Discover Ancient Egypt and Greece with our new Printables and Mini-Lessons!

Ancient Civilizations: Quick–Easy–Convenient

Our Anchor Fact series of mini-lessons and printables now includes Ancient Egypt and Greece — and soon, Rome.

Why use Anchor Fact mini-lessons and printables?

They are quick, easy, and convenient.

You can watch the lessons, as they are released weekly on Youtube. They give you a quick overview of key topics in simple, compelling 5-minute videos. There’s no better way to get a first look at any topic.

When you’re ready you can grab each set in its entirety on the website, including printables, timelines, and activities, and really fly! (See below for a Spring Break 2025 coupon code!)

Now Available: Ancient Egypt & Greece

Few topics evoke the level of fascination of Ancient Egypt.

When the Rosetta Stone was deciphered by Jean-Francois Champollion, few could have predicted how exciting Egyptology would become.  But when Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in 1922, Ancient Egypt achieved celebrity status.

This shows how we still want and need to connect to our most ancient past.  

Who were the Egyptians?  What did they really believe?  What does their story reveal about human beings, and how relevant is it to us still today?

All these questions and more are explored in our Anchor Fact series of mini-lesson and printables on Ancient Egypt.

It shouldn’t be necessary to explain the relevance of Ancient Greece, but given the state of history education today, it is.

We all still live in Greco-Roman Civilization, and the Ancient Greece Anchor Fact series will highlight this fact.  From architecture to science & history, to the celebration of the Olympic games, so much of what we think of as normal is actually a heritage from Ancient Greece.  This is a culture that deserves its reputation as the cradle of Democracy, and indeed of Western culture.

Just like with the Anchor Facts of American History series, all of the mini lesson videos for this series are available for free on our Youtube channel. We are releasing one video per week, so you can easily sample the lessons there. In these complete sets, however, the rest of the materials are part of a *new and expanded* package that you can purchase for $27. This includes:

• A detailed teaching guide with a recommended reading list, writing prompts, and a vocabulary list that you can use to integrate your history studies with other subjects
• A set of game cards and play variations to help your students practice and master the Anchor Facts in a fun way
• A final quiz to help you assess and record your child’s learning over the course of the unit
• Immediate access to all ten mini lessons videos and all materials through our learning platform (no more waiting for new videos to be released or searching for the right lesson on Youtube)
• Printable timelines and an activity sheet for each mini lesson, the same as with our Anchor Facts of American History series.

Scott Powell is a historian and teacher who has been teaching homeschooled students online for nearly 20 years (as “History at Our House”). He is the author of three books including “The 4-Hour Historian”, “The History of Now”, and the upcoming “The History of Tomorrow”. His present-centric approach was developed from the conviction that history is an essential subject that is vital for anyone who wants to live a fully engaged life and make sense of the world they live in.