FREE Homeschool Curriculum . . . and More!
August 20, 2009 by Harvest Ministry
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Teaching With God’s Heart for the World
By Ann Dunagan - Illustrated by Brenda Whitmeyer
Publisher: Family Mission-Vision EnterprisesAnn wrote this two-volume world missions curriculum (with over 500 pages) several years ago to assist homeschooling families and Christian educators (in both church settings and in Christian schools) to impart a fervent heart for world missions into the next generation.
The curriculum includes 160 day-by-day teaching plans, missionary highlights, motivational mission stories, crafts, songs, prayer projects, and hundreds of ways to incorporate a passion for the lost into nearly every subject (including Bible Study, Family Devotions, Reading, Writing, Geography, History, Art, Science, and even highlights for Math).
The curriculum presents a “whirlwind tour” of God’s enduring passion for missions, all-the-way-through-history and all-across-the-globe. Using weekly unit-studies, this curriculum is created to be used over a one-year school year, although it can be easily adapted to be used throughout two years. It can be used as a core curriculum guide (for elementary children), or as a supplement to another curriculum. It is written especially for elementary grade levels, but it can also be used for the whole family to study missions together.
Click here for a review on TWGHW by the Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Click here to download VOLUME 1 - Part 1 - FREE!!!
- FILE SIZE: 9.76 MB - 64 pages
- SECTION I - Welcome: Table of Contents, Dedication, Introduction, Suggested Weekly Schedule, Using the Library and Media.
- SECTION II - Building a Foundation for Missions: Our Call, Our Biblical Basis, Our Heritage, Our Missionary Examples
- FILE SIZE: 7.69 MB - 54 pages
- SECTION III - TOOLS FOR TEACHING: General Teaching Helps (with Bible Memory), Music and Missionary Songs, International Holidays,
- Teaching History (and making time lines), Geography and World Maps, Missionary Passport
FILE SIZE: 10.20 MB - 72 pages SECTION IV - DAILY LESSON PLANS: Week 1 - The Gospel We Preach and Personal Prayer, Weeks 2-3 - Our Biblical Basis for Missions (Old Testament - Israel, New Testament - Roman Empire) Weeks 4-7: Medieval Europe, Crusades and Holy Wars, Renaissance and Reformation, Exploration and Colonialization (NOTE: Day 1 is missing in the file. Please CLICK HERE for DAY 1.)
FILE SIZE: 9.57 MB - 64 pages SECTION IV (cont.) - Weeks 8-14: WORLD MISSIONS AROUND THE GLOBE - Western Europe (home of early missionaries), Eastern Europe (the iron curtain and open doors), North America, Quakers and Pilgrims (Thanksgiving Week), Latin America, Asia (Hinduism)
- FILE SIZE: 14.55 MB - 68 pages
- SECTION IV (cont.) - Weeks 15-16 : Far East Asia (Buddhism) and The 10/40 Window
- AVAILABLE MISSION RESOURCES - Extensive reviews and photos of many mission-minded family resources.
Click here to download VOLUME 2 - Part 1 - FREE!!!
- FILE SIZE: 12.93 MB - 72 pages
- Section 1
- FILE SIZE: 11.08 MB - 74 pages
- Section 2
- FILE SIZE: 10.49 MB - 64 pages
- Section 3
- FILE SIZE: 12.84 MB - 76 pages
- Section 4
- FILE SIZE: 16.87 MB - 72 pages
- Section 5
Note: If you’re searching for “Teaching With God’s Heart for the World” as a full curriculum in a two-volume spiral binding printed set, look here.
MORE HELP: Learn more about how you and your kids can make a FREE File-Folder Weekly To-Do Chart - to use with this Teaching With God’s Heart for the World curriculum -
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Oh my goodness!!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU so VERY MUCH!!!!
I learned of this curriculum about 18 months ago when I was investigating everything about your ministry on your website. I had friends who went to Osanidde for a few weeks to minister, and I came online to find photos to share with my kids as we prayed for our friends.
I was so delighted to learn of the curriculum and was disappointed to learn it was out of print (back then). I thought I might pursue used copies, but somehow it slipped my mind or got forgotten in the busy-ness of life.
I currently homeschool our 5 kids (expecting #6 in Oct), and our eldest is 10. I have longed to birth in them a desire for missions and hunger for God’s word. I’ve wanted to be a missionary since I was 5 years old myself.
Yesterday we put up a large world map on our dining room wall, and the kids were eager to start exploring it. I decided to look online for free geography unit studies and stumbled upon this page. I can’t begin to tell you how excited I was!
I immediately downloaded everything and today we made passports.
I really can’t express to you how excited I am and THANKFUL for your gracious gift of this curriculum FREE! I am definitely sharing the info with other moms I know who have a heart for missions.
BLESS YOU!
