Homeroom History

Season 1 · The Ancient World

History from the beginning, for grades 6–12

Free video lessons. Real primary sources. Printable packs for every episode.

Homeroom History is a free, chronological history course on YouTube for homeschool families. Each episode teaches from maps, artifacts and the words of people who were there, then pairs with a printable pack so the video becomes a ready-to-use lesson.

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  • Grades 6–12
  • Middle and high school versions
  • Parent answer keys
Cover of the Episode 1 printable pack: How Do We Know? Historians, Evidence and Primary Sources

How it works

One episode. One printable pack. One great history week.

1

Watch the episode

Students watch a 10–15 minute lesson, here or on YouTube, filling in their guided notes and answering quick checkpoint questions as they go.

2

Use the printable pack

Vocabulary, a map activity, timeline cards and a real primary source turn the video into a full week of work.

3

Talk it over

Tiered questions for middle and high school spark family discussion, and the parent answer key makes checking easy.

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How Do We Know?

Historians, Evidence and Primary Sources

How can we know anything about people who lived thousands of years ago? Students meet the Rosetta Stone, Hammurabi’s laws, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the historian Thucydides, and learn the three questions historians ask about every source.

  • Guided video notes and 12 key terms
  • Map activity and 14 cut-out timeline cards
  • Primary source reading with analysis questions
  • Middle and high school questions, parent answer key
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Watch & Learn

Videos and curriculum, all in one place

Every episode has an interactive lesson page. The video pauses at checkpoints for a quick multiple-choice question and carries on once your student gets it right, with a friendly hint when they don’t.

  • Checkpoint questions that keep students on track
  • Guided notes, vocabulary and a lesson checklist under the video
  • Each student’s progress saved to your free account, with a printable hours log
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Season 1 · The Ancient World

Twelve episodes, in order

We move through history chronologically, one era per season. New episodes and packs are on the way; your free account unlocks each one as it’s ready.

  1. 1
  2. 2

    Mesopotamia: Sumer, Cuneiform and Hammurabi’s Code

    Coming soon
  3. 3

    Ancient Egypt: The Nile, Pharaohs and Pyramids

    Coming soon
  4. 4

    Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Exile, Text and Archaeology

    Coming soon
  5. 5

    The Indus Valley and Ancient China

    Coming soon
  6. 6

    Assyria, Babylon and Persia: Empires of the Near East

    Coming soon
  7. 7

    Greece, Part 1: Minoans to Athens and Sparta

    Coming soon
  8. 8

    Greece, Part 2: Persian Wars, Philosophers and Alexander

    Coming soon
  9. 9

    Rome Rises: From Republic to Julius Caesar

    Coming soon
  10. 10

    The Roman Empire: Roads, Law and the Pax Romana

    Coming soon
  11. 11

    Jesus, the Early Church and Rome in Historical Context

    Coming soon
  12. 12

    The Fall of Rome in the West and Season Review

    Coming soon

Our approach

Careful, fair and welcoming

Accurate

Every episode is built on real evidence, with primary sources quoted from public-domain texts and dates checked against the record.

Even-handed

We show students how to weigh evidence for themselves: who made a source, why, and whether it can be checked.

Welcoming to faith families

We take faith’s role in history seriously and respectfully, so families of every background can learn together.

Free printable pack

Get the Episode 1 pack free

Seventeen print-ready pages for grades 6–12, free with an account. The same account unlocks every new pack and lesson as it comes out.