
My Father's World
My Father's World
Christian curriculum blending Charlotte Mason, classical, and unit study approaches with a missions-focused worldview. Designed for multi-age family learning with structured daily plans.
Schoolhouse Teachers
The Old Schoolhouse
Christian all-access homeschool curriculum platform with 400+ courses, lesson plans, recordkeeping, and transcripts. One flat fee per family covers unlimited students.
Sonlight
Sonlight Curriculum
Literature-based Christian curriculum built around parent-led read-alouds and high-quality living books. All-Subjects Packages provide a full year of instruction across multiple subjects.
Common questions
Frequently asked
What is providential history?
An approach that presents history as the outworking of God's purposes, often with particular attention to the Reformation, the church, and in American programs to the nation's founding. Programs differ in how strongly they apply this frame. It is the main structural difference between faith-based and secular history.
How much world history do Christian programs cover?
It varies widely. Some follow a standard four-year ancients-to-modern cycle with a Christian frame throughout, while others weight church history and Western civilization heavily at the expense of Asian, African, and indigenous history. Compare scope and sequence documents directly.
Are these programs suitable for a family of a different denomination?
Often yes, but check the specifics. Programs vary in how much denominational distinctive shows up, particularly around the Reformation, Catholicism, and eschatology. Reading the relevant chapters is the only reliable way to know whether the treatment will sit well with your family.
Do colleges care that we used a faith-based history curriculum?
No. Admissions reads the transcript and course descriptions, not the publisher. Write course descriptions that name the topics and texts covered, and the credit will read like any other history course.
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