Julie, you definitely seem like a kindred-spirit (as Anne of Green Gables would say)!!!! I look forward to getting to know you more as your and your family use this curriculum, and I totally pray for God’s ANOINTING on you and your husband as you raise and homeschool your precious children (and congratulations on kiddo #6!!!!!! You’re catching up with our family!)
As you begin to use the curriculum, you’ll notice that some of the material is out-of-date . . . and also, with the ages of your kids you won’t be able to use everything. Just take what can bless your family, and ignore anything that would be a bother. My motto is to let the curriculum help you, but never let it become a task-master.
Our family went through Teaching With God’s Heart for the World this past year with our three youngest kids, and we didn’t even follow everything (I’ve found that my writing assignments way-too-tedious, and I needed to add a more substantial grammar program). TWGHW can also used to simply add a few mission-minded units scattered throughout the year. Be sure to also see The Mission-Minded Child and The Mission-Minded Family.
And I’m so happy that you’ve been led to pray for the children of Osanidde Village. Who are your friends who went there?
Please keep in touch!!!!
Love, Ann
Ann Dunagan’s last blog post..40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Hi Ann,
Julie’s my “unbiological sister” and she told me about this site. Thank you from me too. 
When I saw that you had started Osanidde I was going to ask if you knew our friends too…Tim & Maryl Smith, and Molly Nixon.
I want to second everything Julie said, except I didn’t get my heart for missions until 19 when I got saved, and I just had baby #4 in November.
Anyway, I SO appreciate your heart. I look forward to reading your Mission-Minded books someday, but right now I’ve got to catch up on my 40 days. You inspire me to do as you are, using your gifts (writing, etc.) to give to others for Jesus.
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Amy,
I’m excited and encouraged to have you and your family joining us. We don’t know your friends, Tim & Mary, & Molly, but so appreciate every person who has had an impact - through prayer, or support, or ministry - on our loved ones and “family” at Osanidde. Jon will be going to check up on things a bit later in the summer, and even this week we heard some wonderful reports from the uncles and children.
Thanks for your comment. (As you go through the 40 days, feel free to share comments. The feedback is very helpful.)
Ann Dunagan’s last blog post..The Challenge: DAY 19 - Beatitudes #4
This curriculum is invaluable to the Christian family! Wow, praise God for you and your hard, hard work on this. I have just begun to look through it and I am excited and thankful that God led me to your site! I have also just begun your 40 day challenge. Wonderful, wonderful! Thank you! May the LORD bless you abundantly as you seek to share the gospel around the world. I am excited to share this with everyone I know!
Rene’s last blog post..Stir Up the Heart of Missions in Your Homeschool
Welcome Rene! I’m happy to hear that this curriculum is a blessing to you. Our heart is to stir up a PASSION for JESUS and for sharing His love with others. Be sure to also note the second comment (up above) as some of the material is out-of-date. Just take what you can. And spread the word about the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE. I’m going to be working on adding a devotional to go with it, along with a weekly discussion guide so the CHALLENGE can be used for women’s study groups, family home groups, and friends. Stay tuned…
Ann,
Praise God for all your hard work and your willingness to share this with everyone for free! I am soooo excited to use this for my kidos this year! We might use it over the course of two years. I have 4 sweet blessings. My oldest is 13. When you used this recently for your children what did you substitute? Did you still use the Abeka as your spine? Just curious how you did this?
I am so excited to share this with my children and I am excited about how God will use it in my life! Thank you once again and God Bless you and your family!
His Child,
Sandi
Sandi,
Yes, this curriculum can definitely be used over 2 years. The specific reading pages will be out of date, but if you just focus on the material in the TWGHW curriculum itself, and the list of topics and themes (which you can use from online info, or any world history text as a reference book) it’s easy to follow. There are daily devotions, weekly Bible verses/crafts/recipes, and lots of writing ideas (actually, way too many . . . don’t ever feel overburdened by what is on the weekly schedule . . just take what is a blessing and put aside the rest). For our kids, we supplimented the material with daily MATH and GRAMMAR - and used the rest for the backbone of what held everything together.
Stay tuned for a online file-folder CHART - which is designed to use with this curriculum - and which helped us SOOOO much.
Ann
Ann Dunagan´s last blog ..What is your part in God’s Great Commission?
Ann,
I am very excited about this. When do you expect to have the chart up?
We started our challenge today and wanted to thank you for that also.
Have a great day!
Sandi
Ann,
Sorry to bother you again. I have one more question. I found somewhere that it said that you made notes when you used this with your kidos. Where would I find these online? Is this the chart you are talking about? I found some at mission minded blog but I could not pull them up.
Also, where would I find copies of your talks at homeschool conferences?
THanks!
Sandi
Thank you Ann!
God bless you too!
Thank you so much for making this available.
Blessings
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